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Atheism 2.0

filed under Culture, Web 2.0 by rob on 18Jan07 @ 3:27 pm EST

Could Web 2.0 contribute to the growth of atheism? ThinkChristian.net posed a very interesting question: [is] Web 2.0 powering Atheism 2.0?

What say you?

Darren at WhyFaith.com tipped me off to this term. I’ve never heard of it, but I think “why wouldn’t it”? My posture isn’t to be in battle (though I probably should be at times), instead I’m thinking this is all the more motivation to press on by participating in the greater community sharing what we’re all about.

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1 Darren on Jan 19th, 2007 said:

I think part of the reason why sites like Digg and YouTube are popular methods for spreading atheist sentiments is that the overall tone of those sites is one of sarcasm and cynicism; the comments at Digg and YouTube are not where you’d go for civilized discussion. The air of cynicism makes it more difficult to target users of these sort of sites with traditional evangelistic type of messages. The “Atheism 2.0″ sites mentioned are challenging new mediums that should be used to spread the gospel. An example of the type of video that could be effective is Francis Chan’s 15-minute video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRi4VwcrYmA
It’s a challenge, no doubt, and Christians certainly should be eager to participate in whatever virtual communities become popular on the web as another opportunity to spread the word.
2 Brian on Jan 19th, 2007 said:

Thanks for the link to Think Christian!