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Atheists & Agnostics

onager

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3. Well, the Fourth Horse -'man' nowadays...

Reply to JRLeft (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 12:09 PM

Jan 2016

Is generally considered to be Ayaan Hirsi Ali (since Hitchens' death). At least that's what I read on the InternetZ, so it must be true.

As predictably as clockwork, on slow news days, this crap about women in atheism comes floating back to the top of the toilet bowl. But atheism is not, and never has been, an "old white boy's club."

Quick now, who founded American Atheists, one of the first such groups, in 1963? Madalyn Murray O'Hair, a Certified Woman.

Who founded the most in-yer-face current secular group, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, in 1976? Anne Nicol Gaylor and her daughter, Annie Laurie Gaylor.

Just Google "women atheists" and you'll find long lists of women active in atheism and secular activism, some of them for many years.

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Atheism is an old boys' club. More women should admit to being Godless [View all] JRLeft Jan 2016 OP

That doesn't work for all. JNelson6563 Jan 2016 #1

I'm a black man, I haven't told anyone that I'm atheist outside my JRLeft Jan 2016 #2

It's the same in this lily white community too. JNelson6563 Jan 2016 #17

Well, the Fourth Horse -'man' nowadays... onager Jan 2016 #3

This is probably the writer's view, but I suspect most atheist say nothing out JRLeft Jan 2016 #4

Ironically, the Telegraph used a picture of the atheist bus ad with Dawkins but not Ariane Sherine muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Duppers Jan 2016 #6

So any group that is mostly older white males skepticscott Jan 2016 #7

There are a lot of us. Curmudgeoness Jan 2016 #8

When the RCC has a woman priest marry two lesbians, come back with this headline Lordquinton Jan 2016 #9

I'm a pale male. progressoid Jan 2016 #10

The consequences for being an out atheist are more dire for women Warpy Jan 2016 #11

Being black and an atheist is a quick way to be viewed as someone to avoid. JRLeft Jan 2016 #12

That's true, also, and likely for the same reasons. Warpy Jan 2016 #13

Very true, it's a safe haven. JRLeft Jan 2016 #14

one of my facebook friends is a gay, black atheist OriginalGeek Jan 2016 #23

Yeah he's worse off than I am, homophobia is still very much JRLeft Jan 2016 #27

Ayn Rand edhopper Jan 2016 #15

At least she had one thing right. JRLeft Jan 2016 #16

I remember a headline in some conservative paper... Washington Times perhaps? AlbertCat Jan 2016 #18

Well according to the bible women are suppose to worship their husband and obey him. JRLeft Jan 2016 #19

I'm sure some women like that RussBLib Jan 2016 #21

I'm always astonished by the amount of women who are willing to submit to their husbands. JRLeft Jan 2016 #22

It starts way early. OriginalGeek Jan 2016 #24

and so we see again how important it is to "get them" when they are young... RussBLib Jan 2016 #25

Religious indoctrination JRLeft Jan 2016 #28

If we're a club, then we have a super loose definition of "club." Iggo Jan 2016 #20

My Free-thinkers groups are at least 50% women. Great women. lindysalsagal Jan 2016 #26

Could very well be. onager Jan 2016 #29

Right about that. I don't date believers anymore. No way. I'm done with it. lindysalsagal Jan 2016 #30

An old boys' club?.... uriel1972 Jan 2016 #31