1. I'm an atheist, BUT . . .

Comment #24001 by Seeker36 on March 4, 2007 at 4:47 am

On Point 5 of this article: Here is where i have to depart from Richard Dawkins/Sam Harris's point of view. Philosophically, i completely concur. Thinking is something that human beings urgently require to learn. However, the emotional tone is one of superiority and hatred. There's no respect or dignity given to the religious person and putting myself in the religious person's shoes i would just feel angery and insulted, rather than inspired to rexamine my beliefs critically. The underlying problem is that Dr Dawkins treats religious people as children who need to be told how(What) to think, yet changes in beliefs, especially those with a strong attachment components can only come from a position of adult responsibility. How can Dr Dawkins Expect people to be adult enough to think for themselves if he continually underlines and enforces the idea that because they are religious they are irrational and incapable of critical thinking? Impasse will continute under such circumstances, as will intolerance and hatred.

Chris.