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12 Jan 2013, 10:07 pm

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I think the main reason for Dawkins' attitude is he doesn't see why there should be a taboo against questioning religion. That it has been wrapped in a cloak of respectability that it doesn't deserve. It should be open to criticism just and any political party or issue is.

THIS, FTW^^.

As long as (1) religious people keep making fools of themselves, and (2) there are no anti-blasphemy laws to over-ride free speech, there will be criticisms of religion.


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13 Jan 2013, 8:58 am

I dislike how him and all of his followers think of religious people as idiots.

It is disgusting, really. Previous comment an example, a very very tame example. But this site is very very friendly and not an accurate representation of reality.

Why is being right all the time so important? I realize all the religious people are almost certainly wrong, but I'm not interested in calling them fools. It is just kind of dumb.



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13 Jan 2013, 9:09 am

heavenlyabyss wrote:
I dislike how him and all of his followers think of religious people as idiots.


He didn't say that. He said that "religious people keep making fools of themselves", not that all religious people are idiots.

The real beef that Dawkins and crew have is with organised religion, not with people's personal spiritual beliefs about this God or that God or whatever.



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13 Jan 2013, 9:13 am

Tequila wrote:
heavenlyabyss wrote:
I dislike how him and all of his followers think of religious people as idiots.


He didn't say that. He said that "religious people keep making fools of themselves", not that all religious people are idiots.

The real beef that Dawkins and crew have is with organised religion, not with people's personal spiritual beliefs about this God or that God or whatever.


Well, perhaps you are right.

But you are just one person. If this is the case, then I think a lot of Dawkin's followers do not follow Dawkins.

But really, as far as I can tell he is an anti-theist... which I have some qualms about. It borders on discrimation.

Okay, I don't know a whole a lot. Feel free to trash me. I'm done with this thread.



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13 Jan 2013, 10:45 am

Believe it or not, he was a theist once. but he learnt about natural selection and decided god did not exist.

I will not comment on his motivation for his atheist crusade, because it could be anything.


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