@NewYorker Mr. Gopnik, what's the figure for the date when a tone contemptuous of atheism emerged? A bit earlier, one imagines.
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@NewYorker@davidcharlie244 & its all been going so well sinceThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Gopnik clearly never heard of Stoics, Epicureans, etc etc etc....Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Voltaire, and many of the philosophes, were pillorying faith in the 18th century.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker they can be as contemptuous as they feel. faith will out last does who speak against it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker We live in the era of contempt, contempt for all: God, Gays, Democrats, Republicans, Congress. Where has our compassion gone?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker: “Only in the past 20 or so years did a tone frankly contemptuous of faith emerge.” A.Gopnik on atheism: http://nyr.kr/1lwbWDp ”Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Huh? What a weird column. That's a very odd conclusion.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker: “Only in the past twenty or so years did a tone frankly contemptuous of faith emerge.” http://nyr.kr/1lwbWDpThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker Which was a terrible caption in the print edition and is no better here. We shouldn't have to supply the missing qualifiers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker The veracity of proofs for the existence or nonexistence of God are directly dependent on how one defines God.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker: Only in past 20 or so years did a tone frankly contemptuous of faith emerge.” Adam Gopnik on atheism: http://nyr.kr/1lwbWDpThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@NewYorker The critical issues are ethical, not metaphysical. If God is dead, is everything permitted? Might makes right? Ivan K.'s questionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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