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→Vehemently pro-evolution New Atheism and health practices
[[Creation Ministries International]] points out that some evolutionists unreasonably claim that [[human evolution]] supposedly has contributed to obesity.<ref>http://creation.com/smithsonian-evolution-top-10-consequences</ref>
[[Creation Ministries International]] points out that some evolutionists unreasonably claim that [[human evolution]] supposedly has contributed to obesity.<ref>http://creation.com/smithsonian-evolution-top-10-consequences</ref>
=== Vehemently pro-evolution New Atheism and health practices ===
=== Vehemently pro-evolution New Atheism and health practices ===
[[File:Brain2.jpg|right|thumb|240px|[[Medical science]] research indicates that excess weight impairs brain function.<ref>
*[http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/41/18/25.1.full]
*[http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/08/25/as-waistlines-widen-brains-shrink.html]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21167850]
*[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100714112832.htm]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/instance/2568718/]</ref> Given that [[Physical and mental health related problems associated with obesity|being overweight causes brain impairment]] and that [[Daniel Dennet]] has had issues with being overweight, it is ironic that Dennet's book ''Consciousness Explained'' is beloved by those who deny [[God]] in favor of a [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] naturalist [[philosophy]] of the mind.<ref>
*[http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/41/18/25.1.full]
*[http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2009/08/25/as-waistlines-widen-brains-shrink.html]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21167850]
*[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100714112832.htm]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/instance/2568718/]</ref> <ref>http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/old-material-dennett-and-mind</ref><ref>http://creation.com/brain-chemistry-and-the-fate-of-the-personality-after-death</ref>
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[[New Atheism]] is a form of [[militant atheism]]. The term New Atheism which first appeared in the November 2006 edition of ''Wired'' magazine, is frequently applied to a series of six best-selling books by five authors that appeared in the period between 2004–2008. These authors include [[Sam Harris]], [[Daniel Dennett]], [[Richard Dawkins]], Victor J. Stenger and [[Christopher Hitchens]].<ref>http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/battle.html</ref> The New Atheist leaders claim to be pro-science, 3 out of 5 of these [[atheism|atheist]] men have had issues with being overweight as can be seen [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UXl0oMYPLs/SXgxH_-MgFI/AAAAAAAAAF4/EU-wzxEjOmc/s1600-h/atheist-reason.jpg HERE] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7230309@N05/3708479160/ HERE] and [http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Quantum-Mechanics-Could-Link-Humans-with-the-Universe-2.jpg/ HERE] As noted earlier, [[PZ Myers]] is also a leader within the New Atheism movement and [[PZ Myers|Myers has had problems with being overweight]] as can be seen [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfimi/5244769742/ HERE].
[[New Atheism]] is a form of [[militant atheism]]. The term New Atheism which first appeared in the November 2006 edition of ''Wired'' magazine, is frequently applied to a series of six best-selling books by five authors that appeared in the period between 2004–2008. These authors include [[Sam Harris]], [[Daniel Dennett]], [[Richard Dawkins]], Victor J. Stenger and [[Christopher Hitchens]].<ref>http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/battle.html</ref> The New Atheist leaders claim to be pro-science, 3 out of 5 of these [[atheism|atheist]] men have had issues with being overweight as can be seen [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3UXl0oMYPLs/SXgxH_-MgFI/AAAAAAAAAF4/EU-wzxEjOmc/s1600-h/atheist-reason.jpg HERE] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/7230309@N05/3708479160/ HERE] and [http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Quantum-Mechanics-Could-Link-Humans-with-the-Universe-2.jpg/ HERE] As noted earlier, [[PZ Myers]] is also a leader within the New Atheism movement and [[PZ Myers|Myers has had problems with being overweight]] as can be seen [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cfimi/5244769742/ HERE].