RE: Atheism Ireland denounces hateful bigot PZ Myers
April 10, 2015 at 10:42 am
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2015 at 10:52 am by Alex K.)
In the case of Dawkins, it was almost unavoidable that people would mix personal admiration and admiration of his work, since he basically is and was a strong identification figure and source of fighting words for closeted atheists who had not previously come in contact with scientific skepticism. Science is this fire that Prometheus Dawkins gives to the masses to fight their way out of religious oppression. Science! is messiah Dawkins' call to scatter the demons of religion. It's appealing
And I think he started believing it himself at some point, which makes him so insufferable at times.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition