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Atheists & Agnostics

Curmudgeoness

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10. What's wrong with Dawkins and Harris?

Reply to ReallyIAmAnOptimist (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2015, 02:17 PM

Jun 2015

And why does "atheism" need leaders? Simple answer, it doesn't. At least it doesn't for me. I came to atheism all by myself, and only found out about the atheists who are writing about it and in the public eye after I was sure that there is no god.

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8 Awesome Atheist Leaders Who Aren't Richard Dawkins or Sam Harris... [View all] ReallyIAmAnOptimist Jun 2015 OP

So who else are you? skepticscott Jun 2015 #1

We need "Leaders"? I must have missed the memo about the voting. mr blur Jun 2015 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jun 2015 #4

Carpetbaggers are all too common skepticscott Jun 2015 #8

Only the threadbare ones though... truebrit71 Jun 2015 #9

An article written in exactly e same way as every other anti dawkins article Lordquinton Jun 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jun 2015 #5

Yeah that's what confuses me. trotsky Jun 2015 #11

Re-write the sub headline to read: passnobuck Jun 2015 #6

So what do you think? Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #7

What's wrong with Dawkins and Harris? Curmudgeoness Jun 2015 #10

Where are our REAL leaders? onager Jun 2015 #12

That's hysterical. AlbertCat Jun 2015 #13

Meh...Leaders?! NeoGreen Jun 2015 #14