I didn't enjoy reading this. If I had the pleasure of meeting such a brilliant person I would try to listen and communicate their message. This reads like a hit piece about a senile old man and I'm only reminded a few times in the reading that he was even there. Christopher Hitchens shared Dawkins' contempt for Islam and rightly so. It's disrespectful to attribute that belief to ignorance when it is borne from education.
What? I'm not sure how it could be 'borne of education.' I'm an atheist and no fan of organized religion but Dawkins is simply a zealot himself. Also regardless of what you think of him being correct or not saying things like "Islam is the greatest force for evil in the world today" is insanely out of touch with reality.
> Also regardless of what you think of him being correct or not saying things like "Islam is the greatest force for evil in the world today" is insanely out of touch with reality
So even if it is true, it is out of touch with reality to state it? Is this really what you meant to say?
I am not sure I would subscribe to that either, there are ton of ideas and forces. How about some elements of Islam are in the upper permiles of the forces of evil in the current world?
Islam's whole jihad shtick causes both wars and independent acts of violence. The religion itself is a violent culture.
Literally ranking things on "the most violent" or "greatest evil" is silly and shouldn't be taken literally. The point is just Islam causes a lot of violence and oppression. It's a cultural system that reproduces a lot of horrifying evil and it's very successful worldwide.
