The Farce of Vox Day’s Alt-Right Case Against Atheism
The supposed irrationality of atheists, according to a Christian nationalist
The alt-right activist and author who’s commonly called “Vox day” (as though he were the voice of God, as in Vox Dei) wrote in 2008 the book The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens. This was one of many post-9/11 pro-religion books aimed at countering the new atheist movement, which was in full swing at the time.
Subsequently, the new atheist movement splintered along political lines, and other tribal movements have since captured the media’s attention, such as Trumpism and Wokeness, although the new atheists’ work in smacking down religious fundamentalism after 9/11 was largely accomplished.
Mind you, George W. Bush’s neoconservatives disgraced Western secularism with their amateurish lies about WMDs and with their quixotic crusade against Iraq and by extension the whole Muslim world. Still, with the returning absurdity of warring monotheists in the Arab-Israeli conflict, perhaps atheists will have to rise to the cultural forefront again, in which case the provocations of Vox Day might likewise resurface.
I should say at the outset that I agree with the gist of Day’s claim “that this trio of New Atheists…
