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Tag Archives: Anti-Christian Bigots
Quote of the day: Lord George Carey on the anti-Christian animus in Britain today
‘In a country where Christians can be sacked for manifesting their faith, are vilified by State bodies, are in fear of reprisal or even arrest for expressing their views on sexual ethics, something is very wrong. It affects the moral and ethical … Continue reading
Quote of the day: Philosopher and former atheist Edward Feser on Richard Dawkins, et al.
‘The rhetoric of the New Atheist writers — Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens among the most prominent — sounds much more like that of a fundamentalist preacher than like anything I read during my atheist days. … Continue reading
Melvyn Bragg attacks Richard Dawkins’ atheist fundamentalism
Melvyn Bragg attacks Richard Dawkins’ ‘atheist fundamentalism’ Melvyn Bragg, the broadcaster, has launched a withering attack on Richard Dawkins, accusing him of “ignorance” and of showing “no respect” for religion. “What’s changed recently is the animus and the ignorance that has … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Secularism
Tagged Angry Atheists, Anti-Christian Bigots, Melvyn Bragg, Militant Secularists, Richard Dawkins
Well worth your reading time: ‘The God wars’ by Bryan Appleyard
The God wars To hardline atheists, it is now unreasonable and “dramatically peculiar” to argue that religion is not altogether evil. How did such intolerance become acceptable to rational minds, asks Bryan Appleyard. De Botton is the most recent and, … Continue reading
‘I’d go to church just to reduce the probability of spending eternity in Hell with Richard Dawkins’
I’d go to church just to reduce the probability of spending eternity in Hell with Richard Dawkins writes Dr. Tim Stanley The probability of God existing might be low but the consequences if he does are high. Vice versa, the … Continue reading
Bigoted secularist Britain failing to protect Christians’s civil rights, says cross-party committee of MPs
Britain failing to stand up for Christians, say MPs Britain is failing to protect the rights of Christians to follow their faith, a committee of MPs and peers has concluded. A report from a cross-party parliamentary group will this week … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Popular Culture, Society, Secularism
Tagged Angry Atheists, Anti-Christian Bigots, Militant Secularists, Richard Dawkins
Another nail in the coffin to the myth of Pope Pius XII’s supposed pro-Nazi sympathies
A self-serving myth, much touted by historical illiterates such as Richard Dawkins, is that Pope Pius XII was somehow indifferent to the suffering of European Jews during the Holocaust and that he was actually pro-Nazi. Facts mean little or nothing … Continue reading
Richard Dawkins is an embarrassment to atheists, says his fellow atheist Mark Wallace
Richard Dawkins: an embarrassment to atheists I was brought up in a Christian household. Baptised a Methodist and confirmed an Anglican, I ended up as head chorister at Newcastle Cathedral. It was a good upbringing – and my love of church … Continue reading
Quote of the day: Allison Pearson on the love that dare not speak its name — Christianity
‘These days, celebrities can confess to pretty much anything – drugs, facelifts, deforestation of the front bottom – but when it comes to religious belief suddenly everyone squirms and studies their shoes. Homosexuality is no longer the love that dare not speak its … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Quote of the Day, Secularism
Tagged Allison Pearson, Angry Atheists, Anti-Christian Bigots, Christianity, Intolerance, Richard Dawkins
“Dawkins really did try — you could almost hear the wobbling jowls”
Dawkins really did try – you could almost hear the wobbling jowls Dawkins really did try – you could almost hear the wobbling jowls — but he simply couldn’t. “On the Origin of Species . . . er . . . with, oh God … Continue reading
Quote of the day: Stephen Pollard on Richard Dawkins’ arrogant and “cringemaking radio performance”
‘If you were trying to come up with a definition of misplaced intellectual arrogance, you could not do better than having the planet’s most famous atheist issuing diktats on who does and doesn’t count as a proper Christian. . . . … Continue reading
Richard Dawkins suffers logic failure; falls flat on his face while debating a Christian, embarrasses other Atheists
Dawkins failure to remember title of Darwin’s book proves he’s no atheist, according to his own logic Richard Dawkins is accused of being an embarrassment to atheism tonight for failing to remember the full title of Darwin’s ‘The Origin of … Continue reading
Lord Nicholas Windsor on anti-Catholic bigotry: the last acceptable prejudice for ‘Guardian’ columnists
‘On the whole, I think people are reluctant to voice anti-Catholic prejudice per se, but it certainly exists in the form of horror at our moral positions, which are thought antediluvian and dangerous, at least by our friends at The Guardian.’ … Continue reading
Brendan O’Neill, atheist: ‘If Christians are not free to say “God heals”, then there is no religious freedom in Britain’
If Christians are not free to say ‘God heals’, then there is no religious freedom in this country by Brendan O’Neill Imagine living in a country governed by such authoritarian literalists that it was forbidden to say “God heals”, on … Continue reading
Some worthwhile New Atheist reading for the Christmas holidays
Richard Dawkins: the atheist who tried to steal Christmas Christopher Hitchens: more concerned with self-promotion than actual ideas
Posted in Atheism
Tagged Angry Atheists, Anti-Christian Bigots, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Self-Inflated Windbags
Quote of the day: Nick Donnelly on senior Tesco executive Nick Lansley’s appalling “evil Christians” remark
‘If a senior employee of Tesco had made a public statement branding homosexuals ‘evil’ what do you think the response of Tesco would have been? Would they have just issued a mild, half-hearted apology? What Tesco is saying to the Christian community … Continue reading
Posted in Quote of the Day, Secularism
Tagged Anti-Christian Bigots, Discrimination, Hate Speech, Hatemongers, Nick Lansley, Places Not to Shop, Tesco
Militant secularist Britain: Tesco boss calls conservative Christians “evil” for supporting traditional marriage
Christians are ‘evil’ for backing traditional marriage, says Tesco R&D boss Christians are “evil” if they resist the redefinition of marriage to allow for same-sex marriage, the Head of Research and Development at Tesco.com has said. . . . The … Continue reading
Posted in Secularism
Tagged Anti-Christian Bigots, Bigotry, Places Not to Shop, Tesco
Peter Mullen on “the secular bigot Richard Dawkins”
Richard Dawkins says David Cameron is ‘not really a Christian’. But is Dawkins a proper atheist? Dawkins is not a proper atheist – that is an intelligent atheist – from his own puerile writing and pathetic attempts at philosophical theology. Quite so.
Posted in Atheism, Secularism
Tagged Angry Atheists, Anti-Christian Bigots, Bigotry, Irrationality, Richard Dawkins
Michael Coren on Richard Dawkins’ cowardly refusal to engage William Lane Craig in rational discourse
‘This is wonderful! That old windbag Dick Dawkins is running scared from taking on an opponent who he knows will wipe the floor with him. What larks . . . Atheists like their Christians to be fundamentalist fools, but get … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Popular Culture, Society
Tagged Anti-Christian Bigots, Cowardice, Cowards, Hypocrites, Michael Coren, New Atheists, Richard Dawkins, William Lane Craig
Adrian Smith, impoverished by Trafford Housing Trust, is a role model for modern Britain’s persecuted Christians
Adrian Smith is a role model for modern Britain’s persecuted Christians What heartening news it is that Adrian Smith has plucked up the courage to sue Trafford Housing Trust, writes Milo Yiannopoulos: “Diverse” in modern Britain is of course a … Continue reading
Free speech in Britain a thing of the past: Christian housing manager demoted for criticising gay equality law
Demoted for not backing gay marriage: Housing manager’s pay slashed by £14,000 for criticising new law on Facebook Adrian Smith, a Christian, was found guilty of gross misconduct by his publicly funded housing association for saying that allowing gay weddings … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Smith, Anti-Christian Bigots, Facebook, Gay Rights, Persecution, State Oppression
Peter Hitchens on William Lane Craig, Richard Dawkins, and a debate that won’t take place
‘Does Richard Dawkins exist? The noted foe of religion seems set to be absent (despite many requests that he take part) from a planned debate with William Lane Craig, a leading American Christian philosopher (a number of other anti-God blowhards … Continue reading