The Atheism Plus "movement" -- good, bad, ugly?

[DaveD]

Cannot, or will not.

[Bella Fortuna]

I expect they're too busy feeling superior.

[charlou]

Faaaaark ... This is a joke right?



Ayaan :hug:

[Clinton Huxley]

http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/2207/

In the meantime, I call everyone now to pick sides (not in comments here, but publicly, via Facebook or other social media): are you with us, or with them; are you now a part of the Atheism+ movement, or are you going to stick with Atheism Less?

Then at least we’ll know who to work with. And who to avoid.

I'm having flashbacks to my days as a fundamentalist christian.

Just been reading that. This Carrier chap appears to be a bit of an arse.

[charlou]

Arse is nice ... He's a tool.

[Clinton Huxley]

Arse is nice ... He's a tool.

Maybe a berk?

[charlou]

oh, definitely

[SteveB]

Carrier was supposed to one of the sane FTB blaggers too. There's another warning about the company you keep.

[Clinton Huxley]

Carrier was supposed to one of the sane FTB blaggers too. There's another warning about the company you keep.

Oh, he's a "published philosopher" and "World renowned author and speaker", according to what he wrote himself on his own website.

[Audley Strange]

So I was speaking to my friend about this whole Neo-puritan Ape Lust shenanigans and he was having a good chuckle. He did disagree with me on one point though, which was that an elevator was not a suitable place to make a pass at someone. I said I agreed it wasn't ideal but it hardly construes harrassment. His response surprised me.

Essentially he said that a couple of years back when he and his wife were performing with the orchestra in Dublin they were put up in a hotel and a similar incident happened to him. Apparently he got back to the hotel really late one night after the musicians were celebrating the conductors birthday and ended up stuck in this lift with a really really drunk American girl who had been at some conference. He claimed she was barely coherent and crudely propositioned him. He refused but she was angrily persistent. He said "don't take this the wrong way, but I think you need some coffee to sober up." At which point the door opened up and she stumbled out calling him a "faggot" and flipped him the finger.

What?

It might have happened.

Shut up!

[Robert_S]

Shades of Wonko the Sane!

[Robert_S]

So I was speaking to my friend about this whole Neo-puritan Ape Lust shenanigans and he was having a good chuckle. He did disagree with me on one point though, which was that an elevator was not a suitable place to make a pass at someone. I said I agreed it wasn't ideal but it hardly construes harrassment. His response surprised me.

Essentially he said that a couple of years back when he and his wife were performing with the orchestra in Dublin they were put up in a hotel and a similar incident happened to him. Apparently he got back to the hotel really late one night after the musicians were celebrating the conductors birthday and ended up stuck in this lift with a really really drunk American girl who had been at some conference. He claimed she was barely coherent and crudely propositioned him. He refused but she was angrily persistent. He said "don't take this the wrong way, but I think you need some coffee to sober up." At which point the door opened up and she stumbled out calling him a "faggot" and flipped him the finger.

What?

It might have happened.

Shut up!

[Rum]

I am going to be issuing cards for genuine atheists. You will need one if you want to be authorised OK? If you don't carry one you can't legally be one. I'm afraid I have to insist on this.

Send £45.

Address upon application.

[Jason]

You should have been a jesuit!

"I will believe that the white that I see is black if the hierarchical Church so defines it."

[Robert_S]

I am going to be issuing cards for genuine atheists. You will need one if you want to be authorised OK? If you don't carry one you can't legally be one. I'm afraid I have to insist on this.

Send £45.

Address upon application.

You can't fool me! Genuine Atheist Plus identification is to be tattooed onto the right hand and/or forehead!