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"I'm a cultural Christian" says Richard Dawkins, the most famous atheist

by chippy on 4/5/24, 5:15 PM with 6 comments

• by justanotherjoe on 4/5/24, 5:32 PM

  Probably tangentially, but as an atheist, i've seen attempts to discredit my view by people going after these supposed heroes of atheism. The truth is we are not a monolith, and each atheist as different to the next as any other group. I would go so far as to say that we are not even cohesive enough to be a group.

  On the topic, I believe it's a yikes from me. It's not saying something new and not educative, and not helping anyone. It's one of those things that's not worth it to say. Regardless even if it's miraculously as simple as stated.

• by beardyw on 4/5/24, 6:15 PM

  It is common for atheists (I was one) to ignore the fact that the society they live in achieves it's balance based on one faith or another. Good on Dawkins for acknowledging it.

• by lusus_naturae on 4/5/24, 5:58 PM

  He’s basically saying the brown people are scary