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@Gnomeshatecheese @Jennifer_Lee @LostInCalifornia Boghossian might be saying that because, in the United States, where he lives and where I live, atheists are the #1 group embracing gender identity ideology. Presbyterians, Episcopals, some types of Lutherans, and some Jewish movements certainly give atheists a run for our money, but we are still #1.

I don’t think gender identity ideology just naturally pops up where religion leaves a vacuum (whether in an individual or in a society). It just happens to be affecting our atheists because people with political and financial motives inserted it into our society and atheists were the ones who were most vulnerable. It could have been something else if something else had been profitable.

I also think U.S. polarization, in which non-Republicans are thrilled to embrace anything that will help them differentiate themselves from Republicans, is a big factor.

What I’d like to know about Estonia is whether something different (but also stupid) has infected that country’s many atheists, or are they doing well? If they are doing well, do Estonian atheists “do atheism” in some kind of different and better way? What can we in the U.S. and the rest of the world learn from Estonian atheists?