Richard Dawkins vs The Pope

I don't know anyone that would contend that Dawkins thoughts on the papacy's infatuation for pedophilia is wrong. It's a question of coverage versus content. Sure, he makes a damn good point... in this instance.The problem is his tendency to equivocate. The priests did this, therefore, the Catholic Church is bad. The Catholic Church is Christian, which therefore makes Christianity bad. Christianity believes in God which makes God bad. People that believe in God are therefore bad.He has every right to say whatever he wants to say, but Dawkins' singular greatest problem is that he has every appearance of a crusader. So why be surprised that he is caricatured as a crusader when he acts like one?It's a question of getting one's point of view across productively or counter-productively.

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"Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -- Charlton Heston

Not to sound insensitive towards your family, but I suspect your brother-in-law drank himself to death because he was, above all things, an alcoholic. I was molested as a child too by a neighbor. If pedophilia automatically leads to overdose, I'd have been dead a long time ago. As do I. I also hope they place them in general population too I agree with them that their stature and clout offer them an opportunity to have a voice with a lot of reach. But are they protesting pedophilia in general or priests who perform pedophilia? Because if it's the latter, then it is not nearly as much about the victims than it is another reason to wage war on religion. Isn't that the real motivation here? What they choose to protest against is what is suspect.I have the same visceral reaction towards the Catholic Church as they do. I think the papacy manufactures problem like this by disallowing people to be priests unless they become celibate. In that way they have tied up heavy loads of burden to be foisted upon people unnecessarily. Even Paul said that it is better to marry than burn with passion.I want to vomit when I see all the gold in the Vatican, when I see how it operates more like a corporation than a community, etc. But Dawkins takes it to another level where all religion is unilaterally attacked. In that way I think it tends to undermine his own goal because his intolerance towards religion, just for being a religion, seems to make him drink from the same pool of fanaticism.

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"Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -- Charlton Heston

Maybe you're too far in the woods to see the trees or maybe you're a fish and can't see the water you swim in. Many people, even amongst his peers, seem to agree that his method of delivery does more harm than good. If I was taking the middle ground I wouldn't be criticizing him, now would I? Edited by Hyroglyphx, : No reason given.

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"Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -- Charlton Heston

I'm speaking in generalities here. His staunch aversion towards anything religious is well documented. I agree that these people should be arrested and I agree that they should be held accountable. I was just commenting that Dawkins' choice of coverage is indicative of his hatred for all things religious. I agree 100%. Lock them up, seek a resolution that they cannot have immunity for raping kids. Throw the book at them.

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"Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -- Charlton Heston