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→Irony of atheist hypocrisy
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and purpose]]
For more information, please see: [[Atheism and purpose]]
== Coyne's commentary on atheist meetings within the atheist movement ==
''See also:'' [[Atheist hypocrisy]]
Dr. J. Gordon Melton said about the [[atheist movement]] (organized atheism) that atheism is not a movement which tends to create community, but in the last few years there has been some growth of organized atheism.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0i4kuN9XSc Baylor ISR- J. Gordon Melton - End of Religion? (May 5, 2015)]</ref>
In 2011, in a blog post entitled ''Are there too many atheist meetings?'', atheist [[Jerry Coyne]] said about [[Atheist conferences|atheist meetings]] which he attended:
{{cquote|But to me the speakers and talks have often seemed repetitive: the same crew of jet-set skeptics giving the same talks.
...a few things bothered me, most notably the [[Atheism and arrogance|air of self-congratulation]] (which I excused on the grounds of enthusiastic people finding like-minded folks for the first time), the “fanboyness” directed at some of the famous atheists (they hardly let poor [[Richard Dawkins' cult of personality|Richard]] alone, and I’m not sure he liked that!), and the lameness of quite a few of the talks. Again, how much new can you say about atheism?<ref>[https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/are-there-too-many-atheist-meetings/ Are there too many atheist meetings?] by Jerry Coyne</ref>}}
However, in 2013, Jerry Coyne spoke at a 2013 atheist meeting entitled "The Amazing Meeting".<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jerry_Coyne_at_The_Amazing_Meeting_2013-2.jpg Photograph of Jerry Coyne speaking at the atheist meeting entitled The Amazing Meeting]</ref>
== Irony of atheist hypocrisy ==
== Irony of atheist hypocrisy ==