RE: Admitting You're a Sinner
January 18, 2018 at 11:19 am
(This post was last modified: January 18, 2018 at 11:21 am by DLJ.)
(January 18, 2018 at 10:52 am)SteveII Wrote: ...
In a nutshell, New Atheists believe that religion should not be tolerated (which is not the same as "we lack a belief..."). There is no common ground to discuss. All religion is harmful and holds us back. Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Dennett are representatives of the ideology.
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Thanks for the clarification.
So, given that this is false premise, I guess I can dismiss the argument.
Hitch, maybe, but the other three have emphatically stated that not "All religion is harmful". And Hitch won't be stating it again.
(January 18, 2018 at 10:52 am)SteveII Wrote: ...
The Criticisms under the Wikipedia article give an indication of the problems:
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Sociologist William Stahl said "What is striking about the current debate is the frequency with which the New Atheists are portrayed as mirror images of religious fundamentalists."[71]
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That's the key takeaway ... 'portrayed as'. And there are obvious reasons (psychological and economic) for that.
The PURPOSE of life is to replicate our DNA ................. (from Darwin)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)