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February 8, 2010

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Richard Dawkins is right … kinda

It's not often I agree with New Atheism spokesman Richard Dawkins. However in this BBC video clip, he details a problem within Christianity (despite it having the feel of a SNL Jack Handy spot). The ardent atheist explains his opposition to the religious identification of children (calling small children "Christian child," or "Muslim child," not so surprisingly he left out "atheist child).

I somewhat agree with Dawkins, despite his refusal to include his own philosophy in his list. A faith must be adopted by an individual on their own. That would be why Baptists and other similar groups of Christians rejected infant baptism.

While Dawkins may prefer to speak of a blind watchmaker, I think this is more an instance of him being a blind squirrel.

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  1. Oct 30 2010

    “Refusal”? Whose request did he refuse? When was he ever asked to put “atheist child” in that list?

    Not that he should. Unlike the others, atheism is an absence of a belief, so it would be technically incorrect to include “atheist child” in that list.

    “All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God.”
    —Paul Henry Thiry baron d’Holbach, Good Sense without God (1772)

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