Greta Christina explains 11 myths and truths about atheism (with a bit of riffing off of Sam Harris‘ original list of 10).
She explains each of these in depth, but here’s her overall list:
1: Atheism are 100% convinced that there is no God, as blindly faithful as religious fundamentalists.
2: Atheists are immoral: without religion, there’s no basis for morality.
3: Atheists are angry and unhappy, with no meaning to their lives, and no hope.
4: Atheists are disrespectful, intolerant, and mean.
5: Atheists are whiny.
6: Atheists are just being trendy.
7: Atheists are just angry with God, or with religion. They’re angry about abuses in religious organizations; about actions of God that they don’t understand; or because God puts restrictions on them that they don’t like.
8: Atheists are arguing with straw men: they criticize the ugliest, stupidest, most simplistic, most outdated versions of religion, and ignore the thoughtful, complex forms of serious modern theology.
9: Atheists are responsible for the worst crimes in history: Stalin, Mao, etc.
10: Atheists think science belongs to them; atheists treat science as their religion.
11: Atheists think they’re superior.
Is there anything else you can think of that should have been included?
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