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Posted by: koriwhore ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 06:57PM

Just curious.
Is "new atheism" somehow different than plain old fashioned "atheism"?
If not, then why even call it "new"?

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Posted by: bobofitz ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 07:03PM

Tried Wiki? It’s got lots of answers.

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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 07:15PM

Such questions are really between you and your therapist.

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Posted by: bona dea ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 07:19PM

New atheists tend to be radical like Dawkins.Most atheists Iknow, dont care what others belive so.long as they dont force it on others and dont proselytize.One of my dearest atheist friends dislikes Dawkins and Harris as much as I do.

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Posted by: Humberto ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 07:25PM

"New atheists" are the ones who have gotten uppity, and forgotten their obvious inferiority to those who God has chosen to speak through.

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Posted by: GNPE ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 07:26PM

Spelling, D'oh

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Posted by: elderolddog ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 08:00PM

It's not like there's an answer that will be satisfactory.

The whole point is that whatever we answer, Kori will eventually tell us that since we don't agree with his sources, we're all wrong, and didn't we wish we knew what he does.

In his mind it's a worthy goal: Koriyze the Whole World.

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Posted by: caffiend ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 08:25PM

Then there's the "New Agnosticism:"

"I don't know if there's a God--AND NEITHER DO YOU!!!"

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Posted by: thingsithink ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 08:28PM

The old atheists don't think god exists.

The new atheists lack a belief in god.

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Posted by: cftexan ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 10:41PM

What's the difference between koriwhores expectations of answers from his last million questions and this one?

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Posted by: Lot's Wife ( )
Date: January 05, 2018 10:42PM

Insight!

Perhaps this is not about answers or dialogue!

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Posted by: koriwhore ( )
Date: January 06, 2018 01:01AM

cftexan Wrote:
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> What's the difference between koriwhores
> expectations of answers from his last million
> questions and this one?
So is Kim Jung Un a "new atheist" or a plain old atheist, like his predecessors?
How do I tell the difference?

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Posted by: elderolddog ( )
Date: January 06, 2018 01:34AM

When you feel sufficiently equipped to make that decvision, won't you be sitting pretty!

You will have complete mastery over the jolly, little dictator!

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Posted by: Dave the Atheist ( )
Date: January 06, 2018 01:06AM

yet another bullshit "topic".

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Posted by: esias ( )
Date: January 06, 2018 01:19AM

The new atheists have chosen instead to worship the great Spaghetti Teapot Monster who has a better temper, goes on less killing sprees, is more likeable, and more likely to answer prayers.

One of the new Atheists, Harris, would regularly complain at the term 'atheist' and would prophesy of likely squabbles over definition and application of the term.

You may have read with interest (or disinterest) the furious jousting recently on this board over a dodgy quote from the apotheotic Sagan and the definition of atheist.

Twas ever thus. Jousting over terms was more furious a hundred years ago. Let's preach the gospel of love, peace, solidarity and smoking the peace pipe.

But my memory is fading with old age, and I've forgotten already the legacy of the last Morg profit.

Happy New Year to all esias

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Posted by: Cheryl ( )
Date: January 06, 2018 10:59AM

It's silly to try to sort atheists into different categories. They're not a cohesive group. If several of them want to self identify into some group, that's up to them, but it doesn't affect most other atheists who go about their business and don't bother with it.

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