[annalex]

It would be fine for Mr. Dawkins to withdraw judgment on the finer doctrinal point of a religion he knows little about. But Mr. Dawkins is no theologian, he is a professional atheist: one who thinks that any religion is false not because of some aspect of it, but because it is a religion. And now we know how an atheist behaves when his intellectual shenanigans occur outside the Christian civilization he is hoping to destroy: he behaves like a coward.

[annalex]

For your ping lists.

[American in Israel]

Agreed.

[dr_lew]

... he is a professional atheist: one who thinks that any religion is false not because of some aspect of it, but because it is a religion.

I would say that his vision is focused on a particular aspect. It is not too broad, but too narrow. He rejects religion because it contradicts materialism. ( Maybe I'm saying the same thing! ) I feel the true scientist ( ahem ) should not propose a dogma, but consider a question, "What is Belief ?"

[Alex Murphy]

In a recent Al-Jazeerah interview, Richard Dawkins was asked his views on God. He argued that the god of "the Old Testament" is "hideous" and "a monster", and reiterated his claim from The God Delusion that the God of the Torah is the most unpleasant character "in fiction". Asked if he thought the same of the God of the Koran, Dawkins ducked the question, saying: "Well, um, the God of the Koran I don't know so much about."

Interesting that Dawkins doesn't declare that all concepts of god, Allah included, don't exist - just the Judeo-Christian one. Dawkins isn't an atheist, he's really an antitheist.

[1010RD]

He behaves like the godless man he is.