Little Things Each Person Can Do

[Levis Pennae]

Rick Dawkins

Our overall goal should be promoting equality and reducing stereotypes. That overall goal has a couple of key parts below.

#1: Promote positive atheism! Not to say the abrasiveness of people like Hitchens and Harris isn't necessary, but it goes a long way to show religious people that we're actually people they can get along with. If you really want to make an impression, stand up for religious freedom for everyone else too, even if you don't share their beliefs, be a champion for people's rights and stand up against one group discriminating against another in any situation. One of the biggest misunderstandings about outspoken atheists is that we want to take away the right to religion or the right to pray in schools. Keep stressing that they can keep their beliefs and pray in school, but prayer shouldn't be school sanctioned since it's clearly leaving out other religions as well as putting pressure on you.

#2: Eliminate the need for religion! If we aim at removing the reason people feel the need to be superstitious then religion will fade away in the future. Education above all, keep reading and learning and watch the education system to make sure the leaders of the future aren't getting indoctrinated by mythologies and superstitions. Our aim shouldn't be to legislate away religion, it'll add fuel to the flames. Instead, lets make sure education is what it should be: teaching people to question everything.

I agree, but I would put more emphasis on the first one, the second one relies too much on the competence of humanity as a whole to work.