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Richard Dawkins is responding to what he called the "stirring towards atheism" in some Islamic countries with a programme to make free downloads of his books available in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Indonesian.
The scientist and atheist said he was "greatly encouraged" to learn that the unofficial Arabic pdf of the book had been downloaded 13m times. Dawkins writes in The God Delusion about his wish that the "open-minded people" who read it will "break free of the vice of religion altogether". It has sold 3.3m copies worldwide since it was published in 2006 – far fewer than the number of Arabic copies that Dawkins believes to have been downloaded illegally.
Richard Dawkins to give away copies of The God Delusion in Islamic countries
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by meustrus on Sunday March 25 2018, @03:14PM (2 children)
Why does Dawkins have to be the representative for rationalism? He is not a pleasant person to listen to. He wholly dismissed the basic premise of most people’s existence without bothering to address it directly. He comes off as cold, robotic, and immoral. I’m willing to bet that creationism would never have found such a following without Dawkins to play its boogeyman.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 5, Interesting) by NotSanguine on Sunday March 25 2018, @04:18PM (1 child)
Immoral? I suppose that since morality is a religious concept (vs. ethics, which is not), does his non-belief makes him "immoral" in your eyes?
What right do you have to judge the "morality" of another person? That's just an excuse to vilify someone who believes differently than you do, IMHO.
Does he behave unethically? Does he steal from others? Murder those he has a gripe with? Does he rape young boys/girls or anyone? Does he do anything to harm others, aside from the perceived "harm" you feel when he speaks in unflattering terms about your beliefs?
If it's just the latter, I'm confused by your characterization. Especially since your own religion tells you to not to judge others in that fashion. So what's up with that?
I'm not trying to be obnoxious, I really don't get it.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Sunday March 25 2018, @06:16PM
Since when? Lots of philosophers have made convincing arguments that morality does not require religion. And lots of empirical sociologists have noted that religious faith and morality are not linked.