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The only good thing I can say about Dawkins is his reporting on examples of religious stupidity, brutality, etc. is exhaustive. That said, that aspect of his writing contains some significant misrepresentations, such as his belief that "Loyalist" and "Nationalist" are mere code words for "Protestant" and "Catholic." Does anyone seriously believe that if religion were abolished that conflict would cease?

Even ignoring the cliche that "SCIENCE IS A RELIGION TOO HURR DURR" and the incongruity of a professed anti-dogmatist equating the most reasoned theology with the most unthinking fundamentalism, Dawkins is himself convinced of teleology (without a hint of irony). So, yeah it would be nice if this Official Public Science Fag of Oxford was, you know, an actual scientist, lacking predjudice and devoted to reason, but no, he's just another one in a long line of british pseudo-intellectual cocktail party rationalist queens.