(January 24, 2016 at 12:55 pm)phil-lndn Wrote:(January 24, 2016 at 11:08 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: Okay, but keep in mind that most of us around here don't hero worship, so if you think you are "taking us down" just because you have objections to one book written by one atheist, you're swinging at nothing. Personally, I preferred The God Delusion by R. Dawkins over GING, but that's just me.
OK, although I do like to keep my opinions facts-based, so with respect, rather than simply believing what you say is true, my opinion on whether or not I am "swinging at nothing" will be decided the basis of how much defensive behaviour shows up in this thread.
Actually I do think most who have posted have handled the challenge pretty well, but I think it would be incorrect to say that there has been zero defensive behaviour on this thread.
I'm sorry, I think you misunderstood what I meant by 'swinging at nothing,' or maybe I wasn't clear. Of course there will be some atheists here who will take a defensive position in regards to your specific post. There may be some atheists here who hate Hitchens and agree with you. There may be some who don't have an opinion one way or the other because they haven't read the book.
My point is, whether or not your critique of GING is founded has no bearing on the position of atheism in general. In other words, we don't worship atheist books or authors in the same way theists worship holy books, so criticizing one particular book about atheism is NOT a take down of atheism as a position. Hopefully I have cleared things up!
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