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Comment author: Vaniver 05 December 2014 04:12:45PM 5 points [-]

When Richard Dawkins preaches militant atheism that does have attributes of religion.

Eh... I think it's problematic to refer to Dawkins as a militant atheist. Militant atheists look like anti-clericalism, which typically involves actually arresting or murdering priests or expropriating the property of the church. Dawkins just doesn't respect its dignity; that's insult rather than injury.

Comment author: ChristianKl 05 December 2014 04:26:30PM *  7 points [-]

I think it's problematic to refer to Dawkins as a militant atheist.

The reason for calling him that way is that he hold a big talk in front of TED preaching militant atheism.

Now, it may sound as though I'm about to preach atheism, and I want to reassure you that that's not what I'm going to do. In an audience as sophisticated as this one, that would be preaching to the choir. No, what I want to urge upon you - instead what I want to urge upon you is militant atheism.

Comment author: Vaniver 05 December 2014 04:32:55PM 3 points [-]

Ah. Great PR there, Dawkins.

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