@HPluckrose @Marvin_SuperDog @j_razor101 @JTheMagicRobot @sirtophamhat So fucking tired of the atheists that say "atheism _shouldn't_ be
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I'm not talking about defining atheism, just about this insane proscription that it mustn't ever be associated w anything else.
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A tangential point in this thread, I realize :)
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Its a big issue right now. Wrote this abt the conflicting approaches. http://helensatheistblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-conflicting-approaches-of-david.html …
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It only deters ppl who don't want tribalism, movements, identity politics but that's OK. I shld have let label go long ago.
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Anyone who doesn't want those things doesn't have to participate in them. Seems simple to me.
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Sure but it becomes easier to let the label 'atheist' go if its gets mixed up with all sorts of other things you don't believe in.
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Absolutely, but for anyone who mixes things together and does believe in all of them, I don't see the issue. As long as they
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don't claim to represent atheism or atheists in general.
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No, even the most anti-tribal ppl who argue against atheism+ don't say ppl can't have a range of interests. That's a good thing.
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I'm talking beyond 'range of interests', talking about ppl who are angry w atheists who say their atheism informs othr things
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Its natural to form ideologically motivated moral communities. Not angry when ppl do that but think resisting it much better.
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