Ya, that has a different tone. One thing the guy misses though. Assuming arguendo that belief in the hereafter facilitates risk taking, the taking of risk, and the risk taker mentality, has fostered most of the improvement of the human condition, and helped facilitiate the filling out of not only the ranks of the shock troops of tyranny, but also those who risk their lives to oppose it.
The cup is either half full or half empty to the atheist. This guy is of the half empty cohort.
Putting it another way, the improvement of the human condition has not been fueled by risk adverse near atheistic lawyer types, as a general rule. And that is a fact.
Good observation. Bigots paint a narrow picture with a wide brush. Dawkins is a bigot and like Marx would ban religion if he could.
But he's written plenty. It's their for the reading.
The cup is either half full or half empty to the atheist.What do you mean by that? Most people would regard me as an atheist and I would not characterize myself by either phrase. But, then again, it may fit depending on your meaning.