Atheists, Sagan or Dawkins camp?
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Monkeybumpants The Second
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I definitely enjoy Sagan's documentaries and educational progams much more than Dawkins' videos and writing.
That's as close to being in a 'camp' as I come.
That's as close to being in a 'camp' as I come.
WellTraveledProg
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I don't do "camps." Too much of a dogmatic thing to "camps."
And I gave up dogma when I got smart enough to bail out of superstitious religions
Peace.
And I gave up dogma when I got smart enough to bail out of superstitious religions
Peace.
A little from column A, a little from column B. Really, I'm closer to Bart Ehrman. I know he's technically agnostic, rather than atheist, but his introduction to God's Problem (his book on the Biblical responses to the question of suffering and their various inadequacies) really struck a chord with me. If you could read my mind, you'd think I'm every bit the asshole Dawkins is, and yet my religious friends know me as a kind, respectful conversationalist. I don't believe in asshole-ishness in the heart. I have a lot of very negative opinions about religion, but I'm a cordial debater and a bit of a diplomatic type. I'm not so much an atheist evangelist as I am an atheist ambassador. My goal is not to convince people, but to make them think, to get them to consider their own opinions and mine in a more rational light.