The Real Threat Is “Absolutism” — Yes, Absolutely!
Slumming at Talk.Origins (go here), I ran across the following remark in reference to the Ruse-Dennett Briefwechsel (discussed on this blog here): I wonder if Ruse has actually watched “The Root Of All Evil?”. And if childen were indoctrinated with the most extreme forms of racial bigotry by parents who were Nazis or supporters of apartheid, would we not consider that to be abuse? Is it not abuse only where we agree with the doctrine which is being imposed on the child? The only point on which I would differ with Dawkins is that his focus on religion is too narrow. The real threat is absolutism – the unshakeable conviction that one is in possession of an Absolute Truth, be Read More ›