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"Yet I have sympathy with those who might be worried by his uncompromising stance." (In reference to 'Letter to a Christian Nation')
I am getting tired of hearing this type of comment towards both Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. Why should they be compromising? You might as well ask someone to be compromising about the existence of the Tooth Fairy. Religion is not some fragile flower that deserves to be handled with kid gloves. Is God so delicate? Perhaps He is.
The burden of proof is on the religious and so far they have provided none. Even more, they provide evidence against themselves in the contradictory nature of their own religious writings. If the "faithful" want to truly be honest, then they should declare themselves Bokonists and be done with it.
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Permalink Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:23:00 UTC | #6571