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New Atheists Are Not Great

In What's So Great About Christianity, Dinesh D'Souza is skeptical of skepticism and enthusiastic about the faith.

Tony Snow | posted 3/13/2008 09:30AM

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D'Souza calls atheists cowards. Not quite: They're like the man who perishes in a fire because he refuses to believe the net below will hold. What's So Great About Christianity performs a wonderful and overdue service. It engages atheists exhaustively and carefully, exposing atheism more as a bundle of sentiments than a coherent doctrine.

Tony Snow, former press secretary for President George W. Bush.

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BRS	Posted: March 26, 2008 7:52 PM


Christianity was not about war and not about materialism. It was not about empire and eternal war for mankinds salvation. Whatever it is that Snow is trying to say is lost by the actions of the administration he shilled for.

Dan P

Posted: March 26, 2008 4:03 PM

I find this to be an incredibly frustrating read. Questions like: "can science explain love?", "why can't logic explain why we are here?" are incredibly pointless. There are things we don't know, and there are things we may never even be able to perceive. Does that mean that the religious answer is at all viable? When it comes down to it, you have to ask yourself: does this make sense? Religion can give you the answer to why we are here. We were created by an all powerful being, we have a personal relationship with him, the universe was created with us in mind. Does this make any sense? Is there any REASON for believing? I was afraid at the lack of meaning of life when I accepted that there was no god, but I soon became incredibly optimistic, because my life is my own. That is in no way selfish, it is the truth. Accept responsibility for your own existence, and be a moral and good person because that's who you are, not because you're afraid of a fairy tale.

chris

Posted: March 22, 2008 5:08 AM

i recently read this and was astonished at the outright dishonesty.... putting a positive spin on christian atrocities does not excuse them. unfortunately christian apologetics seldom rises above this level. the claim that the horrors of the 20th century were due to atheism is a common ploy, but communism and and its attendant personality cults can hardly be called atheistic. as a recent atheist "convert" i found absolutely nothing in this book that would steer me back towards faith. i admit that i was half hoping i would find something in it that would, but was left disappointed.

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