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While all movements, be they religious, philosophical, or social prefer a united front with which to spread their respective beliefs and challenge their enemies, the heterogenity of the human mind is such that factionalism and splinter groups always form to challenge not just the enemies of the movement in question, but the established orthodoxy of the movement in question. Unity is often superficial, especially if this solidarity is based on a single issue, and often the only way to achieve unity is through active suppression of dissident voices.
 
While all movements, be they religious, philosophical, or social prefer a united front with which to spread their respective beliefs and challenge their enemies, the heterogenity of the human mind is such that factionalism and splinter groups always form to challenge not just the enemies of the movement in question, but the established orthodoxy of the movement in question. Unity is often superficial, especially if this solidarity is based on a single issue, and often the only way to achieve unity is through active suppression of dissident voices.
 
<ref>[https://extraecclesiamestlibertas.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/against-mere-atheism-why-we-need-schism-in-the-atheist-movement/ Against “Mere Atheism”: Why We Need Schism In the Atheist Movement]</ref>}}
 
<ref>[https://extraecclesiamestlibertas.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/against-mere-atheism-why-we-need-schism-in-the-atheist-movement/ Against “Mere Atheism”: Why We Need Schism In the Atheist Movement]</ref>}}
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The atheist PZ Myers said about the current rifts in the atheist movement: "So deep and wide we’ve separated into two continents."<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/08/26/get-out-a-message-for-the-atheist-movement/ Get Out! A message for the atheist movement] by PZ Myers</ref>
    
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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