I just finished reading the featured article, Atheists with Attitude,
on the latest issue of What is Enlightenment? magazine. As usual, WIE
did a great job at presenting different perspectives, as well as the timeline
of the evolution of Atheism. However, I was a bit disappointed with
WIE’s take on the New Atheists for the following reasons.
For a magazine [...]
This was so evident from the very start the “New Atheists” had been coined. But this article from Benjamin O’Donnell still puts it very succinctly.
“What is strange is that, when one actually reads them, one gets the feeling that the real target of the “new atheists” isn’t religion at all.
“Indeed, they all explicitly say they [...]
It’s no secret to readers of this blog that Sam Harris is my personal favorite among the New Atheists. I like them all, btw. Their books are part of my Creep Library collection. I admit that the tone and polemics used by Harris in his book, The End of Faith, could be a little harsh [...]