"Gentle Rottweiler.
by Laurie Taylor, New Humanist
Richard Dawkins' attack on religion has been hailed, revered and
derided. He talks to LAURIE TAYLOR about the mixed reception of The
God Delusion..."
http://richarddawkins.net/article,511,n,n
Some reaction to the "piece"
1. Comment #17273 by thalesian on January 12, 2007 at 3:13 pm
The last column in the PDF is the most crucial and new. While it is
easy to chastise another's religious beliefs, we sometimes forget that
while every villain has had some form of religion or faith behind
them, many heros have also used religion to form underground railroads
and resistance to tyrannical governments. In a way, we should avoid
missing the forest for the trees and try and identify all the causes
of irrationality.
After America's experiences in Iraq, perhaps ethnic identity is as
dangerous as religion (if they don't already both stem from the same
vice).
2. Comment #17275 by captain underpants on January 12, 2007 at 3:44 pm
At one point RD says "I could be very wrong about this. But ..." Can
you imagine a creationist saying that?
4. Comment #17278 by Steven Mading on January 12, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Thalesian said in the first comment:
"After America's experiences in Iraq, perhaps ethnic identity is as
dangerous as religion (if they don't already both stem from the same
vice)."
Actually, the big problem is the world's tendancy to mix ethnic
identity with religion as being one in the same. Consider the
Sunni/Shia thing: They are religions, and yet they can also be treated
as ethnicities because people mis-label children as being the religion
of their parents long before the children have any idea what that's
really all about - and so people tend to view their religion as a
definitional integral part of who they are. That prevents intelligent
discourse on the subject because they don't treat it as just yet
another idea that can be freely accepted into or freely rejected. They
view it as being a permanent thing just as much as, say, one's race
is.
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