Brendan O'Neill on New Atheism →
Our atheism is in many ways the least interesting thing about us. It merely indicates what we don’t believe in, rather than saying anything about what we do believe in […]
That’s the trouble with the new atheism of the Dawkinite, occasionally ranting, intolerant variety – it is seeking to create a movement based on a non-belief, based on the absence of something (belief in God) rather than on the presence of something (belief in something else). It is entirely negative, allowing itself to be defined by its relationship to religious people: “They are crazy because they believe in God; we are rational because we don’t.” […]
It has to be the least inspiring movement of recent years. It only tells people what they should not believe, and hectors them for being dumb and gullible if they do believe it.
So friggin’ dead on. Link
