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In reply to the discussion: Dominant Male Atheist Leaders Seem to Have a Problem with Women [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)55. thank you for a reasoned post. one that can argue against, yet acknowledge.
the atheists i knew prior to the last five years, were not a part of it. a lot of what i have heard the last couple years on du, lead me to suggest the "group" is larger than i expected.
thanks for your post.
as far as atheism, i am right there with you in the experience you express, if not a part of.
i am neither here, nor there.
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Many religious minds can't picture atheism as anything BUT a competing "religion."
trotsky
Oct 2014
#9
well of course religion isn't the cause of misogyny. It's just a tool that has been used by
liberal_at_heart
Oct 2014
#25
Yes, as always, it becomes a quibble about a single word, rather than a consideration of
Sheldon Cooper
Oct 2014
#34
they now have evo psych, the new religion in the name of science, to promote their patriarchy.
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#31
i agree. but then, that is the harm of the evo psych, is they see it as factual base, science. nt
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#64
thank you alp. yes. simply the reality, so it behooves atheist who disagree to speak up
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#75
but, in the name of science, it is not made up, it is merely biology, so they say. nt
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#56
Until they get to what the RC church is, I'm not going to spend energy worrying.
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#63
they are responsible when say, a dawkins dismisses and scorns the woman that speaks up and his
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#71
exactly. and there are two that acknowledge this. all the rest ignore, joke, dismiss.
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#88
Wow, I'm an atheist and not once have I attended Atheist Mass. I'm a bad atheist.
valerief
Oct 2014
#80
Yeah, it's a shame they're not enlightened like those Catholic, Baptist, Mormon & Orthodox Jewish
Arugula Latte
Oct 2014
#81
I'm an atheist leader and I have no thoughts on women atheist leaders pro or con?
juxtaposed
Oct 2014
#89