Tag: Christopher Hitchens
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What if Richard Dawkins really makes a deathbed conversion?
Richard Dawkins has spent much of his life arguing that there is almost certainly no God. Yet if one day the news announces that the famous evolutionary biologist accepted Christianity on his deathbed, believers around the world may celebrate one of the greatest conversions imaginable. But would it actually mean anything? The question is more…
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My deepest disappointment with the 4 horsemen of New Atheism
I once believed the success of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett proved something uplifting. I thought it showed that intelligence, clarity, and courage were enough. I thought anyone could have made it. In fact, I believed there were thousands of more talented people than they were, people sharper, deeper, and more…
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Impact of New Atheism
For decades, atheism lived in the margins. It spoke in footnotes, whispered in cafes, or lived silently in the minds of scientists and skeptics. Then came 9/11. With it emerged a wave of unapologetic atheism that wasn’t content to stay silent. This was the birth of New Atheism. New Atheism wasn’t just about disbelief in…