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What did you think of Richard Dawkins's old forum?
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RE: What did you think of Richard Dawkins's old forum?
June 6, 2015 at 2:49 pm
(June 6, 2015 at 2:12 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: I thought it was one of the scariest places on the internet.  Some atheists were trying to turn atheism into an ideology.  "Atheists should do this, atheists shouldn't do that, etc." Richard Dawkins wasn't atheist enough for them because he rated himself as a 6.9 on the Scale of Probability.

(June 6, 2015 at 2:13 pm)TheMessiah Wrote: Is that why it got shut down?

I don't really know why it was shut down but it caused a big drama.  You can read all about it here -

Richard Dawkins Forums meltdown -- how it went down, in quotes

Scroll down the page a bit to the links for more information, including -

Richard Dawkins sues, alleges Josh Timonen embezzled $375,000 from Richard Dawkins Foundation For Reason And Science
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