2 thoughts on “CRITICAL THINKING: “The Trouble With Being a Critical Thinker or Atheist . . . ” / Tim Minchin ☮”

1. We atheist/secularist/humanist folk are not necessarily “right” in some kind of objective sense; it is that we are “right” if we subscribe to the notions of egalitarianism, fairness, and the creation of a more humane, compassionate world. If that is your ideal, your norm, then we are very much right in our prescriptions and policies. The wrongheadness so demonstrated by today’s white, Christian conservative is that they want to assent to the same norms that we do but then find ways to completely undermine those norms. Instead of policies or ideas that will further those goals and require some sacrifice on their part, they run for the cover of comfortable narratives and mythologies that will maintain the status quo.

   Their true norms are those of self-regard, greed, domination, and tribalism. If they would just acknowledge and proclaim out loud that’s what they are about, then they too would be “right” in their prescriptions for society.

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   • Maintainence of the status quo, and obedience to male authority is two of the load bearing pillars of the Abrahamic religions.

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