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3/2/2009 11:32:36 PM
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La_Nokta_Besto
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I personally don't like it; I think it's a bit too pretentious for my taste. I like "atheist" much better. What do you think?
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3/3/2009 7:48:23 AM
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Tim A
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I don't care for it much either for the same reason. And it doesn't really describe anything.
I think most of the euphemisms that people use (agnostic, freethinker, rationalist) are all people trying to avoid the negative association that a lot of people have in our society regarding the word "atheist". Which is precisely why we need to use it MORE. There is nothing negative about the word atheist, and no one should be ashamed for calling themselves that.
I think Dan Barker said it best:
"Atheism" is positive. Although it is constructed with the privative prefix (negative in the sense of "without," not "against"), it should be viewed as a double negative. By comparison, "non-violence" is considered to be a positive word. Since "theism" is unreasonable and even dangerous, the message that we can be free of it is good news. Atheism is like having a large debt cancelled.
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3/3/2009 11:48:14 AM
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Miami
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I think it makes it sound like you are ashamed to be called atheist.
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3/5/2009 4:17:55 PM
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Tyrrho
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I don't like it either. People are likely to hear "I am a Bright" as "I am bright", and think, "Well, aren't you full of yourself?"
I don't have a problem with agnostic, freethinker, and the like, but I think atheist says it best.
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3/7/2009 1:44:06 PM
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Dionysus
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I don't care for it either, and I believe that it's really a cancer to the movement itself if for no other reason that, as others have mention, it's antithesis "dim". You don't win a person over by telling them they have an ugly baby, whether their baby really is ugly or not.
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4/20/2010 7:03:18 PM
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Skelvgaar
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I'm not a huge fan of Bright, but I understand the point. I prefer the term Humanist, but there are many others who think that term should carry specific points of view just as some atheists think you have to "believe" certain things to be considered a true atheist. That's no better than what religion does. I must admit, however, I do kind of like the term Enbrightenment as a modern movement which further progresses from what the Enlightenment achieved. Unfortunately when it comes to rational, logical thought and freethinking, the majority of the US populace is slipping into a modern day Dark Ages.
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