I would respectfully disagree that Dawkins suppressed any thinking about religion. He is a critic, not a suppressor. However, the Catholic Church and the Southern Baptists have suppressed thinking for years. They have labeled, as most all religionists do, critical thinking as heresy. Critical analysis or contradictory thought is not suppression. That's a religious fallacy. The reason that religionists use that as an argument is because they can't conceive of any idea that doesn't conform to their so-called "faith".

I think most FreeThinkers have examined religious thought thoroughly. They don't arrive at this position capriciously as suggested by the "faithful". Most of them know more about the bible then those who criticize them for being dogmatic.

It's a reflexive stance by the religionists who instead of seeking actual information from Freethinkers, atheists or agnostics, they choose to arrogantly demonize them. Dawkins doesn't demonize any one but examines the issue of what religion is as a scientist would being presented by any idea. Hence you have a thread called "the atheist delusion".