Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'

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Sujet : Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'
De : me (at) *nospam* yahoo.com (Athel Cornish-Bowden)
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Date : 11. Apr 2024, 18:55:28
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On 2024-04-11 17:27:41 +0000, Richmond said:

Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> writes:
 
On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:36:22 +0100, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
 
Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> writes:
 
 Dawkins has blamed religion for most of the evil in the world and
has described teaching religion to children as worse than sexual
abuse.  Beats me how he can see "cultural" benefit in something so
bad. Mind you, he has come out with some rather weird views in
recent years.
 I should think he does it by cherry picking which bits of the bible to
pay attention to, which is what Christians do too, but different bits.
 I've read quite a bit of Dawkins over the years, he's one of my
favourite *science* writers but he's really dreadful when he starts
harping on about religion. AFAIR, he never suggested that parts of
religious beliefs were ok, he unequivocally condemned *all* religious
beliefs. I can't remember where but I recall him saying that the Pope
and the Archbishop of Canterbury weren't really much better than Osama
bin Laden, they just presented a kinder face.
 The bible doesn't only contain beliefs though, for example "Love thy
neighbour as thy self" and "Do unto others as you would have done unto
you" are not beliefs.
 He was a Christian until he was a teenager and he talked about it in
this series with Jonathon Miller:
 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429323/
 Strangely IMDB describes him as an Actor, Writer and Producer, known for Doctor
Who. :? Someone should tell them...
Confusing him with one of his wives.
 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1468026/?ref_=tt_cl_t_3
--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly in England until 1987.

Date Sujet#  Auteur
11 Apr 24 * Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'16Martin Harran
11 Apr 24 +* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'14Richmond
11 Apr 24 i`* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'13Martin Harran
11 Apr 24 i +* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'3Richmond
11 Apr 24 i i`* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'2Athel Cornish-Bowden
12 Apr 24 i i `- Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'1Burkhard
12 Apr 24 i `* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'9Pro Plyd
12 Apr 24 i  `* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'8Martin Harran
13 Apr 24 i   +* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'6Ernest Major
13 Apr 24 i   i+* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'3erik simpson
17 Apr 24 i   ii`* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'2Martin Harran
22 Apr 24 i   ii `- Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'1Martin Harran
17 Apr 24 i   i`* Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'2Martin Harran
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