David Aikman, professor of history at Patrick Henry College, has authored a new book, The Delusion of Disbelief: Why the New Atheism is a Threat to Your Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness, due out in April.
For a taste of what you get in the book, the lecture below, delivered at Patrick Henry, will be a thoughtful morsel.
The Weaknesses of the New Atheism
Enjoy!
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Interesting stuff, I just finished reading it. One of the stronger arguments I’ve heard against Atheism, as he spoke on, is its destructive tendencies once it acquires power. The new Atheists seem to try to say that Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and so on “Aren’t real Atheists.” I always find that one funny.
Have you ever heard of Vox Day? He wrote a book not too long ago called The Irrational Atheist where he critiques Harris, Dawkins, Hitchens, and Dennett. It wasn’t bad, although there’s a lot of vulgarity which may turn a lot of people off. He touches on some of the same points Aikman made.
By: G. T. Wise on February 29, 2008
at 1:04 am
It’s not a good argument, there’s no correlation between being an atheist and being immoral. It IS interesting.
It doesn’t matter if Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, and Hitler all went to atheist church together and sang anti-god psalms. Even given all of that, there’s no evidence at all that being atheist was what caused them to commit their terrible atrocities. It’s an argument against power, and nothing else.
If this is a good argument, it’s an equally credible argument to state that because Popes Urban II, John XII, Sixtus IV, and Pius XII (who refused to excommunicate hitler) committed terrible acts that all catholics, and indeed catholicism, are the problem and not the individuals themselves. Of course this isn’t a good argument.
By: Thomas Cleberg on June 30, 2008
at 7:46 pm
