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== Mary Kochran's article at Belief.net declares that whiny atheists are pathetic  ==

== Mary Kochran's article at Belief.net declares that whiny atheists are pathetic  ==

[[File:Richard Dawkins pic.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|260px|left|The [[Oxford University]] Professor [[Daniel Came]] wrote to the agnostic and [[evolution]]ist [[Richard Dawkins]]:: "The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for [[Christianity|Christian]] [[theism]] is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]] and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref>  ]]

[[File:Richard Dawkins pic.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|260px|left|The [[Oxford University]] Professor [[Daniel Came]] wrote to the agnostic and [[evolution]]ist [[Richard Dawkins]]:: "The absence of a debate with the foremost [[Christian apologetics|apologist]] for [[Christianity|Christian]] [[theism]] is a glaring omission on your [[Curriculum vitae|CV]]  

and is of course apt to be interpreted as cowardice on your part."<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8511931/Richard-Dawkins-accused-of-cowardice-for-refusing-to-debate-existence-of-God.html Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', May 14, 2011</ref>  ]]

 

 

In 2011, Belief.net reprinted a portion an essay written by the American Mary Kochran entitled ''You Whiny, Sniveling Little Atheists Are Pathetic'' which declared:

In 2011, Belief.net reprinted a portion an essay written by the American Mary Kochran entitled ''You Whiny, Sniveling Little Atheists Are Pathetic'' which declared:

{{cquote|You whiny, sniveling, little, [[Atheism and cowardice|pusillanimous cowards]]. You have the audacity to tell us Christians that we are “weak” and that our religion is a “crutch.” You are supposed to be so “courageous,” venturing forth boldly into the existential mystery of being alone, facing with [[stoicism]] the nothingness that awaits you at death, priding yourself on your realism and self-reliance. You are a bunch of feeble fakers.

{{cquote|You whiny, sniveling, little, [[Atheism and cowardice|pusillanimous cowards]]. You have the audacity to tell us Christians that we are “weak” and that our religion is a “crutch.” You are supposed to be so “courageous,” venturing forth boldly into the existential mystery of being alone, facing with [[stoicism]] the nothingness that awaits you at death, priding yourself on your realism and self-reliance. You are a bunch of feeble fakers.