As a Christian I feel sadness and pity for Richard Dawkins and those who follow his views which are not well informed, particularly when he speaks about the Christian faith. Some fellow-atheists also do not regard Dawkins as well-informed. He is also inconsistent in terms of his philosophical position. On one hand he says 'that's just tough' when speaking about meaninglessness in the evolutionary/atheist position in regard to meaning and purpose in the universe and then on another occasion he states how sad it was in reference to a serious accident with a school bus. If the universe is ultimately meaningless and there is no God as Dawkins believes then he needs to be consistent to have credibility in terms of his position of meaninglessless and blind chance.
Dawkins intolerance of the position of others is also legendary. If his position is so watertight as he believes then one wonders why he attempts to silence other views and why he and his followers are so defensive. This inconsistency and intolerance (everyone has a right to my opinion) and his failure to recognize that his own position carries its own problems philosophically in terms of the ultimate meaningless of blind chance applying to Dawkins' own position itself. This inconsistency in terms of recognizing the problems with his own position rightly draw criticism from theists and atheists alike, as does his stated aim to 'kill religion.'
It also would be interesting for the presuppositions in the question to be substantiated in terms of actual evidence. People often fail to make a distinction between a profound disagreement of philosophical position as stated briefly above and a personal hatred. I totally disagree with Dawkins' position but I do not hate him. He is both misguided and inconsistent as is evident by what he says. His ignorance is also profound. Even on scientific matters some fellow scientists express concern about his position. While it is certainly correct to state that hatred is not at least a Christian theistic position, such is not a position that has any checks on it in terms of Dawkins' own position towards Christians. Certainly this brings various reactions from people. Some of the strongest criticism of Dawkins' position I have personally seen is from fellow-atheists who are concerned he will give Atheism and science a bad name. Christian theists tend to ignore him in terms of credibility, since he is so blatantly intolerant and ignorant of the Christian position in so many areas.
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By objectively evaluating such a situation, it is extremely plausible that certain theists who vehemently voice their stance on Richard Dawkins are either too afraid to hear the truth, be forced out of their comfort zone, and have to re-evaluate their meaning of their life and/or feel the need to be anti any intellect who has empirically decided to display opinions that are not in accordance with the norm. The majority of these few theists will probably also denounce any type of concept that is not within their understanding or belief system.
The following fallacies could also be relevant:
It could be said that hate is a most non-Christian emotion, but nevertheless some theists probably do hate Professor Dawkins. The first reason for that hatred is probably that, as a professor of science, he he is particularly well-informed and his arguments are hard to refute. Secondly, his opposition to both religion and creationism has become a personal crusade for him.
Some key contributions made to the field of evolutionary biology by Richard Dawkins include the popularization of the gene-centered theory of evolution and the term meme. He has written many books on the subject.
Opinions will differ, as they tend to with different people. Some of them probably think he is just mislead, or tempted by the devil. Others think he is evil. Still others read his books on evolution (which are very good popular science books), and change their minds when they see the evidence which has been either hidden from them or which they have been incorrectly told was wrong or impossible. Dawkins can be confrontational, combative, and condescending. He has very little tolerance for people who put forward beliefs with either no evidence or bad evidence. Many who he opposes may dislike him for that reason: this would not surprise me, as he annoys me sometimes, and I'm an atheist. Dawkins has said that, for his part, he does not hate Creationists, but thinks that they have been mislead. It is interesting to note that many Christians and other theists who are knowledgable about evolution and other sciences such as geology and astronomy agree with Dawkins on this.
I doubt if Richard Dawkins believes in aliens in the sense of intelligent beings from outer space who have visited our earth. I think he does believe that, somewhere out there in the billions of planets that exist in other solar systems, there must be other life forms, some of which will be at least as intelligent as we are.
Stephan Hawking Neil DeGrasse Tyson Jane Goodall James Watson Richard Dawkins Michio Kaku James Hansen
Hate to tell you this, but there are no "mystics" of atheism. There are no guidelines to follow, nor any stories to learn. The only thing that makes a person an atheist is a disbelief in god, beyond that you can think that the Earth is flat and the center of the universe. We don't follow anyone in particular, even people like Richard Dawkins we can disagree with.
Mark Ridley, Alan Graffen,Jerry Coyne, Donald R, Prothero, Sean B. Carrol and Richard Dawkins to name a few.
Stephen William Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Albert Einstein, Charles Robert Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, Aristotle, Plato & Socrates as well as many more.
You can pick some of the leass expensive Dawkins Jersey cards up for 1-3 dollars.
Theists in general have not established a common and consistent view on the acceptability of science. In that much science has been done by theists (e.g Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822 - January 6, 1884) was an Austrian Augustinian monk and a scientist who did his work on genetics) and much mathematical and astronomical work (both these are areas of science) was done by moslems (strong theists) in the middle ages, it is safe to assume that at least some theists are firm believers in science.
This question seems to assume that atheism is a religion; it clearly isn't. It is quite unusual for atheists to become theist, although is does happen. The vast majority of theists inherit their beliefs from their parents during childhood. Other theists have cited "religious" experiences or friendships with theists as reasons for believing.
Any of the above I would think, but I've met some who were deists.
Most Syrians hate Israelis and "Zionists". Beyond that, who Syrians hate depends on the person. Some people hate Iran and Iranian proxies like Hezbollah. Some people hate the US and US allies in the Middle East. Some people hate theocrats and some hate secularists.