Strong Atheism

[harpofhyperion]

 A good take on the conditions which give rise to strong atheism.

Key Quote: "As an ideology, strong atheism tends to emerge under the threat of theocracy. Strong atheism found its public voice in the US under the twin stresses of George W Bush's second term in office and 9/11's demonstration of the worst dangers of fundamentalism."

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Comments

[dfordoom]

The problem with the article is that it doesn't put forward any evidence that strong atheism has become more widespread since the supposed threat of theocracy under George W. Bush. I suspect that the media simply started giving it more attention.