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→New Atheism, Richard Dawkins and agnosticism
One of the ironies of the [[New Atheism]] movement (a form of [[militant atheism]]) is that one of its leading figures, [[Richard Dawkins]], is an agnostic whose public persona flip-flops between militant atheism, atheism, and [[agnosticism]]. See: [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism]]
One of the ironies of the [[New Atheism]] movement (a form of [[militant atheism]]) is that one of its leading figures, [[Richard Dawkins]], is an agnostic whose public persona flip-flops between militant atheism, atheism, and [[agnosticism]]. See: [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism]]
Richard Dawkins indicated in a 2012 meeting with the British Archbishop Dr. [[Rowan Williams]])that he is an agnostic which stunned the Dr. Williams and many in the general public.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105834/Career-atheist-Richard-Dawkins-admits-fact-agnostic.html Richard admits he is an agnostic - The Daily Mail]</ref><ref>[http://www.theweek.co.uk/religion/religion/45552/outspoken-atheist-dawkins-admits-he-agnostic 'Outspoken atheist' admits he is an agnostic]</ref> In an essay entitled ''Is Richard Dawkins a flip-flopper?'', an advocate of the [[Question evolution! campaign]] suggested that the public persona of Dawkins is sometimes atheistic for controversy sake in order to sell more books.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/is-richard-dawkins-flipflopper.html Is Richard Dawkins a flip-flopper?]</ref>
Richard Dawkins indicated in a 2012 meeting with the British Archbishop Dr. [[Rowan Williams]] that he is an agnostic which stunned the Dr. Williams and many in the general public.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105834/Career-atheist-Richard-Dawkins-admits-fact-agnostic.html Richard admits he is an agnostic - The Daily Mail]</ref><ref>[http://www.theweek.co.uk/religion/religion/45552/outspoken-atheist-dawkins-admits-he-agnostic 'Outspoken atheist' admits he is an agnostic]</ref> In an essay entitled ''Is Richard Dawkins a flip-flopper?'', an advocate of the [[Question evolution! campaign]] suggested that the public persona of Dawkins is sometimes atheistic for controversy sake in order to sell more books.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/07/is-richard-dawkins-flipflopper.html Is Richard Dawkins a flip-flopper?]</ref>
== Irony of atheist hypocrisy ==
== Irony of atheist hypocrisy ==