HAT TIP: Instapundit
Yes, I know this article says "world's most fearless atheist" but he is also the world's most famous--most vocal?--atheist as well...]
In a recent Al-Jazeerah interview, Richard Dawkins was asked his views
on God. He argued that the god of "the Old Testament" is "hideous" and
"a monster", and reiterated his claim from The God Delusion that the God
of the Torah is the most unpleasant character "in fiction".
As you can see, Dawkins has no trouble attacking the Hebrew God in a
most direct and uncompromising manner. No atheist wallflower he.
Asked if he thought the same of the God of the Koran, Dawkins ducked the question, saying: "Well, um, the God of the Koran I don't know so much about."
How can it be that the world's most fearless atheist, celebrated for his
strident opinions on the Christian and Jewish Gods, could profess to
know so little about the God of the Koran? Has he not had the time? Or
is Professor Dawkins simply demonstrating that most crucial trait of his
species: survival instinct.
Whoops. It’s funny how these confident, cocksure prophets of atheism-who
barely have time to take a breath between slamming the tenets of
Christianity and Judaism-often get curiously tongue-tied and shy when
the subject of Islam comes up. The idea that Dawkins doesn’t “know so
much about” the God of the Koran is absurd. Of course he knows about
Islam. And the same disdain and disregard that he has for Judaism and
Christianity should surely apply to Islam as well.
The truth is that bashing and mocking Judaism and Christianity is easy
and painless. You’ll get praise and admiration from those within the
“right” circles of academia, media, and entertainment. Your opponents
will argue with and debate your views and they may even offer (gasp) to
pray for you. There’s no real price to pay at all.
However, should you direct the same scathing criticisms towards Islam
you’ll find those “right” circles suddenly closed off to you. And your
opponents’ rebuttals may not be offered in articles and debate halls,
but rather with bullets, bombs, and knives. Standing up to that takes
real courage not the false bravado we see on displays as atheists attack
Judaism and Christianity.
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