User:Devilishlyhandsome/Atheism 3.0.1

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+ 	 	+ 	Atheism 3.0 is a term applied by commentators to the position of a small group of atheist writers who, while not believing in the existence of God, maintain that religion still has been beneficial to both individuals and society. + 	The first-known usage of the term dates to October 2009. + 	Austin Dacey, formerly a United Nations representative for the Center for Inquiry who has been classified as an Atheism 3.0 author, has criticized the taxonomy. + 	Dacey is reported to have criticized the New Atheism movement for insisting on the removal of religion from the public square on grounds that doing so would shield religion from criticism and circumvent debate on morality. + 	 	+ 	The following three books have been called Atheism 3.0 works: Good without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe by Greg M. Epstein, The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life by Austin Dacey, and An Atheist Defends Religion: Why Humanity is Better Off With Religion than Without It by Bruce Sheiman. + 	 	+