Hmm. Do 'new atheists' generally think Protestantism is so much better than Catholicism? I'm not sure they do.https://twitter.com/holland_tom/status/923144447717789696 …
Well, it is. I'm sorry, but it is. The last 500 years have been great for science & reason & liberalism. This is not naive. It's true.
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I agree, but I think people (like me!) can sometimes be a bit historically naive about the bloodiness during that same period.
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I think so too but I don't think New Atheists are particularly prone to denying the violence of religious wars. That's usually relig people.
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Many New atheist types do support Ayaan's call for a 'reformation' in Islam, not really realising how bloody the original Reformation was.
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New atheists want a reformed Islam as much as anti Hitler forces wanted a reformed Naziism.
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They have got more receptive to the idea lately. But Dawkins was very dismissive of Maajid Nawaz at first. Wld rather dismantle Islam.
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Unless they go full on Anglican.
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