from several quarters noting that the term is vague, unfairly links evangelicals to extremism, is highly exaggerated and are more akin to conservative smeer in the likes of a conspiracy theory. Kurtz also complained about a perceived link between average Christian evangelicals and extremism such as Christian reconstructionism. Notable critics of religion Douglas Adams Al-Ma'arri Ayaan Hirsi Ali Masih Alinejad Kareem Amer Simone de Beauvoir Julie Bindel Peter Boghossian Maarten Boudry Jerry Cantrell George Carlin Richard Carrier Jim Cornette Richard Dawkins Daniel Dennett Marquis de Sade Karlheinz Deschner Andrea Dworkin Ludwig Feuerbach Stephen Fry Sherif Gaber Emma Goldman Germaine Greer Yuval Noah Harari Sarah Haider Sam Harris Christopher Hitchens Baron d'Holbach Aliaa Magda Elmahdy David Hume Leo Igwe Lawrence Krauss Bill Maher Azar Majedi Nahla Mahmoud Karl Marx Drew McCoy Jean Meslier Yasmine Mohammed Azar Nafisi Maryam Namazie Taslima Nasreen Friedrich Nietzsche Michel Onfray Thomas Paine Ayn Rand Jiddu Krishnamurti Salman Rushdie Bertrand Russell Dayanand Saraswati Baruch Spinoza Polly Toynbee Mark Twain Gad Saad Nawal El Saadawi Tai Solarin Wole Soyinka Wafa Sultan Voltaire Ibn Warraq See also A Brief History of Disbelief – a three-part PBS series (2007) Anthropology of religion Antireligion Antitheism Apologetics Atheism Biblical inerrancy Religious violence Christianity and violence Mormonism and violence Buddhism and violence Islam and violence Islamic terrorism Judaism and violence Jewish religious terrorism Zionist political violence Civil religion Cognitive dissonance Conversational intolerance Deism Ethics without religion Folk religion Fundamentalism God is dead Metaethics Morality without religion Philosophy of religion Problem of evil Theodicy Psychology of religion Rationalism Religiosity and intelligence Religious satire Russell's teapot Social criticism Sociology of religion Supernatural Toleration Theism Theology True-believer syndrome Criticism of specific religions and worldviews Biblical criticism Controversies about Opus Dei Criticism of Atheism Criticism of the Baháʼí Faith Criticism of Buddhism Criticism of Christianity Criticism of the Catholic Church Criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Criticism of Mormon sacred texts Criticism of Protestantism Criticism of Jehovah's Witnesses Criticism of Hinduism Criticism of Islam Criticism of Jainism Criticism of Judaism Criticism of monotheism Criticism of Sikhism Scientology controversy Notes References Further reading External links A Historical Outline of Modern Religious Criticism in Western Civilization The Poverty of Theistic Morality by Adolf Grünbaum Irreligion