Atheism lacks intellectual credibility. So if an atheist can’t win an intellectual debate, why not just bypass debate and legislate atheism? Sounds like a plan. And indeed, it is one that Dawkins and other fundamentalist atheists have endorsed.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Abolish all faith schools and prohibit the teaching of creationism and other religious mythology in all UK schools.

In this petition, signed by Richard Dawkins, the atheists want faith schools - private religious schools - abolished, outlawed, and destroyed. The next petition, also signed by Richard Dawkins, wants the government in your home:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Make it illegal to indoctrinate or define children by religion before the age of 16.

As we have seen with fundamentalist atheists, their agenda is not one a reasonable person could support. Simply mentioning “god” could possibly be construed as indoctrinating your children with religion, and the atheists want armed officers of the law to treat that as child abuse.

(Credit where credit is due, although Richard Dawkins continued to support both petitions on his website, he did publicly recant support for one of the petitions. The petitions can be found on the website of the prime minister here, and here. It should also be noted that Dawkins recanted support only because he did favor the teaching of religious texts in critical light. He stands by his support for legislation which would take children away from religious parents.)

They call this “the new atheism”. I call it “old totalitarianism” adopted by new atheists.

While reading Dawkins’ The God Delusion, I became more and more offended by the sheer arrogance and belligerence of Richard Dawkins. At first, I was all too willing to excuse it as a cultural thing. Maybe on that side of the pond, they just tend to sound arrogant.

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