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Thread #152125   Message #3559581
Posted By: Steve Shaw
18-Sep-13 - 09:41 AM
Thread Name: BS: Militant atheism has become a religion p
Subject: RE: BS: Militant atheism has become a religion p
You still owe me an explanation what you think I am scared of

I don't really owe you anything, but, thing is, you appear to be scared of Dawkins, from whom you persistently distance yourself. Well, Dawkins dines out well on his writings and his atheism (I think he's excellent in both areas myself), I won't deny. But he is as straight as a die on God and religion. He expresses no certainties about the non-existence of God, unlike his religious opponents (who are scared stiff of him). He occupies very secure ground in that his demands, for evidence, are solid and simple and justified on any rational grounds I can think of. Nothing to be scared of or recoil from there. If Dawkins makes you nervous (join the pete 'n' Wacko club!), you need to question your own intellectual security in matters of faith. Question his tactics by all means, but even there he isn't so bad. I mean, anyone who can successfully get up the noses of bishops can't be all bad.