Post by Felix on Apr 8, 2007 18:22:06 GMT -5
From a column
in the Washington Post:
I suppose these "Neo-Atheists" are the Pat Robertsons of disbelief. I wasn't aware of this idea, that religious faith was necessarily dangerous to democracy and freedom of belief.
in the Washington Post:
This weekend, many of the world's estimated 2 billion Christians
will remember and celebrate the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
While some Christians harbor doubts about Christ's actual
physical resurrection, hundreds of millions believe devoutly
that Jesus died and rose, thus redeeming a fallen world from sin.
Are these people a threat to reason and even freedom?
It's a question that arises from a new vogue for what
you might call neo-atheism. The new atheists -- the
best known are writers Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins
-- insist, as Harris puts it, that "certainty about the next
life is simply incompatible with tolerance in this one."
That's why they think a belief in salvation through faith
in God, no matter the religious tradition, is dangerous
to an open society.
will remember and celebrate the death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ.
While some Christians harbor doubts about Christ's actual
physical resurrection, hundreds of millions believe devoutly
that Jesus died and rose, thus redeeming a fallen world from sin.
Are these people a threat to reason and even freedom?
It's a question that arises from a new vogue for what
you might call neo-atheism. The new atheists -- the
best known are writers Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins
-- insist, as Harris puts it, that "certainty about the next
life is simply incompatible with tolerance in this one."
That's why they think a belief in salvation through faith
in God, no matter the religious tradition, is dangerous
to an open society.
I suppose these "Neo-Atheists" are the Pat Robertsons of disbelief. I wasn't aware of this idea, that religious faith was necessarily dangerous to democracy and freedom of belief.
