Atheist food drive

[Adios]

It's not enough that a national survey released Tuesday found atheists were the highest-scoring group on basic religious knowledge — now members of Metro State Atheists are being regular goody-two-shoes.

The group began a three-day campus food drive Tuesday dubbed "Food for Freethought."

The atheists take in nonperishable food items or cash donations from fellow students or other passers-by. In return, they hand out free books.

These are books that have been banned, censored or at least roundly criticized, said group co-founder Joel Guttormson.


http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16200435?source=pop_section_news

One great idea. Even if they are atheists.

[Jasper]

They seem to understand that most people think Atheists are snotty and unprincipled, so this is a good move.

[the last yatto]

Wonders how we can get them a few copies of BIP

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That's brilliant! I wonder if they are deliberately being self-mocking?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

They seem to understand that most people think Atheists are snotty and unprincipled, so this is a good move.

Atheists AREN'T snotty and unprincipled?!

[Requia ☣]

They seem to understand that most people think Atheists are snotty and unprincipled, so this is a good move.

Atheists AREN'T snotty and unprincipled?!

I think you're thinking of Dawkinites.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

They seem to understand that most people think Atheists are snotty and unprincipled, so this is a good move.

Atheists AREN'T snotty and unprincipled?!

I think you're thinking of Dawkinites.

It was a joke, since militant atheism is the soup du jour.

Blight,
needs to make better use of emotes

[Jasper]

Well, to be fair I'm not exceptionally principled, but I'm never snotty! 

[Iason Ouabache]

It's not enough that a national survey released Tuesday found atheists were the highest-scoring group on basic religious knowledge — now members of Metro State Atheists are being regular goody-two-shoes.

The group began a three-day campus food drive Tuesday dubbed "Food for Freethought."

The atheists take in nonperishable food items or cash donations from fellow students or other passers-by. In return, they hand out free books.

These are books that have been banned, censored or at least roundly criticized, said group co-founder Joel Guttormson.


http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_16200435?source=pop_section_news

One great idea. Even if they are atheists.

The Secular Student Alliance does stuff like this all the time. They don't always get the big press though. The secular group at University of South Carolina just did a fundraiser for Amnesty International where you could "stone a heathen" with a water ballon in the place of a stone. The school mascot even got in on the act:

It was a joke, since militant atheism is the soup du jour.

Blight,
needs to make better use of emotes

WTF is a militant atheist? Someone who bombs churches and shit? Haven't seen any of those around here.

[Cain]

China has a lot of militant atheists.  Just ask anyone from Tibet.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Stone a heathen....  Damn that is fucking funny. 


I really need to help with the kid's next carnival fundraiser!!!

[Nephew Twiddleton]

It was a joke, since militant atheism is the soup du jour.

Blight,
needs to make better use of emotes

WTF is a militant atheist? Someone who bombs churches and shit? Haven't seen any of those around here.

Interchangeable with atheists within the New Atheism movement or whatever that's called. I've heard atheists describe themselves as militant, in the sense that religion is an enemy that must be eliminated. Not through armed conflict but by directly and repeatedly attacking it on an intellectual level (which usually manifests as being obnoxious trolls either online or in real life with a superiority complex)

[Cain]

Which is, of course, counterproductive, since it just gets people defensive.

The best thing you can do is to teach them how to think critically and rationally without specific mention of religion, but to try and get them to apply it in their everyday life.  Sooner or later the principles of the former, which do work, will run up against the dogma of the latter, which does not and the former should win.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

WTF is a militant atheist? Someone who bombs churches and shit? Haven't seen any of those around here.

One could argue that some instances of Militant Atheism have existed in the past. Some revolutionaries in the 1700's, certain communistic governments/revolutions etc. However, when you dig deep you find that their militant behavior has a lot in common with Theistic militant behavior and may have a lot more to do with the monkey brain, than that which the monkey brain worships (or doesn't worship).

Me, I'm a militant Maybe Logican. I feel as though I may kill a motherfucker, in some sense, based on the situation, context and level of knowledge I have at the moment, or not.

[LMNO]

Which is, of course, counterproductive, since it just gets people defensive.

The best thing you can do is to teach them how to think critically and rationally without specific mention of religion, but to try and get them to apply it in their everyday life.  Sooner or later the principles of the former, which do work, will run up against the dogma of the latter, which does not and the former should win.

AKA, "The HP Methods of Rationality Gambit".