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{{Cquote|internal divisions within the movement around issues relating to goals, strategies, and direction. These can be seen most notably in debates about the formation of a collective ‘atheist’ identity, in disputes about the effectiveness of confrontationalism and accommodationism, and in concerns about the movement’s ethnic, racial, and gender profile.<ref>[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537903.2014.945722 Divided We Stand: The Politics of the Atheist Movement in the United States] by Steven Kettell, ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'', Volume 29, Issue 3, 2014</ref>}}

{{Cquote|internal divisions within the movement around issues relating to goals, strategies, and direction. These can be seen most notably in debates about the formation of a collective ‘atheist’ identity, in disputes about the effectiveness of confrontationalism and accommodationism, and in concerns about the movement’s ethnic, racial, and gender profile.<ref>[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13537903.2014.945722 Divided We Stand: The Politics of the Atheist Movement in the United States] by Steven Kettell, ''Journal of Contemporary Religion'', Volume 29, Issue 3, 2014</ref>}}

=== Atheism and forgiveness/unforgiveness ===

== Atheism and forgiveness/unforgiveness ==

''See also:'' [[Atheism and forgiveness]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and forgiveness]]

The [[Atheism|atheist]] Neil Carter wrote:  

The [[Atheism|atheist]] Neil Carter wrote:  

{{Cquote|At least [[Christianity|Christians]] have to pay lipservice to [[forgiveness]] because they believe it’s what [[God]] wants from them. Do atheists have any such compunction? I fear that we have no mechanism which compels us as a community to be kind to each other, to speak to one another with respect.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2016/06/12/its-past-time-for-atheism-to-grow-up/ It’s Past Time for Atheism to Grow Up] by Neil Carter</ref>}}

{{Cquote|At least [[Christianity|Christians]] have to pay lipservice to [[forgiveness]] because they believe it’s what [[God]] wants from them. Do atheists have any such compunction? I fear that we have no mechanism which compels us as a community to be kind to each other, to speak to one another with respect.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2016/06/12/its-past-time-for-atheism-to-grow-up/ It’s Past Time for Atheism to Grow Up] by Neil Carter</ref>}}

==== John Lennox on atheism having no basis for forgiveness ====

=== John Lennox on atheism having no basis for forgiveness ===

[[File:John Lennox.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[John Lennox]] ]]

[[File:John Lennox.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[John Lennox]] ]]

Miriam Diez Bosch, who interviewed [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[John Lennox]] wrote:

Miriam Diez Bosch, who interviewed [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[John Lennox]] wrote:

This acquaintance with mercy begets mercy, “always. I want every day and every year to be a Year of Mercy and I am glad to see that emphasis because this is the Christian Gospel: God in his grace has shown mercy to us. It is not something I deserve, it is something God offers.”<ref>[http://aleteia.org/2016/06/28/professor-john-lennox-on-why-atheists-are-missing-the-target/ Professor John Lennox on why atheists are missing the target] by Miriam Diez Bosch</ref>}}

This acquaintance with mercy begets mercy, “always. I want every day and every year to be a Year of Mercy and I am glad to see that emphasis because this is the Christian Gospel: God in his grace has shown mercy to us. It is not something I deserve, it is something God offers.”<ref>[http://aleteia.org/2016/06/28/professor-john-lennox-on-why-atheists-are-missing-the-target/ Professor John Lennox on why atheists are missing the target] by Miriam Diez Bosch</ref>}}

==== James S. Spiegal and unforgiveness as a cause of atheism ====

=== James S. Spiegal and unforgiveness as a cause of atheism ===

''See also:'' [[Causes of atheism]] and [[Atheism and bitterness]] and  

''See also:'' [[Causes of atheism]] and [[Atheism and bitterness]] and