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<p class="MsoNormal">Yep, satire. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">But - and this is no satire - Dawkins is a wuss. ;))</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">He aligns himself with “cultural Christians,” and even goes
along with singing those treacly, annoying $$$mas carols.<span style=""> </span>Gads, there’s just no accounting for some people’s taste. <br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://richarddawkins.net/articles/2034">http://richarddawkins.net/articles/2034</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><br><em>Pa Ra Pa</em> Pum Pum!<br><br><p class="MsoNormal">Olga <br></p><p class="MsoNormal">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:23 PM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 12/8/09, Lee Corbin wrote:<br>
<snip><br>
> But the strategy of alienating religious people yet further<br>
> isn't going to help, except in ways I would not condone.<br>
> They shouldn't be given any reason whatsoever to think<br>
> that life under the atheists has been as bad as (at many<br>
> times) life for us under the religious often was.<br>
><br>
> Alas, this is surely all wishful thinking on my part.<br>
> As soon as we are in the heavy majority, kids will<br>
> hear in school from their PC teachers that, so far<br>
> as religion goes, "there are the brights who don't<br>
> believe, and then, there are the others, less bright,<br>
> who do, and sadly some of you in this very class come<br>
> from disadvantaged homes..."<br>
><br>
><br>
> > obviously I am not for declaring an intellectual war or anything. But I do<br>
> think that atheists need to not be wishy-washy and somehow give the<br>
> religious the idea we think their ideas about the nature of reality have<br>
> merit.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Again, I agree.<br>
><br>
<br>
This new article seems relevant.........<br>
<br>
<<a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/12/09/dawkins-offers-delusion-removal-service-for-bereaved-and-dying/" target="_blank">http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2009/12/09/dawkins-offers-delusion-removal-service-for-bereaved-and-dying/</a>><br>
<br>
Dawkins offers delusion removal service for bereaved and dying<br>
<br>
‘Face Reality Now’, a new ‘delusion removal’ service set up by Richard<br>
Dawkins, offers the soon to be bereaved an opportunity to confront<br>
their dying friends and relations with their mortality.<br>
<br>
‘It’s a scandal that people continue to die unaware that really is<br>
it,’ explained Dr Dawkins. ‘Now, for a small fee, my service will send<br>
trained atheists to reassure the dying that they can forget about any<br>
after life nonsense.’<br>
<br>
The service also offers a comprehensive after death option in which<br>
the funeral cortege is followed by men with loudhailers shouting,<br>
‘Stop comforting yourself with mumbo-jumbo. For God’s sake, he’s dead<br>
– deal with it!’<br>
<br>
But the Dawkins service has run into difficulties where some friends<br>
of the dying are believers, but others aren’t. ‘At a recent deathbed<br>
scene,’ admitted Dr Dawkins, ‘my atheists turned up at the same time<br>
as a Catholic priest. Things got a bit out of hand with a fight<br>
breaking out around the dying man. Still, I’m pleased to say ‘Face<br>
Reality Now’ won.’<br>
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<br>
BillK<br>
(By the way, this is a satirical article) :)<br>
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