WOTM: Breaking Up with Richard Dawkins

Brian, I have for a long time supported ( and will continue to support) your great work, but I respectfully disagree with the idea that Dawkins is "just another dude on the planet." Elected or not, he is one of the very few that gets the call from (inter)national media when someone wants the "atheist view" on whatever. Very few in the general public will ever get the opportunity to meet him personally, let alone get to discuss his deep personal beliefs with him at length, so his public persona is all nearly everyone will ever see. Also, I think most would agree that the atheist movement needs to find ways to significantly grow with women and minorities. I'm just not sure how that can be accomplished if one of the defacto "leaders" is given a pass every time he (inadvertently or not) makes comments that are insensitive, at best and downright hostile, at worst to those very groups. I'm sure most of your supporters will disagree, but I feel that Dawkins may represent an important inflection point for this movement...

Well, emmm... seems like a pure matter of course to me. But I sure enjoyed watching and listening to the one and only deity, I support... cause I broke up with the flying spaghetti monster.

Excellent!

That second post? Me falling asleep at my iPad. Sorry about that.

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Bravo

OOPS, I meant my $49.99, remember all you fans out there don't be a cheapskate. LOL

Well worth my $2.99, with an extra penny thrown in for your thoughts.

WOW, I never really thought of it, but an individual in the freethinking atheist community named Brian is just like... an Hispanic guy named Jesus! ;-)

Nicely stated and with some new insights for me; thanks. I marvel at atheists who seem to have "critique of the actions of other atheists" at the top of their lists of fun things to do.

Sorry, I had to switch you off, you were starting to make too much sense. ;)

I was so afraid you were going to say that YOU were breaking up with Richard Dawkins. Thank god.