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Originally Posted by Repugnant Abomination
Nah, I just think he's a poor representative of atheistic causes.
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How is he not? What are "atheistic causes"? It took me years after becoming an agnostic/atheist before I began to get over the "lol raptor jesus" phase and began to become interested in the deeper philosophical aspects of atheism/religion. I'm still not quite where you are yet, obviously. But when I was an indoctrinated theist, before I became an atheist, what started the change were statements such as "God came from nothing too..." etc. People have to start small and work their way up, and it takes a long time.
Silverman does great in his role as an activist for equal treatment of all religions by the government, and is great at reaching out to closet atheists. He's getting a lot better at his interviews in this regard. As the head of American Atheists, a position he will probably hold for a long time, I think he's doing a great job at representing the legal and social rights of atheists and helping to establish a currently very weak demographic.
You're not going to get a serious philosophical discussion on
any major news network, let alone FOX news. So I don't really know why you're upset. Admittedly, it's not the most intellectually satisfying segment to watch, but again...it's Hannity...