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Atheists & Agnostics

skepticscott

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9. Just another hack

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 08:28 AM

Jan 2016

who can't even grasp the elementary concept that atheism is not a lifestyle, a philosophy or an overarching worldview. Unlike religion, atheism does not contain moral commandments or instructions on how to live your life, and it is idiotic to judge the correctness of atheism because of that.

Salon and Huff Post are lousy with cranks like this. And unfortunately, their blather spills over into DU way too often.

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