Is The Atheist Movement Dying?

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 31 October 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Seth Andrews offers his perspective on "The Atheist Movement," its challenges, its opportunities, its evolution, and the warnings about its demise. It's hoped that you'll approach the show with an open mind, a respectfully critical ear, and the desire to build a world free from the bonds of superstition, dogma, and magical thinking.

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0:00.0	Okay, here we go, the step-by-three, two, one, action!
0:06.4	Assume nothing.
0:08.3	Branch ball face blasphemy.
0:10.5	Question. Everything.
0:12.3	Find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:16.4	It is quite all right to be an atheist.
0:18.6	The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:21.0	has been measured as being those who have no belief
0:23.4	or who are atheists.
0:24.9	You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.
0:27.3	Challenge the opposition.
0:28.9	You see religion on 100 fronts losing the argument.
0:32.8	And start thinking.
0:37.8	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
0:45.2	You know, I grew up in a culture that loved to draw
0:48.2	American history in crayon, essentially.
0:51.7	You know, when they taught us about the founding fathers
0:53.8	and the constitutional framework of the United States
0:56.8	and political parties and their positions
0:58.9	and this country at war,
1:01.0	from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War
1:03.8	to World War II to be at Naman beyond.
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