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anti-intellectualism

The Problem of Atheist Anti-Intellectualism

May 31, 2019 by Randal

A couple of days ago, I got in a Twitter back-and-forth with Nate Phelps. Mr. Phelps is the son of Fred Phelps, the infamous fundamentalist pastor of Westboro Baptist Church, a tiny cultic congregation that has earned infamy for hating on every one that is not part of the group. Nate Phelps left Westboro years […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: anti-intellectualism, atheism, fundamentalism, Nate Phelps, philosophy of religion

Anti-intellectualism remains a serious problem in the atheist community

March 1, 2019 by Randal

It all started today with a tweet from Jeff Lowder: With all due respect to @godFreeWorld (who I genuinely respect), I could not disagree more with this tweet. This post-theistic, ostrich (head in sand) strategy makes no sense from an activism perspective and isn't defensible from a probability perspective. 'God' != Santa Claus https://t.co/mKiMTePIJw — […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: anti-intellectualism, atheism, fundamentalism

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