Richard Dawkins and the Last Church

Perhaps the New Atheists attacking Christianity so relentlessly wasn't a brilliant idea, actually.

[HamsterInMyHead]

"We remove the organ but demand the function. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful!" - C.S Lewis, Men without chests

[LysergicKids]

"I've cut the flower from the stem, now I question why I have a dead flower."

[powerfist]

"I wasn't a supporter of Caesar, but I was a fan of the Rome which he represented. I guess you could call me a cultural-Caesarist." - Marcus Junius Brutus

[carlpeters]

Don't count Christianity out - it has a thing with resurrection.

[mooocowcowcowmooo]

It is 2014, GamerGate is on going, I am watching Sargon of Akkad.
It is 2024, GamerGate is on going, I am watching Sargon of Akkad.

[alexwest]

The fact that Sargon has got to a point with the Lotus Eaters that he has not only the time but ability to make content he enjoys on this channel must feel like a massive W. Good show Mr Benjamin

[dragonknightleader]

Dawkins mourning the death of Christianity is the same as Brutus lamenting the civil war he caused when he killed Caesar.

[ImInLoveWithBulla]

Imagine a young socialist, always lecturing his friends about how they shouldn’t work because they’re just playing into capitalism’s greed. And then all of the town stops working, all the businesses shut down and now he complains about how he can’t get his sausage McMuffin any more.

[mikefloyd]

Man who sets his own house on fire is suddenly concerned that his house is on fire

[MetalAcrean]

He wants empty cathedrals and hymns praising nobody

[blackaua]

Using 40k to talk about modern politics?

This is the high brow cultural analysis I subscribed to you for back in 2014 lol.

[justinwhite]

As a homosexual who used to adamantly argue against the 'slippery slope falacy' in the early 'aughties'... I had a very similar regret when i saw certain pictures from pride parades where children were present.
The slippery slope was real all along, and Christians were right to be concerned.

[cameraman]

Only now does Dawkins realize that Nietzsche's Madman was not being triumphant when he said "God is Dead.... and we have killed him." But an existential horror over what had been done.

[medleysa]

Dawkins stating that Christianity is a fundamentally decent religion is ironic considering how much he strawmanned (or perhaps misunderstood) Christian beliefs, particularly about God.
He poisoned the well and is now complaining about getting sick after a glass of water

[twiggledy]

It's written in the Bible that when Israel gave up on God and his ways, God gave them up to the consequences of their actions. Everyone did as they wished. They did horrific things to one another and the nation was conquered.

[angledcoathanger]

Reminds me of my extremely progressive baby boomer parents asking why I'm not married, trying for children and starting a mortgage. Do you not remember how much work you did to undo the social and economic structures that facilitated these kinds of things?

[Unsalted]

"If any religion is going to take over the whole world, you really, really want it to be Christianity."
- Michael S. Heiser (1963 - 2023)

[fillyfresh]

The disticntion between being a 'believing Christian' and being a 'cultural Christian' is that one of them is not Christianity.

[conwaytwitty]

The biggest issue with Dawkins and others like him is that they assume that nuance is something everyone has and is capable of. It isn't, and they are not.

[zachpulido]

“I want Christianity but don’t want people to believe in Christianity”

So he stated: “I want to eat cake, but I don’t want to use batter to make it.”