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Atheists who have never read common atheist literature
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RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature
(February 21, 2017 at 11:21 am)Alex K Wrote:
(February 21, 2017 at 11:19 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: The so-called "New Atheist" books are very poor on so many levels. If you must read atheist literature, then I would look first to Sartre. Reading Nietzsche properly requires a LOT more background knowledge than one would suppose.

Can you be more specific what e.g. concrete criticisms of The God Delusion would be that make it poor on many levels?

I think it's a case that the books tend to destroy his assertions. Remember, Wooters is a big fan of Kalam/Aquinas and books on atheism make short shrift of that formula quite often.
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RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Pat Mustard - February 24, 2017 at 7:45 am

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