From: Sarah Berel-Harrop (sec@hal-pc.org)
Date: Thu Sep 11 2003 - 12:12:24 EDT
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:00:41 -0700 (PDT)
"Dr. Blake Nelson" <bnelson301@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Dawkins has, however, made it quite clear that (he
>believes -- although I don't think he is quite as
>humble about caveating his belief) theology is not and
>should not be an academic discipline, in addition to
>taking great personal joy (Schadenfreude?), inter
>alia, at the closing of a Catholic seminary in
>Ireland, which he made part of one of his Guardian
>pieces.
Excellent point. His anti-catholicism is extreme,
I would characterize it as an animus against
Catholicism.
>So, I suspect that if he "approves" of
>comparative religion it would be in purely an
>anthropological, literary, or similar context.
It's my understanding that is how it is taught
in the UK and my recollection is that he was
supporting that practice.
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