RE: Jeff Sparrow on the need to save ourselves from the sickishness of the New Atheists
March 18, 2016 at 3:59 pm
(This post was last modified: March 18, 2016 at 4:00 pm by Whateverist.)
The only thing that makes the new atheists new, as I read it, is the times we live in and the diminished state of religious institutions.
When they're already on their knees may not be the most gallant time to go for the jugular. Given their own time perhaps they'll make some compromise with the modern world which will mean more coming from themselves than the moron-shaming we could hand out.
When they're already on their knees may not be the most gallant time to go for the jugular. Given their own time perhaps they'll make some compromise with the modern world which will mean more coming from themselves than the moron-shaming we could hand out.