(January 18, 2018 at 11:19 am)DLJ Wrote:So, then these people have not written extensively on the harm that religious people do to their children? Then I must have confused them with some other group. My mistake.(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.
I don't have any cartoons to post so...nice discussion.