Thousands of academics are gathering in Regina for the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, beginning Saturday. But there is another gang of hyper-confident male atheists for whom knee-slapping humour is front and centre in their atheist proselytizing, far more than science or intellectual debate. Sometimes these comedians might simply be trying to vex or taunt religious people, Miller said. “Even if a comedian doesn’t intend to attack a religious group, when they make that group the subject of a joke, they are portraying them in a very specific light. That kind of humour requires a familiarity with religion that seems lacking in the Comic Atheists.

Source: National Post May 25, 2018 15:21 UTC