[Thee Alex]

Originally Posted by Curate

Yeah, that's a good point. I think there is a difference between staunch atheism (to which I subscribe) and bloody mindedness (which would remove the capital from God for the reasons you mentioned).

Much like someone said earlier, Dawkins biggest enemy is himself. He has the points and the intellect to truly make people question their beliefs, but his persona can be so off-putting as to give those he argues against an easy pot shot to take the heat off.

I maintain that his work, especially The God Delusion, is excellent, but I think a modicum of humility here and there wouldn't go amiss. After all, his stated intention is to make the faithful reassess their faith, and I should imagine that is quite a traumatic thing to do. I'd just rather we left hysteria to the religious.

At least Dawkins isn't Christopher Hitchens, a man so angry with religion that he may as well have called his book 'I Want To Punch That Massive WANKER God, In The Face'.

Shermer is the person I recommend to others, he's got humility in spades.