Religion
In reply to the discussion: Teaching religion: my students are trying to run my course [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,587 posts)This academic, that you don't know, has written this for the newspaper that covers UK academia better than any other. It's a series they've started. It's not there to 'boost status in their own mind'. The 'potshots' that you are so concerned about are a couple of mild comments - one saying they're far from a 'disciple', and one saying there's more to atheists examining religion than reading The God Delusion.
You are writing as if you're offended. You're obsessed by a couple of phrases. Your question wasn't really worth answering, but since you still insist it matters 2 days later: 'again', 'which is nothing more than a "I'm not saying this because I'm a Dawkins supporter" disclaimer'.
You think I made " a lame attempt to attribute false feelings and motivations to me", but you're sure you "legitimately questioned the motivation and the bias of both the OP and the author of the article"? Get over yourself.