Comment by Planktonne
20 hours ago
I would agree with that, but Dawkins made a career of not doing so, and only modulated his position when it gave him new targets to rail against.
20 hours ago
I would agree with that, but Dawkins made a career of not doing so, and only modulated his position when it gave him new targets to rail against.
He never did such a thing. Most of his career was in evolutionary biology and his atheism was only relevant in that many of his critics were people rejecting evolution on religious grounds. And even his "God Delusion" (which was only published 20 years ago, when his scientific career was winding down) wasn't about why celebrating Christmas or singing carols was bad, only the part about believing in a God.