Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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As someone who was there in the middle of it, I'm going to explain how New Atheism flopped hard.

Transcript here, if you'd rather read.
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/09/what-happened-to-the-new-atheism

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Sources:
Keith Ward - the new atheists
youtube.com/watch?v=fkJshx-7l5w

David Bentley Hart - Atheism's Best Arguments?
youtube.com/watch?v=AQBfoneh97E

David Bentley Hart - the new atheists and an ugly God
youtube.com/watch?v=qlYXohl0szo

David Bentley Hart - Is God a "person"?
youtube.com/watch?v=oSHoDqF0xaY

Who's afraid of Intelligent Design? with Stephen C. Meyer
youtube.com/watch?v=sBqpsgn-Wh0

Prominent New Atheist Wakes Up to His Main Error | Frank Turek | SPIRITUALITY | Rubin Report
youtube.com/watch?v=1ggnhLrnyPI

Believe it or not, by David Bentley Hart
firstthings.com/article/2010/05/believe-it-or-not

PZ Myers' response
freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/04/26/that-hollow-ring-that-tired-ob

This Firebrand Atheist Was Just Fired After Allegations Of Financial Conflicts And Sexual Assault
buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/david-silverman-atheist-fired-sexual-misconduct

The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in America
washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/28/religious-census-map-diversity-catholics/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzIwMjM4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzIxNjIwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MjAyMzg0MDAsImp0aSI6IjcyNjhiOWU5LTY0NzctNGYxMC05MWYzLWQ2ZTA2MWQ0MmFiOSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI0LzA2LzI4L3JlbGlnaW91cy1jZW5zdXMtbWFwLWRpdmVyc2l0eS1jYXRob2xpY3MvIn0.ZYNEi7h-FdyfjMv3_p-X7OAGYHdjGO2RcnOoP7-xGLA