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Im not sure what you guys mean by saying he is opening a debate, or breaking new ground... he has been carrying on with this stuff for years.
Unfortunately, he makes a lot of logic mistakes in my opinion. He condemns religious texts and the worst excesses of organised religion (ie - the Spanish Inquisition, the Taleban etc) - and then claims to relate it to a God at the same time as claiming that there is no possible knowledge of God and therefore no connection between mankind.
To say for certain there is no diety is as much of a leap of faith as to say there is one... as I said before, Ive seen an interview when Dawkin's withdraws under pressure to saying there is no evidence for God and God is essentially unknowable, that he doesnt believe in God, but he would be happier to find himself wrong when he died.
To say that a lot of churches have done a lot of fucked up things and that the fear of death is universal is a pretty weak statement in terms of solid belief, but I think its all anyone can be left with who wants to be an athiest. Active disbelief in the unknown isnt much different to belief, otherwise.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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