Disbelief in human evolution linked to greater prejudice and racism(umass.edu)
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Disbelief in human evolution linked to greater prejudice and racism
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/disbelief-human-evolution-linked-greater-prejudice-and-racism
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I like when science comes around to put the rigor on what we already knew.
Oh dear. The paper's title alone is going to upset the right people:
Bigotry and the human–animal divide: (Dis)belief in human evolution and bigoted attitudes across different cultures.
Bigotry and the human–animal divide: (Dis)belief in human evolution and bigoted attitudes across different cultures.
Sure, everyone knows that US-style creationism is part of the evangelical belief system, which clings to a narrow literal interpretation of the Bible to support its awful practices, including slavery. But US-style atheism isn't the answer, it's just a reaction to evangelicalism and not a positive belief system.
UMass Amherst, where the study comes from, is particularly awful, they are terrible hypocrites.
UMass Amherst, where the study comes from, is particularly awful, they are terrible hypocrites.
Can you define "US-style atheism"?
There is a definite British "cultural Anglicanism", where churches are visited routinely by non-believers who would never step inside during a service. I'm one such non-believer; some of my favourite spaces are churches.
But what makes American disbelief in gods different?
Is it that there are fewer beautiful old churches to visit outside of worship hours, or is it that has become inherently, necessarily militant because the US has, since McCarthy and the Red Scare, inserted performative Christianity into as many avenues of life as possible such that an atheist presidential candidate has to lie to get the job?
There is a definite British "cultural Anglicanism", where churches are visited routinely by non-believers who would never step inside during a service. I'm one such non-believer; some of my favourite spaces are churches.
But what makes American disbelief in gods different?
Is it that there are fewer beautiful old churches to visit outside of worship hours, or is it that has become inherently, necessarily militant because the US has, since McCarthy and the Red Scare, inserted performative Christianity into as many avenues of life as possible such that an atheist presidential candidate has to lie to get the job?
I just asked Google about "atheism-plus", and within my filter bubble it helpfully responded with this:
The term Atheism Plus designates “spaces, persons, and groups dedicated to promoting social justice and countering misogyny, racism, homo/bi/transphobia, ableism and other such bigotry inside and outside of the atheist community”
Enough of that crap. Note that they don't include my main concern, ageism. That's because they are a reactionary movement. Evangelicalism ostentatously follows the Bible, including the commandment of honoring parents (i.e. the aged). Atheists equally ostentatously reject it.
The term Atheism Plus designates “spaces, persons, and groups dedicated to promoting social justice and countering misogyny, racism, homo/bi/transphobia, ableism and other such bigotry inside and outside of the atheist community”
Enough of that crap. Note that they don't include my main concern, ageism. That's because they are a reactionary movement. Evangelicalism ostentatously follows the Bible, including the commandment of honoring parents (i.e. the aged). Atheists equally ostentatously reject it.
"That crap" sounds like a positive belief system to me.
It's the shadow image of white Southern evangelicalism, they were there first to claim the field. It doesn't follow that the opposite of shit is sugar.
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How is atheism not a positive belief system? And why is a positive belief system the answer?