Many people are hesitant to identify as atheists because of the social stigma they may face, making it hard to pinpoint connections and differences among this group.
Whenever someone complains about Reddit Atheists, I go to r/atheism, sort by top posts of the month, and check the top 10. Let’s see what they are:
The word “God” appears 41 times in the Alabama’s Supreme Court ruling that destroying embryos counts as killing a child.
Pastor’s Sermon Implying Women in Shorts Deserve to Be Raped Prompts Response. “If you dress like that and you get raped, and I’m on the jury, he’s going to go free. Because a man’s a man."
Taylor Swift is engaging in demonic practices and satanic rituals in live shows, Christian artist claims: ‘Her music is dangerous’.
Utah House ignores constitution, passes bill allowing allowing Ten Commandments to be taught in public schools
Canada would remove religious exemption from ‘hate speech’ in proposed bill. Christians say quoting Scripture to defend their bigotry could be criminalized if the legislation passes.
UK: Clergy warn of ‘doom spiral’ as church attendance drops off at record rate. Church attendance has more than halved since 1987.
Super Bowl jesus Ad funded by groups fostering “hateful Christian Nationalism”
A dangerous mental illness is spreading in the Trump cult
MAGA influencer Jack Posobiec, speaking on stage at CPAC: “Welcome to the end of democracy. We’re here to overthrow it completely. We didn’t get all the way there on January 6th, but we will endeavor to get rid of it and replace it with this right here…Because all glory is to God.”
As you can see, all of them are genuine concerns about religiously-motivated people or groups provoking harm in one way or another, sometimes even subverting the basis of a functional democratic state. Online communities of atheists are, fundamentally, communities of people who have been hurt by religion one way or another, many of which simply feel the need to vent and lash out on a bad day, and will engage in constructive discussion about society at their best, and does definitely not deserve the caricature you’re propagating.
Whenever someone complains about Reddit Atheists, I go to r/atheism, sort by top posts of the month, and check the top 10. Let’s see what they are:
As you can see, all of them are genuine concerns about religiously-motivated people or groups provoking harm in one way or another, sometimes even subverting the basis of a functional democratic state. Online communities of atheists are, fundamentally, communities of people who have been hurt by religion one way or another, many of which simply feel the need to vent and lash out on a bad day, and will engage in constructive discussion about society at their best, and does definitely not deserve the caricature you’re propagating.