Andrew Sullivan: Politicization of Christianity fuels atheism in U.S. [View all]
[link:http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/08/andrew-sullivan-politicization-of-christianity-fuels-atheism-in-u-s/]
“They have become fused with one political party, the Republican Party — a party that is now defined by a particular religious faith, evangelicalism or far-right Catholic hierarchy. And that is making many people feel that faith in Jesus is about politics and power and partisanship, in ways that’s turning off an entire generation. The biggest growth in any belief sector in this country in the last ten years has been atheism.”
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Aaaaahhhh... yup.
I wonder -- how many of you fellow atheists agree that, if it wasn't for the continual attempts to force godbelief on others, there would be no such thing as "movement atheism"? I for one am not a joiner, so I don't need a 'community' (that fruitless panacea of our times) to support my disbelief. Atheism's pretty easy, actually, once you get past the fear factor. I've never been to a meatspace atheist meeting... just this trolling, where I just as often engage believer-bullies trying to convince fence-sitters they're going to hell, as I do other atheists.
It seems to me that movement atheism is political, first and foremost. It doesn't address the non-existence of gods at all, but rather is completely defensive. Almost reflexive.
Thoughts?
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