• DamarcusArt
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    10 months ago

    One of the weirdest and most surreal things for me leaving the “new atheist” movement, was realising that a lot of people aren’t atheists just because they don’t believe in any religions, but they are atheists because it makes them feel superior to other people. And those people are the authors of RationalWiki.

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      10 months ago

      but they are atheists because it makes them feel superior to other people.

      This also includes being straight up racist, rewatching the videos I used to watch as a teen and I can only think of “yeah this guy hates brown people”

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      10 months ago

      As someone who left religion, I couldn’t help but feel that smugness in my earlier days. The capitalist society encourages one to adopt the sour grapes/JOMO approach.

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      10 months ago

      I understand why you think that, but I think it’s fair to say most atheists aren’t atheist to feel superior. I think many western atheists use atheism to mask their racism though.

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        10 months ago

        Oh yeah, I meant specifically the new atheist movement, which largely morphed into the anti-feminism/anti-sjw stuff around gamergate, most atheists aren’t like that.

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          10 months ago

          This is just a No True Scotsman thing you’re doing. Atheism is a good thing and that “movement” helped a lot of people, particularly in America to overcome the extreme religious oppression that exists in that place.

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            10 months ago

            This isn’t like that at all though? I have met a lot of atheists who are atheists because it makes them feel superior to others, not just due to a lack of faith. I’m not claiming they aren’t “real atheists” or whatever. Just that they’re atheists and smug assholes at the same time. The two are not mutually exclusive at all.

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      10 months ago

      a lot of people aren’t atheists just because they don’t believe in any religions, but they are atheists because it makes them feel superior to other people. And those people are the authors of RationalWiki.

      Yep saving this one.