Are also among the brightest minds on the planet, but they don't reduce unbelieving positions to 6-year-old versions and then sneer at those. They chase after Dawkins asking for debates, and Dawkins ducks them.
Collins, Ross, and D'Souza do not feel that they can "attack the way Dawkins does" because they personally take unbelievers to be absurd. If they did, I would not endorse their attacks. They have the obligation to exchange ideas at the highest level possible.
I'm sure you're aware that to say --- > it's appropriate to attack a 6-year-old version of Christianity, because that's how Christians are --- > well, we need a word that's beyond "condescending." That way lies war and death. Peace is based on tolerance, which is based on respect.
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It's absolutely true that there are *many* atheists who calmly engage theism on a rational level. I'm criticizing Dawkins as a person, not atheism as such.
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