That all depends on whether atheism is defined as a belief system at all. Atheists do not so much believe that there isn't deity as simply not believe that there is one.
Imagine this: I (an atheist) invite you and your family over for a party. While there I invite you kids over to the couch and tell them all that everything they've been taught to believe is a lie. Chances are you would not want me doing this. This doesn't mean that you're afraid of what I have to say, but that you'd rather your children not have to hear it. The same goes for AC.
As I Canadian I could I have to agree entirely on the libel issue. We're the libel chill capital of the world. Personaly I believe that the only way for newspapers to prosper is to abandon the idea of making a prophet. Publicly funded organizations such as my own native CBC are--in my opinion--the optimal may to report news.
NOTE: Any Canadian can tell you that the CBC is absolutely dreadfull but I personaly believe that this is the result of them being forced by the government to compete with private companies for ad revenue.
I don't think newspapers are likely to vanish either, but far too many people on the internet seem to think themselves in a war with the traditional media, not realizing that their precious "citizen journalists" are generally just commenting on what a professional has already reported. True, the Huffington Post may have some original reporting, but it is still closer to Slashdot than an actual newspaper.
And where exactly do you think we will get our news from if newspapers do die out? The internet is ripe with commenters and aggregators, but is almost entirely devoid of actual reporting. Trust me if the "evil MSM" goes, so too goes your precious internet "journalism."
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That all depends on whether atheism is defined as a belief system at all. Atheists do not so much believe that there isn't deity as simply not believe that there is one.
Imagine this: I (an atheist) invite you and your family over for a party. While there I invite you kids over to the couch and tell them all that everything they've been taught to believe is a lie. Chances are you would not want me doing this. This doesn't mean that you're afraid of what I have to say, but that you'd rather your children not have to hear it. The same goes for AC.
As I Canadian I could I have to agree entirely on the libel issue. We're the libel chill capital of the world. Personaly I believe that the only way for newspapers to prosper is to abandon the idea of making a prophet. Publicly funded organizations such as my own native CBC are--in my opinion--the optimal may to report news. NOTE: Any Canadian can tell you that the CBC is absolutely dreadfull but I personaly believe that this is the result of them being forced by the government to compete with private companies for ad revenue.
I don't think newspapers are likely to vanish either, but far too many people on the internet seem to think themselves in a war with the traditional media, not realizing that their precious "citizen journalists" are generally just commenting on what a professional has already reported. True, the Huffington Post may have some original reporting, but it is still closer to Slashdot than an actual newspaper.
And where exactly do you think we will get our news from if newspapers do die out? The internet is ripe with commenters and aggregators, but is almost entirely devoid of actual reporting. Trust me if the "evil MSM" goes, so too goes your precious internet "journalism."
Last I checked they do, same in South Korea.
At the risk of drifting off topic, I must say that that is a common complaint, and one I am forced to agree with.
Am I the only person on earth who wasn't particularly disappointed by B&W? Now the sequel THAT was a let down.
Last I checked the the Persian Empire won at Thermopylae (admittedly after taking massively disproportionate casualties).