1. What the New Atheists Don't See

Comment #84424 by Mr. Sink on November 2, 2007 at 3:17 am

@ windweaver

The man is no intellectual snob. He'd have to be an intellectual for that.

One of his core theses - if there is such a thing in his worryingly unstructured and implausible writing - seems to be that there is no beauty in nature without a god (or religion? I forget which). Well, that's a new one... yawn. Granted, 'Unweaving the Rainbow' might be a bit harder to understand than 'Of Peolpe and Pandas' but it could help him to shed some light for spring-cleaning his cerebral wardrobe.

The other ridiculous notion is the ill-conceived argument that there would be no civilisation without religion. History seems to indicate that our civiisation might well be even more advanced had it not been for religious fanatics burning people with different ideas at the stake.

But then again, after reading another one of Theodore Dalrymple's musings called 'Islam, the Marxism of Our Time' leaves no doubt as to the intellectual frame of mind he's in. Not only doesn't he know a lot, he can't even be bothered to research his pompous presumptions. I've read school essays with a lot more intelectual drive.