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== Hermant Mehta and his endorsement of the Brights Movement ==

== Hermant Mehta and his endorsement of the Brights Movement ==

[[File:Hemant Mehta.jpg|thumbnail|left|275px|[[Hemant Mehta]] <br /><br />

[[File:Hemant Mehta.jpg|thumbnail|left|275px|[[Hemant Mehta]] ]]

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The atheist [[Hemant Mehta]] is an author, popular atheist blogger, and atheist activist. He also served as a chair on the Secular Student Alliance board of directors. His blog is called ''The Friendly Atheist.''  Given the [[Brights Movement]]'s reputation for smugness (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]]), his endorsement of the Brights Movement and his current listing as an "Enthusiastic Bright" on the Brights Movement website, could be seen as a matter of hypocrisy due to the attributes of "friendly" and "smug" being incompatible opposites.<ref>[http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index2.html "Enthusiastic Brights" at the Brights Movement website]</ref>

The atheist [[Hemant Mehta]] is an author, popular atheist blogger, and atheist activist. He also served as a chair on the Secular Student Alliance board of directors. His blog is called ''The Friendly Atheist.''  Given the [[Brights Movement]]'s reputation for smugness (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]]), his endorsement of the Brights Movement and his current listing as an "Enthusiastic Bright" on the Brights Movement website, could be seen as a matter of hypocrisy due to the attributes of "friendly" and "smug" being incompatible opposites.<ref>[http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index2.html "Enthusiastic Brights" at the Brights Movement website]</ref>