I’ve been criticizing all religion — mostly Christianity — for years. And you can do that as much as you’d like with the Regressive Left. As soon as you criticize any aspect of Islam, they come down on you like a ton of bricks. - Richard Dawkins
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"they mistakenly think that Islam is a race"
That idea is racist in itself. Imagine the furore if Christian churches said that only white people could be Christian. But the loony liberals who de-platformed Dawkins conflate Islam with Arab ethnicity and that's ok. Islam is actually quite diverse ethnically. There are Turkish, Indonesian, African, Balkan, Chinese, and European Muslims. So it should be possible to criticize the idea of Islam without being accused of racism.
The priceless irony is that these so-called liberals are allying themselves with a religious/political ideology that makes the Westboro Baptist Church look positively tolerant and enlightened by comparison.
I agree with you Algebe.
Very well said algebe
Dawkins is a braver man than I.
I am all too happy to debate religion under the cloak of anonymity. But being well known for telling a bunch of religious zealots that they are wrong, I would honestly be in constant fear for my life. There are some people out there that are flat out not rational and violent when you tell them their entire worldview, (and all their family and friends and leaders,) is wrong. Only takes one violent irrational person out of a million to cause harm to you or your family and friends when millions know of you.
@LogicForTW: "Dawkins is a braver man than I."
Indeed. I'm constantly amazed at his courage and perseverance.
Dawkins is foremost a science educator and I highly recommend "The Selfish Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker". My favorite quote from his lectures is (paraphrased) " Science is good. If you don't like it you can fuck off!"
Is he on the verge of publishing another book? Sound like there is a book in the offing.
If he split his book sale money for me I bash anyone he wants. Everything is negotiable, so I heard.
If someone paid me a million dollars to tell everyone I believe in a certain religion for a certain length of time, I would happily accept the money provided it would not harm me or others, beyond normal prostestlizing.
Intellectually dishonest? Yes, but 1 million dollars is a lot of money. I would not have to change my own internal beliefs either.
1 million dollars? Shit, as I described the other day: I lied about what I believe to a nurse on the off chance I might get better medical care.
@LogicForTW: "If someone paid me a million dollars to tell everyone I believe in a certain religion"
Chump change. Televangelists get hundreds of millions and private jets for doing just that.
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Hmm...Maybe I should be a televangelist! I can funnel a few mil of my ill gotten gains to atheist republic to assuage my guilt for taking advantage of gullible people.