Posted on 08/11/2013 9:23:29 PM PDT by ReformationFan
Professor Richard Dawkins, known as the world’s most famous atheist, has risen to rock star status for his attacks on God and religion, in particular, his attacks on the God of the Bible. But when he recently criticized Muslims, he was in for a surprise.
Before looking at Dawkins’ rather mild criticism of Muslims, let’s remember the depth of his vitriol against Christians and the Bible, most of which has only enhanced Dawkins’ reputation.
In an April interview aired on the Qatar-based TV network Al Jazeera, Dawkins railed on the Catholic Church, saying that, as “Horrible as sexual abuse no doubt was [suffered by some children at the hands of deviant priests], the damage was arguably less than the long-term psychological damage inflicted by bringing the child up Catholic in the first place.”
Was Dawkins really serious? The interviewer, Mehdi Hasan asked: “You believe that being bought up as a Catholic is worse than being abused by a priest?”
Dawkins replied: “There are shades of being abused by a priest, and I quoted an example of a woman in America who wrote to me saying that when she was seven years old she was sexually abused by a priest in his car.
“At the same time a friend of hers, also seven, who was of a Protestant family, died, and she was told that because her friend was Protestant she had gone to Hell and will be roasting in Hell forever.
“She told me of those two abuses, she got over the physical abuse; it was yucky but she got over it. But the mental abuse of being told about Hell, she took years to get over.”
Did non-Christians take offense at these outrageous comments about Catholics and Protestants? Hardly. This was considered vintage Dawkins.
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Dawkins is full of gas. I respect a lot of atheists but he’s a blow-hard.
He also dodges debates with the leading apologists.
dawkins gets a BIG BANG out of making an ass of himself
What is he, a Professor of Atheism? Professor of Not Believing?
After admitting to Ben Stein that he thought that earth may have been seeded by space aliens, it is hard to imagine anyone considering Dawkins as anything but a laughingstock. Bob
Dawkins is jealous of Mohammed’s marriage to Aisha.
he Professes...Faith... in there being No God...but has no evidence to back up said profession...
so basically hes a Amateur
I respect no atheists....
The foundation of atheism/Marxism is that there is No God-—and there has never been any “Science” that can prove their claim-—yet, they say they don’t use “faith”. It is a Big Lie. The basis of their “worldview” —everything they “think” is based on a Big Lie and “faith” in no god.
They—as all Postmodernists/Leftists— are irrational (ideologues).
I love Dr. Berlinski on evolution-—— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puJnrZW6E14
I’ve seen him on TV, what a dolt. Professor of Trying to Prove a Negative...
They made him stop after all the complaints from the women contestants he kept smootchin’.
I heard hm trying to debate an excellent Christian Apologist.....lil dickie fell flat on his face
He had Bob Filner disease.
“Atheists don’t believe in God. But the Devil does’’.- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
What is he, a Professor of Atheism? Professor of Not Believing?
More like a Professor of Self-Promotion. God doesn’t exist in his belligerent mind because when he looks in the mirror he only sees himself as a god-like intellectual. Forget the fact that humanity has been haggling over the existence of God since the beginning. Now that Dawkins is on the case we all just need to acknowledge his vast omnipotent mind and admit all other historical intellectuals who disagreed with him were obviously idiots. That is why he is the poster child for militant atheists and anti-religious secular humanists.
I wonder what actions one would have to take for him to consider it Dawkins bashing.
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