You know, I was so preoccupied by my last post that I forgot to respond to the actual thread topic! So, why don't I do that...
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Originally Posted by shakran
Seems like every week someone comes out and says he's an athiest. Another post here on TFP has an interview with Julia Sweeney in which she informs us that she too is an athiest. As few as 3 years ago, that would be a career ender unless your name was George Carlin.
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You know, I don't really think that
Julia Sweeney has a career to end. Her "conversion" seems genuine in light of her and her brother getting cancer (her brother didn't make it) and she's now making a new niche career out of it.
As an aside, it was weird hearing her do a (possible improv) stand-up routine based on her and her brother dealing with their cancers. During the whole ordeal, she would do a weekly routine at a local comdey club. How weird is that...
I'm sure there aren't nearly as many people "coming out" as you think...
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That got me to wondering - how much of this athiesm movement is fueled by people genuinely sitting down, thinking it out, and coming to the conclusion that there is no god, and how much of it is just because it's a trendy thing to do?
I recall 10 years or so ago when being bisexual was suddenly hip. Every couple of days some celebrity would get him/herself onto a TV show and tell the world they were bi. You don't really hear about bisexual celebs anymore.
I'm sure it's a bit of both, but I'd be interested in knowing just how many of these newly-out-of-the-closet athiests are just hopping on the latest bandwagon. Your thoughts?
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It's just a fad for me. I'm thinking that I might want to become a creationist. I've been reading up on it and I find it fascinating.
For instance, creationists actually don't object to evolution, per se. They just object to some of the details, such as people being part of this evolution and the actual mechanism for evolution...