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| | == Atheism and death anxiety == | | == Atheism and death anxiety == |
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| − | On April 2, 2012, ''Science Daily'' reported that ''Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God''.<ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120402094322.htm Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God], Science Daily], Date: April 2, 2012</ref> For more information on death anxiety in atheists and other types of individuals based on brain research studies (including studies that examined the effects of stress), please see the article: [[Atheism an death|Atheism and death anxiety]] | + | On April 2, 2012, ''Science Daily'' reported that ''Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God''.<ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120402094322.htm Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God], Science Daily], Date: April 2, 2012</ref> For more information on death anxiety in atheists and other types of individuals based on brain research studies (including studies that examined the effects of stress), please see the article: [[Atheism and death|Atheism and death anxiety]] |
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| | (Under stress, the brain's processing works in a way that prefers unconscious thinking.<ref> | | (Under stress, the brain's processing works in a way that prefers unconscious thinking.<ref> |
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| | == New Atheism and hypocritical cowardice == | | == New Atheism and hypocritical cowardice == |
| | [[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[Christopher Hitchens]] was one of the founders of the [[New Atheism]] movement.]] | | [[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[Christopher Hitchens]] was one of the founders of the [[New Atheism]] movement.]] |
| − | [[New Atheism]] is a form of [[militant atheism]]. In 2010, [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[True Free Thinker|Mariano Grinbank]] wrote: | + | [[New Atheism]] is a form of [[militant atheism]]. In 2010, [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[True Free Thinker|Ken Ammi]] wrote: |
| | {{cquote|The [[New Atheism|New Atheists]] have expressed that the proverbial straw-that-broke-the-Atheist-camel's-back was the group of attacks on the United States of America on September 11, 2001 AD. That is not to say that some of them were not Atheist activists before then, but [[9/11]] fanned the flames of their activism. | | {{cquote|The [[New Atheism|New Atheists]] have expressed that the proverbial straw-that-broke-the-Atheist-camel's-back was the group of attacks on the United States of America on September 11, 2001 AD. That is not to say that some of them were not Atheist activists before then, but [[9/11]] fanned the flames of their activism. |
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