YouTube atheism

In December of 2015, a video entitled What Killed YouTube Atheism? was released giving a number of reasons YouTube atheism saw a big decline (see: What Killed YouTube atheism?).

Christian YouTube responses to the peak period of YouTube atheism

Logo for the Shockofgod YouTube channel

During the peak period of YouTube atheism some of the Christian YouTube channels which offered a response were: Shockofgod, PNN News and Ministry Network, drcraigvideos, TheAtheistAntidote, the Militant atheism YouTube channel, ReasonableFaithOrg and the Ravi Zacharias YouTube channel.

In addition, there were a few Christian YouTube channels which succumbed to atheist cyberbullying and closed down their channels.

Quotes from the Shockofgod YouTube channel

See also: Attempts to dilute the definition of atheism

• "I received another email about someone becoming a Christian and leaving atheism... Now as you guys know, the atheist community on YouTube and also on radio and TV...They are in panic mode. It is obvious. Everyone on YouTube can see that this question that we are asking atheists that they cannot answer is really panicking the atheist community....Here is the question and then we will get to these awesome emails of atheists leaving atheism because the atheists cannot provide proof and evidence that atheism is accurate and correct...The question is: What proof and evidence can you provide that PROVES that atheism is accurate and correct?...You see I left atheism because the lack of proof and evidence that it is accurate and correct. The proof and evidence is for Jesus Christ."

• "The hostility I am getting over this question is unbelievable...It's like..picture this...Atheism is a clown and it didn't know it. And then I got the clown and I walked it over...I forced it to look itself in the mirror. And it sees itself in all its red hair, big nose, big shoes, polka dot glory."

• "An email from an atheist: 'There is no proof and evidence that atheism is accurate and correct. Happy now?' Ha! Ha! Ha! And he goes on and on about Santa Claus. Oh atheists, feel the sting." See also: Santa Syndrome

Secular leftist YouTube atheist vs. anti-social justice warrior YouTube atheists

See also: Atheist factions and Atheist movement

The secular leftist, atheist Martin Hughes indicates about YouTube atheism:

“

So many atheists are hypocrites. The same atheists who will shame Christians into oblivion for racism, classism, blind cult-like followings, misogyny, and the like, will defend their own “right” to engage in all of the above ferociously. I had no idea about this, before. Here in the writing/blogging world and in much of the convention world, most atheists are compassionate and vocal on these issues, and nearly always on the side of defending marginalized populations. But these people seem, largely, to have a smaller online presence than the YouTube atheist community, which is often unapologetically and proudly callous when it comes to attitudes towards marginalized populations. ,,,we writers have, for the most part, tried to ignore them over the years (with a few notable exceptions). And as a result, this YouTube community seems to have been the unencumbered face of atheism... Those who go on YouTube and look into atheism are going to see that the highest-rated videos are those that are, too often, the ones most spiteful of marginalized groups and those who fight for them... This is the face we’re putting forward on YouTube as a community. It’s also fairly bad if you type in something like “black people atheism” (as I’ve covered in previous posts). We’ve more than earned our “Atheism and Racism” section in Wikipedia.

”

The anti-social justice warrior atheists who are critical of feminism and/or Islam are Thunderf00t, TheAmazingAtheist, Jaclyn Glenn and Pat Condell

Atheist PZ Myers on YouTube atheism

PZ Myers

The secular leftist PZ Myers wrote about YouTube atheism:

“

I haven’t been on YouTube for quite a while... I stopped bothering because I didn’t want to be associated with these goons, and it didn’t matter what I said…any video would be swarmed with abuse. Every once in a while I tell myself I shouldn’t surrender the medium so easily and that I should at least make a little effort now and then, but meh…I’d have to come up with a vainglorious name, figure out how to animate a goofy avatar, and learn how to overlook a lot of gross logical fallacies.

”

Example of a secular leftist video and an atheist rebuttal video

Secular leftist atheist:

• 5 Toxic Things About YouTube Atheism

Response video:

• 5 Toxic Things About Youtube Atheism - Response

See also

• Internet atheism

• Reddit atheism

• Western atheism and race

• Atheism and women

• Atheist feminism

• Richard Dawkins and Twitter

• Richard Dawkins and YouTube