The Hypocrisy of an Atheist’s Morality
by Larry A. Taunton.
Richard Dawkins, the world’s most infamous atheist, is once again making headlines.
The author of The God Delusion, Dawkins has earned an international reputation as a polemicist, the religious receiving the brunt of his attacks. Now Dawkins has set his sights on the Pope. Joining the wave of anti-Catholic fervor, Dawkins’ legal team is preparing a case to arrest Pope Benedict XVI during his state visit to Britain later this year. (Apparently, God, Dawkins’ preferred target, has no such plans to visit that country.)
The pope’s guilt or innocence in the matter of child-abusing priests is a question that I shall leave to others. Nevertheless, that Dawkins should call for his arrest for, of all things, “crimes against humanity,” is rich with contradictions that seem lost on none more than Dawkins himself. (His partner in this endeavor, fellow atheist Christopher Hitchens, knows very well the inconsistency and undoubtedly embraces it with a wry smile.)
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