(February 18, 2013 at 10:06 pm)Question Mark Wrote: I'm sorry, but did you just liken the anti-theistic position to racism and Sharia Law? That just patently absurd. I don't even know how you'd even begin to compare them. That's dangerously close to Godwin's Law.
No, people should have the right to voice their opinions with freedom of speech. This includes people that have racist opinions and opinions that Sharia Law should be implemented.
I defend Dawkins' right to be anti-theist but I don't think it effectively helps end organised religion as it just creates a blowback situation.
Now normally I'd accept that, but for someone who understands evolution, cause and effect, the history of humanity, and the deterministic nature of the universe, it is a serious area worth considering in more detail.
