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Subject: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'
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https://catholicherald.co.uk/im-a-cultural-christian-declares-richard-dawkins-the-worlds-most-famous-atheist/

https://tinyurl.com/2xw2x96a

<quote>
…  Mr Dawkins, 83, said: "I do think we are culturally a Christian
country. I call myself a cultural Christian." He said: "I'm not a
believer, but there is a distinction between being a believing
Christian and a cultural Christian. 

He added: "I love hymns and Christmas carols and I sort of feel at
home in the Christian ethos, and I feel that we are a Christian
country in that sense."

… [he] also said he “would not be happy if, for example, we lost all
our cathedrals and our beautiful parish churches”.

He continued: “So I call myself a cultural Christian and I think it
would be truly dreadful if we substituted any alternative religion.”

.... He said however that although he recognised its benefits of
Christian culture and enjoyed "living in a culturally Christian
country" at the same time he did "not believe a word of the Christian
faith".

</quote>

Dawkins has blamed religion for most of the evil in the world and has
described teaching religion to children as worse than sexual abuse.
Beats me how he can see "cultural" benefit in something so bad. Mind
you, he has come out with some rather weird views in recent years.