Atheist Activists: Stand Your Ground
Updated: 2010-03-19 10:47:00
: Home About Comment Policy Blogroll Mobile Site Disclosure Contact Me skip to main skip to sidebar 2010-03-19 Atheist Activists : Stand Your Ground Labels : Activism Atheist Movement Atheist Activists : Stand Your Ground 2010-03-19T05:47:00-05:00 vjack Activism|Atheist Movement| Comments Would you agree that the GLBT community in the U.S . is now in better shape than they were in the 1970s There is no denying that gay rights still has a long way to go , but I think we can agree that tremendous progress has been made . Do you suspect that there were people both inside and outside the early days of the movement who thought that the activists should tone it down , be more respectful to mainstream culture , and the like Good thing the activists didn't listen to these critics It is often said that the atheist movement is now where the gay rights movement was in the early 1970s . I'm not sure I agree with this . I see us as being closer to where they were in the 1950s , but I digress . That is not what I want to talk about here . Instead , I want us to examine the frequent criticism leveled at the atheist movement and realize that we had better not listen to it either . As I have
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Chris Stedman over at the Nonprophet Status blog is inviting secularists (atheists, freethinkers, agnostics, etc.) to share their story.
The stories of secular (Secular Humanist, Atheist, Agnostic, et al.) people are scattered because we as a people are scattered. We are not unified by a denomination or tradition. Because there is little cohesion among us, [...]
Echos of last weekend’s Global Atheist convention in Melbourne are still reverberating around the internet and in the print media. There have been some shocking newspaper reports in Australia (eg. Speakers true love of hatred) but also some good ones (eg. Australia’s atheists are a happy bunch).
Probably what we should expect at this stage. After [...]