Militant Atheist vs. Jeff Durbin at the Reason Rally
This is raw footage from the Reason Rally in Washington D.C.. Jeff Durbin and Luke Pierson of Apologia Christian Ministries were filming for a documentary now in production that features debates/conversations between Christians and Atheists. In this clip they speak with a man wearing a shirt that says, "Militant Atheist".
In light of the March for Science happening today, I wanted to share my favorite speech about Science and Reason. Adam Savage put words to my jumbled thoughts back in 2012 that are, to this day, helping to inform and guide many of my own beliefs and philosophies. "This is Reason: The human capacity to make sense of the world."
Bill Nye and others say it's time to tackle the stigmatization of nonbelievers.
In this article, thousands of people gather around the National Mall to raise the awareness of the stigmatization of the word “atheist.” About 15,000 people supported the cause and during the rally people were interviewed on their thought about the secular community and the current state that they are in. The rally’s purpose was also to raise political awareness as more than 90% of congress identifies as Christian.
Huffington reporters walked around the rally to ask individuals what word would they use to describe themselves. Famous scientist Bill Nye was also present during the rally and he stated, “well, we are all agnostics.” This highlights his theory that in reality, we are all agnostics in a way that we don’t have any physical proof of a God.
This reminds me of our guest speaker in class where he was too agnostic and stated that there was no physical proof for him to believe in a God. I thought he was a good guy and had good intentions because within the article, it states that people who are atheist are almost seen as “bad guys” and have no sense of good inside of them. This is a stigmatization towards atheist and the rally was for a good cause to show believers and people of this world that it is possible to be a good person even without a God.