Author and Oxford Lecturer Richard Dawkins Defends 'Mild Pedophilia'
In other words, then, "forcing a religion" is like child abuse, but "mild" pedophilia is not. (Of course, I'm assuming that the Dawkins universe is relatively stable in its views and self-consistent in its statements. I acknowledge that my assumptions of stability and self-consistency may be a little unwarranted.)
If a Pat Robertson (of whom I am not a fan) had said two things like that, the MSM total outrage would've been deafening.
RE: In other words, then, “forcing a religion” is like child abuse, but “mild” pedophilia is not.
The more important philosophical question is this: If we assume Dawkin’s belief to be true, how is child abuse truly evil? By what standard does he determine what is “good” and what is “bad” if we are all ultimately just products of the random collision of atoms?