Brights?

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Permalink Reply by Tedster on August 31, 2008 at 6:16pm

It is a problem. I reluctantly call myself a bright, but it really does have an arrogant ring to it.

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Permalink Reply by Tedster on August 31, 2008 at 6:16pm

by the way, I think this might belong to one of the other forums.

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Permalink Reply by The Nerd on August 31, 2008 at 6:28pm

http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/thebrights

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Permalink Reply by Lindsay on August 31, 2008 at 10:33pm

I am new here, so dont quite know the forums yet, which should forever confirm that I am not a 'bright' LOL

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Permalink Reply by Hessenroots on August 31, 2008 at 6:49pm

I've avoided the title for the same reason. There's an air of smugness in it that I'm not comfortable with. I think it really comes down to how you self identify and semantics.

I don't think badly of people that choose to use it...it's just not for me.

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Permalink Reply by Lindsay on August 31, 2008 at 10:33pm

Agreed, it is useful by way of distinction, to distinguish freethinkers from others, but I agree with your point that it sounds smug

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Permalink Reply by Dawn K on August 31, 2008 at 7:13pm

I agree. Although I would consider myself a Bright, I can't use the term without feeling pretentious. For now I stick with atheist, humanist or non-religious depending on who I'm talking to.

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Permalink Reply by Lindsay on August 31, 2008 at 10:34pm

Yes, and I also like 'freethinker'

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Permalink Reply by Tedster on August 31, 2008 at 10:53pm

The problem with the term freethinker is that it doesn't rule out some of superstitions in many peoples mind.

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Permalink Reply by Lindsay on September 1, 2008 at 2:33am

Do you mean that evidence should be the threshhold and hence superstitions would make one not a freethinker? HA I don't know if what I just said makes sense!!

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Permalink Reply by LeaT on September 1, 2008 at 12:22pm

Freethinker just means someone who is free of thought; and it can be anyone who thinks differently, even someone believing in ghosts ;)

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Permalink Reply by The Nerd on September 2, 2008 at 12:16am

I agree, and "bright" simply means "one who is free from superstition". Sad to say, not all atheists are free from that. I know atheists who actually believe in astrology! There is a difference.

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