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Originally Posted by Russ
Ah yes Richard Dawkins, that well-known champion of respect and tolerance.
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Dawkins is intolerant of religious beliefs, because they are not based on anything that evidence can back up. If I said that aliens were behind 9/11, I would probably be laughed off the forums because I couldn't provide any evidence to back that claim up, but if I said that I believe man was made out of dust, woman out of man's rib, that we're all immortal and when I die I'll be up in Heaven with Elvis and 2Pac, people will say "yes, we must be tolerant of such beliefs" rather than saying "that's utter bollocks - there's no reason to believe that!".
The world would be a better place if people were taught how to think critically and be less tolerant of ********. That doesn't mean we have to be cruel to people though and force them out of a job just because they won't handle alcohol or pork, when they were hired on the basis that they would not have to do those things.