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Statement of Purpose
- This is a support and conversation community for people who don't believe in gods.
- Superstition hucksters have no reason to subscribe or post here at all.
- If you are looking to debate or proselytize, options will be linked lower in the sidebar.
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- Anything against site rules.
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Connect with Atheists
- Matrix: #atheism:envs.net
Help and Support Links
- Freedom From Religion Foundation
- The Secular Therapy Project
- Secular Students Alliance
- Black Nonbelievers
- The Clergy Project
- Atheist Alliance International
- Sunday Assembly
- Atheist Ireland
- Atheism UK
- Atheists United
Streaming Media
This is mostly YouTube at the moment. Podcasts and similar media - especially on federated platforms - may also feature here.
- Atheist Debates - Matt Dillahunty
- Rationality Rules
- Friendly Atheist
- Making Sense with Sam Harris
- Cosmic Skeptic
- Genetically Modified Skeptic
- Street Epistemology
- Armored Skeptic
- NonStampCollector
Orgs, Blogs, Zines
- Center for Inquiry
- American Atheists
- Humanists International
- Atheist Republic
- The Brights
- The Angry Atheist
- History for Atheists
- Rationalist International
- Atheist Revolution
- Debunking Christianity
- Godless Mom
- Atheist Freethinkers
Mainstream
Bibliography
Start here...
...proceed here.
- God is Not Great (Hitchens)
- The God Delusion (Dawkins)
- The End of Faith (Harris)
- Why I Am Not a Christian (Russell)
- Letter to a Christian Nation (Harris)
Proselytize Religion
From Reddit
As a community with an interest in providing the best resources to its members, the following wiki links are provided as historical reference until we can establish our own.
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Who?
Modern in comparison to what? What is the difference to contemporary (moral?) discourse? Also whose discourse?
Yes, but that is a weak argument, when we are arguing for science, given that scientific discoveries have led to very significant harm as well.
I like that phrasing.
It was often the framework for morality though, because, as you said, it was or is the moral authority. Assuming no authority is total, moral progression thus was only possible through religion. I'd argue science needed/needs religion in religious societies, because science isn't a (strong) moral framework or authority.
I disagree and assume it is possible through culture. The culture may be informed by empathy, but empathy without culture seems useless (that is not saying culture is rigid and the individual is not cultural and thus excused).
Appreciate the detailed breakdown, but much of this reads like nitpicking semantics rather than engaging with the actual argument.
“Who?” - The many public figures, academics, and casuals who parrot the tired “science and religion can coexist” line. You can find it in everything from TED Talks to lukewarm religious apologetics.
“Modern compared to what?” - Compared to the centuries where faith was enforced at swordpoint and dissent was heresy. That modern. I’m not interested in academic hairsplitting over definitions when the general meaning is clear.
Yes, scientific discoveries have done harm, but those harms are side effects of methods, not doctrines. When religion causes harm, it’s often a feature, not a bug, justified in the text, not the test tube.
Morality predated organized religion. Religion co-opted it. I’ll grant that religious institutions shaped moral norms, but that doesn’t mean they originated them. Culture evolves. Empathy is innate. You can’t argue culture without human minds, and human minds are wired for empathy, not divine decree.