Not exact matches
As an
atheist, I prefer Catholicism to evangelical /
fundamentalism, the Catholic church while having some rough spots with science, arts, and literature in the past has made strong efforts to co-exist with the science / educated community (they were some of the best scientists, writers, artists, etc).
I for one am encouraged by the
atheists who are rejecting the hard - line atheistic
fundamentalism of Dawkins and others, just as I am believes who reject the religious
fundamentalism of Jerry Falwell.
Over at Ebon Musings, one
atheist writer offers a challenge to theists who claim that all
atheists are closed - minded and exhibit their own brand of
fundamentalism.
Also, thank you for acknowledging that
fundamentalism exists everywhere (I once shocked a friend of mine by telling her she wasn't an
atheist, as she believed, that her religion was animal rights, and that she was actually a fundamentalist).
The danger is
fundamentalism (I Don't Believe in
Atheists)»
I do believe in a higher power but my problem with
Atheists is not that they don't believe but find no similarity in their own
fundamentalism.
Personally, I started life as a catholic and later converted to born again
fundamentalism with which I had been deeply involved for 20 + years before going through a de-conversion process and finally becoming an
atheist.
Richard Dawkins book discuss the non existence of god and evolution and other facts, but in no way is it any form of
fundamentalism or a book that any
atheist has to read.
An unabashed
atheist and an avidly polemical public intellectual, he has employed a scorched - earth vocabulary to take on religion, the evangelical right, Muslim
fundamentalism, parochial education, and the faith - based political philosophy of George W. Bush.