Rowan Williams, Richard Dawkins to Debate on Role of Religion

[longship]

3. I really like Dawkins.

I know people portray him as the classic angry atheist but I still like him. His God Delusion is a great read. If you want an angry atheist, try Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great on for size. Surely, the latter is a polemic if there ever was one.

I am also an angry atheist, but I reserve that anger towards the only worthy target, religious intrusion into politics and government which surely must be considered a worthy target of such anger.

I have no complaint that people believe in god(s). But those pastors, who are allegedly educated in their trade, should know better. I suspect that people like Falwell and Robertson know exactly what they are doing, deceiving their flocks. (Sheep! Can any metaphor be as demeaning yet somehow truthful?)

Overt religiosity in politics disgusts me. I would hope that people who believe in god(s) would join me in that disgust. That's why I think atheists should reach out to theists. They are being played as chumps.