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| Richard Dawkins: 'I would describe myself as a secular Christian' (AP) |
On Easter Monday, the Telegraph published a Letter to the Editor
from around 50 leading atheists, predictably including such names as
Philip Pullman, Peter Tatchell, Polly Toynbee, Anthony Grayling, Evan
Harris, and on and on: from my own point of view, a list of many of my
least favourite bien pensant Lefties.
It began as follows: “Sir – We respect the Prime Minister’s right to
his religious beliefs and the fact that they necessarily affect his own
life as a politician. However, we object to his characterisation of
Britain as a ‘Christian country’ and the negative consequences for
politics and society that this engenders…. Britain is not a ‘Christian
country’. Repeated surveys, polls and studies show that most of us as
individuals are not Christian in our beliefs or our religious
identities.”
One name, however, among those listed beneath this absurd farrago was
conspicuous by its absence: that of the most famous atheist of them
all: Richard Dawkins. How come?
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