Links: The Ebon Musings-DJ Grothe Debate: Is Atheism a Civil Rights Issue?

[This post was originally published on The Secular Outpost on July 16, 2007. It was republished here on November 7, 2021 with the date manually adjusted to reflect its original publication date. The links were also updated to their current locations.]

Ebon Musings argues that atheism is a civil rights issue, while DJ Grothe argues that it is not.

LINKS:
"Atheism Is a Civil Rights Issue" by Ebon Musings
"A Reply from DJ Grothe" (includes rejoinder by Ebon Musings) by Ebon Musings

Open Letter to Theists about Abusing Atheists

In his contribution to Philosophers Without God (ed. Louise Antony, Oxford University Press, 2007), Walter Sinnott Armstrong describes the sort of bigotry he encountered after his debate book God (co-authored with William Lane Craig) was published. One theist sent him an email calling Sinnott-Armstrong

a "small minded" "egotist," "an arrogant fool," and a "pompous PhD," then added "it is pathetic that the College allows you in a classroom," and "That you don't [believe in God], I am sorry to have to inform you, calls into question your intelligence." Then it concluded, "Please be assured that this theist will impartially consider any persuasive response you can offer and, as such, I look forward to continuing this dialogue with you."