Does it really encourage free thinking to hold the same views as someone who has convinced you, without investigating yourself? Or is it not just indoctrination (for lack of a better word)?
So advocating and encouraging religious views is perfectly fine, but doing the same with nonreligious views is not?
One side puts children starting at infancy in church pews, reads them stories from the bible before they can read, the other side publishes books and lectures.
What one is indoctrinating?
You certainly seem to be suffering from Christian Persecution Syndrome.
could likely be the source of most of the Atheist, Abiogeneisis views.
Wow!! That comment is ridiculously asinine. For two reasons. Atheism has been around a hell of a lot longer than either of them. As a matter of fact I think it is quite safe to say the vast majority of atheists were atheists before they even heard of these guys. I would also venture to guess that a plurality of atheists have no idea who they are. There are a lot of atheists that have very strong disagreements with dawkins.
Secondly, WTF does Abiogenesis have to do with atheism?
Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.