Richard Dawkins, it seems, is getting pretty vitriolic about religion. (His new book is going to be called "The God Delusion"...) This is good, because it means that instead of causing massive flame wars, I can just quote him to insult people, and play the concerned, compromising atheist in comparison. Mwahahahaha! >8^D
No, in all seriousness, I'm a little torn. On one hand it embarrasses me that somebody can be an atheist and yet be just as insulting about someone's beliefs as the religious themselves can be. On the other hand, I can't fault his reasoning; religion is utterly unsupported by objective evidence, it causes frequent wars, and in its extreme form it can utterly destroy rational thought. How do I justify my tolerance of it? Hmmm... I shall ponder this and get back to you. In the meantime, have some tidbits:
( Nasty things about religion (and Americans) )Quotes taken from http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/
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