neoatheist

See also: neo-atheist

English

Etymology

From neo- +‎ atheist.

Noun

neoatheist (plural neoatheists)

1. A member of the vocally anti-religious movement that came to prominence in the early 2000s.
   • 2008, Robert Jones, Progressive & Religious, page 186

     A fundamental blind spot that so many of the neoatheist critics of religion share is that they have been unable to imagine an authentic religion that does not operate with certainty as its only common coin ...

   • 2011, Frank J, Re: All Finnish public 3 IDists are now practically or close to YECs ... Group: talk.origins

     just denied unguided evolution and attacked strongly on neoatheists

   • 2012, Charles Crawford, Dennis Krebs, Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology, →ISBN:

     I praise Dawkins' clarity, I rejoice in Dennett's call to study religion scientifically as a natural phenomena, and I admire S. Harris's keen polemical skill. Yet I think these thinkers are all arrogantly out of their depth. These "neo-atheist" authors chiefly use highly selective analogy, anecdote, personal sentiment, and rash generalization...

   • 2013, The Faces of Satan, They batter believers in religion with smug certainty Group: can.politics, link

     neoatheist thinkers such as Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, I thought it amazing that he still wanted to learn something new