If any of you felt a disturbance in the force lately...

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7. If by "disturbance" you mean...

"A lack of pompous hipsterish flatulence stinking up atheism," then I guess I'm feeling that.

Add my vote to those who don't need anything added to my atheism, thank you very much. Gluing a bunch of unrelated humanist parts to atheism, no matter how worthy those parts in themselves, doesn't add anything to either and diminishes both, IMO.

"Hi, we're atheists who also believe in x, y and z social causes."
"Oh. So you're all Communists."
Or...
"Hi, we're a non-sectarian group raising money for a wonderful cause..."
"Yeah, I heard of you guys. Non-sectarian my butt, you're all a bunch of atheists."

That quote from Dr. Monica Miller puzzles me. "Adopt a brand of atheism or Humanism rooted in uncertainty?" WTF does THAT mean?

Again strictly IMO, viewing atheism as a "brand" - something to be sold - raises my hackles right off the bat.

"Rooted in uncertainly?" I think the word she's looking for is "skepticism." Which I firmly believe, if properly applied, will almost always lead a person to atheism.

But I guess I can see why the Faitheists want to avoid the S-word. Like they're trying to do with atheism, skepticism is something of a brand name these days.

Unfortunately for the Faitheists, it's a brand usually associated with icky people like Dawkins and others not noted for obsequious deference to religion. Therefore Un-persons in the current Great Crusade.