re: #533 Blind Frog Belly White

Time for a new thread. This one’s getting old and fat.

I was dismayed to read a post on TPM by Amanda Marcotte, about how atheists should not blind ourselves to the possibility of violence in the name of atheism, after yesterday’s murderous attack on 3 Muslims in NC.

She speaks of atheism as a movement, a community, etc. I realize that humans are inherently tribal, but if atheism really is the rational conclusion, then it also gives atheists the opportunity to rise above irrational tribalism, by understanding that NOT believing in something is not an organizing principle. Forming communities and movements organized around a shared lack of belief is falling into the same trap we decry in religions.

But hey, I guess I’m becoming the voice that crieth in the wilderness.

I’m with you.