Richard Dawkins

[bedstuy]

I don't see the point of the whole atheist genre of books and rhetoric. 

I think there's no evidence of God or Gods.  I've never heard a strong argument in favor of God or even a weak one.  But, I think people are religious out of bunch of non-logical reasons.  It's cultural, social and it makes people feel spiritual about life and peaceful about death.  That's not going to be argued away with logic.  Plus, I feel like if you get down to it, many people just aren't interested in thinking about whether or not God exists.  They ultimately don't want to critically question something they hold dear like that.  So, I think the Dawkins rhetorical strategy is a flawed enterprise.

I think the better way to cut back at a religion is to slowly question the more silly aspects of a religion and the areas where it clashes with modern ethics and lifestyle.