This bloke's got my attention as an atheist:

In a text that is coursing about on social media, professional God-slayer Richard Dawkins begrudgingly admitted that Christianity may actually be our best defense against aberrant forms of religion that threaten the world.
“There are no Christians, as far as I know, blowing up buildings,” Dawkins said. “I am not aware of any Christian suicide bombers. I am not aware of any major Christian denomination that believes the penalty for apostasy is death.”
In a rare moment of candor, Dawkins reluctantly accepted that the teachings of Jesus Christ do not lead to a world of terror, whereas followers of radical Islam perpetrate the very atrocities that he laments.

Because of this realization, Dawkins wondered aloud whether Christianity might indeed offer an antidote to protect western civilization against jihad.
“I have mixed feelings about the decline of Christianity, in so far as Christianity might be a bulwark against something worse,” he said.
Dawkins

Although the text originated in 2010, it has taken on a second life, being sent to and fro on Facebook and Twitter and providing fodder for discussions, even among atheists, of the benefits of Christianity for modern society.

Dawkins was trained as an evolutionary biologist, but achieved his greatest celebrity not through biology but through his pop atheism, regularly debating theists in public and penning diatribes against God and faith.
For a generation of young atheists, Dawkins gave disbelief a thin veneer of intellectual cachet and offered a justification for the belief that atheism was somehow grounded in science.

In his 2006 bestseller, The God Delusion, Dawkins famously compared religious education to the sexual abuse of children, concluding incredibly that the latter was actually preferable to the former.

Referring to the clerical sex abuse crisis, Dawkins wrote that as “horrible as sexual abuse no doubt was, the damage was arguably less than the long-term psychological damage inflicted by bringing the child up Catholic in the first place.”

Faced with the suicide bombers and child rapists of radical Islam, however, Dawkins finally found something that he thought was worse.
Follow Thomas D. Williams on Twitter @tdwilliamsrome

(Breitbart)

Agree with what K?

I don't understand - is he advocating a vigorous christian proselytising campaign in muslim communities? I don't understand what he means by "best defense".

Karnal wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 3:48pm:

Muslims believe Muhammad and Jesus are prophets

Compare the teachings and actions of Muhammad and Jesus. It's clear Christians are given a peaceful message

Jesus gained followers through a message of peace.

Muhammad gathered up 10,000 raving lunatics and converted most of the Arabian gulf by the sword

Dawkins always seems to be a bit black and white from my point of view.

I'd be curious to see the original quotation of his in full, as they only gave a few sparse quotes.  polite_gandalf wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 3:41pm:


I think he means from a cultural perspective, I assume in a similar manner to populist U.S. views on Islam would be a pretty harsh deterrent for Muslims.  Weird thing for a prominent atheist to say though, as literally every atheist I've ever heard speak on the topic is critical of Islam.

Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 6:03pm:


Link?

Baronvonrort wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 6:18pm:


he does love to demand links, especially to facts already well known.  I am waiting for him to tell us the difference between providing a LINK and providing a URL.  Then once he has made his position know, that perennial idiot mothra can join in.

so predictable3

Stratos wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 6:49pm:



atheist do in fact spend most of their time attacking christianity.  look at dawkins.... 30 years onl and it has only now occured to him that Islam is a horrible infection.   took him long enough...