Posted: Mar 07, 2010 5:53 am
One of the things that some people do not want to look at is the demographics of atheism. For starters, from what I can tell, the makeup of RDF and this forum is predominately white, male and of Northern European heritage. Those people attracted to the so-called "new atheism" tend to be people with leanings in the direction of math and the sciences, often while ignoring other subject areas. It would also not come as any great suprise if those that compose the ranks of the "new atheism" are relatively young and have a higher proportion of single males than the society as a whole. In a sense, atheism attracts certain individuals who embrace atheistic rhetoric as something akin to "the flavor of the month." Do not be suprised if many of those who are attracted to this movement eventually become theists.