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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 25, 2017 at 1:37 pm

(February 23, 2017 at 11:18 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(February 21, 2017 at 11:21 am)Alex K Wrote: Can you be more specific what e.g. concrete criticisms of The God Delusion would be that make it poor on many levels?

Through much of the book, Dawkins argues from emotion, e.g. raising a child in religion is child abuse, based on how a few turned out fucked-up, when so many of us were raised in religion and didn't throw a mental gear. Hes using the phrase "child abuse", to my mind, as a sort of "think of the children!" argument, without considering the fact that the vast majority of people, religious or irreligious, are mentally speaking just fine.

It's been a good ten years since I've read the book, so I'd have to go back and reread to grab anything more specific, but that's the biggest issue I had with it.

I didn't take it as saying they would develop mental health problems. I think he was just saying that it's cruel to tell a child they will burn in hell without Jesus because their undeveloped minds picture all the torment and fixate on it. Kind of like if you forced them to watch the most graphic and scary horror movie.

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Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by ComradeMeow - February 20, 2017 at 8:30 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Simon Moon - February 20, 2017 at 8:38 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Huggy Bear - February 20, 2017 at 11:24 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Simon Moon - February 21, 2017 at 1:29 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by ComradeMeow - February 21, 2017 at 2:46 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by vorlon13 - February 20, 2017 at 9:15 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by The Valkyrie - February 20, 2017 at 9:36 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Fireball - February 20, 2017 at 9:33 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by brewer - February 20, 2017 at 10:12 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Angrboda - February 20, 2017 at 10:15 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Thumpalumpacus - February 21, 2017 at 4:49 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Sal - February 21, 2017 at 5:19 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by ukatheist - February 21, 2017 at 5:05 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Thumpalumpacus - February 21, 2017 at 6:16 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Alex K - February 21, 2017 at 6:19 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Neo-Scholastic - February 21, 2017 at 11:19 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Alex K - February 21, 2017 at 11:21 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Thumpalumpacus - February 23, 2017 at 11:18 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Firefighter01 - February 25, 2017 at 7:56 am

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by The Industrial Atheist - February 25, 2017 at 1:37 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by abaris - February 25, 2017 at 1:42 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by The Industrial Atheist - February 25, 2017 at 1:52 pm

RE: Atheists who have never read common atheist literature - by Thumpalumpacus - February 25, 2017 at 2:15 pm

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