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The Brights movement is a sociocultural movement formed of persons who hold a naturalistic view of the world. ==History== The term "Bright" was coined by Paul Geisert. A one-time Chicago biology teacher, professor, entrepreneur, writer, he co-developed learning materials and a website regarding teaching about religion in public schools in the 1990s. In deciding to attend the "Godless Americans March on Washington" in 2002, Geisert disliked the label "godless" and resolved to identify a better term to unite the "community of reason". He sought a new, positive word that might become well-accepted, in the same way that the term "gay" has come to mean "homosexual". In late 2002, Geisert coined the noun "bright", but did not announce it immediately. Working with Mynga Futrell, the co-founders of the Brights movement wanted to connect and galvanize the many individuals who were non-religious, but who were not associated with the many philosophical organizations already in existence. To achieve this they created not only the definition of "a bright," but also the idea of a civic constituency that would coalesce through the Internet. Having tested this idea during the early months of 2003, they launched the Brights' Net website on June 4, 2003. The movement gained early publicity through articles by Richard Dawkins in ''The Guardian'' and ''Wired'', and by Daniel Dennett in ''The New York Times''. Within a year, registered Brights numbered in five figures and spanned 85 nations. The movement has continued to grow and experienced accelerated registrations following media debate around "new atheism" prompted by a series of book releases in late 2006 including ''The God Delusion'', ''Breaking the Spell'', ''God Is Not Great'', ''The End of Faith'', and ''Letter to a Christian Nation''. The movement has grown to be a constituency of over 58,000 Brights in 204 nations and territories.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Supporting the Brights )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brights movement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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