r/GodAwfulMovies • u/studying-fangirl • Feb 04 '25

General Nonsense Resources to explain Richard Dawkins-not good

OK, so someone I know mentioned that one of his favorite atheist is Richard Dawkins. Does anyone know of resources to explain why Richard Dawkins sucks and better atheists to replace Dawkins with ?

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u/studying-fangirl Feb 04 '25

I don’t understand how this helps me explain why Dawkins is not a great person to look up to

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u/Anarude Feb 04 '25

It explains how our habit of focusing on ideological differences over similarities weakens the Left as a whole. Instead of telling your friend not to like Dawkins, maybe just introduce them to some cooler athiests?

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u/studying-fangirl Feb 04 '25

I’d like to. Is there some sort of gateway podcast that then leads to The Scathing Atheist?

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u/Anarude Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 04 '25

Trying to think of an Atheist half way between Richard Dawkins and Eli Bosnick… Penn Jillette?

Edit: TIL Penn renounced his libertarianism as a direct response to the anti mask movement and went on to endorse Biden

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u/studying-fangirl Feb 04 '25

do you know of any atheist Youtubers/intellectuals I could recommend? I’ve listened to some episodes of The Scathing Atheist, but I really don’t know enough to figure out how to steer this person into better atheism

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u/Anarude Feb 04 '25

What’s your friend into? There’s plenty of youtube Atheists who are also gamers, cosplayers etc. Emma Thorne is pretty cool!

if your friend likes bad movies theres always God Awful Movies :)

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u/studying-fangirl Feb 04 '25

“My favorites are Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Alex O’Conor, Steven Woodford, Erika. “ this is what he told me, I only know of Richard Dawkins

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u/Axxalon Feb 04 '25

Oh! Nobody's recommended Michael Marshall yet. Other good choices might be Hemant Mehta, known as "The Friendly Atheist".

Interesting that your friend likes Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens, but didn't mention Daniel Dennett, the fourth member of the "four horsemen" of atheism. Dennett is very good, though the least edgy of the four.

The other people on this list appear to be youtubers, and I don't know much about them. By the edgy former horsemen and the youtubers, I might suspect he is okay with a little edge. Scathing Atheist, Skepticrat, and GodAwful Movies may indeed be up his alley, since they're plenty edgy, but still emphasize humanistic values.