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This is one of the more poignant books in "The New Atheism" movement.
Dennett's tone isn't mean, as some people say his more widely read counterpart, Richard Dawkins, is. Dennett actually shows a little compassion for believers, reminding the reader that much of the time the believer has no clue that he or she is "addicted" to their religion, or that they are imbued with its influence because it was among the first things he/she was taught about how the world works. I appreciated Dennett's tone.
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Dennett's tone isn't mean, as some people say his more widely read counterpart, Richard Dawkins, is. Dennett actually shows a little compassion for believers, reminding the reader that much of the time the believer has no clue that he or she is "addicted" to their religion, or that they are imbued with its influence because it was among the first things he/she was taught about how the world works. I appreciated Dennett's tone.
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Have you ever had a conversation with a person who agreed with you on everything? Absolutely everything? If you have, I'm sure you cannot imagine a time in your life when you were more bored.
Differing from the other three horsemen of atheism, Dennett seems to offer a proposal that is modest and tolerant: Make the learning of facts about religion compulsory in schools. In the first half of the book, he goes great lengths to explain that believers aren't entirely irrational for thinking the way th ...more
Differing from the other three horsemen of atheism, Dennett seems to offer a proposal that is modest and tolerant: Make the learning of facts about religion compulsory in schools. In the first half of the book, he goes great lengths to explain that believers aren't entirely irrational for thinking the way th ...more
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