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how did atheism manage to slide into social justice whilst being completely unable to recognise the religious impulses of social justice.>Being an ally is hard work. Many would-be allies fear making mistakes that could have them labeled as "-ist" or "-ic" (racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic, etc). But as an ally, you're also affected by a system of oppression. This means that as an ally, there is much to unlearn and learn—mistakes are expected.admit your sins, we will break you down, make you unlearn, and build you back up, make you born again
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@lain @augustus the whole "humanism" thing was always a little weirdmost people doing the social justice thing seem like "i'm spiritual but not religious" types, though, at least when have talked that stuff
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@augustus because nu-atheism was a religious movement from the start
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@shmibs @lain @augustus the hardcore ones believe that you can objectively resolve all moral and ethical questions. These are people that used to deride philosophy. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
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@Moon @augustus @lain yeh, kind of funny that sam harris book is a sort of second-coming of aristotle-aquinas ethics