Posted: Apr 19, 2012 2:11 pm
'New Atheist' is no more than a convenient label for the 'modern-day' theists to categorize those who are not theists while not being aware that atheist thinking has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years.
There is no such thing as a 'New' Atheist.
The religious mind is just not able to comprehend that what they perceive as a 'threat' to their way of life cannot be addressed unless it is labelled and 'pidgeon-holed'. This attempt to tie 'atheist thinking' down, by labelling it 'New', is a fruitless exercise, since by it's very nature 'atheist thinking' has no boundaries nor constraints in time or place and is certainly not beholden to a 'creed' or 'doctrine'.
For every atheist thinker to 'put pen to paper' there were/are hundreds or thousands who had/have similar thoughts. It's a natural process of the 'free-thinking' rational literal mind.
So, Beardy's use of the term 'New Atheist' is meaningless and shows an inability to think 'outside his box'.
Poor bloke. I feel sorry for him - he seems quite a nice genial guy.
There is no such thing as a 'New' Atheist.
The religious mind is just not able to comprehend that what they perceive as a 'threat' to their way of life cannot be addressed unless it is labelled and 'pidgeon-holed'. This attempt to tie 'atheist thinking' down, by labelling it 'New', is a fruitless exercise, since by it's very nature 'atheist thinking' has no boundaries nor constraints in time or place and is certainly not beholden to a 'creed' or 'doctrine'.
For every atheist thinker to 'put pen to paper' there were/are hundreds or thousands who had/have similar thoughts. It's a natural process of the 'free-thinking' rational literal mind.
So, Beardy's use of the term 'New Atheist' is meaningless and shows an inability to think 'outside his box'.
Poor bloke. I feel sorry for him - he seems quite a nice genial guy.