Posted on 07/25/2017 5:01:17 AM PDT by Cronos
‘Why is it fine to criticise Christianity but not Islam? … Richard Dawkins. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian
Richard Dawkins has denied using “abusive speech against Islam” after a California radio station cancelled a book event with the scientist, citing his comments on Islam, which it said had “offended and hurt … so many people”.
..Dawkins, the author of anti-religious polemic The God Delusion, called the decision “truly astonishing”, and a “matter of personal sorrow”. He had listened to KPFA “almost every day” when he lived in Berkeley for two years, he said, and had previously been grateful for its “objective reporting and humane commentary”.
..Dawkins said that he had “never used abusive speech against Islam”, adding that while he has called Islamism “vile”, Islamism is not the same as Islam.
“I have criticised the appalling misogyny and homophobia of Islam, I have criticised the murdering of apostates for no crime other than their disbelief. Far from attacking Muslims, I understand – as perhaps you do not – that Muslims themselves are the prime victims of the oppressive cruelties of Islamism, especially Muslim women,” wrote the author in his response. “I am known as a frequent critic of Christianity and have never been de-platformed for that. Why do you give Islam a free pass? Why is it fine to criticise Christianity but not Islam?”
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Free speech is all well and good, just so long as you say the things which you are allowed to say and do not deviate from the views of your overlords.
By now, everybody should know that Muslims are at the top of the Social Justice Pyramid, above homosexuals and other sexual deviants.
Christian white males are at the very bottom.
By now, everybody should know that Muslims are at the top of the Social Justice Pyramid, above homosexuals and other sexual deviants.
Because Christians don’t blow themselves up if someone insults Christ.
Because one of them when criticized (in Dawkins case, mocked/lambasted) will consider the criticism and may engage in peaceful dialogue while the other says "silence! I keel you"?
Muslims blow stuff up...Christianity doesn't.
A soap box anti- Christian atheist gets a wake up call
Mind your back Richard
Christians dont respond to patronizing intellectual erudition with knives
Now, go order a homosexual wedding cake from a muslim bakery and get back to us
Because Christian do not cut people’s heads off for insulting Christ and Christianity?
Maybe we need to change our methods.
Also because Christianity points out things that debauched elite don’t want to hear, while Islam actually encourages debauchery and promises it as a reward to its martyrs.
“Because Christian do not cut people’s heads off for insulting Christ and Christianity? Maybe we need to change our methods.”
Back in the Middle ages, nobody dared to speak against Christianity.
But in this case I will cheer him on.
It’s obvious. The entire leftist establishment, dems, media, Facebook, Twatter, colleges, all have taken it on as their solemn duty to protect *slam and to allow the murders to continue, and to condemn critics of *slam and discredit them entirely.
They are all complicit in establishing *slam as the religion of this country, and eliminating Christianity and Judaism.
Part of his problem. This is the sister station to KPFK in LA. To say that both are radical marxist would be a gross understatement.
Richard Dawkins becomes aware of the presence of a Red Pill. Will he take it? The clock ticks...
Because Islam is the liberal favorite religion....you can kill, rape, be a sexist, a pedophile and be a bigamist and the left will love you since they do it...
Because Christians will not murder you for rejecting their faith.
Well, they did, but we went to war over it.
As I said, change our methods. Return the word “Crusade” to liturgical discussions. And maybe “auto-de-fe.”
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