Atheists are people, too

[james_davis_nicoll]

Unfortunately that means some of them are terrible people.

I’ve been writing about atheism for about 10 years now. What has driven me is a combination of awe at the amazing insights produced by science, so much deeper and more substantial than any collection of myths, and a furious rage at the lies and injustice and corruption of humanity by religion. For a while there, in the middle, there was also an ebullience at the growing success of atheism, and hope that someday we would be able to cast aside the follies of faith. The awe is still here, the rage is still burning, but the optimism is fading and is being consumed by a new anger at the incompetence and betrayal of the self-appointed atheist leadership.

Comments

[lostwanderfound.livejournal.com]

It is a big problem, and no, it isn't settled. It's not just a few bad apples; it's a steaming cesspit of scrumpy.

But it's a minority cesspit, and it's on the way down (IMO). The MRA crowd are self limiting; they repel everyone except themselves.