Anti-theistic strawmen?

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People in the "old world" were perhaps more aware of this than Americans, because the U.S. had not seen religion in action until September 11th.

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Actually, many Americans have been well-aware of this, given our history of Christian-justified slavery, the KKK and other Christian white supremicist groups, the Christian-led terror campaigns against women's health clinics, and the Christian nationist bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building. Oh, and there was also a previous bombing of the WTC by Islamic extremists.

Gotcha.

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This is faulty logic though on the part of Dawkins. Would the eradication of faith (something he uses daily, btw) really tip the scales of justice, so to speak? You don't see that as a hopelessly naive notion, especially in light of innumerable instances where the eradication of religion ended in total catastrophe?

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Sure, but in places where the prevalence of religious faith has melted away gradually and naturally from the inside, we see no disaster at all. In fact, we see that those societies have become some of the best places to live on the planet. Education levels among the populace are extremely high, violence is low, standards of living are very high, etc.