Is it me or does Richard Dawkins come across as a bit of an elitist? I applaud some of his methods but his confrontational tactics do make it seem like he thinks atheists are better than other people.
Am I just looking at it the wrong way?
2006-11-27 22:44:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheists are better than people who feel a need to give meaning to their lives through delusional superstitious god concepts. Atheists use their intellect, that is what makes them superior to mindless religious automatons.
2006-11-28 00:36:46 · answer #1 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
E A T is a preacher and a scammer..report him.
R. Dawkins is a fine scientist, published in the journal Nature. Do not discount him. He has his faults like any human being.
2006-11-28 00:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A lot of atheists tend to do this. I don't think it's so much the belief system, but atheists in the public eye like Dawkins are invariably so well-educated they're useless with people--more intellectual elitism than anything else, I think.
This coming from a most-of-the-time atheist working on my master's and trying to curb such tendencies in myself...
2006-11-27 22:47:30 · answer #3 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The really militant Atheists are like that. Most are angry because they have a chip on their shoulder that was placed their by religion.
I will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
2006-11-27 22:51:52 · answer #4 · answered by Satan Lord of Flames 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I understand how you feel. Most probably the reason is that we are defensive. Religious people intrude on our morals and thoughts so much, that in fighting back, we get aggressive ourselves.
2006-11-27 22:50:54 · answer #5 · answered by Bhagwad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, in a sense he's guilty of the same things so many religious folks are guilty of - dogmatism, arrogance, intolerance.
2006-11-27 22:46:43 · answer #6 · answered by Bastardo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it possible that he is just another 'extreme militant fundamentalist'?
2006-11-27 23:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋