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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.
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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Bandwagon? maybe. I think the increase is, more than anything, due to a few people making the first leap and revealing their atheism. No one wants to be the person walks the unbeaten path but people are more willing to follow in other's foot steps. Now that it's becoming increasingly socially acceptable, I think you will find that more and more people are willing to "come out of the closet" and reveal their lack of religion.