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Old 04-09-2002, 09:08 AM   #1
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<a href="http://politics.guardian.co.uk/publicservices/story/0,11032,680219,00.html" target="_blank">From the newswire.</a> Oolon, don't quit yet, but at least the Brits seem to give a damn about their schools.
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Wey-hey! There is some hope yet! Thanks for that, Coragyps!

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Hey, so Dawkins sees the advantages of being ecumenical (stretching the definition of the term a bit)...

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Nic, I think that it is the other way round. Many theists are willing to join with non-theists in endorsing the investigation of natural causes for natural phenomena. This does not mean that the theists are compromising supernaturalism or that atheists are compromising naturalism. It only means that both sides value the scientific method. Creationists do not.
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Nic, I think that it is the other way round. Many theists are willing to join with non-theists in endorsing the investigation of natural causes for natural phenomena. This does not mean that the theists are compromising supernaturalism or that atheists are compromising naturalism. It only means that both sides value the scientific method. Creationists do not.
Agreed, I was oversimplifying. Generally it is Dawkins who is, or at least is criticized as being, intolerant of theists. So kudos to him for teaming up with them for once. Whether the (current!) Bishop of Oxford has spent much time bashing atheists I have no idea.

It takes two to be ecumenical (by which I meant, simply, cooperating on issues of agreement and not treating differences as overwhelmingly important). Sagan was the model of this, I'm just observing that Dawkins may be beginning to follow this approach...

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From what I have read of Dawkins, when he does "bash" religion, the words might say "religion" but the points made all seem to say "fundamentalism." Perhaps he will now start making that distinction instead of leaving it as implied.
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