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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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
I think its easy to see the old arguments as obvious if you yourself not thinking 'How can I be sure this isn't true?'
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Of course but in Europe this is futile. Most people are atheists, agnostic or humanistic Christians.
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Replying to @DeMondige
No. Many people still have faith. At least half of us.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
In America, not in Europe. Christianity is as good as dead. Only old folks are 100% believers.
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Sure but very many more believe in a god or a higher power or psychics or astrology or woo.
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