| Re: What is a "new" atheist? |
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Group: alt.atheism · Group Profile
Author: beelzebubbeelzebub Date: May 12, 2008 19:39
On May 12, 8:18 pm, Don Martin comcast.net> wrote:> On Mon, 12 May 2008 16:17:26 -0600, beelzebub yahoo.com> wrote:>>On Sun, 11 May 2008 04:44:10 -0700, chibiabos nospam.com> wrote:>
>>>I've heard and read many remarks from persons criticizing atheism about
>>>some so-called "new" atheists. The next sentence usually includes names
>>>such as Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris and so on.
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>>>I want to know what is "new" about them
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>>What is new is that they are hostile about their beliefs, just like
>>fundamentalist Christians. They have become what they bitterly hate.
>>(See Christopher A. Lee: blind belief.)
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> Hostile to pious assholes, perhaps.
Nope. It isn't that simple, or that innocent. You are hostile to
anyone who disagrees with you, like your ad hom response to me,
above. You can't stomach dissent, and lack the intellectual tools to
challenge the ideas.
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