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In reply to the discussion: The newfangled atheists' normalization of Islamophobia was a... [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)4. Is the sky down in Australia?
How despised are atheists?
They are so despised that........
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Guil: your modern permissive, inclusive Christianity, differs only slightly from evangelicalism
Bretton Garcia
Dec 2016
#96
Sorry. My mobile compresses posts so it's hard to tell which posts are answers to which otber posts
okasha
Dec 2016
#92
And, since humans largely invented most of politics, nations, philosophies, arts, etc.,
LanternWaste
Dec 2016
#103
Warpy is objecting that atheists have the numbers or the social clout to 'normalize islamaphobia'.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#10
Understood, and we are all still waiting to find out why the post is actually here.
guillaumeb
Dec 2016
#21
I can't speak for your hateful friends. They hurt people who we care about when they spew it.
stone space
Dec 2016
#27
I really hope that the defeatism that I keep hearing from my fellow atheists is just a deflection.
stone space
Dec 2016
#41
Given that the atheist population hasn't increased much since before Harris/Dawkins/Abedin
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#48
Please. Atheists (not agnostics and 'nones) are a tiny percentage of the population.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#55
And as usual, I note your concern is much higher about my objection, than the content of the OP.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#60
In this case, I'll throw you a bone now that I see how you misinterpreted the OP.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#64
Stone doesn't specify WITHIN new atheists. That's your qualifier, not the OP's.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#63
Pretty sure stone is not talking about normalization within their own population, and scanning
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#70
Also, that's not true. There are Tea Party members of the Episcoplian, Protestant, MCC, etc
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#90
Do we really need to remind people again who voted for the Islamophobe in 2016?
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2016
#9
Ah, I remember the good old days when cbayer and starboard tack used to sit around and pretend
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2016
#51