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So far nominations have been made, on the form below, by people in the UK, the USA and Australia.<ref>[https://www.atheist-convention.com/gala-awards-banquet/ Atty Awards], Anti-Theism International Convention 2020 website</ref>}}
 
So far nominations have been made, on the form below, by people in the UK, the USA and Australia.<ref>[https://www.atheist-convention.com/gala-awards-banquet/ Atty Awards], Anti-Theism International Convention 2020 website</ref>}}
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[[File:Sunset.jpg|thumbnail|right|220px|[[Shadow To Light blog]] header]]
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The [[Shadow To Light blog]] said about the Atty Awards:
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{{Cquote|[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/are-children-running-the-international-anti-theist-convention Last week we had some fun with this Anti-Theist International’s description of their own atheist awards], the Attys.  What are the Attys?  According to their web page…
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:The Atty Awards are probably the most prestigious Awards in the Atheist Community
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So I commented: “Really?  Says who?  As far as I can tell, the organizers of this conference decided to invent these awards to get some attention, but as of December 2019, not one person has ever won such an award.  So how can an award that has never yet to have been given earned the reputation of being “most prestigious?”  Obviously, this is an example of a child’s tendency to exaggerate.  The writer probably originally wrote “The Atty awards are the most super-duper awards in the Atheist Community,” but his mom suggested a better word – prestigious.  Of course, if an adult wrote that, they would be lying.”
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and continued to quote from their page….
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:and winning a Atty Award will not only get you recognition within the Atheist Community, it will give you a chance to enjoy giving worldwide speaking engagements as well as Keynote presentations at many events around the world.
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And commented again, “There is no evidence any of these awards are going to make someone famous worldwide, enough to nail down Keynote presentations across the globe.  Thus, this is either more childish exaggeration or adult lies.”
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Since then, they have made some changes to their web site and dialed down the tone considerably...<ref>[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2019/12/10/walking-back-the-attys/ Walking Back the Attys], [[Shadow To Light blog]]</ref>}}
    
== Atty Awards: Types of awards ==
 
== Atty Awards: Types of awards ==
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[[Image:David Christ on the Cross.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Jesus mythicists hypothesize that Jesus never existed.  See: [[Historicity of Jesus]] ]]
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[[Image:David Christ on the Cross.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Jesus mythicists hypothesize that [[Jesus]] never existed.  See: [[Historicity of Jesus]] ]]
According to the Anti-Theism International Convention 2020 website 100 Atty Awards will given out and they will be given out for the following areas:  
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According to the Anti-Theism International Convention 2020 website, 10 Atty Awards will given out and they will be given out for the following areas:  
    
1. Atheist of the Year 2020
 
1. Atheist of the Year 2020
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10. Hitchens Trophy for Atheist Eloquence<ref>[https://www.atheist-convention.com/gala-awards-banquet/ Atty Awards], Anti-Theism International Convention 2020 website</ref>
 
10. Hitchens Trophy for Atheist Eloquence<ref>[https://www.atheist-convention.com/gala-awards-banquet/ Atty Awards], Anti-Theism International Convention 2020 website</ref>
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== See also ==
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*[[Atheism and gullibility]]
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*[[Atheism and public relations]]
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*[[Atheism and deception]]
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*[[Atheism and historical revisionism]]
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*[[Celebrity atheists]]
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*[[Atheism and evidence]]
    
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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