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Atheism and arrogance (view source)
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Atheists have also given themselves pretentious monikers such as freethinker, rationalist, and "bright". See also: [[Brights Movement]]
Atheists have also given themselves pretentious monikers such as freethinker, rationalist, and "bright". See also: [[Brights Movement]]
The ABC News.com commentator John Allen Paulos remarked of the “brights” campaign, “I don’t think a degree in public relations is needed to expect that many people will construe the term as smug, ridiculous, and arrogant.”<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/not_too_bright/ Not Too “Bright"], ''Skeptical Enquirer'', Chris Mooney, October 15, 2003</ref>
== Atheist cults and arrogance ==
== Atheist cults and arrogance ==