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neoatheist en · NOUN

Etymology

From neo- + atheist.

Meanings

1. A member of the vocally anti-religious movement that came to prominence in the early 2000s.
   • A fundamental blind spot that so many of the neoatheist critics of religion share is that they have been unable to imagine an authentic religion that does not operate with certainty as its only common coin ... 2008, Robert Jones, Progressive & Religious, page 186
   • 2011, Frank J, Re: All Finnish public 3 IDists are now practically or close to YECs ... Group: talk.origins just denied unguided evolution and attacked strongly on neoatheists
   • 2013, The Faces of Satan, They batter believers in religion with smug certainty Group: can.politics, link neoatheist thinkers such as Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, I thought it amazing that he still wanted to learn something new
   • I praise Dawkins' clarity, I rejoice in Dennett's call to study religion scientifically as a natural phenomena, and I admire S. Harris's keen polemical skill. Yet I think these thinkers are all arrogantly out of their depth. These "neo-atheist" authors chiefly use highly selective analogy, anecdote, personal sentiment, and rash generalization... 2012, Charles Crawford, Dennis Krebs, Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology, →ISBN:

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