eg, how do they argue that the eradication of many diseases, vastly improved life expectancy, reduced infant mortality, vastly increased rights for women & ethnic & sexual minorities is the dominance of an ideology rather than legitimate progress. What would progress look like?
Yes. They are bound to be fairly politically diverse. I'm not sure how useful it is to consider the right-wing ones with dubious allies in terms of their atheism nor do I consider atheists to be a community so I'm not inclined to 'collect my own' like I am with liberal-lefties.
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But the 'New Atheists/Skeptics' group were my people so I have addressed how I think that form of critique should be expanded & it is against the irrationalisms and illiberalisms of the far-left or far-right.https://areomagazine.com/2017/05/15/where-now-for-new-atheists/ …
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Thanks. I've read this before, so I have seen and catalogued your articles (just checked my database), but I'll take another look before I continue our earlier discussion.
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I will be interested in the results of your research. Now following but I often miss lots of tweets so if manage to remember to tell me when you publish something, that would be great.
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No problems, I have a few out already, but they tend to be in academic books, which aren't cheap or accessible. If you pm me a place to send, I'll see what I can do for you.
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I can't. You don't follow me.
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I do now and can't believe I wasn't already. Thanks for the contact.
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I think post 'Great Rift' this has become a more common feeling. But as a researcher, I have to look at anyone who uses the label, even if it doesn't sit well with me or others who use the label (and this is the unbiased way to do the research, so as it should be).
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That's interesting because we are actually planning an essay on the Great Rift and we discuss it in the podcast we just linked. However, neither of us 'identify' as atheists & James actually wrote a book about why people shouldn't so we are probably not your subjects.
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Well I probably restricted that unnecessarily, I'm actually broadly interested in nonreligion and secularity, atheist/atheism is just a popular label at the moment, and James wouldn't be alone in thoughts on the label, though I'll look it up to find out the details. Last name?
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James A Lindsay. Everybody is Wrong about God.
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Oh sorry, lol. Didn't realise you meant this James, my bad (*blushing*). I have it on my list, but keeping up with buying books sends me broke constantly, nearly up to James' book though.
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