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Regarding parental rights, Richard Dawkins states:
Regarding parental rights, Richard Dawkins states:
“How much do we regard children as being the property of their parents? It's one thing to say people should be free to believe whatever they like, but should they be free to impose their beliefs on their children? Is there something to be said for society stepping in? What about bringing up children to believe manifest falsehoods?”<ref>Wolf, Gary (November 2006). [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/atheism_pr.html "The church of the non-believers"]. ''Wired'' magazine online, v. 14, no. 11. Retrieved on May 19, 2015.</ref>
“How much do we regard children as being the property of their parents? It's one thing to say people should be free to believe whatever they like, but should they be free to impose their beliefs on their children? Is there something to be said for society stepping in? What about bringing up children to believe manifest falsehoods?”<ref name="Wolf">Wolf, Gary (November 2006). [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/atheism_pr.html "The church of the non-believers"]. ''Wired'' magazine online, v. 14, no. 11. Retrieved on May 19, 2015.</ref>
He also said, “Catholic child? Flinch. Protestant child? Squirm. Muslim child? Shudder. Everybody's consciousness should be raised to this level…I could well imagine that this linguistically coded freedom to choose might lead children to choose no religion at all.”<ref>Dawkins, Richard (May 15, 2006). [http://web.archive.org/web/20091127013844/http://richarddawkins.net/print.php?id=121 "Now here's a bright idea"]. Richard Dawkins Foundation. Retrieved from November 27, 2009 archive at Internet Archive on May 20, 2015.</ref>
He also said, “Catholic child? Flinch. Protestant child? Squirm. Muslim child? Shudder. Everybody's consciousness should be raised to this level…I could well imagine that this linguistically coded freedom to choose might lead children to choose no religion at all.”<ref>Dawkins, Richard (May 15, 2006). [http://web.archive.org/web/20091127013844/http://richarddawkins.net/print.php?id=121 "Now here's a bright idea"]. Richard Dawkins Foundation. Retrieved from November 27, 2009 archive at Internet Archive on May 20, 2015.</ref>
“At dinner parties or over drinks, I ask people to declare themselves. ‘Who here is an atheist?’ I ask. Usually, the first response is silence, accompanied by glances all around in the hope that somebody else will speak first. Then, after a moment, somebody does, almost always a man, almost always with a defiant smile and a tone of enthusiasm. He says happily, ‘I am!’
“At dinner parties or over drinks, I ask people to declare themselves. ‘Who here is an atheist?’ I ask. Usually, the first response is silence, accompanied by glances all around in the hope that somebody else will speak first. Then, after a moment, somebody does, almost always a man, almost always with a defiant smile and a tone of enthusiasm. He says happily, ‘I am!’
But it is the next comment that is telling. Somebody turns to him and says: ‘You would be.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because you enjoy pissing people off.’ ‘Well, that's true.’
But it is the next comment that is telling. Somebody turns to him and says: ‘You would be.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Because you enjoy pissing people off.’ ‘Well, that's true.’
This type of conversation takes place not in central Ohio, where I was born, or in Utah, where I was a teenager, but on the West Coast, among technical and scientific people, possibly the social group that is least likely among all Americans to be religious.”[22]
This type of conversation takes place not in central Ohio, where I was born, or in Utah, where I was a teenager, but on the West Coast, among technical and scientific people, possibly the social group that is least likely among all Americans to be religious.”<ref name="Wolf"/>
[[Dan Barker]] said that Jesus was, “a moral monster.”[23]
[[Dan Barker]] said that Jesus was, “a moral monster.”[23]
[20] Quoted within the series, “*[http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/adolf-hitler-was-christian-was-adolf-hitler-christian-part-1 Adolf Hitler Was a Christian! Was Adolf Hitler a Christian?, part 1],” ''TrueFreethinker''
[20] Quoted within the series, “*[http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/adolf-hitler-was-christian-was-adolf-hitler-christian-part-1 Adolf Hitler Was a Christian! Was Adolf Hitler a Christian?, part 1],” ''TrueFreethinker''
[21] Charlotte, “The Church of Theists Suck”
[21] Charlotte, “The Church of Theists Suck”
[23] Dan Barker, ''Losing Faith In Faith-From Preacher to Atheist'' (Madison, WI: Freedom from Religion Foundation, 1992), p. 213
[23] Dan Barker, ''Losing Faith In Faith-From Preacher to Atheist'' (Madison, WI: Freedom from Religion Foundation, 1992), p. 213
[[Category:Atheism]]
[[Category:Atheism]]