So I was over visiting my brother this weekend and we touched on religion (can't remember why but I think it was something to do with Dawkins who he really doesn't like ... he's not religious but he just dislikes him) and to cut a long story short he said I was a fundamentalist. As far as I can tell he views my atheism, my negativity about religion (my dismissal of all things pseudo-scientific) and that I will only consider claims as valid if they have a degree of fit with current accepted explanations and are supported by (validatable) evidence as the attitude of a fundamentalist and even explaining to him that I will change my mind, given the evidence to do so, made no difference ... his wife also thinks I am (a fundy). He (and presumably she) also regard Dawkins as a fundamentalist and cited something about the attitude being typical of scientists or science types.
I just wondered what other people's take on this kind of attitude is ... have you ever been accused of this (I know of other atheists who have though usually by theists) and is he reasonable concerning me based on what you know of me in this forum?
Kyu
I just wondered what other people's take on this kind of attitude is ... have you ever been accused of this (I know of other atheists who have though usually by theists) and is he reasonable concerning me based on what you know of me in this forum?
Kyu
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