I respect all belief systems - whether I believe they are right or not. I respect Jesus as a potentially inspiring person.
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Replying to @DeMondige @HPluckrose
I simply do not respect the atrocities committed in the name of religion or commandments that proclaim violence & suppression.
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Replying to @DeMondige
We can certainly identify good & bad bits in religion but I can't respect faith-based thinking or unsubstantiated claims.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Which I agree with. But as a skeptical atheist, I think religion is intellectually a weak opponent. It is very easy to refute.
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But we see now the uprising of non-religious belief systems that require scrutiny (postmodernism, GMO-opposition,..).
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Replying to @DeMondige @HPluckrose
The books and essays of the "new atheists" (like Dawkins, Harris, Dennet and the Silverman you reviewed) cannot interest me.
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Replying to @DeMondige @HPluckrose
The books of Jonathan Haidt, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Frans de Waal and others are the future of skeptical atheism.
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Replying to @DeMondige
It probably depends where you're coming from. The Arabic version of God Delusion being downloaded in the millions right now.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Indeed, but I also see atheists dedicating their life in beating the dead horse Catholic Church rather than islam out of PoCo.
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Replying to @DeMondige @HPluckrose
We need the courage of the new atheists but also the integrity for the truth of the behavioural scientists.
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The 'New Atheists' are the ones who critique postmodernism, regressive leftism, pseudoscience & woo.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
They get called 'New Atheists' by the postmodern regressive leftie atheists who don't.
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