E.J. Dionne Article on Neo-Atheism

It's true that religious Christians were among those who persecuted Jews. It is also true that religious Christians were among those who rescued Jews from these most-un-Christian acts. And it is a sad fact that secular forms of dogmatism have been at least as murderous as the religious kind.

But what's really bothersome is the suggestion that believers rarely question themselves while atheists ask all the hard questions. But as Novak argued in one of the best critiques of neo-atheism in the March 19 issue of National Review, "Questions have been the heart and soul of Judaism and Christianity for millennia.'' (These questions get a fair reading in another powerful commentary on neo-atheism by James Wood, himself an atheist, in the Dec. 18 issue of The New Republic.)

Very nice article by Dionne answering the shrill atheism of folks like Richard Dawkins. A little on the liberal end, but I'll take it. Read the whole thing here. - DOB