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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
1613 Posts |
 Posted - 11/20/2006 : 03:20:09
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I'm an atheist, BUT . . . , by Richard Dawkins
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Of all the questions I fielded during the course of my recent book tour, the only ones that really depressed me were those that began "I'm an atheist, BUT . . ." What follows such an opening is nearly always unhelpful, nihilistic or – worse – suffused with a sort of exultant negativity.
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I've noticed five variants of I'm-an-atheist-buttery, and I'll list them in turn, in the hope that others will recognize them, be armed against them, and perhaps extend the list by contributing examples from their own experience.
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"Any religion that makes a form of torture into an icon that they worship seems to me a pretty sick sort of religion quite honestly"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 11/20/2006 : 03:49:48 [Permalink]
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Good stuff from Dawkins, thanks, Starman! There ain't no "buts" about it.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 11/20/2006 : 04:05:58 [Permalink]
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Outstanding article, thanks. Atheism, or probably more proper to use a term like materialism, is a positive thing. It says that life is a good idea, or at least an idea that we have to deal with. It is supernaturalism, which hates reality, that is the negative force.
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Book critics or theatre critics can be derisively negative and earn delighted praise for the trenchant wit of their review. A politician may attack an opponent scathingly across the floor of the House and earn plaudits for his robust pugnacity. But let a critic of religion employ a fraction of the same direct forthrightness, and polite society will purse its lips and shake its head: even secular polite society, and especially that part of secular society that loves to announce, "I'm an atheist, BUT . .
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I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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| Edited by - Gorgo on 11/20/2006 04:07:55 |
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