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Atheists & Agnostics

Yorktown

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10. Nah. Contingency planning.

Reply to Brainstormy (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:41 AM

Oct 2015

Dawkins has probably been the standard bearer much like Carl Sagan or Bertrand Russell were.

I suppose it's the title of Dawkins' latest book which set off the discussion:

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suddenly seeing Dawkins everywhere [View all] RussBLib Oct 2015 OP

I wonder who will succeed Dawkins as Pope of atheism Yorktown Oct 2015 #1

Wondered about that myself. bvf Oct 2015 #4

you know how viscerally anti-woman we New Atheists* are Yorktown Oct 2015 #5

Surprisingly easy to find hit pieces on her, as well as bvf Oct 2015 #6

What I enjoy most is the haughty dismissals of Hirsi Ali by Hazelton Yorktown Oct 2015 #7

No, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is not a war-monger. cpwm17 Oct 2015 #12

I wonder what it is about Kissinger she admires? AlbertCat Nov 2015 #15

I presume it's because her husband, Niall Ferguson, a supporter of US empire, wrote the book. cpwm17 Nov 2015 #16

Is there some reason to think Brainstormy Oct 2015 #9

Nah. Contingency planning. Yorktown Oct 2015 #10

Every year at about this time.... AlbertCat Oct 2015 #2

Bastard's trying to ruin Easter, too... onager Oct 2015 #8

great picture! n/t RussBLib Oct 2015 #11

Morality doesn't come from religion.. mountain grammy Oct 2015 #3

Richard Dawkins hammers Ben Carson RussBLib Nov 2015 #13

Someone must have spilled a glass of water on him. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2015 #14