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TM99

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15. Your three examples given

Reply to Yorktown (Reply #7)

Fri May 1, 2015, 06:06 PM

May 2015

are men who are brilliant and educated in one specific scientific area but yes, are completely uneducated, inexperienced and unqualified to discuss religion the way they do.

No, most religious people do understand and accept evolution. And those that don't are as ignorant of science as these New Atheists often are of the religions that they opine upon.

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Straight up hit piece on Daniel Dennett [View all] Lordquinton May 2015 OP

Grasping at straw men. longship May 2015 #1

I found this one a quite enjoyable read struggle4progress May 2015 #2

I enjoyed it too Cartoonist May 2015 #6

Yes an enjoyable read. Thanks for posting it. Jim__ May 2015 #9

There is no link to the original article. TM99 May 2015 #3

Seriously? skepticscott May 2015 #4

fix'd eom Lordquinton May 2015 #12

Aside from the usual academic strutting skepticscott May 2015 #5

"as is clear to anyone who has ever opened its pages" trotsky May 2015 #8

The old testament god is loving Lordquinton May 2015 #13

This article made me laugh. Yorktown May 2015 #7

I've found many atheists to be quite ignorant Leontius May 2015 #10

And so are many religious people skepticscott May 2015 #11

Don't surveys show edhopper May 2015 #14

Evidence or examples? n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #18

I've found many theists to be quite ignorant mr blur May 2015 #21

I've found many anti-theists to be quite dependent on cartoons. rug May 2015 #27

Your three examples given TM99 May 2015 #15

Nice example of the Courtier's Reply. beam me up scottie May 2015 #16

Do you have even a few meaningful examples? skepticscott May 2015 #17

Apparently edhopper May 2015 #19

What he meant probably needed to be qualified skepticscott May 2015 #20

But even with the scholarship edhopper May 2015 #22

And these are the people who think they're qualified to call atheists ignorant? beam me up scottie May 2015 #23

No, it's the people who claim skepticscott May 2015 #24

Must be another way of knowing. beam me up scottie May 2015 #25

Biblical Scholars Cartoonist May 2015 #26

"belief that the Bible is a book of facts" ... LiberalAndProud May 2015 #28

"Jehovah" was the construction okasha May 2015 #29

Current usage Cartoonist May 2015 #30

You do, apparently, okasha May 2015 #31

No, I don't Cartoonist May 2015 #32

That's too funny skepticscott May 2015 #34

We better tell the edhopper May 2015 #33

Yes, according to the OP and many posters here, they obviously are ignorant skepticscott May 2015 #35