It’s been said that Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.
Which isn’t actually true — he sorta was — but it makes for a nice song.
I doubt anyone will ever write a similar song about Richard Dawkins, given his remarkable ability to irritate not only fire-breathing creationists but also quite reasonable atheists and agnostics with his dickish behavior. Heck, that’s why we here at Richard Dawkins is a Douchebag started this blog and gave it that particular name.
But sometimes we get lonely. Often when we express these opinions on message boards dominated by Dawkins fanboys, we feel like we’re the only ones who realize that Emperor Dawkins not only has no clothes, but also has been dipping his dick in the mashed potatoes.
So it’s reassuring to find others out there who sort of feel the same way.
Like this guy, who kinda feels like Richard Dawkins is a douche.
Or this guy, who thinks Dawkins and Hitchens are cranky bitches.
And this one, who eloquently suggests that Dawkins “will one day occupy the circle of Hell Dante set aside for arrogant cockwhores.”
As you might have gathered by the, er, salty language used by these bloggers, they are not fundmentalist Christians. In fact, they’re atheists.
In other words, Dawkins is not only preaching to the choir — I can’t imagine a single Christian converting to atheism after reading one of his smug little screeds — but he’s actually pissing off a significant portion of the choir. Brilliant!
5 Comments
May 5, 2008 at 11:38 am
Likewise, it’s good to know we aren’t alone. Most people seem to be under the impression that atheists and religious folks are fighting a war, an “us vs. them” sort of arrangement. To complain against Dawkins makes you a creationist, I hear.
May 5, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Well, technically they’re “bitchy atheists”, not “bitches”, but I do find them annoying (esp Dawkins). And, for the record, I’m an atheist and a believer in science (i.e. evolutionary science).
April 20, 2009 at 4:27 am
I would like to second Louis, we are not alone. When people like Dawkins start attacking religion in such an over the top fashion, religious people become ever less willing to listen to non-native religious ideas; like evolution. Dawkin’s would do all people a favour if he toned down, or shut up.
June 21, 2009 at 7:13 pm
I’m, a Buddhist Pagan Spiritualist Mystic.
Science, Evolution/Natural Selection, and Physics are an intricate part of my beliefs, but in no way would I ever endorse or encourage mysticism in scientific investigation.
with out objectivity it is not just science that suffers.
My father was an atheist, and he use to help out at his best friend’s church socials because he believed it did people good.
His doubt was greater than any faith, but so was his heart.
October 10, 2009 at 12:39 am
I just saw Dick Dawkins tonight on The O’Reilly Factor. I was aware of his work but had never read any of his books or even seen him on tv before. I don’t believe in God in the traditional sense (I used to be a complete athiest) but anyone who shits on the beliefs of others and belittles them for believing in God is a straight up assbag.
Of course, if they’re one of those people who make their children with cancer pray for a cure instead of taking them to a doctor they deserved to be more than belittled. Castration springs to mind.