re: #13 Killgore Trout

Guide to school Islamisation, by ‘ringleader’ of Trojan Horse plot

I really like the book “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins. In it, Dawkins makes a passionate plea for organized religion to leave children alone. Of course, the four religions that I have some knowledge of, Scientology Judaism Christianity and Islam, aren’t the least bit shy to involve children young and early. Obviously, members of these religions would be appalled at Dawkins’ pleas to leave the kids alone.

I’m responding to your comment in this way because from my point of view, I don’t think any one of these religions is more “sinister” than any other, in terms of what they do to kids. Some religions do this more artfully than others. But it seems to me that the GOAL is precisely the same.

(Since I’ve left so many recent extreme atheist comments here, let me say that some of the people I care most about are religious, and also that Richard Dawkins is my favorite of the “new atheists”; he somehow manages to be incredibly courteous to other points of view, even when taking admittedly “non-mainstream” positions such as mine above. I may have missed something, but I’m not aware of any nasty sound-bites he’s made.)