Comments on: Camp Quest Featured in The Economist http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/16/camp-quest-featured-in-the-economist/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mariano http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/16/camp-quest-featured-in-the-economist/#comment-332629 Mariano Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:53:52 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13884#comment-332629 This is all part of Dawkins’ tactic of having “society stepping in” to stop religious parents from doing so and his hopes that this “might lead children to choose no religion at all.” There are good dissections of Camp Quest, its PR side and its true underbelly here: http://atheismisdead.blogspot.com/2009/05/atheist-re-education-camp-for-children.html http://atheismisdead.blogspot.com/2009/06/atheism-camp-camp-quest-freethought.html This is all part of Dawkins’ tactic of having “society stepping in” to stop religious parents from doing so and his hopes that this “might lead children to choose no religion at all.”

There are good dissections of Camp Quest, its PR side and its true underbelly here:

http://atheismisdead.blogspot.com/2009/05/atheist-re-education-camp-for-children.html

http://atheismisdead.blogspot.com/2009/06/atheism-camp-camp-quest-freethought.html

]]> By: Claire V http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/16/camp-quest-featured-in-the-economist/#comment-329974 Claire V Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:14:31 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13884#comment-329974 They just need a thesaurus or something, I'm sure the word they were looking for was "staunch" They just need a thesaurus or something, I’m sure the word they were looking for was “staunch”

]]> By: Gordon http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/16/camp-quest-featured-in-the-economist/#comment-329960 Gordon Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:55:30 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13884#comment-329960 an atheist is someone who does not believe in a god a militant atheist is someone who says this out loud... an atheist is someone who does not believe in a god

a militant atheist is someone who says this out loud…

]]> By: benjdm http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/16/camp-quest-featured-in-the-economist/#comment-329882 benjdm Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:59:45 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13884#comment-329882 If participating in the running of this camp makes someone 'militant', wasn't he previously a militant Christian? If participating in the running of this camp makes someone ‘militant’, wasn’t he previously a militant Christian?

]]> By: IdahoEv http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/07/16/camp-quest-featured-in-the-economist/#comment-329847 IdahoEv Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:17:57 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=13884#comment-329847 All atheists are militant. Because, don't you know, denying the Christian faith is a fundamentally aggressive/offensive action. ... at least, it is if you're a fundamentalist Christian. Many of them are so deeply indoctrinated in their own beliefs that they are incapable of seeing disagreement without seeing an attack. All atheists are militant.

Because, don’t you know, denying the Christian faith is a fundamentally aggressive/offensive action.

… at least, it is if you’re a fundamentalist Christian. Many of them are so deeply indoctrinated in their own beliefs that they are incapable of seeing disagreement without seeing an attack.

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