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Atheism and leadership (view source)
Revision as of 10:34, February 18, 2017
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The British academic and agnostic [[Eric Kaufmann]] recently wrote, "Worldwide, the march of religion can probably only be reversed by a renewed, self-aware secularism. Today, it appears exhausted and [[Atheism and cowardice|lacking in confidence]]."<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/JQR%20Demography.pdf Shall the religious inherit the earth]</ref>
The British academic and agnostic [[Eric Kaufmann]] recently wrote, "Worldwide, the march of religion can probably only be reversed by a renewed, self-aware secularism. Today, it appears exhausted and [[Atheism and cowardice|lacking in confidence]]."<ref>[http://www.sneps.net/RD/uploads/JQR%20Demography.pdf Shall the religious inherit the earth]</ref>
== The current lack of a leading spokesperson for atheism ==
Since [[Richard Dawkins]] ' book ''[[The God Delusion]]'' ,
[[Theo Hobson]] wrote in ''The Spectator'' in 2013:
{{Cquote|The [[Atheism|atheist]] spring that began just over a decade ago is over, thank [[God]]. Richard Dawkins is now seen by many, even many non-believers, as a joke figure...
Atheism is still with us. But the movement that threatened to form has petered out. Crucially, atheism’s younger advocates are reluctant to compete for the role of Dawkins’s disciple. They are more likely to bemoan the new atheist approach and call for large injections of nuance. A good example is the pop-philosopher Julian Baggini. He is a stalwart atheist who likes a bit of a scrap with believers, but he’s also able to admit that religion has its virtues, that humanism needs to learn from it. For example, he has observed that a sense of gratitude is problematically lacking in secular culture, and suggested that humanists should consider ritual practices such as fasting.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/04/after-the-new-atheism/ Richard Dawkins has lost: meet the new new atheists] by Theo Hobson</ref>}}
== Decline of New Atheism ==
== Prominent atheists admitting that fellow prominent atheists are arrogant ==
== Prominent atheists admitting that fellow prominent atheists are arrogant ==