Neo-theists deploy a propaganda line attributed to Nazi Joseph Goebbels, who himself was the chief propaganda executive of Adolph Hitler: “Repeat your lie thousand times, then your lie will be seen as a fact“
Neo-theists spread so many such myths that they are now hoaxes. This page will be hub-page listing links to the hoax we debunk here and a brief summary of the hoax will follow the link. Below is the list of the myths we have touched so far:
- Neo-theist Hoaxes 1: “New Atheists are Sciencist” – Neo-theists baselessly assert and spread the myth on New Atheists adhering to sciencism. This page shows even academic papers feature this myth.
- Neo-theist Hoaxes 2: Religion, Wars, Violence and New Atheism – The fact that religions have been prolific source of wars and violence is a conclusion of the contemporary academy and this blog cites them whereas Neo-theists spread the hoax that History shows otherwise.
- Neo-theist Hoaxes 3: Nicene Creed, Bible Canonization and New Atheism – While even Islamic theology departments grant that the allegations of bible books being selected in Nicene Creed in 325 AD is of muslim origin, neotheist website historyforatheists.com foisted this allegation onto New Atheists and rebutted it. In this blog, we quotes academic works by muslim academics of islamic theology departments that explicitly state that that baseless assertion is by muslim writers.
- Neo-theist Hoaxes 4: “Rocks are atheists?”
- Neo-theist Hoaxes 5: “Jesus Mythicism is Amateurish.” Jesus Mythicism is widely treated like intelligent design, moon landing hoax, creationism, young earth creationism and alternative medicine are treated: In this essay, we quote historicist scholars like Van Voorst and Bart Ehrman saying that mythicism is a sound case and mythicists are blatantly ignored.
Neo-theists spread many hoaxes about New Atheists, with the intention of discrediting New Atheists. In his article named “What is really new about New Atheism?”, Political Scientist (not sciencist) Steven Kettel notes it:
The construction and subsequent popularisation of the label “new atheism”, then, did not stem from a disinterested attempt at classifying a new form of non-religious thought, but was part of a politically motivated campaign to discredit and delegitimise the views of leading atheist advocates.
But why? one might ask: why need for discrediting New Atheists? Steven Kettel’s another work features good answers for this question. Because We New Atheists stand against all this oppression of theists, we challenge their self-assigned privileges, we stand against all those cruelties the religious inflict upon others. That is why, since the beginning, they have spreaded all these lies just to be able to dissuade you from us. Here are some excerpts from Political Scientist Steven Kettel’s academic work titled “Politics of New Atheism“:
Claiming that religious views have enjoyed a cosseted and excessively privileged status for far too long, and that they should be accorded no
more respect or special treatment than any other viewpoint or opinion, proponents of new atheism call for religious beliefs to be exposed to scrutiny wherever they are found in precisely the same way that one might critique
politics, literature or art.
These organizations are actively involved in a number of common campaign issues. One of the principal themes is their opposition to religious influence over public policy. Key areas include social service provision, such as the faith-based initiatives of George W. Bush, or the Big Society agenda of the British Coalition government; healthcare, including support for assisted dying
and opposition to restrictions on reproductive rights and scientific research, such as that involving the use of embryonic stem cells; education, largely centering on the issue of creationism in the U.S, and on faith schools and
compulsory worship in Britain; and civil rights, involving religious exemptions from equalities legislation, and discrimination on issues such as housing, employment and same-sex marriage
I can go on. In many Muslim-majority countries, leaving Islam is legally punishable. Muslim controlled Afghanistan banned education for women completely. Everyday, homosexuals are under oppression of theists, pregnant women are under harassment of theists, both muslims and christians. Just this month, Muslim Qatar hosted the World Cup, largest sporting event, and interfered on sex life, dressing and beverage of visitors, under the Islamic rules – nor Muslims neither Christians are labelled as “intolerant, aggressive, dogmatic” by the so-called critiques of New Atheism but when We New Atheists stand against all of these, we are labelled “intolerant, dogmatic and aggressive” and that is one part of the answer why these theists spread lies to discredit New Atheists. Theists want to discredit and delegitimize us because we stand againt their psychopathy!
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