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...For a man who believes in ‘a physical and purposeless universe’ with no room for teleology, Coyne seems remarkably confident about what direction human history is going in, and where it will end up. … I can’t imagine a permanent intellectual victory for a worldview as ill-served by its popularizers as atheism is by Jerry Coyne.”<ref>[http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/the-confidence-of-jerry-coyne/?_r=0 The Confidence of Jerry Coyne] by
...For a man who believes in ‘a physical and purposeless universe’ with no room for teleology, Coyne seems remarkably confident about what direction human history is going in, and where it will end up. … I can’t imagine a permanent intellectual victory for a worldview as ill-served by its popularizers as atheism is by Jerry Coyne.”<ref>[http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/the-confidence-of-jerry-coyne/?_r=0 The Confidence of Jerry Coyne] by
Ross Douthat, ''The New York Times'', January 6, 2014</ref>}}
Ross Douthat, ''The New York Times'', January 6, 2014</ref>}}
[[File:Chris Stedman.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|Chris Stedman is an American writer and interfaith activist who serves as the Executive Director of the [[Yale University|Yale]] [[Secular Humanism|Humanist]] Community at Yale University.]]
Fellow atheist Chris Stedman says of Coyne:
Fellow atheist Chris Stedman says of Coyne:
{{cquote|Treating others as unwilling subjects of psychoanalysis is toxic to discourse, and it’s something I see many atheists take part in too frequently. The most recent example comes from Jerry Coyne, though it’s hardly limited to him. In a new piece, Coyne asks, “Why are faitheists so nasty?” and writes:
{{cquote|Treating others as unwilling subjects of psychoanalysis is toxic to discourse, and it’s something I see many atheists take part in too frequently. The most recent example comes from Jerry Coyne, though it’s hardly limited to him. In a new piece, Coyne asks, “Why are faitheists so nasty?” and writes: