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In reply to the discussion: Scepticism, class, and the 'New Atheists' [View all]edhopper
(33,962 posts)95. If you are going to be snarky
and condescending, you should at least own up to it instead of pulling a "who me?"
It really makes you look small.
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New atheism hasn't much to say about capitalism because it is a completely different thing.
dimbear
Aug 2013
#3
Communist party members: about 60 million. Chinese atheists: about 636 million
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#15
It is odd, isn't it? Almost as odd as atheists in america being overwhelmingly caucasian.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#57
Except of course for east Asia and Europe, where atheism is widespread.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#46
Buddhists are separate, so we don't have to worry about them as atheists
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#50
'very few if any of those "poor and working class" people will be "humanist"' is wrong
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2013
#41
Then why are you insistent on a connection when you can't show anything other than suggestion?
LostOne4Ever
Aug 2013
#64
Unless that opinion is based on a whim, it is the result of thought and methodoology.
rug
Aug 2013
#42
There are also clueless people who believe who believe distinctions can be made in a vacuum.
rug
Sep 2013
#88
When you concede you are not answering an intellectual question in a vacuum, you concede an ideology
rug
Sep 2013
#92
Well, I see by the use of smileys you have no answer other than lame personal insults.
rug
Sep 2013
#94
Glancing at your transparency page, it looks like you're the one who's been doing the sowing.
rug
Sep 2013
#110
The baggage is what it got there and the baggage is where different people want to take it.
rug
Sep 2013
#114
You already determined that you can not find an answer by using something you can't detect.
rug
Sep 2013
#124
If all that were true, then our neighbor and friend to the north Canada would be much more atheist
dimbear
Aug 2013
#30
Well, as I've said before, explicit atheism tends to be associated with education...
LeftishBrit
Aug 2013
#65