Genetically Modified Skeptic
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4 Things Atheists Should Never Say
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12:59Now PlayingSome common sayings and ideas within the atheist community are just wrong. I'm an atheist, so it's up to me to correct my peers when they're mistaken. If we care about humanism / humanistic values, science , and skepticism, we can't propagate falsehoods like "Religion is a mental illness," or "Religion was just invented to control people." If we're going to talk about it, we need to actually understand the history and psychology of religious belief, and represented accurately.
I see a lot of these sayings and ideas as vestiges of "New atheism" from the hayday of The God Delusion, God Is Not Great, and the Four Horsemen: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett. Regardless of their source, atheists shouldn't say these things. Like I've said previously in videos like Why Theists Can't Convert Atheists, we should strive for positive, constructive discourse with theists.
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Shannon Q's channel
Truth Wanted
DSM 5 on mental disorders
Excellent wiki entry on religion's ancient origin
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