New Posts For Thread: Are Atheists Cool?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_CoolThe Archbishop of Canterbury seems to think so. Mind you, he's got eyebrows that look like steers' horns and he dresses like Johnny Cash, but he thinks atheism is the new cool thing.Atheists Are CoolWhat do you think?I dont kow if I agree with this but I live in dallas Tx which is still so conservative and religious .On the other hand Ive met seevral men who clamed to be either atheist agnostic.Ive almost dated a few went on a few dates. I think is there more athttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_Cool?post_id=527729061#527729061I dont kow if I agree with this but I live in dallas Tx which is still so conservative and religious .On the other hand Ive met seevral men who clamed to be either atheist agnostic.Ive almost dated a few went on a few dates. I think is there more atThu, 03 Jan 2013 20:56:43 -0600There was a time, not that long ago, when atheists were under attack - not that it has ever really stopped. I think, after 9/11, a lot of people responded to fundamentalism - in Islam - with fundamentalism in religions like Christianity and Judaism.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_Cool?post_id=526296897#526296897There was a time, not that long ago, when atheists were under attack - not that it has ever really stopped. I think, after 9/11, a lot of people responded to fundamentalism - in Islam - with fundamentalism in religions like Christianity and Judaism.Fri, 23 Nov 2012 02:42:49 -0600I have never heard any Atheist claim that Atheism is "cool".The first part of that argument is based on Regressives lies. And, basically, who cares what church the rich do, or do not, attend? I don't.That's a pretty shallow view. It's not about beinghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_Cool?post_id=525244871#525244871I have never heard any Atheist claim that Atheism is "cool".The first part of that argument is based on Regressives lies. And, basically, who cares what church the rich do, or do not, attend? I don't.That's a pretty shallow view. It's not about beingThu, 18 Oct 2012 21:59:25 -0500Religion has been on the decline in even countries like the US for 40 years and it has nothing to do with it being "cool". The simple fact is as entitlements have expanded the poor have abandoned religious services en mass and the wealthy never did ahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_Cool?post_id=525238299#525238299Religion has been on the decline in even countries like the US for 40 years and it has nothing to do with it being "cool". The simple fact is as entitlements have expanded the poor have abandoned religious services en mass and the wealthy never did aThu, 18 Oct 2012 17:15:53 -0500Perhaps it's a sign that religion has become a kind of special olympics, one where the leaders of boring, uninspiring organizations whose ideology - some 400 years past its due date - blame atheists for their troubles.We cooled it up, probably with shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_Cool?post_id=511588727#511588727Perhaps it's a sign that religion has become a kind of special olympics, one where the leaders of boring, uninspiring organizations whose ideology - some 400 years past its due date - blame atheists for their troubles.We cooled it up, probably with sSun, 23 Oct 2011 15:23:35 -0500There certainly wouldn't be much point in going to Archdruid Rowan's church. By the eighteenth century it had lost anything in the way of definite beliefs and had become a dumping ground for the least competent sons of the aristocracy.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_Cool?post_id=510169793#510169793There certainly wouldn't be much point in going to Archdruid Rowan's church. By the eighteenth century it had lost anything in the way of definite beliefs and had become a dumping ground for the least competent sons of the aristocracy.Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:20:20 -0500I think he's just speculating and scapegoating. Maybe church attendance is dropping because people just don't see the point of going to church. eudaimonia,Markhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_Cool?post_id=510155917#510155917I think he's just speculating and scapegoating. Maybe church attendance is dropping because people just don't see the point of going to church. eudaimonia,MarkTue, 18 Oct 2011 03:15:36 -0500The Archbishop of Canterbury seems to think so. Mind you, he's got eyebrows that look like steers' horns and he dresses like Johnny Cash, but he thinks atheism is the new cool thing.Atheists Are CoolWhat do you think?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43861/28519825/Are_Atheists_Cool?post_id=510058569#510058569The Archbishop of Canterbury seems to think so. Mind you, he's got eyebrows that look like steers' horns and he dresses like Johnny Cash, but he thinks atheism is the new cool thing.Atheists Are CoolWhat do you think?Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:21:45 -0500