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| | ''See also:'' [[Atheist leaders and immoral relationships]] | | ''See also:'' [[Atheist leaders and immoral relationships]] |
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| − | On June 14, 2012, an article published by an advocate of the [[Question evolution! campaign]] declared: | + | |
| − | {{cquote|The website ''Submitted to a Candid World'' is written by an agnostic and the website was praised by the prominent atheist [[PZ Myers]] in the past. | + | |
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| | + | On June 14, 2012, an article entitled ''Atheist leaders and immoral relationships'' published by an advocate of the [[Question evolution! campaign]] declared: |
| | + | {{cquote|The website ''Submitted to a Candid World'' is written by an [[agnosticism|agnostic]] and the website was praised by the prominent [[atheism|atheist]] [[PZ Myers]] in the past. |
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| | On April 20, 2012 an article appeared in ''Submitted to a Candid World'' which declared: | | On April 20, 2012 an article appeared in ''Submitted to a Candid World'' which declared: |
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| − | 'Several of my close friends — coincidentally, all extremely intelligent, math/science oriented, and leaders in the freethought/rationality/atheist communities — find themselves practicing and promoting an arrangement they term “polyamory.” Essentially, this describes a post-jealousy, highly rationalized state where participants date each other, and several others simultaneously. | + | 'Several of my close friends — coincidentally, all extremely intelligent, math/science oriented, and leaders in the freethought/rationality/atheist communities — find themselves practicing and promoting an arrangement they term “[[polyamory]].” Essentially, this describes a post-jealousy, highly rationalized state where participants date each other, and several others simultaneously. |
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| − | In the ideal polyamorous relationship, one man is seriously “dating” several women, each of whom is in turn dating several men.' | + | In the ideal polyamorous relationship, one man is seriously “dating” several women, each of whom is in turn dating several men.'<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/atheism-and-unstable-relationships.html Atheist leaders and immoral relationships]</ref>}} |
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| − | Several leaders of the "freethought"/atheist community are practicing and promoting polyamory. This is not going to help the poor reputation that atheism already has among the public. The [[Mormon]]s promoted polygamy for a while and later retracted their position due to the public outrage. | + | The article ''Atheist leaders and immoral relationships'' further declares: |
| | + | {{cquote|Several leaders of the "freethought"/atheist community are practicing and promoting polyamory. This is not going to help the poor reputation that atheism already has among the public. The [[Mormon]]s promoted [[bigamy]] for a while and later retracted their position due to the public outrage. |
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| | Of course, atheist leaders engaging in and promoting practices such as polyamory is one of the many reasons why atheism has such a bad reputation in the world.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/atheism-and-unstable-relationships.html Atheist leaders and immoral relationships]</ref>}} | | Of course, atheist leaders engaging in and promoting practices such as polyamory is one of the many reasons why atheism has such a bad reputation in the world.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/06/atheism-and-unstable-relationships.html Atheist leaders and immoral relationships]</ref>}} |