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“In polls, more than 90 percent of Americans have said that they would be willing to vote for a woman, a Jew or a black, and 79 percent would be willing to vote for a gay person. But at last count, only 37 percent would consider voting for an atheist.”
-- Nicholas D. Kristof for The NY Times
This statistical tidbit is actually from a discussion about the surge of atheism, including Richard Dawkins' latest atheist tract, "The God Delusion." As Kristof quips, "If God is omniscient and omnipotent, you can’t help wondering why she doesn’t pull out a thunderbolt and strike down Richard Dawkins." In spite of the import of the statistic above, Kristof is arguing against a sort of fundamentalist secularism, "We’ve suffered enough from religious intolerance that the last thing the world needs is irreligious intolerance." Judging by that statistic, though, I don't think we have that much to worry about.
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“In polls, more than 90 percent of Americans have said that they would be willing to vote for a woman, a Jew or a black, and 79 percent would be willing to vote for a gay person. But at last count, only 37 percent would consider voting for an atheist.”
-- Nicholas D. Kristof for The NY Times
This statistical tidbit is actually from a discussion about the surge of atheism, including Richard Dawkins' latest atheist tract, "The God Delusion." As Kristof quips, "If God is omniscient and omnipotent, you can’t help wondering why she doesn’t pull out a thunderbolt and strike down Richard Dawkins." In spite of the import of the statistic above, Kristof is arguing against a sort of fundamentalist secularism, "We’ve suffered enough from religious intolerance that the last thing the world needs is irreligious intolerance." Judging by that statistic, though, I don't think we have that much to worry about.
