/lit/ - Literature

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>>19445758
1. Things like pic-related, cringy internet atheists and general unpleasantness. The cringe became too much.
2. New Atheism was really a response to a problem that barely exists anymore. Back in the day, evolution was the #1 issue that atheists loved debating about. However the majority of Protestants today - yes, that includes evangelical christians - don't really care about evolution, and it has been the official position of the Catholic Church since the early 20th century. In addition, the moral guardians of the 90s who called D&D and rock music 'satanic' are barely a thing anymore, not to mention that they're overshadowed by secular SJWs these days.
Now that the creationists are barely in the spotlight, New Atheists don't have easy targets anymore, and are having to argue with more sane Christians. This forces New Atheists to reveal that while they may be good at pop science, they aren't so good at philosophy, theology or ancient history (see Dawkins awful arguments in his book as an example. If you submitted it as a postdoctoral thesis, it would be failed).
3. Many people are starting to see what society without objective morals or values looks like, and they are not pleased. When people question the trajectory of society and try to engage in a serious discussion of values and morality, internet atheists/nihilists will often obnoxiously insert themselves into the dialogue and stubbornly assert that there is no objective morality and that you are a retard for even entertaining the idea. They argue that everything is fine and will become extremely nasty towards anyone who challenges their ideas. Nobody likes an obnoxious prick.
4. Part of it is that people began to take exception to the hypocrisy of many New Atheists. People like Hitchens always claimed to have the moral high ground, but would go on to enthusiastically support the wars in the Middle East for seemingly no other reason than wanting to war on the religious.
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It still makes me laugh. I remember in early Youtube watching a grown men debate a Christian who couldn't have been more than 12 years old. It was so ridiculous.

>>15672691
Haha great! Are you 15 years old?

>>15629358
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>>15631986
HAHAHAHAHAHA

>>14134630
Why can't gaythiests last longer than a few posts without embarassing themselves? Every fucking time lol

>>13988053
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>>13523213
You have to go back.

>>13521423
This is you right now. Stay mad and bamboozled famisenpai ;) <3 ;*

>>13517039
>muh science
You have to go back.

>OMG SCIENCE!

>atheism

>>4084415

How many children would you rape for Marx and Trayvon justice if it wasn't for the patriarch holding us down?

>>3743850
Here's the source.

>>3497702
Reddt.

Some kid on /r/atheism came up with a shitty quote that he thought was inspirational.

Everybody bagged the shit out of his stupidity.

It's all over Reddt, but no idea how it got to /lit/