I see that an atheist conference is planned for Melbourne in March 2010.
It puzzles me why occasions like this are dominated by male 60 - year olds. The list for this conference (with year of birth) is:
- Richard Dawkins 1941
- Dan Barker 1949
- A C Grayling 1949
- Robyn Williams 1944
- Peter Singer 1946
- Philip Adams 1939
- P Z Mayo 1957
There is one youngster, who happens to be female:
- Catherine Deveny 1968
Why is this so?
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Where are the young atheists? They are, very sensibly, doing other and better things than combating antique superstitions. Combating religion is not a lifetime's profession; one wants to get it out of the way so that one can do the worthwhile things that life offers but which religion too often distorts or denies. People who have grown up in the new, fresher atmosphere of being allowed to live without superstition are quite rightly taking that opportunity. This is not a guess but an observation, and I applaud it.
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