Gnu Atheism? Think again!

Think that the so-called strident “new atheism” is actually new?

One of the very few philosophers who are free of bafflegab, Bertrand Russell, distills exactly what atheism is in this 1962 BBC audio interview:

(Download it an play it on your way to work.)

Atheist Bertie

Every day.

Well not ‘download it’ every day. ‘Play it on the way to work every day’ is what I really meant.

(Part 2 of a four part series of interviews by Alan Watts. Adjusted by me to be far more friendly on the mp3player ears.)

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A passionate defender of equality of opportunity. A scientist who prefers to use evidence rather than dogma or superstition. A despiser of "Faitheism" & Accomodationism. One who knows that religions have exceeded their "best before" date by thousands of years.

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#1 written by nickandrew
about 1 year ago

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Bertrand Russell rocked, hard. And yes, he spoke plainly, frankly and directly, at a time when religion was much more powerful and prevalent than today.
#2 written by Michael Kingsford Gray
about 1 year ago

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Indeed, Sir.
He was, and remains, a paragon of intellectual clarity, but especially: intellectual honesty.
Peddlers of pathetic political piffle would do well to emulate him.