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Old 04-23-2012, 03:04 PM   #28
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There may not be a codified set of beliefs, but that set of shared beliefs is there. The Internet is helping to codify this belief set for you, making that system of belief more and more defined. Your "faith" is in it's infancy, but it is there, and all those things you claimed as being missing are there.
Examples of these codified beliefs?

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To start, the central tenants of Atheism can be found in many youtube videos - some of which are likely to pop up in this thread. Christopher Hitchens, in all his angry glory, has done more to codify what it means to be an Atheist than anyone else, ironically lending many (anti?)religious texts to the new cause. The writings and videos of Richard Dawkins is another source for what could be considered Atheist gospels.
This is incorrect. The works of Richard Dawkins are assigned no special status or infallibility because they are the work of Richard Dawkins. Indeed, I would be surprised if there was any reader (with at least modicum of cognitive activity) that doesn't disagree or question at least some aspect of Dawkins' works (either as a geneticist or as an atheist.)

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Wikipedia calls these people New Atheists. One thing is clear to me and to others as well - these people are not acting the same way that old fashioned "atheists" act. They act in ways that are much more akin to a faith based community than to a lack of faith.
How so?
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