[Peace-discuss] Chomsky on religion and the ethics of war

[C. G. Estabrook]

The leading "new atheists" are Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, rather 
delightfully skewered as "Ditchkins" in Terry Eagleton's recent book "Reason, 
Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate"  --  which must be 
Serious, because it was delivered as the Terry Lectures at Yale...


Morton K. Brussel wrote:
> Dawkins is no more arrogant then Chomsky, from my readings of the two.
> It's quite amusing to hear Chomsky talk of the arrogance of Dawkins et 
> al. And who are the "New Atheists", a club? Are they associated with the 
> "New Humanists" ?
> 
> Chomsky is picking and choosing his examples, to no compelling effect….
> 
> --mkb
> 
> On Oct 26, 2009, at 12:18 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 
>>     Chomsky on religion and the ethics of war
>>     William Crawley | 13:40 UK time, Sunday, 25 October 2009
>>
>> "I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the 
>> arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying child in 
>> heaven -- that's none of my business ultimately. I won't lecture her 
>> on the philosophy of science."
>>	...