/atheism/ - Atheism ⚛

>>2
As much as people shit on Dawkins, I really do like how undaunted he is. sure, his shit with christians gets published a lot, but hes not afraid to shit on sjws, sharia-ists, etc

Me.

Hitch is the man, but Bertrand Russell was fightin' the good fight over 100 yrs ago.

Definately Tim Minchin

>>2

I admire Hitchens' skill as a debater but he was a profoundly dishonest man. He could argue anything successfully whether he believed it was true or not and in fact made a career out of it.

Jim Jefferies the comedian

i love all the drama Dawkins stirs up.

>>32
TJ is a huge cocksucking faggot literally. Back in the old days he was okay I guess, sure he was kind of an idiot but at least he was a passionate idiot that wasn't afraid of spewing unpopular opinions and keeping it real.
Now he is a pussified, watered-down version of himself that just parrots the liberal agenda and makes stupid comments on shit everyone already knows and agrees with.
TJDoesLife at least had occasionally some thought-provoking vids now and then, and now he is scrapping that too in favor of content for broader common denominators.
Now I'm not stupid, I know why he is doing this, and that's exactly the reason you do not make a carreer out of youtube. What did this retard think would happen? He was gonna sustain his growing mortgage and fiscal expenses with ad revenue? Fucking. Please.

Lawrence Krauss and Stephen Hawking.

Matt Dillahunty

Derren Brown, mythbusters, C-Sagan and Alton Brown

Aalewis

>>32
He's cool. Athesit, egalitarianist, and anti-sjw. Also funny.

>>73
*tips fedora*

>>35
>TJ
>Liberal

Okay, buddy.

>>48
Fuck your psuedo magic!
Derren Brown ==BITCH!==

>>2
>>32
>>48

The Amazing Randi

Seth Andrews. That buttery voice…

Bakunin
Go to >>>/leftypol/, you pussies.

God

>>238
Wow, I had no clue… he really doesn't believe in himself?

>>117 I'm right with you. I was ecstatic to see him on TYT and he did indeed at least make Cenk think it over a bit, but it seems he holds a bias, perhaps not to offend his family which is supposedly muslim.

>>117

He seems like he was initially sorta neutral-ish to GG, but he was going to have Mundane Matt on his podcast. Then his podcast went temporarily down because of a YT ban he was able to refute. Fuck.

Why do euphoric atheists love pictures of people next to quotes so much?

>>302
Same can be said to religious people. Why do religious people like to mis quote people and take it as fact?

>>48
Gotta go with this nigga.

Based Penn

>>302
Probably the same reason euphoric christians do. Both of them can be equally obnoxious in that way, and want to reassure themselves of their faith. But I gotta say, doing a quick google image search on Athiest images will give you some pretty obnoxious quotes.

Ricky Gervais

>>3
Same here. Dawkins also invented the "meme": Sort of like a gene that lives in memories, which, of course, immediately mutated into the term we now know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tIwYNioDL8

He's also one of us vs the SJW hoards. Remember Elevatorgate.

Also, Dawkins likely knows more about a given religion than the average adherent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21NoQuKTB8Q
> A talk with Dawkins and a bible scholar about many biblical things, including the fact that "Virgin Mary" is a mistranslation which doesn't exist in the original texts.

George Carlin if he counts. He helped shaped the ideas I have now.

>>302
This is a really dickish post. Would I not be a dick if I said why do christians like bible verses so much?

Me.

>>2
Randi is the fucking man. It's either him or Hitchens for me.

>>3
>>18
>>33
You can't Daunt the Dawkins.

It's amazing how composed and polite he is given the shit people spout at him. Before I lost my religion, I never saw or heard him but I heard a lot about him. People were always shitting on him for being pompous and arrogant. He's one of several voices that helped me transition to being rational, and I was floored when I watched some videos of him for the first time. He's a slouch when it comes to philosophy, but I can't really blame him since he actually does science and spends a lot of time doing science PR.

>>16
We could really use more people like him - artists who talk about rationalism. "The Fence" is almost like praise music for general skepticism and nuance.

>>32
He's one of the few people I am quite sure are genuine in the way they present themselves. He's far from perfect but for that alone, he has my undying respect.

>>48
He's entertaining as fuck. He's got the problem of being just smart enough to wrestle with big ideas but not smart enough to actually get it right most of the time. It's frustrating to watch him be wrong about things because he's not self-aware enough. Like the episode of Bullshit where they basically say that physical shape is 100% due to genetics. Dude, you're fat. That's fine, but don't act like it's the way it has to be. You're fat because of your diet and exercise habits, with a dash of genetics affecting how you metabolize food. He seems like a really good guy with a big heart, but his ego gets in the way of being less wrong and less of an ass than he is.

>>64
Underrated because they don't have that much charisma and aren't physically attractive. Hawking is a fucking testament to willpower though and I'm glad he's as famous as he is, even if it's not got to do with atheism.

>>72
I wish more people knew about the Mythbusters being atheists.

>>117
I want to be mad at you for Sam Harris, but Bertrand Russell is good. The only thing Harris has going for him is that he's articulate enough to communicate points that have been around for a long time. He's completely retarded when it comes to philosophy, and he's got less charisma than that buffoon from The Big Bang Theory.

>>295
He let The InvestiGamer do a guest video about GamerGate a few months ago. It was unabashedly pro-GG in that it was honest about what was happening more or less. I don't think TJ has said a word about GG himself.

>>302
Because while the source of a quote has little if anything to do with its validity, it's polite to attribute it correctly. Not everyone will know someone by name, but may recognize the face. It's also easier to read text in someone's voice if you're also seeing a picture of their face.

>>334
He's entertaining, but he relies far too much on intuition. Having seen the podcasts he's done with Karl Pilkington, it's maddening when Karl is actually right about something, but Ricky dismisses it because it defies his common sense. I enjoy his stuff for entertainment but he's a poor source of wisdom.

>>450
Carlin is good. His "Religion has actually convinced people…" is probably the best overall atheist argument. It gets to the heart of the matter, it's short, and it's easy to understand.

>>536
That guy.

There are a lot of famous atheists that I have a lot of respect for.

James Randi has done a lot of work in spreading skepticism. The way that he presents himself, and the way that he explains skepticism to onlookers, he really represents skeptics everywhere very well.

Richard Dawkins is very articulate and presents himself very well. I'm not a fan of the idea of these debates that he does, but whatever.

And Stephen Hawking is the fucking man. Like, it would have been so easy for him to just give up at any point in his life. And yet still, here he is, not only working hard, but he's working hard to change the world for the better. I have SO much respect for this man.

Richard Dawkins.

Why? People have such hatred against him for being open about debating religion, being polite about it while everyone bashes on him. And on top of that, everyone claims that he is "the god of atheists". Just to make fun of him and atheists.

It's just so funny when people get so mad that call every atheist a sheep of Dawkins. He is just a man who debates well and has good arguments while also being polite, yet religious people can't resist calling him a douche and us dumb followers (whatever the fuck that means).

You are. :-3

>>292
Of course God has absolutely no faith in himself. Why else would he need a constant ego boost through adulation and prayer… then throw a raging hissy fit and start killing people the moment they bruise his ego by thinking and acting for themselves.

Hmmmm…

I suppose myself if I am to be painfully logical about it..

but there a bunch of others I like as well…

>>22
He was pretty open about his political past and sexuality in his autobiography. What was he dishonest about? I remember some controversy over his support of the Iraq war but he seemed pretty consistent in his views.

>>302

The irony. Is it true gimpwheels is offended by people that don't believe in gods?

Ayaan. I devoured 'The Infidel' in 2days. Damn, what a life.

>>76
You are the worst kind of person.

I'm anti-sjw, but TJ is like some kind of parody of atheism by a Fox News anchorman that somehow came to life.

>>1162
Or generally the entire Charlie Hebdo team (which he was a part of)=

>>1262
He's not hotwheels, he's literally the administrator of autism.

>>1271
I'd have to agree here.

>>2
My favorite atheists are either late 19th, early 20th century philosophers, or British people on YouTube. QualiaSoup and Potholer54 are my favorites.

Not a big fan of the modern people. Dawkins is OK, he's a great biologist, but not a philosopher.
Sam Harris has potential but kind of aims for the low hanging fruit that no respectable religious person would ever be dealing with. He's almost irrelevant for that reason.

>>6254

>muh false dichotomy
>muh you can only be a fundamentalist Christian or a nihilist, there's nothing in between

Never change, Peter

>>6254
I'm also dissatisfied with that quote. Aren't there more dangerous things a person can think, even if you limit yourself to Christian ideas? Does he really think there is no religion more dangerous than that one?

>>6313

Whatever, it's Peter Hitchens, the statuefag of England. He's only capable of seeing fundie Christians and nihilist, despite the fact that there are plenty of religious people who don't worship Jesus, plenty of Christians who view whole passages of the New Testament as metaphors and plenty of non-believers who find a more than satisfying meaning and purpose in their lives

>>6254
None of those conclusions follow Jesus being God's son and resurrecting. And all things considered, the same could be said about Mohammad having visions and speaking to Gabriel.

Also I doubt any atheist turned away from Christianity because they're against justice and/or hope. But for what it's worth, God's idea of justice is incredibly shit. An infinite punishment for a finite crime.

>>6446
>None of those conclusions follow Jesus being God's son and resurrecting.

It does. Christianity is Nihilism.

>And all things considered, the same could be said about Mohammad having visions and speaking to Gabriel.

Nobody is denying this. We agree.

>Also I doubt any atheist turned away from Christianity because they're against justice and/or hope.

Are you saying that Christianity espouses justice and hope?

topkek

>>811
>I wish more people knew about the Mythbusters being atheists.
It's kinda obvious.

>>6254
I actually kinda agree with him. I think the worse ideas ever thought of are heaven and hell. These are naive, excessive, wish fulfilling, childish , silly, and ultimately a pathetic attempt at ignoring your mortality that I think deep down 95% of the world doesn't believe. You always go to see a doctor when your sick after all don't you?

>>6771
He never said it. It's a fake quote.

>>18
I still find it funny that r/atheism fell for that

>>6779
I can't stand those SJWs.

>>6780
I don't think I've heard them utter anything relating to feminism.

>>6793
Try their 'kidnapped for christ" video.

>>6779
>>6834
I kinda like them too, but their video openings annoy the hell out of me. The old one had super shitty music and the new one is way too long.