| | [[File:Richard Carrier.jpg|thumbnail|165px|right|[[Richard Carrier]] at the launch of the Atheism plus movement wrote: "I am fully on board. I will provide any intellectual artillery they need to expand this cause and make it successful."<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/2207 The New Atheism +] by Richard Carrier</ref>]] | | [[File:Richard Carrier.jpg|thumbnail|165px|right|[[Richard Carrier]] at the launch of the Atheism plus movement wrote: "I am fully on board. I will provide any intellectual artillery they need to expand this cause and make it successful."<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/carrier/archives/2207 The New Atheism +] by Richard Carrier</ref>]] |
| − | '''Atheism plus''' was a [[Atheist factions|faction of atheism]] which held to a [[progressivism|progressive]] political agenda. It encouraged progressive atheists to also focus on issues beyond atheism - including the issues of [[social justice]], [[feminism]], anti-[[racism]], LGBTQ issues and [[Philosophical skepticism|skepticism]]. In August 2012, [[Jen McCreight|Jennifer McCreight]], the founder of the Atheism plus movement, wrote that the movement "applies skepticism to everything, including social issues like sexism, racism, politics, poverty, and crime."<ref> | + | '''Atheism plus''' was a [[Schools of atheist thought|type of atheism]] which held to a [[progressivism|progressive]] political agenda. It encouraged progressive atheists to also focus on issues beyond atheism - including the issues of [[social justice]], [[feminism]], anti-[[racism]], LGBTQ issues and [[Philosophical skepticism|skepticism]]. In August 2012, [[Jen McCreight|Jennifer McCreight]], the founder of the Atheism plus movement, wrote that the movement "applies skepticism to everything, including social issues like sexism, racism, politics, poverty, and crime."<ref> |
| | {{cite web|url=http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag/|title=Blag Hag|author=Jen|website=freethoughtblogs.com|access-date=2013-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921135039/http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag|archive-date=2013-09-21|dead-url=no|df=}} | | {{cite web|url=http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag/|title=Blag Hag|author=Jen|website=freethoughtblogs.com|access-date=2013-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921135039/http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag|archive-date=2013-09-21|dead-url=no|df=}} |
| | </ref> The Atheism plus website was active from 2012 to 2016.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160422122532/http://atheismplus.com/ Atheism plus website - Archived/copied from the original website], Archive date April 22, 2016</ref> | | </ref> The Atheism plus website was active from 2012 to 2016.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160422122532/http://atheismplus.com/ Atheism plus website - Archived/copied from the original website], Archive date April 22, 2016</ref> |