Todd Elliott @toddbert:
@Moltz @jsnell @glennf Unfortunately for you (and other atheists), [Richard Dawkins] has become your defacto spokesman.

Jason Snell @jsnell:
@toddbert @Moltz @glennf Gotta say, the spokesmen for most major religions are not really doing a good job. Dalai Lama excepted.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jsnell @toddbert @Moltz Have you ever read what he actually teaches and believes? Vaguely horrifying.

Lex Friedman @lexfri:
@GlennF @jsnell @Moltz I wish Dawkins were less abrasive, but I love him nonetheless. Great teacher, brilliant insights. Too angry, though.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@lexfri I can’t cut thru his bullshit to accept truth from him.

@GlennF @lexfri Stick to his books. Much better arguments.

Lex Friedman @lexfri:
@jeffporten @GlennF Yes. That.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten @lexfri I don’t buy into the “message not messenger” situation. Also, Dawkins bores me in his books, too.

@GlennF @lexfri And I don’t buy exactly why you find him so horrible. But if he bores you… well, that can’t be helped. Hitchens chaser?

@GlennF @lexfri (That is, I hear your objections, but I’m not as bothered by them, and unsure why you are.)

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten @lexfri He’s horrible because he ignores and equates social dominance and abuse with religious crap

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten @lexfri He’s boring, because he defines himself in opposition to religion, which is a form of religion itself.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten @lexfri He defines terms and behavior in a manner that requires one “believe” his assertions.

@GlennF @lexfri Like I said, I disagree with both, esp. your definition of Dawkin’s “religion”.

Glenn Fleishman @GlennF:
@jeffporten @lexfri Brittle inability to go beyond precepts that must be accepted as valid as a shibboleth or you don’t “count.”

@GlennF @lexfri I’m glad he’s in the debate, for the same reason the liberals need Kucinich and Nader. Establishes a reasonable center.