For example, the official boogeyman here is the religion.
Really? I doubt I’m the only one who thinks that religious faith is a cheap target for critiques of irrationality. It is the example that people fall back on when they don’t have a better one, because it is so obvious.
But religion isn’t taken as much of a threat or a cause for outrage here. There are communities where it is — New Atheists, skeptics, and science educators concerned about creationism all come to mind.
Really? I doubt I’m the only one who thinks that religious faith is a cheap target for critiques of irrationality. It is the example that people fall back on when they don’t have a better one, because it is so obvious.
Astrology, alternative medicine, alien abductions, etc. are the usual targets attacked by entry-level skeptics. However, I do agree that in mainstream Western culture, religion is easy to attack.
Really? I doubt I’m the only one who thinks that religious faith is a cheap target for critiques of irrationality. It is the example that people fall back on when they don’t have a better one, because it is so obvious.
But religion isn’t taken as much of a threat or a cause for outrage here. There are communities where it is — New Atheists, skeptics, and science educators concerned about creationism all come to mind.
Astrology, alternative medicine, alien abductions, etc. are the usual targets attacked by entry-level skeptics. However, I do agree that in mainstream Western culture, religion is easy to attack.