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An age in thrall to enthusiasm : Comments
By Peter Sellick, published 13/6/2008Beware of the person in public life, or the salesmen who boast of their passion or enthusiasm.
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What does this entail, exactly? Asking for evidence? Refusing to believe the unsupported word of the believer? Displaying scepticism about old tired arguments which have been refuted a thousand times before? Insisting that the normal standards of rational debate be applied to religious discussions?
Get real, Peter. Persecution is burning at the stake. Persecution is torture in the dungeons of the Inquisition. Persecution is murdering your daughter because she went out with someone not of your faith. Persecution is sending death threats to someone who leaves your religion. Persecution is car bombs in a crowded market.
All that we atheists want is some rational dialogue.