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Dawkins, Christmas and the God of the Physicists
An objection to Christianity often found in popular atheism is that if there is a God he would not sully himself by getting involved in human affairs. In The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins claims that, compared to the God of the Bible, a deist God who starts the universe off and then leaves it to its own devices is:
an altogether grander being: worthy of his cosmic creation, loftily unconcerned with human affairs, sublimely aloof from our private thoughts and hopes, caring nothing for our messy sins or mumbled contritions.
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Tagged Apathy, Dawkins, New Atheism, Philosophy, Physics, Who and What is God?, Who Cares About God?
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Wishing “American Atheists” A Happy Christmas…
…For Love Can Confound Us All
‘American Atheists’ shone a light in Times Square in 2013 , one which proclaimed that nobody needs Christ at Christmas. ‘Christ’ was duly crossed out and Christmas spelled Xmas (it’s pity about the ‘mass’ part, and that “X” is an abbreviation of χρ, a Christian symbol for the Greek word Χριστος (ie.Christ), but I suppose we have to call the festival something).
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