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Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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8. He get's their goat

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 01:04 AM

Aug 2014

Because he does the ONE thing that is indefensible in their view: He gives religion and religious views zero authority.... especially over him. Boy does that piss religionists off!

He even gets other atheists to whine and clutch their pearls because he won't tip toe around the horrors and crimes and plain ridiculousness of religion and religious thinking.

He doesn't suffer fools.

Only the unhinged would think this frumpy, quiet-voiced, intelligent, logical British scientist is a radical atheist who hates women and demands abortions.

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Grammar: the imperative mood [View all] AlbertCat Aug 2014 OP

The whole uproar over Dawkins is insane. Tobin S. Aug 2014 #1

It is the authoritarian mindset. Promethean Aug 2014 #2

Excellent response. n/t defacto7 Aug 2014 #5

+1 (nt) mr blur Aug 2014 #9

but is prone to making social blunders. AlbertCat Aug 2014 #7

Damn it, I have that person on ignore for a reason. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #3

For the life of me, I don't understand the obsession with Dawkins. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #4

Because they need someone to throw? defacto7 Aug 2014 #6

He get's their goat AlbertCat Aug 2014 #8

The unhinged and the intellectually dishonest mr blur Aug 2014 #10