Assertion: atheist's reason | /r/CapableOf | defend atheism
Facets:
value: per se
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Finally, someone could object that fighting against the negative consequences of traditional theism does not give us a reason to defend atheism per se.
text: Similarly, even if different belief systems combat the ill effects of traditional theism, we still have a good reason to defend atheism because it is such a belief system.
text: Another reason to defend atheism is to foster the development of a secular morality and public policies based upon the concerns of real, sentient creatures.
text: Another good reason to defend atheism, then, is to fight the institutionalized speciesism that often accompanies traditional belief in God.