[ExI] Tolerance

[John Clark]

On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Brent Neal wrote:

>  I find the so-called "new atheists" whose arguments against religion amount to little more than "Religion Sucks!

They are stating a truth, religion sucks. It sucks BIG TIME!

> Compare and contrast the eloquent, rational atheism of Russell and Hitchens, to the emotionally-charged atheism of Dawkins ("Hur hur hur if you believe in God you're stupid,

Well what can I say, if you believe in God then you are stupid, at least you are on that subject. And as much as I love Russell and Hitchens there is no way to ignore the fact that Dawkins is FAR more capable than either of the two in explaining exactly why it is stupid.

> so we're going to call atheists 'Brights'!  Get it? Huh? Hur hur hur.")

There is no doubt that Brights are smarter than their religious counterparts, however I don't know if it was good public relations to give atheists that name. I don't know much about PR.

 John K Clark


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