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Richard Dawkins with an interesting tweet

Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:19 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69289 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:19 pm
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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
@RichardDawkins
Before we rejoice at the death throes of the relatively benign Christian religion, let’s not forget Hilaire Belloc’s menacing rhyme:
“Always keep a-hold of nurse
For fear of finding something worse
This post was edited on 3/21/18 at 8:59 pm
Posted by NeverRains
Texas
Member since Jun 2012
3010 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:25 pm to
... for fear of find something worse" is the end of the rhyme.

He's right. Its hard to imagine a world without Christianity. It may not be the utopia all liberal atheists think it will be
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37616 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:26 pm to
Wut?
Posted by Mr. McStinkington
Member since Apr 2013
191 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:27 pm to
Please explain...

I guess he is saying Christianity is dying? Am I right?
Posted by Houma Sapien
up the bayou
Member since Jul 2013
1688 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:28 pm to
quote:

Its hard to imagine a world without Christianity


I can imagine a world without wars and child molestation
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115737 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:28 pm to
He’s saying that while as an atheist the demise of Christinity is something to be celebrated, there are far more fanatical and dangerous ideologies and religions.
Posted by chity
Chicago, Il
Member since Dec 2008
6080 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:31 pm to
What has replaced Christianity is a government full hedonistic self absorbed autocrats.

And I am not religious.
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
41669 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:33 pm to
He's made comments like that in the past, that there is real value in having the worldview and belief system of Christianity in the world because its followers (when they act consistently with their professed beliefs) tend to have a very positive affect on the world in terms of morality.

Moral relativism (the natural result of atheism) is a bankrupt ideology built on the concept of "might makes right", and we all know that might does not make right.
This post was edited on 3/21/18 at 5:42 pm
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69289 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:33 pm to
It’s pretty self-explanatory
Posted by bengalfan50
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2009
2467 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:36 pm to
quote:


I can imagine a world without wars and child molestation


Wow no Democrats and Hollywood destroyed by natural disaster is what you are saying then?
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108243 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:36 pm to
quote:

Please explain...

I guess he is saying Christianity is dying? Am I right?


A lot of political commentators are thinking that it’s being replaced by nihilism. Nihilism can not sustain itself and will inevitably collapse on itself for even more dangerous ideologies like communism and Islam.

I don’t think Dawkins and Sam Harris are nihilists, but I think many of their thoughts have led to its growth. Dawkins has admitted that currently Christianity is relatively harmless compared to other ideologies, and I think that is his point here.
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
31839 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:39 pm to
All you have to do is look at the depravity of our culture to see where atheism has gotten us. School shootings mass bombings. Evil is rising.
Posted by Mr. McStinkington
Member since Apr 2013
191 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:39 pm to
"It’s pretty self-explanatory"

If that is what he means, then he would be incorrect. Christianity in the west is stagnant, Christianity in Africa, Latin America and Asia is spreading rapidly.
Posted by Logician
Grinning Colonizer
Member since Jul 2013
4512 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:40 pm to
quote:

I can imagine a world without wars and child molestation


dreams of a world without wars and child molestation

enables a world of beheadings, bombings, rapes, and homosexual sacrifice
Posted by Dale51
Member since Oct 2016
32378 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:40 pm to
quote:

I can imagine a world without wars and child molestation

I agree, but say something about those fundamental beliefs of Islam and suddenly you're an "Islamophobe".
How dumb is that??
Posted by Brazos
Member since Oct 2013
20360 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:41 pm to
Such an asinine response. If everyone was a true Christian there would be no wars , crime, divorce, child molesters, etc. Read and study what Jesus taught and not what man has done and you will see what I mean.
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
47603 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:41 pm to
quote:

He's right. Its hard to imagine a world without Christianity. It may not be the utopia all liberal atheists think it will be




I don't think many atheists actually want to see a world without Christianity. They just don't want it have any involvement with government.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27927 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:41 pm to
If he can tweet,then he can still be a game show host!
Let's get him back on Family Feud.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108243 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:44 pm to
quote:

What has replaced Christianity is a government full hedonistic self absorbed autocrats.


The government is merely a symptom of the underlying problem. Nihilism is what is occurring across America, Europe, and Japan. I think that both SJWs and Trumpkins are nihilists just worshipping the Many Faced God that represents nothing and has no central morals. The nihilists only solution is to burn everything down, and once it has been burnt down, they’re left with their dicks in their hands and realize someone with rigid morals has come in and built a far worse society around them.

Communists and Islamists have very rigid ideologies and principles. They’re bad ideologies and principles built on moral depravities, but they are centrally focused. An SJW or a Trumpkin has no idea what they’re centrally focused on, since the former welcomes genocidal maniacs like Linda Sarsour into their mix, and Trumpkins will believe anything Trump tells them even if he said the exact opposite thing the day before. SDVTiger basically admitted it last night that he doesn’t remotely care that Trump has no central morals, which makes him a nihilist with no moral compass to speak of as far as I can tell.
This post was edited on 3/21/18 at 5:49 pm
Posted by jpbTiger
Tampa FL
Member since Dec 2007
4973 posts
Posted on 3/21/18 at 5:47 pm to
quote:

I can imagine a world without wars and child molestation


So a world without radical Muslims?
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