Against new atheism

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2123619

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Aru@lemmygrad.ml · 32 pts · 2y

Reactionary atheists confuse tf out me, like bro you don't believe in hell or heaven, why are you against men kissing

Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml · 23 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I don't say that I'm culturally Christian, because Christianity doesn't have a monopoly on charity and being good

QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml · 7 pts · 2y

Fair, I just say such because I was raised with specifically the positive aspects of Christian values.

Valbrandur@lemmygrad.ml · 15 pts · 2y

You say you are "atheist, but culturally christian" because you are agnostic but try to love your neighbor and fight for the poor.

I say such because I don't believe in god but I live in a catholic country that has eight public holidays of religious origin where people don't go to work (I'm just very lazy and every day in which I don't see my boss' face is a wonderful day).

We are NOT the same.

fire86743@lemmygrad.ml · 14 pts · 2y

New Atheism is Islamophobic cancer that justifies imperialist aggression in the Middle East.

DesiDebugger@lemmygrad.ml · 13 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Aren't some of the new atheism people transphobic as hell?

SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml · 7 pts · 2y

If we’re talking about the same atheists that pioneered the anti-SJW movement , then yes 100%.

Rasm635u@lemmygrad.ml · 8 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I've never heard of new atheism

muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml · 7 pts · 2y

Some good ones:

  • Hidden beneath a superficial rationalism, they provide a seemingly intellectual defense of imperialism, push islamophobia, and use it to create a smokescreen for the injustices of global capitalism. 2,3
ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml · 7 pts · 2y

It was primarily an Islamophobic movement in the post-Gulf War and 9/11 era.

LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml · 3 pts · 2y

It was a short lived thing a decade ago. This is a terrible post.