(September 6, 2011 at 5:44 pm)Fred Wrote: Uh, not at all. It would make you ignorant if, as an atheist, you were unaware of what he was saying outside of biology. I have no interest in what he says outside of biology because it's cartoonish and ill-informed. But I'm aware of it. After all, the gnu atheists are why atheism is on the radar at all, so it would be odd to not know what the main cheerleader for your team was up to.
Well, I am quite unaware of what he says beyond, "me atheist, religion bad."
Also, I don't think those 'new' guys are the reason it's on the radar at all, but it is a large part of why it gets the attention it does.
Fred Wrote:Also, it's important to the context of the issue, which is what my op is about and is so far being ignored in the rush to side issues.
Well you did say the op was for gnostic atheists so I can't really comment on that, but I am trying to find any old excuse to participate.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
