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From the article: "They [Richard Dawkings and other secular humanists] have as bigoted a view of religion as some religious fundamentalists have of secularism. We have too much dogmatism at the moment. Take Richard Dawkins, for example. He did a couple of religious programs that I was fortunate enough to miss."
Condescend much? I have been fortunate enough to miss a lot of religious bullshit over the years since I embraced my fundamental disbelief in a daddy figure in the clouds. So, if I say that to Karen Armstrong, I have a pathology?
I call bullshit.
The "bigoted...view of religion" of these scientists and secular humanists is based on empirical evidence or the lack thereof, or on sound logical argument. Either of these is more reliable than dressing up the universe in some clothing that suits your need for a parental figure.
BTW... Four pages? Do the Salon editors actually edit? As in, cut? Or do they just let writer blather on and on as long as they wish? A waste of bandwidth, IMO.
I do not usually express myself so angrily but this really got my drawers in a bunch.
Heh.
Have a good week, all.
