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In addition, Richard Dawkins appears to have had struggles maintaining marital harmony in his life and as noted earlier two of his marriages ended in divorce (see also: [[Women's views of Richard Dawkins]]).
In addition, Richard Dawkins appears to have had struggles maintaining marital harmony in his life and as noted earlier two of his marriages ended in divorce (see also: [[Women's views of Richard Dawkins]]).
==Brights Movement==
[[Image:DrVitz.jpg|thumbnail|110px|right|Ex-[[atheist]] and psychologist Dr. [[Paul Vitz]]]]The [[Brights Movement]] was started in 2003 by Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell in order to assist in the advocacy of a [[Naturalism|naturalistic worldview]]. In October of 2003 in a article in ''[[the Guardian]]'', Richard Dawkins associated being a "bright" with being an intellectual.<ref>http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,981412,00.html</ref> [[Atheist]] [[author]] and columnist [[Christopher Hitchens]] expressed his "annoyance at Professor Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, for their cringe-making proposal that [[atheists]] should conceitedly nominate themselves to be called "brights".<ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2165033/entry/2165035/</ref> [[ABC News|ABC]] News.com commentator John Allen Paulos remarked of the Brights campaign, "I don't think a degree in [[Public Relations|public relations]] is needed to expect that many people will construe the term as smug, ridiculous, and arrogant" (Paulos 2003).<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_2_28/ai_114090211/pg_2</ref>[[Psychology|Psychologist]] and [[ex-atheist]] Dr. [[Paul Vitz]] wrote a book entitled ''Faith of the Fatherless'' in which he focuses on his study of the lives of more than a dozen leading [[atheists]].<ref>Vitz, Paul, [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/vitz.txt The Psychology of [[Atheism]]], September 24, 1997 (lecture notes taken by an audience member).</ref> Dr. Vitz has stated there were two common factors he observed in the leading [[atheists]] he profiled: they were all intelligent and arrogant.<ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/vitz.txt</ref> Richard Dawkins is listed as an "Enthusiastic Bright" at the Brights Movement website.<ref>http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index.html</ref>
== Other reactions to Dawkins' views within the academic community ==
== Other reactions to Dawkins' views within the academic community ==