ColinClout1972 Wrote:I don't think compassion/lack of compassion is the same axis as theist/atheist. I think you can get theists who are compassionate, and theists who aren't, and the same goes for atheists. Same with intelligent/stupid - there are theists and atheists in both camps
Absolutely correct, but you'll notice in the article that the dividing line is not actually between atheist and theist. It is between the highly religious and those that are either a little religious or none at all.
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
