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Sam Harris covered this stuff in The End of Faith. It's depressing how few critics of "new atheists" have read the people they have beef with; then again, it's
by misuba 18y ago
Sam Harris covered this stuff in The End of Faith. It's depressing how few critics of "new atheists" have read the people they have beef with; then again, it's even more depressing how few atheists make successful communication a priority.
- eru 18y agoThey don't have to proselytize.
- misuba 18y agoTrue, the income and security brought in by followers is a powerful incentive. Whereas if you communicate clearly about atheism all you get is fewer people hating you for no damn reason.
- eru 18y agoI am glad that I live in a country more tolerant to atheism. Berlin has even been described as the world capital of atheism in the Economist. "[The former chancellor of Germany, Schroder,] did not add the optional phrase So wahr mir Gott helfe ('so help me God') when sworn in as chancellor for his first term in 1998." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der)