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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are all prominent atheists white, heterosexual males?[/quote]

I like the clever, but transparent attempt from (what I can only assume to be a believer in organized religion) to attempt to copt the identity politics movement to critique atheism. Are you trying to tie atheists to white supremacy? What is your point other than to muddy the waters of discussion with irrelevance. Are you genuinely offended that many prominent white atheists are white or you trying to be fake woke to serve your religious agenda?

I guess I would retort with why are so many people from 3rd world countries or those with poor human rights statistics into organized religion? Many countries with the best quality of life and equality among all folks have the lowest levels of religion. Look at the Nordic countries. They’re doing pretty well. Pakistan not so much.[/quote]

DP. No need to co-opt identity politics when we can let a Black atheist speak for herself.

https://rewirenewsgroup.com/religion-dispatches/20...l-needed-in-organized-atheism/

“Far from being a refuge from religious tyranny, mainstream atheism is just another microcosm of American gender and racial hierarchies. … Defining ourselves, for ourselves, as Black lesbian poet Audre Lorde once said, we’re not content to sit back and let atheism be hijacked by gatekeeping patriarchs. But AAI’s appointment of Silverman foregrounds how the cult of charismatic white male atheist leadership makes mainstream atheism an untenable space for women of color, queer folks, and progressive white women pushing back against the ritual silencing of sexual abuse survivors and business-as-usual cosigning.”

As to your other point, you can’t claim causality between lack of religion leading to economic development.  Most international economists (and I’m one) know it goes the other way around. Are you the poster on the other thread who thinks Joshua was a Christian?[/quote]

Okay, but what is your point? What does that mean for atheism? Are you hoping to reduce the number of atheists by pointing out that many atheists are white? It just seems like a comical way to chip away at atheism, if that’s your aim. Or really what are you getting at? Please explain. Thnx.[/quote]

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