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[[Elevatorgate]] is a term commonly used to describe a scandal involving ~~[[Atheism|~~atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]]' inappropriate comments made to fellow atheist [[Rebecca Watson]]. In July 2011, Richard Dawkins was widely criticized within the atheist community and in various press outlets for his insensitive comments made to atheist Rebecca Watson about an incident which occurred in an elevator (see: [[Richard Dawkins' Elevatorgate comments]]).<ref>

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[[Elevatorgate]] is a term commonly used to describe a scandal involving atheist [[Richard Dawkins]]' inappropriate comments made to fellow atheist [[Rebecca Watson]]. In July 2011, Richard Dawkins was widely criticized within the atheist community and in various press outlets for his insensitive comments made to atheist Rebecca Watson about an incident which occurred in an elevator (see: [[Richard Dawkins' Elevatorgate comments]]).<ref>

*[http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/07/08/atheist_flirting Richard Dawkins: Skeptic of women? - Salon, July 8, 2011]

*[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2011/07/richard-dawkins-chewing-gum Sharing a lift with Richard Dawkins by David Allen Green - New Stateman - 06 July 2011]

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== Western atheism and race ==

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[[File:PZ Myers3.jpg|thumbnail|right|205px|The ~~[[atheism|~~atheist]] and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]] giving a presentation to a group that is likely largely made up of white males.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/16/us/16beliefs.html?_r=1</ref><ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Racial_demographics_of_the_Richard_Dawkins%27_audience</ref><ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_appears_to_be_significantly_less_appealing_to_women</ref> In June 2010, [[PZ Myers]] commented that atheist meetings tend to be significantly more attended by males.<ref>http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/the_woman_problem.php</ref>

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[[File:PZ Myers3.jpg|thumbnail|right|205px|The atheist and [[evolution]]ist [[PZ Myers]] giving a presentation to a group that is likely largely made up of white males.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/16/us/16beliefs.html?_r=1</ref><ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Racial_demographics_of_the_Richard_Dawkins%27_audience</ref><ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_appears_to_be_significantly_less_appealing_to_women</ref> In June 2010, [[PZ Myers]] commented that atheist meetings tend to be significantly more attended by males.<ref>http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/the_woman_problem.php</ref>

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Although a majority of atheists do not believe in life after death due to holding to the worldview of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalism]], a significant number of atheists believe in life after death (see: [[Atheism and death]] and [[Atheist worldview#Atheism and views of death|Atheism and views of death]]).

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''Science Daily'' reported that ''Death anxiety increases ~~[[Atheism|~~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> In a ''Psychology Today'' article, Dr. Nathan A. Heflick reported similar results in other studies.<ref>[http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-big-questions/201205/atheists-death-and-belief-in-god Atheists, Death and Belief in God The Effects of Death Reminders on Atheists' Supernatural Beliefs], ''Psychology Today'', Published on May 25, 2012 by Nathan A. Heflick, Ph.D. in The Big Questions</ref>

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''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> In a ''Psychology Today'' article, Dr. Nathan A. Heflick reported similar results in other studies.<ref>[http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-big-questions/201205/atheists-death-and-belief-in-god Atheists, Death and Belief in God The Effects of Death Reminders on Atheists' Supernatural Beliefs], ''Psychology Today'', Published on May 25, 2012 by Nathan A. Heflick, Ph.D. in The Big Questions</ref>

The website the Skeptics Guide indicates that a significant number of atheists and agnostics believe in life after death and the website reported:

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Ideologues who engage in uncritical thinking often are unaware of opposing arguments and actively avoid intellectually engaging with their opponents arguments.

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In 1990, the ~~[[atheism|~~atheist]] philosopher [[Michael Martin]] indicated there was a general [[Atheism and apathy|absence of an atheistic response]] to contemporary work in the [[philosophy]] of religion and in jest he indicated that it was his "cross to bear" to respond to [[theism|theistic]] arguments.<ref>''Open Questions: Diverse Thinkers Discuss God, Religion, and Faith'' by Luís F. Rodrigues, page 201</ref> Yet, in 1994, Michael Martin was criticized for his eleventh hour cancellation of his debate with [[Greg Bahnsen]] (see: [[Greg Bahnsen and debate]] and [[Press release after Michael Martin pulled out of Martin-Bahnsen debate|Bahnson-Martin debate press release]]).<ref>[http://simpleapologetics.com/thegreatdebate.html The Great Debate: Greg Bahnsen vs Gordon Stein]</ref><ref>[http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_articles/Bahnsen.htm Bahsen at the Stein debate] by John Frame</ref>

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In 1990, the atheist philosopher [[Michael Martin]] indicated there was a general [[Atheism and apathy|absence of an atheistic response]] to contemporary work in the [[philosophy]] of religion and in jest he indicated that it was his "cross to bear" to respond to [[theism|theistic]] arguments.<ref>''Open Questions: Diverse Thinkers Discuss God, Religion, and Faith'' by Luís F. Rodrigues, page 201</ref> Yet, in 1994, Michael Martin was criticized for his eleventh hour cancellation of his debate with [[Greg Bahnsen]] (see: [[Greg Bahnsen and debate]] and [[Press release after Michael Martin pulled out of Martin-Bahnsen debate|Bahnson-Martin debate press release]]).<ref>[http://simpleapologetics.com/thegreatdebate.html The Great Debate: Greg Bahnsen vs Gordon Stein]</ref><ref>[http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_articles/Bahnsen.htm Bahsen at the Stein debate] by John Frame</ref>

=== Atheism, debates and critical thinking ===

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''See also:'' [[Atheism and critical thinking#Atheism, postmodernism and a lack of critical thinking]]

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[[Postmodernism]] is an [[antichristian]],<ref>[http://books.google.ca/books?id=TLHM6mM1KkYC John F. MacArthur, "Think Biblically!"]</ref> far-left, 20th century [[worldview]] and [[academic]] movement characterized by denial of [[objective]] truth, and which [[stolen concept|asserts]] that assertions of objective knowledge are essentially impossible. The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Norman Geisler]] wrote about postmodernism: "In short, the root of Post-modernism is [[atheism]] and the fruit of it is [[relativism]] — relativism in every area of life and thought."<ref>[A Response to Philosophical Postmodernism] by [[Norman Geisler|Norman L. Geisler]]</ref>

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[[Postmodernism]] is an [[antichristian]],<ref>[http://books.google.ca/books?id=TLHM6mM1KkYC John F. MacArthur, "Think Biblically!"]</ref> far-left, 20th century [[worldview]] and [[academic]] movement characterized by denial of [[objective]] truth, and which [[stolen concept|asserts]] that assertions of objective knowledge are essentially impossible. The [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[Norman Geisler]] wrote about postmodernism: "In short, the root of Post-modernism is atheism and the fruit of it is [[relativism]] — relativism in every area of life and thought."<ref>[A Response to Philosophical Postmodernism] by [[Norman Geisler|Norman L. Geisler]]</ref>

Arthur W. Lindsley, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, [[C.S. Lewis]] Institute, wrote:

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== Freethinker moniker ==

[[File:Freethinkers.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Dr. [[Jonathan Sarfati]] is a staff member of [[Creation Ministries International]]. ]]

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''See also:'' [[Atheism and irrationality~~]] and [[Atheism and arrogance~~]] and [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]

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''See also:'' [[Atheism and irrationality]] and [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]

[[Freethought|Freethinker]] moniker - Atheists go by the self-gratulatory moniker of freethinker. Yet, [[militant atheism|militant atheists]] commonly have stifled the free speech [[theism|theists]] whenever they have had the power to do so - especially the free speech of [[Christianity|Christians]] (See: [[Militant atheism]] and [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]] and [[Atheist bullying]]).

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If the atheist community truly believed in [[evidence-based medicine]], a significant amount of prominent atheists would not be overweight. There is no historical evidence suggesting that [[Jesus]] or his disciples were overweight. See: [[Jesus Christ, the apostles and the Mediterranean diet/Mosaic diet]]

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[[File:African open air Christian meeting.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|[[Africa]]n Christians clapping at an open air meeting.

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[[File:African open air Christian meeting.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|[[Africa]]n Christians clapping at an open-air meeting.

In 2005, there were four times as many non-[[Western World]] Christians as there were Western World Christians.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=30077 Is Christianity taking over the planet?]</ref>

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== Atheism and deception ==

[[File:Flip-flops.png|thumbnail|The article ''Atheism is rudderless and unseaworthy'' written by a supporter of the [[Question evolution! campaign]] wrote: "Christians should call Dawkins on his disingenuous [[Flip-flop (politics)|flip-flopping]] if his publisher continues to promote the book as a book focusing on his journey to atheism without mentioning the fact that Dawkins is presently an agnostic who has rejected atheism."<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/atheism-is-rudderless-and-unseaworthy.html Atheism is rudderless and unseaworthy]</ref>]]

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~~''See also:'' [[Atheism and deception]]~~

Western atheists often accuse Christians of being liars or "liars for Jesus", yet the evolutionary worldview has been caught in engaging in a number of lies/frauds (see: [[Atheism and deception]] and [[Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation]]).

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Atheists commonly decry [[slavery in the Bible]] - particularly the Israelites owning slave and Christian slaveholders mentioned or alluded to in the [[New Testament]].<ref>[http://christianthinktank.com/qnoslave.html Does the Bible condone slavery?]</ref>

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[[China]] has the world's largest ~~[[atheism|~~atheist]] population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>

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[[China]] has the world's largest atheist population.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>

The inaugural Global Slavery Index is published by the Australia-based Walk Free Foundation,<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/30-million-people-still-live-slavery-human-rights-group-says-f8C11409499 30 million people still live in slavery, human rights group says], NBC News</ref>

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In [[Myanmar]] a nontheistic form of [[Buddhism]] called the Theravada school of Buddhism is prevalent. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), about 800,000 people are subject to forced labor in [[Myanmar]].<ref>"[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/GC29Ae02.html ILO cracks the whip at Yangon]". Atimes.com. 29 March 2005. Retrieved 4 December 2011.</ref>

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In June 2013, reports of Christians in forced labor camps due to religious discrimination were still being reported.<ref>[http://dontletthewellrundry.blogspot.com/2013/06/modern-gulags-china-forced-labor-camps.html Modern gulags - China's forced labor camps]</ref> Also, in 2013 the Korean-American pastor Kenneth Bae was sentenced to 15 years in a atheistic communist [[North Korea]]n labor prison camps due to religious persecution.<ref>[http://blog.heritage.org/2013/07/10/american-pastor-languishing-in-north-korea-labor-camp/ American Pastor Languishing in North Korea Labor Camp]</ref> North Korea is known for its systematic persecution of Christians.<ref>[http://blog.heritage.org/2013/07/10/american-pastor-languishing-in-north-korea-labor-camp/ American Pastor Languishing in North Korea Labor Camp]</ref>

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In June 2013, reports of Christians in forced labor camps due to religious discrimination were still being reported.<ref>[http://dontletthewellrundry.blogspot.com/2013/06/modern-gulags-china-forced-labor-camps.html Modern gulags - China's forced labor camps]</ref> Also, in 2013 the Korean-American pastor Kenneth Bae was sentenced to 15 years in an atheistic communist [[North Korea]]n labor prison camps due to religious persecution.<ref>[http://blog.heritage.org/2013/07/10/american-pastor-languishing-in-north-korea-labor-camp/ American Pastor Languishing in North Korea Labor Camp]</ref> North Korea is known for its systematic persecution of Christians.<ref>[http://blog.heritage.org/2013/07/10/american-pastor-languishing-in-north-korea-labor-camp/ American Pastor Languishing in North Korea Labor Camp]</ref>

[[Thomas Sowell]] wrote in an essay entitled ''Ending slavery'': "The anti-slavery movement was spearheaded by people who would today be called 'the religious right' and its organization was created by conservative businessmen."<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2005/02/08/ending_slavery/page/full/ Ending slavery]</ref>

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The Christian blog ''Words of a Fether'' declared:

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{{cquote|An obsession is when something or someone dominates a person’s mind. So what else can it be called when so many ~~[[atheism|~~atheists]] spend large amounts of time and effort in [[Christianity|Christian]] venues such as message boards and blogs, arguing and mocking incessantly? Who else spends more time on what they don’t believe than what they do believe? If all unprovable beliefs are the same, why don’t atheists put forth the same effort to combat belief in the tooth fairy or pink unicorns on Mars? Are Christians really any less consistent than atheists?<ref>[http://www.fether.net/index.php?page=refuting-atheism-a-quick-reference/ Refuting atheism]</ref>}}

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{{cquote|An obsession is when something or someone dominates a person’s mind. So what else can it be called when so many atheists spend large amounts of time and effort in [[Christianity|Christian]] venues such as message boards and blogs, arguing and mocking incessantly? Who else spends more time on what they don’t believe than what they do believe? If all unprovable beliefs are the same, why don’t atheists put forth the same effort to combat belief in the tooth fairy or pink unicorns on Mars? Are Christians really any less consistent than atheists?<ref>[http://www.fether.net/index.php?page=refuting-atheism-a-quick-reference/ Refuting atheism]</ref>}}

[[File:Ophelia Benson.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|Orphelia Benson

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However, on October 17, 2014, The New York Times published an article entitled ''Does everything happen for a reason?'' which declared:

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{{cquote|But research from the Yale Mind and Development Lab, where we work, suggests that this can’t be the whole story. In one series of studies, [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027714001358 recently published in the journal Cognition], we asked people to reflect on significant events from their own lives, such as graduations, the births of children, falling in love, the deaths of loved ones and serious illnesses. Unsurprisingly, a majority of religious believers said they thought that these events happened for a reason and that they had been purposefully designed (presumably by God). But many ~~[[atheism|~~atheists]] did so as well, and a majority of atheists in a related study also said that they believed in fate — defined as the view that life events happen for a reason and that there is an underlying order to life that determines how events turn out.

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{{cquote|But research from the Yale Mind and Development Lab, where we work, suggests that this can’t be the whole story. In one series of studies, [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027714001358 recently published in the journal Cognition], we asked people to reflect on significant events from their own lives, such as graduations, the births of children, falling in love, the deaths of loved ones and serious illnesses. Unsurprisingly, a majority of religious believers said they thought that these events happened for a reason and that they had been purposefully designed (presumably by God). But many atheists did so as well, and a majority of atheists in a related study also said that they believed in fate — defined as the view that life events happen for a reason and that there is an underlying order to life that determines how events turn out.

These atheists’ responses weren’t just the product of living in America’s highly religious society. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2153599X.2013.782888#.VGptUsn6dl6 Research done at Queen’s University in Belfast] by the psychologists Bethany Heywood and Jesse Bering found that [[British atheism|British atheists]] were just as likely as American atheists to believe that their life events had underlying purposes, even though Britain is far less religious than America.

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However, in 2013, Jerry Coyne spoke at a 2013 atheist meeting with the self-congratulatory title "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> The ''Amazing Meeting'' is an annual meeting and perennial speakers at the Amazing Meeting include [[Penn Jillette|Penn]] & Teller, [[Michael Shermer]], [[James Randi]] and Phil Plait. In addition, the website of All American Speakers, a buyers agent, has a form for requesting Jerry A. Coyne as a speaker.<ref>[http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/booking-request.php?SpName=Jerry-A.-Coyne Request Booking Info on Jerry A. Coyne - AllAmericanSpeakers.com]</ref>

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At the 2013 The Amazing Meeting, Coyne gave a talk entitled ''Faith is Not a Virtue'' which focused on the supposed incompatibility of science and religion, despite the fact that studies show that the irreligious engage in more superstitious thinking and the significant contributions that [[Christianity]] has made to science (see: [[Irreligion and superstition]] and [[Christianity and science]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJMzGrPX7M Faith is Not a Virtue - Jerry Coyne TAM 2013] - video</ref> In addition, in his talk Coyne also avoided the large body of historical and other social science data regarding the immoral actions of the atheist population (see: [[Moral failures of the atheist population]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]] and [[Atheism and morality]]). Furthermore, Coyne said in his talk that there being various sects of Christianity is evidence that Christianity is false (Despite the fact that there are many [[schools of atheist thought]] which frequently quarrel with each other (see: [[Atheist factions]]) and that atheists/~~[[agnosticism|~~agnostics]] frequently argue about the [[definition of atheism]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJMzGrPX7M Faith is Not a Virtue - Jerry Coyne TAM 2013] - video</ref>

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At the 2013 The Amazing Meeting, Coyne gave a talk entitled ''Faith is Not a Virtue'' which focused on the supposed incompatibility of science and religion, despite the fact that studies show that the irreligious engage in more superstitious thinking and the significant contributions that [[Christianity]] has made to science (see: [[Irreligion and superstition]] and [[Christianity and science]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJMzGrPX7M Faith is Not a Virtue - Jerry Coyne TAM 2013] - video</ref> In addition, in his talk Coyne also avoided the large body of historical and other social science data regarding the immoral actions of the atheist population (see: [[Moral failures of the atheist population]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]] and [[Atheism and morality]]). Furthermore, Coyne said in his talk that there being various sects of Christianity is evidence that Christianity is false (Despite the fact that there are many [[schools of atheist thought]] which frequently quarrel with each other (see: [[Atheist factions]]) and that atheists/agnostics frequently argue about the [[definition of atheism]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUJMzGrPX7M Faith is Not a Virtue - Jerry Coyne TAM 2013] - video</ref>

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