What silence? What community? Some atheists like 'New Atheists' & some don't.I do. We don't share a belief system or tenets.
It is tribal to want to separate ppl into one primary identity & get one group to condemn another.
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We are a social species who live in groups. Call it "tribal" if you want it (IMO tribal refers to a set of ethnic clan-thinking)
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Groups are not used to condemn but to properly name and categorize people. I do not believe in this whole relativism of yours.
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If you're anti-theistic, you are by definition also atheist so you don't require stating the latter. Same for humanist.
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You don't require stating any of them ever. An atheist is what someone is in relation to belief or disbelief in gods.
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An anti-theist is what someone is in relation to opinion of belief in gods. Its relevant to use those terms at diff times.
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The only rationale for arguing for describing someone as one or the other is to distinguish tribes.
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In order to show diversity. Momentarily, atheism is losing because people do not identify themselves with the anti-theism.
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.@MondigeStudent Its not losing! Nones continue to grow! You want to stop some ppl being called atheists coz u ascribe certain values to it
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I prefer a gentler approach to Dawkins but can accept this difference. He's a sweetheart but if he wasn't, cld still accept
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