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From: *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Dawkins the 'Cultural Christian'
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 16:16:55 +0000
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Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:20:46 -0600, Pro Plyd
> <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Martin Harran wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:36:22 +0100, Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Martin Harran <martinharran@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> I should think he does it by cherry picking which bits of the bible to
>>>> pay attention to, which is what Christians do too, but different bits.
>>> 
>>> I've read quite a bit of Dawkins over the years, he's one of my
>>> favourite *science* writers but he's really dreadful when he starts
>>> harping on about religion. AFAIR, he never suggested that parts of
>>> religious beliefs were ok, he unequivocally condemned *all* religious
>>> beliefs. I can't remember where but I recall him saying that the Pope
>>> and the Archbishop of Canterbury weren't really much better than Osama
>>> bin Laden, they just presented a kinder face.
>> 
>> I'm reminded of a couple of Gandhi quotes
>> 
>> 
>> "If Christians would really live according
>> to the teachings of Christ, as found in the
>> Bible, all of India would be Christian today."
>> 
>> 
>> "Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you
>> Christians - you are not like him."
>> 
>> I like your Christ, I do not like your
>> Christians. Your Christians are so
>> unlike your Christ.
> 
> Do you think Gandhi was applying that to *all* Christians or even
> Christians in general and, if so do you agree with him?
> 
India is not looking so good now is it, as they have a Hindu nationalism
problem that rivals Christian nationalism in the US? Buddhism looks great
as an alternative until you look at its exemplars in Sri Lanka and
Burma/Myanmar. Religion doesn’t quite live up to expectations in so far as
its track record on cultivating our better angels. Our crooked timber wins
out every time (channeling Pinker). 

Dawkins tends to show atheism fares no better itself.