<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Brent Neal wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "> I find the so-called "new atheists" whose arguments against religion amount to little more than "Religion Sucks! </span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>They are stating a truth, religion sucks. It sucks BIG TIME!</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">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,</span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">so we're going to call atheists 'Brights'! Get it? Huh? Hur hur hur.")<br></span></blockquote><div><br></div>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.</div><div><br></div><div> John K Clark<br><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>