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In reply to the discussion: Feisty entry into contentious field of atheist manifestos [View all]Joseph Ledger
(36 posts)10. Exactly so. There's nothing inherent in atheism that lends itself to any particular
political position, though I will grant that American atheists are, on average, more left of center than the public at large.
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It seems to include many now-familiar rhetorical themes and salutes others who advance them:
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#9
I already have stacks and stacks of stuff to read, stuff that actually challenges me
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#23
Exactly so. There's nothing inherent in atheism that lends itself to any particular
Joseph Ledger
Apr 2013
#10
He does seem to have lit a fuse with out local religiously inflicted cohorts.
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2013
#16
The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by AC Grayling – review
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#3
The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#4
contemporary physicists might be pretty embarrassed by the outmoded opinions of revered patriarchs?
dimbear
Apr 2013
#21
"In the regions of interplanetary space the density of the aether is therefore very great compared
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#24
"Newton believed that ancient Greek and Roman mythology contained hidden alchemical secrets"
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#25
The Principia was published when he was about 45, which is not generally regarded
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#29
Maxwell's demon isn't snide: it's a useful thermodynamic thought experiment
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#32
The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and For Humanism by A. C. Grayling
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#5
Review: AC Grayling's latest attack on faith is smug, glib and lamentable
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#7
And, in fact, some atheists are so full of faith in their atheism, that atheism might indeed
struggle4progress
Apr 2013
#26