I agree with your explanation about some people’s preference for the label “agnostic”. The “atheism plus” on the other hand feels to me like “atheism plus political correctness”—it is certainly not focused on not offending religious people. (So an equivalent would be a Game blog who cares about not offending… for example Muslims. That’s not the same as a Game blog trying not to offend feminists.)
Serious question, name a positive connotation of “The Red Pill”—which is not shared by “Game”/”PUA”/”seduction community” or “ev psych”.
Anyone who liked the movie Matrix? (Unless all of them are already in the seduction community.) I could imagine to use the same word as a metaphor for… for example early retirement, or any similar activity that requires you to go against the stereotypical beliefs of most people. I admit I never saw the word used in this context; I just feel like it would fit there perfectly. (Also it would fit perfectly to most conspiracy theories.)
The “atheism plus” on the other hand feels to me like “atheism plus political correctness”—it is certainly not focused on not offending religious people.
I don’t have that much knowledge of the Atheism Plus movement, but I have read some stuff that suggests they are concerned about how prominent atheists talk about Islam, at least. I also wouldn’t be at all surprised if they had expressed opposition to Dawkins’ description of religious upbringing as child abuse. I do know some feminists who were/are pissed about that.
I agree with your explanation about some people’s preference for the label “agnostic”. The “atheism plus” on the other hand feels to me like “atheism plus political correctness”—it is certainly not focused on not offending religious people. (So an equivalent would be a Game blog who cares about not offending… for example Muslims. That’s not the same as a Game blog trying not to offend feminists.)
Anyone who liked the movie Matrix? (Unless all of them are already in the seduction community.) I could imagine to use the same word as a metaphor for… for example early retirement, or any similar activity that requires you to go against the stereotypical beliefs of most people. I admit I never saw the word used in this context; I just feel like it would fit there perfectly. (Also it would fit perfectly to most conspiracy theories.)
I don’t have that much knowledge of the Atheism Plus movement, but I have read some stuff that suggests they are concerned about how prominent atheists talk about Islam, at least. I also wouldn’t be at all surprised if they had expressed opposition to Dawkins’ description of religious upbringing as child abuse. I do know some feminists who were/are pissed about that.