RELIGN 177 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Richard Dawkins, Anton Lavey, California Institute Of Technology
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Thomas paine (1737-1809): author of the age of reason. Robert ingersoll (1833-1899): known as the great agnostic . Mencken (1880-1956): wrote memorial service, essentially that there are many gods for all types of people and they are all dead. Madalyn murray o"hair (1919-1995): founder of american atheists (1963-present) Michael shermer (1954-): skeptics society (pasadena), editor of skeptic magazine. The skeptic"s guide to persuasion big think clip (2016): reciprocate and be respectful . Last few years: backlash to militant/evangelical atheism in us/uk. New new atheists : committed to atheistic, secular humanist worldview but also committed to interreligious dialogue. Non-religious religious communities : sunday assembly with branches in many major. Chris stedman: humanist chaplain at yale | fatheist: how an atheist found common. Founded in 2014, vine street god-free community meeting monthly to hear great talks, connect service projects, sing songs, celebrate life, free to attend, everyone welcome video on sunday assembly.
