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Thread #150173   Message #3497680
Posted By: Amos
02-Apr-13 - 12:46 AM
Thread Name: BS: New Atheists flirt with Islamophobia
Subject: RE: BS: New Atheists flirt with Islamophobia
I think this is a storm in a Teacup. The author of the article linked above is a virulent polemicist and, as is normal, accuse others of virulent polemics. The core target of Dawkins, Hitchens and their ilk is the fixation on divine persona as the source of rationalization for human acts of illwill or manipulation. The acts of illwill and/or manipulation stemming from those whop invoke the name of Allah are probably just as many as from those who invoke the name of Jaweh. The core argument is that invoking the anthropomorphic embodiment of an individual apperception of the Infinite is a bogus excuse for doing harm. It doesn't much matter whether this is performed by a Muslim or a Christian or a Hindu--human harm is human harm and no bantering of divine labels is going to lessen it in any degree. In this respect the Dawkins crowd are quite right. But most Christians and honest Muslims and genuine Hindus would probably agree with that perspective as well.