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词条 Alt.atheism
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{{lowercase|title=alt.atheism}}alt.atheism is a Usenet newsgroup within the alt.*hierarchy that discusses atheism.[1] The group was originally created on February 6, 1990 [2] by a member of the alt.pagan newsgroup, to provide an alternative forum for the numerous discussions on atheism that were overwhelming the pagan group. A survey of usenet groups in 1994–1995 found that, among 70 groups discussing "consciousness, spirituality, and religion (broadly defined)", it was the group with the highest traffic volume.[3] {{harvtxt|Nash|2002}} writes that "atheist and freethought newsgroups" including alt.atheism have "done much to remove the sense of isolation felt by many with antireligious opinions".[4]

Discussion matter

According to the alt.atheism FAQ,[5] the purpose of the group is to discuss atheism and atheist topics such as the following:

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  • Whether it is reasonable to pretend to be religious in order to avoid upsetting your family
  • Prayer in schools
  • Discrimination against atheists
  • Sunday trading laws
  • The Satanic Child Abuse myth
  • Whether you should be an overt atheist or 'stay in the closet'
  • How religious societies prey on new college students
  • How to get rid of unwanted proselytizers
  • Whether religion is a danger to society and/or the individual
  • Why people become atheists

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{{harvtxt|Ricker|2006}} calls out another common discussion topic, the proper definition of atheism, as being "the thread that never dies on alt.atheism".[6] The popularization of the "weak and strong atheism" terminology for different definitions of atheism has been credited to discussions on the alt.atheism newsgroup.

References

1. ^{{citation|title=Atheism Online|first=N.|last=Holbrook|journal=The Lantern|date=October 25, 1998|url=http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/1998/11/25/Column/Atheism.Online-45855.shtml|access-date=2009-05-22|archive-url=https://archive.is/20070616132912/http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/1998/11/25/Column/Atheism.Online-45855.shtml|archive-date=2007-06-16|dead-url=yes|df=}}.
2. ^[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.pagan/TIAlrwQ3JSw/vLOWNyCI_1cJ Brian R. Holt's alt.pagan post announcing his creation of alt.atheism] as sourced from Google Groups on January 15, 2016.
3. ^{{citation|first=Jay|last=Kinney|authorlink=Jay Kinney|title=Net worth? : Religion, cyberspace and the future|journal=Futures|volume=27|issue=7|pages=763–776|year=1995|doi=10.1016/0016-3287(95)80007-V}}.
4. ^{{citation|first=David|last=Nash|contribution=Religious sensibilities in the age of the internet: freethought culture and the historical context of communication media|editor1-first=Stewart M.|editor1-last=Hoover|editor2-first=Lynn Schofield|editor2-last=Clark|editor2-link=Lynn Schofield Clark|title=Practicing religion in the age of the media: explorations in media, religion, and culture|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2002|page=281|isbn=978-0-231-12089-0}}.
5. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20050227001657/http://alt-atheism.org/article_view.php?c=&id=1 alt.atheism FAQ] as sourced by the Internet Archive on February 11, 2005.
6. ^{{citation|title=Godless in America: Conversations With an Atheist|first=George A.|last=Ricker|publisher=iUniverse|year=2006|isbn=978-0-595-39101-1|page=131}}.

External links

  • [news:alt.atheism Alt.atheism USENET group]
  • [https://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/topics alt.atheism on google groups]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20001109042500/http://www.alt-atheism.org/ alt-atheism Newsgroup FAQ]
  • The Atheist Frontier
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