Some Schmo wrote:Do people think they are somehow being clever when they misspell "new" in the ignorant term "new atheism?" Is this what passes for humor or intellectualism? Is it supposed to be disparaging?
This explains the background.
Some Schmo wrote:Do people think they are somehow being clever when they misspell "new" in the ignorant term "new atheism?" Is this what passes for humor or intellectualism? Is it supposed to be disparaging?
Jersey Girl wrote:Some Schmo wrote:Do people think they are somehow being clever when they misspell "new" in the ignorant term "new atheism?" Is this what passes for humor or intellectualism? Is it supposed to be disparaging?
Just how idiotic do you have to be to think that's funny/special/clever?
This from the board whose posters regularly place under scruitiny the work and behavior of "Mopologists". Come on, Schmo. Be a bit more self honest, okay?
DrW wrote:Jason,
Just checked in quickly and have not read the entire thread, but I do have one suggestion if you have decided to read work on religion and God by non-believing authors.
That suggestion is to start with Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. This book is short, sweet, and gets the job done quite nicely.
It was written specifically in response to American Evangelicals who bombard Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Dennett, and others with questions and hate mail each time one of them publishes a new book.
IMHO, this book should be required reading for graduation from high school.
Aristotle Smith wrote:If I had to make one main critique of the Nu Atheists it would be that they seem to be content to live in the afterglow of a Christian society, while supposing that the atheism they suggest can maintain that afterglow indefinitely.
DrW wrote:Jason,
Just checked in quickly and have not read the entire thread, but I do have one suggestion if you have decided to read work on religion and God by non-believing authors.
That suggestion is to start with Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. This book is short, sweet, and gets the job done quite nicely.
It was written specifically in response to American Evangelicals who bombard Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Dennett, and others with questions and hate mail each time one of them publishes a new book.
IMHO, this book should be required reading for graduation from high school.
We read the Golden Rule and judge it to be a brilliant distillation of many of our ethical impulses. And then we come across another of God’s teachings on morality: if a man discovers on his wedding night that his bride is not a virgin, he must stone her to death on her father’s doorstep (Deuteronomy 22:13-21).[3]
I think you are expecting too much from Schmo. Better to hope he has mastered the fine art of being able to grab his own ass in the dark.
Jersey Girl wrote:AristotleI think you are expecting too much from Schmo. Better to hope he has mastered the fine art of being able to grab his own ass in the dark.
That's okay. If he can't grab his own ass in the dark, I'll grab it for him.
;-)
MrStakhanovite wrote: If you understand Dawkins’ book, you’ll understand a lot of atheists as well.