Not all atheists are on board with 'the four horsemen' of the New Atheism: Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, and Hitchens. Julian Baggini, podcaster and author of Atheism: A Very Short Introductionpoints out their generally unsophisticated grasp of religion. I met Baggini in New York last December when he came to speak to a small group of us on the subject of politics. He's British, Continue Reading …
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Does Atheism Entail Nihilism? (Or, is God Necessary for Morality?)
An interesting debate. And it continues on Prosblogion. Update: Now that I've listened to the whole thing, I have to say Craig is in over his head and Kagan makes minced meat of him. I wish they had been more evenly matched. Update II: Here's an interesting article by Wes Morriston (who linked to it in the Prosblogion comments) rebutting Craig: God and the ontological Continue Reading …
Atheism in the Face of Death
Christopher Hitchens, as you've likely heard, has cancer. He's one of the "new atheists," and of course people asked "now that he's going to die, will he find God?" to which he replied in the negative. In this article, he discusses his "fan" reactions (i.e. people praying for him to get better in spite of his atheism, or assuring him that they wouldn't condescend by praying for Continue Reading …
“New” Atheism as Cultural Movement
An article by Paul Pardi ("Philosophy News Service") at the Huffington Post sums up the significance of "new atheism:" 1. The arguments of Harris, Dennett, Dawkins and Hitchens tend not to be "new" and don't engage the actual arguments of liberal theologians. 2. As a social movement, they're nonetheless affecting the perception that the mass of people have on "the role Continue Reading …
Massimo Pigliucci on In-Your-Face Atheism
Pigliucci strongly rebukes the organization of which he is a lifetime honorary member, for an ad calling all religions "scams": First, the ad is simply making a preposterous claim that cannot possibly be backed up by factual evidence, which means that, technically, it is lying. Not a good virtue for self-righteous critical thinkers... Yet, several atheists I have Continue Reading …