Information About

Alt.atheism




  • Hierarchy that discusses Atheism .


According to the alt.atheism FAQ, the purpose of the group is to discuss atheism and atheist topics such as the following:


There are five other Usenet newsgroups loosely associated with alt.atheism:
  • alt.atheism.holysmoke

  • alt.atheism.moderated

  • alt.atheism.illogical-fuckwits

  • alt.atheism.satire

  • (the misspelled) alt.athiesm


Of the groups, alt.atheism sees the greater share of message traffic and alt.atheism.moderated appears to have been abandoned.


OPPONENTS

The group receives a lot of Trolling from Christian Fundamentalists and occasionally, members of other religions. One way that the group deals with these is to employ Satire , such as worshipping the " Invisible Pink Unicorn ", and openly discussing the " Evil Atheist Conspiracy ", both of which have entered popular culture. Since 2002 there are also many political flame wars, usually cross-posted with other Usenet groups.

Kenneth Pangborn , a well-known usenet personality, has also been known to post racist Anonymous Remailer Forgeries in the names of alt.atheism regulars.


EXTERNAL LINKS


Note: the alt-atheism.org website has been down since Hurricane Katrina .