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MineralMan

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18. Whoever wrote that didn't bother to research Emma Goldman

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 03:28 PM

Oct 2019

She was not a woman of faith; she was an avowed atheist.

Atheism
A committed atheist, Goldman viewed religion as another instrument of control and domination. Her essay "The Philosophy of Atheism" quoted Bakunin at length on the subject and added:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Goldman

That's the thing about religionnews.com. You need to do your own research, just to see if the author of the article bothered to do any research at all. This is very, very weak, since anyone who knows anything about Emma Goldman knows of her committed atheism.

Bad source; wrong information; incorrect article.

I suggest you spend less time at religionnews.com. It's not a good source for factual information.

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Three women of faith who changed America [View all] guillaumeb Oct 2019 OP

Emma Goldman was an atheist edhopper Oct 2019 #1

Maybe 3 women raised in 3 different faith traditions?? bobbieinok Oct 2019 #3

Who rejected those faiths? edhopper Oct 2019 #4

Yeah, Margaret Sanger actively worked against religious dogma. Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #26

They're gonna claim them anyway. trotsky Oct 2019 #5

yeah that is a giant wtf theistic appropriation of a famous atheist. Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #13

... Major Nikon Oct 2019 #21

Thanks. Each woman should be object of a discussion bobbieinok Oct 2019 #2

How many people of faith *didn't* change America? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #6

How many people change America? guillaumeb Oct 2019 #7

Everyone changes America. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #8

Which answers your previously posted question. eom guillaumeb Oct 2019 #9

Was it a question, or a point? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #10

I must confess that I missed that point. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #11

It's my standard point. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2019 #12

True, non-believers have been effectively erased guillaumeb Oct 2019 #14

And yet, you are further pushing the narrative that it's "people of faith" who need recognition. trotsky Oct 2019 #15

Incorrect. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #20

That does not dispute the point I just made. trotsky Oct 2019 #23

Par for the course Major Nikon Oct 2019 #24

Yep, like you say: par for the course. trotsky Oct 2019 #25

I'm not so sure about that Major Nikon Oct 2019 #27

The point is unsupported. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #28

I understand that you cannot dispute it. trotsky Oct 2019 #30

There is no real point to dispute. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #34

I agree, your narrative is unsupported. trotsky Oct 2019 #35

Three other women of faith who changed America. Permanut Oct 2019 #16

At least those three all claimed to be Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #17

Whoever wrote that didn't bother to research Emma Goldman MineralMan Oct 2019 #18

Whoever posted it either is woefully ignorant Voltaire2 Oct 2019 #19

Or both... MineralMan Oct 2019 #22

Who is Elizabeth Sanger? Dorian Gray Oct 2019 #29

Yet another trainwreck of a thread for ol' gil... trotsky Oct 2019 #31

Did Margaret Sanger have a sister named Elizabeth? MineralMan Oct 2019 #32

I'll see your Emma Goldman, and raise you one Voltairine de Cleyre. AtheistCrusader Oct 2019 #33