Medicine Woman said:
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M*W: DUDE, religion is responsible for dividing and fragmenting society. Atheism plays no role in the division of society -- religious or not.
Exactly. However, emphasizing atheism above other possible points of unity is just as ridiculous as trying to use
religion as a point of unity.
There are simply too many opinions and viewpoints on the matter of "what makes someone an atheist" or "what religion is right or wrong" or "am I good according to so-and-so faith", which fragment mankind along those lines.
Which is why, in the modern era, those lines should be forgotten and kept to oneself, accepted as mere opinion and choice, and pushed to the side of more pressing issues. Humanity should unite under the common banner of species. Too long has our great species been fragmented, divided, separated, and disgruntled along trivial lines of race, religion, philosophy, and ancestry. We have lost sight of what really makes us special: our superior mind, our capability to adapt, and above all, our civilization.
We are One Species. One Mankind.
Menschheit, Vorwärts!