Comments on: A Message from Richard Dawkins to Young Freethinkers http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/12/07/a-message-from-richard-dawkins-to-young-freethinkers/ by Hemant Mehta Mon, 28 May 2012 12:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: St. Eutychus » Imagine no no religion http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/12/07/a-message-from-richard-dawkins-to-young-freethinkers/#comment-407213 St. Eutychus » Imagine no no religion Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:05:51 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=19166#comment-407213 [...] Dawkins (who has previously described faith as the equivalent of a harmful virus) trotted out a similar line in a letter to young atheists I read on the Friendly Atheist today. Of course we must leave people in peace to practise [...] [...] Dawkins (who has previously described faith as the equivalent of a harmful virus) trotted out a similar line in a letter to young atheists I read on the Friendly Atheist today. Of course we must leave people in peace to practise [...]

]]> By: muggle http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/12/07/a-message-from-richard-dawkins-to-young-freethinkers/#comment-407210 muggle Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:59:20 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=19166#comment-407210 <blockquote> It’s about the belief, not the believers.</blockquote> I'm sorry but that really smacks of the same tone as hate the sin, not the sinner. I like a lot that Dawkins writes but I do find him rather stuck up. The only reason I couldn't sign on to the "Brights" movement is that the term itself is way too condescending. We really have to get over this idea that Athiest = smart and believer = dumb. Not only have I known some truly brilliant believers; I've known some truly stupid disbelievers.

It’s about the belief, not the believers.

I’m sorry but that really smacks of the same tone as hate the sin, not the sinner.

I like a lot that Dawkins writes but I do find him rather stuck up. The only reason I couldn’t sign on to the “Brights” movement is that the term itself is way too condescending.

We really have to get over this idea that Athiest = smart and believer = dumb. Not only have I known some truly brilliant believers; I’ve known some truly stupid disbelievers.

]]> By: The Godless Monster http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/12/07/a-message-from-richard-dawkins-to-young-freethinkers/#comment-407081 The Godless Monster Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:45:32 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=19166#comment-407081 Well put, Greta Christina. To paraphrase a comment I left on another blog, I am no smarter now than I was when I was a Christian. For me, it was a matter of having the courage to discard comforting, yet idiotic beliefs. I was never an idiot, but I was deluded. Well put, Greta Christina. To paraphrase a comment I left on another blog, I am no smarter now than I was when I was a Christian. For me, it was a matter of having the courage to discard comforting, yet idiotic beliefs. I was never an idiot, but I was deluded.

]]> By: Greta Christina http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/12/07/a-message-from-richard-dawkins-to-young-freethinkers/#comment-407051 Greta Christina Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:12:47 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=19166#comment-407051 Oh, and Calvin: I don't think Dawkins is saying "religion = idiot." I think he's saying "religion = idiocy." It's about the belief, not the believers. A subtle distinction, but an important one. Oh, and Calvin: I don’t think Dawkins is saying “religion = idiot.” I think he’s saying “religion = idiocy.” It’s about the belief, not the believers. A subtle distinction, but an important one.

]]> By: Greta Christina http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/12/07/a-message-from-richard-dawkins-to-young-freethinkers/#comment-407049 Greta Christina Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:11:28 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=19166#comment-407049 It happened to me once. When <a href="http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2007/06/comforting_thou.html" rel="nofollow">Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing To Do With God</a> was first published in Skeptical Inquirer, Dawkins wrote me a very short, two-sentence email saying that he liked the piece. I just about fell off my chair from star-struck happiness. I still have the email. It happened to me once. When Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing To Do With God was first published in Skeptical Inquirer, Dawkins wrote me a very short, two-sentence email saying that he liked the piece. I just about fell off my chair from star-struck happiness. I still have the email.

]]> By: Calvin http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2009/12/07/a-message-from-richard-dawkins-to-young-freethinkers/#comment-407040 Calvin Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:54:32 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=19166#comment-407040 I don't like Richards harsh approach towards religion. I don't like religion any more than the rest of you, but it seems to me that Richard is implying religion = idiot, which is a similar approach that a lot of religious people take towards the non-religious. Let's try to be a step-up and not return the idiocy. I don’t like Richards harsh approach towards religion. I don’t like religion any more than the rest of you, but it seems to me that Richard is implying religion = idiot, which is a similar approach that a lot of religious people take towards the non-religious. Let’s try to be a step-up and not return the idiocy.

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