Anonymous 03/22/15 (Sun) 08:03:03 06a15a No. 4991
This article was posted on /new/ recently. It is about the new face of atheism.
I wanted to get your reaction to this family. Do you think they are a good model for atheism?
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/03/living/friendly-atheists-next-door/
Anonymous 03/22/15 (Sun) 08:57:30 46458e No. 4995
>hurr I'll still do Christmas just without the cosmic Jewish zombie durr LOL, what's the point of being atheist if you're still gonna do all this ritualistic shit? You can have a good if not better time with the family without the props. They behave too much like Christards while not believing in a skywizards. And fuck I don't like how they would just let their kids believe in whatever and not debate it. Authoritative > permissive > authoritarian > uninvolved parenting. Put Bill Maher back on. >Do you think they are a good model for atheism? As in good role model? No, we still have 3 of the 4 horsemen. Maybe Bill Maher or Penn Jillette or Lawrence Krauss or Tyson, etc could be the new 4th. Though I could never replace Hitch in my heart. He was my favorite and while all death is arguably untimely this was particularity untimely. So the last thing atheism needs is pretty much everything that's been going on like this. These guys look like a joke granted this is a major improvement from atheism+ but enough of this atheism 2.0 nonsense. We've become too soft for my liking. Fuck you see atheists apologizing for religion nowadays, pathetic. Now this could be an accurate model of most atheists at which point I weep.
Anonymous 03/22/15 (Sun) 11:09:41 23f257 No. 5008
>It has noodle-like limbs and googly eyes. This is no angel, no star of Bethlehem. This is the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Stopped reading right there.
Anonymous 03/22/15 (Sun) 14:21:14 fb5078 No. 5011
No. Just because someone is atheist it doesn't mean he is like me. So a wacky family shouldn't portray millions of people who are different and aren't following a stupid book. This is just fedora posting but on TV and by cable companies to make us look bad.
Anonymous 03/22/15 (Sun) 14:37:12 7eecc8 No. 5012
The media even misrepresents the average atheist. They might as well have interviewed a laveyan satanist family, because we might have actually learned something from that.
Anonymous 03/22/15 (Sun) 19:07:24 cfafde No. 5032
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>4995 >I'm not going to celebrate the end of the year and the Winter Solstice because Christians appropriated it and it's dirty now I'd probably go with Krauss for 4th horseman. Who else has the balls to do a debate in a room full of Muslims and open tell his opponent when he's being stupid?
>>5011 Fucking this.
Anonymous 03/23/15 (Mon) 17:47:41 115ea8 No. 5169
A good face for atheism is not about atheism. It's just normal people living life without a religion.
Anonymous 03/23/15 (Mon) 18:04:06 9c3006 No. 5172
>>4995 >LOL, what's the point of being atheist if you're still gonna do all this ritualistic shit? Fun?
>You can have a good if not better time with the family without the props. They behave too much like Christards while not believing in a skywizards. Well it's a good thing we have you to tell us all how to live our lives. Otherwise we might act "too much like Christards". Clearly you know what's most enjoyable for every family better than they do.
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 13:06:57 f1c6a2 No. 5287
>>5272 >get BTFO >B-b-butthurt!
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 17:46:09 7eecc8 No. 5306
>>5287 Not him, but I understand why they do it, but to claim they they are the representation of atheism as a whole is not just a dishonest misrepresentation, it's an outright lie.
We have no problem with what they're doing
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 18:46:41 0254d9 No. 5316
>>5272 How is be butthurt? Props can be fun. That's why we have shit like art and theater.
Go back to updating your kernel, autistic faggot
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 18:50:05 7eecc8 No. 5317
>>5316 How do you know, he updates his kernal? How does calling someone out on their butthurt make them autistic?
Anonymous 03/24/15 (Tue) 19:00:53 7eecc8 No. 5320
Anonymous 04/09/15 (Thu) 06:13:14 5f815f No. 6368
No cuz they ain't cool enough. Atheists gotta be cool or they letting down the side.