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Best read it yourself if you want to comment. Much comment on Dawkins is mere bile,
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Have I misheard his views?
*Religious belief is a mental pathology.
*Faith cripples thought. (In general, not just in musings about ultimates.)
*Theism is the major source of violence in the world.
*A society run strictly on rational atheism is the only true heaven.
(I know I'm about to get an avalanche of "those things are all true" comments. I disagree, but the the point I'm making here is that I do indeed get the proper gist of his position.)
Dawkins' foray into social commentary is way out of his league.
Even if you do not include Dawkins in it, the brand of militant atheism displayed on this board is dogmatic and unproductive.
I think Dawkins has a role to play in stiffening the spines of beleaguered atheists. But he's still a snot, and his political thinking is callow and unnuanced.