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elai · 07-14-2007, 02:06 PM

I don't know any better way to communicate this, so pardon if it seems unclear. But where does Dawkins get all of his passionate "resolve" for all of this? Whenever I read some article or interview or something similar from Dawkins I get this unique feeling of revulsion that I only get when I'm listening to a religious fanatic preacher or other similar fundamentalist. Two very different camps, yet two very similar mental styles. There are many many utter absolutes in Dawkins speech and I wonder why he has decided to adopt the tactics of a social style that he really, really loathes. Why is Dawkins a militant atheist, despite the general trend of a lack of militarism and truth above all that attracted people to atheistic thought in the first place?

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elai Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 50	Richard Dawkins and his uncanny similarity to religious fundamentalists. I don't know any better way to communicate this, so pardon if it seems unclear. But where does Dawkins get all of his passionate "resolve" for all of this? Whenever I read some article or interview or something similar from Dawkins I get this unique feeling of revulsion that I only get when I'm listening to a religious fanatic preacher or other similar fundamentalist. Two very different camps, yet two very similar mental styles. There are many many utter absolutes in Dawkins speech and I wonder why he has decided to adopt the tactics of a social style that he really, really loathes. Why is Dawkins a militant atheist, despite the general trend of a lack of militarism and truth above all that attracted people to atheistic thought in the first place?