Some people might tend to think that atheists are such a minority that they have never heard of any famous atheists who have contributed to society. As a matter of fact, many famous philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, and more have been atheists.

 

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People who challenge Christian privileges and the abuse of government power to promote Christianity are almost invariably subjected to harassment, threats, and even violence by their "good Christian" neighbors. This holds true if the complaints come from atheists, Jews, pagans, or even Christians themselves. This is why the identities of challengers are often kept anonymous, especially in court cases — otherwise the bullying and harassment may force people to withdraw.

What this means is that efforts to expose the identity of people making complaints is almost certainly done with the full knowledge and intention of subjecting them to the harassment, threats, and even violence that they are being protected from. People who want to reveal these identities are arguably trying to aid and abet the use of intimidation to force minorities to cease challenging unjust privileges. That's what I fear has occurred in the case of John Freshwater. Read more...

If it's not bizarre enough that traditional, religious patriarchy reduces to little more than "God gave me a penis, so God wants me in charge," there have been some who have argued that in order to find more favor with God, it's necessary to cut off some of those dangling bits. A eunuch still has their penis and thus retains their sign of divine favor, but castration removes the bits which make the penis more useful. So God prefers the penis, but God likes a useless penis even more. Huh?

 

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Each branch of philosophy has some relevance to atheism, atheists, and the critiques which irreligious atheists use to challenge religion, religious beliefs, and theism. Some branches are more relevant than others and some are more relevant than most people realize, but all have something to offer. Although no one can be an expert in them all, there is thus some value in atheists trying to become familiar with the basics of each before focusing on learning more about one or two.

 

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