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In reply to the discussion: Scepticism, class, and the 'New Atheists' [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)86. There's a lot wrong with that statement.
The answer does not emerge in a singular Boolean act of creation. It is, presumably, based on a reason. That reason can vary from person to person.
A person may not believe based on lack of observable evidence. Another may not believe based on the concept of god encountered. Another may not believe because of the organizations that form around a particular belief. One size does not fit all.
The reason why you're wrong, that nonbelief does not simply float detached like a monad, is that the path to that nonbelief is based on some ideology. Likewise, what does with that nonbelief going forward, is also informed by the ideology that led to the nonbelief.
You can't have it both ways.
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New atheism hasn't much to say about capitalism because it is a completely different thing.
dimbear
Aug 2013
#3
Communist party members: about 60 million. Chinese atheists: about 636 million
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#15
It is odd, isn't it? Almost as odd as atheists in america being overwhelmingly caucasian.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#57
Except of course for east Asia and Europe, where atheism is widespread.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#46
Buddhists are separate, so we don't have to worry about them as atheists
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#50
'very few if any of those "poor and working class" people will be "humanist"' is wrong
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#41
Then why are you insistent on a connection when you can't show anything other than suggestion?
LostOne4Ever
Aug 2013
#64
Unless that opinion is based on a whim, it is the result of thought and methodoology.
rug
Aug 2013
#42
There are also clueless people who believe who believe distinctions can be made in a vacuum.
rug
Sep 2013
#88
When you concede you are not answering an intellectual question in a vacuum, you concede an ideology
rug
Sep 2013
#92
Well, I see by the use of smileys you have no answer other than lame personal insults.
rug
Sep 2013
#94
Glancing at your transparency page, it looks like you're the one who's been doing the sowing.
rug
Sep 2013
#110
The baggage is what it got there and the baggage is where different people want to take it.
rug
Sep 2013
#114
You already determined that you can not find an answer by using something you can't detect.
rug
Sep 2013
#124
If all that were true, then our neighbor and friend to the north Canada would be much more atheist
dimbear
Aug 2013
#30
Well, as I've said before, explicit atheism tends to be associated with education...
LeftishBrit
Aug 2013
#65