Comments on: Armstong’s Darwinism http://darwiniana.com/2009/11/23/armstongs-darwinism/ History, Evolution, and the Darwin Debate Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:16:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darwiniana » Comment on Armstrong’s Darwinism http://darwiniana.com/2009/11/23/armstongs-darwinism/comment-page-1/#comment-342427 Darwiniana » Comment on Armstrong’s Darwinism Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:37:12 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/?p=36652#comment-342427 [...] Comment on Armstrong’s Darwinism Todd White said, November 23, 2009 at 4:59 pm · Karen Armstrong sounds like an atheist who grew disillusioned with atheism because it leads to nasty consequences, and thus, tried to salvage God by saying that we should honor “Mystery” itself as a God-like force worthy of worship and sacrifice. [...] [...] Comment on Armstrong’s Darwinism Todd White said, November 23, 2009 at 4:59 pm · Karen Armstrong sounds like an atheist who grew disillusioned with atheism because it leads to nasty consequences, and thus, tried to salvage God by saying that we should honor “Mystery” itself as a God-like force worthy of worship and sacrifice. [...]

]]> By: Todd White http://darwiniana.com/2009/11/23/armstongs-darwinism/comment-page-1/#comment-342424 Todd White Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:59:27 +0000 http://darwiniana.com/?p=36652#comment-342424 Karen Armstrong sounds like an atheist who grew disillusioned with atheism because it leads to nasty consequences, and thus, tried to salvage God by saying that we should honor “Mystery” itself as a God-like force worthy of worship and sacrifice. Needless to say, this perspective will not be persuasive to ANY atheist or believer. Perhaps a few agnostics will find it compelling, and I’m sure the MSM will continue to honor her as a bold, trailblazing thinker (when she’s nothing of the sort). But I guess that's inevitable when most people are tired of the New Atheists and the New Fundamentalists. They’ll cling to any mushy moderate, even if it’s a total clown like Karen Armstrong. Karen Armstrong sounds like an atheist who grew disillusioned with atheism because it leads to nasty consequences, and thus, tried to salvage God by saying that we should honor “Mystery” itself as a God-like force worthy of worship and sacrifice.

Needless to say, this perspective will not be persuasive to ANY atheist or believer.

Perhaps a few agnostics will find it compelling, and I’m sure the MSM will continue to honor her as a bold, trailblazing thinker (when she’s nothing of the sort). But I guess that’s inevitable when most people are tired of the New Atheists and the New Fundamentalists. They’ll cling to any mushy moderate, even if it’s a total clown like Karen Armstrong.

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