What did you think of the new atheist movement of the 2000s?

[Ambivalent1]

Books like The God Delusion were very popular

 

[EternalShore]

Being Christian, I guess I'm rather glad that new atheism is beginning to fall with many adherents turning [back] to Christianity~ especially because it was very much anti-theist rather than atheist and intolerant towards people who did believe in higher powers, seeking to have them apostatize at all costs~ :( It's kinda neat how it revitalized apologetics on the Christian side tho as it's fun to listen to those types of videos~ :) I hope religion is revitalized in many people's souls personally~ :)

 

[Ambivalent1]

I liked the debates on YouTube.

 

[4am]

is it related to reddit atheism?

 

[Necessary]

Before, atheism was linked to ideologies such as communism, this new atheism was a break from the norm, I found these ideas that were around YouTube in the 2010s interesting

 

[Ambivalent1]

is it related to reddit Christianity

Yes ;)

Before, atheism was linked to ideologies such as communism, this new atheism was a break from the norm, I found these ideas that were around YouTube in the 2010s interesting

That was a different movement in the '10s

 

[4am]

Yes ;)

That was a different movement in the '10s

okay so fedora wearing cringe ass mfs then

 

[Ambivalent1]

okay so fedora wearing cringe ass mfs then

Ad hominem attacks don't disprove the claims that religion is false

 

[4am]

Ad hominem attacks don't disprove the claims that religion is false

well i agree with them, they were still cringe tho

 

[1MiserableGuy]

Fedora tipping, angry-at-God pseudo intellectuals

 

[thenamingofcats]

I think it made atheism popular and put it into the spotlight whereas before atheists probably wouldn't talk about their beliefs.

 

[Alexei_Kirillov]

I was juuust too young for it, I only found out about Sam Harris like a few years ago and by then the "movement," if it can be called that, had already fizzled out. Retrospectively, it seems to me that the movement was necessary to shift the Overton Window (in the US at least), but it was far too harsh and full of arrogance/superiority complexes vis-a-vis religious people. I'm glad that aspect has simmered down now, and today, the atheist community I follow on YouTube (ex. Genetically Modified Skeptic) tends to be measured, calm, and charitable, with its interactions with theists being in good-faith.

 

[Ambivalent1]

I was juuust too young for it, I only found out about Sam Harris like a few years ago and by then the "movement," if it can be called that, had already fizzled out. Retrospectively, it seems to me that the movement was necessary to shift the Overton Window (in the US at least), but it was far too harsh and full of arrogance/superiority complexes vis-a-vis religious people. I'm glad that aspect has simmered down now, and today, the atheist community I follow on YouTube (ex. Genetically Modified Skeptic) tends to be measured, calm, and charitable, with its interactions with theists being in good-faith.

The vitriol was necessary to uproot the evil that has laid waste to our lands. For too long have we suffered under the tyranny of the religious!

Fedora tipping, angry-at-God pseudo intellectuals

And yet their conclusion is correct. Religion is wrong. It's claims made ridiculous when you realize they are infused with magical silliness.

I just finished reading the book of John from the bible. At the end it says something like "I was a witness to these things. They are true. And if I were to write down everything Jesus had done, there would not be enough books in the world to contain them." Why should we believe he was a witness? The gospels were written anonymously.

 

[Rocinante]

Fedora tipping, angry-at-God pseudo intellectuals

 

[EvisceratedJester]

I was juuust too young for it, I only found out about Sam Harris like a few years ago and by then the "movement," if it can be called that, had already fizzled out. Retrospectively, it seems to me that the movement was necessary to shift the Overton Window (in the US at least), but it was far too harsh and full of arrogance/superiority complexes vis-a-vis religious people. I'm glad that aspect has simmered down now, and today, the atheist community I follow on YouTube (ex. Genetically Modified Skeptic) tends to be measured, calm, and charitable, with its interactions with theists being in good-faith.

Oh, I love Genetically Modified Skeptic

 

[Ambivalent1]

@Rocinante
Yusuke urameshi wouldn't like you using his visage

 

[Rocinante]

@Rocinante
Yusuke urameshi wouldn't like you using his visage

 

[sserafim]

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Jfl

 

[Ambivalent1]

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Being obese will allow me to fuel the fires of hell longer

 

[thenamingofcats]

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No James Randi lol!! The OG fedora tipping intellectual...