Posted on 04/21/2021 7:55:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sometimes, atheists can be downright religious. On Monday, the American Humanist Association (AHA), which advocates for a “nontheistic worldview,” turned on one of the most prominent atheists in the world, Richard Dawkins. The AHA rescinded an award it gave Dawkins back in 1996, apparently for the heresy of raising questions about transgender identity.
The AHA awarded Dawkins the Humanist of the Year Award in 1996, recognizing the atheist evolutionary biologist as “an exemplar of humanist values.” AHA cited the “communication of scientific concepts to the public” as a vital part of giving that award to Dawkins, who had published the influential atheist book The Blind Watchmaker in 1986. (He would go on to publish The God Delusion, helping to lead the New Atheist movement in 2006.)
Yet AHA announced that Dawkins had betrayed the organization’s values.
“Regrettably, Richard Dawkins has over the past several years accumulated a history of making statements that use the guise of scientific discourse to demean marginalized groups, an approach antithetical to humanist values,” the AHA board wrote in an announcement on Monday.
“His latest statement implies that the identities of transgender individuals are fraudulent, while also simultaneously attacking Black identity as one that can be assumed when convenient. His subsequent attempts at clarification are inadequate and convey neither sensitivity nor sincerity,” the board declared.
“Consequently, the AHA Board has concluded that Richard Dawkins is no longer deserving of being honored by the AHA, and has voted to withdraw, effective immediately, the 1996 Humanist of the Year award,” the board concluded.
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Hey, it has been a quarter-century! They’ve evolved beyond him!
There are different kinds of Atheists. Most seem to simply not believe themselves and think it fine that others believe. Then there are those that are convinced its probably harmful to believe and people ought not probably, but are not passionate about it and not focused on it much. Then there are the Atheist Zealots like Dawkins and others which have open contempt for religion. These people are cultish in their convictions. They may not believe God exists, but they think they understand God better than anyone...telling those that believe in God exactly what God is all about and why God is impossible etc.
Atheism is a religion.
Burn the heretic!
Such malarkey! I am awaiting the return of “Truth”... by popular demand.
Transgenderism is a fundamentalist religion.
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