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My concern is not so much about whether someone takes one view or another with regards to Elevatorgate. Indeed, even among the members of Freethought Kampala, there are different opinions on various aspects of the matter. My concern is about how the matter has been handled, the poor quality of arguments that have been advanced, the astounding amounts of hypocrisy on display, and above all the intolerant attitude towards viewpoints that don’t tow the radical gender [[feminism|feminist]] line – all this, among people that call themselves skeptics.<ref>[http://freethoughtkampala.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/elevatorgate-part-2-the-failure-of-skepticism/ Elevatorgate – Part 2 – The Failure of Skepticism]</ref>}}

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~~== Christian creationist response ==~~

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[[File:Question-Evolution-Campaign.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|The [http://creation.com/question-evolution Question evolution! campaign] by [[Creation Ministries International]] is a worldwide campaign which poses 15 questions that evolutionists cannot satisfactorily answer.<ref>[http://creation.com/question-evolution Question evolution! campaign] by [[Creation Ministries International]]</ref> The 15 questions posed to evolutionists can be found [http://creation.com/15-questions HERE] ]]

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~~A supporter of the [[Question evolution! campaign]] wrote concerning Elevatorgate~~

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{{cquote|In a letter to fellow evolutionist Richard Dawkins which was subsequently quoted by The Daily Telegraph, Oxford University atheist Dr. [[Daniel Came]] wrote concerning Dawkins' refusal to debate the Christian apologist Dr. [[William Lane Craig]]: "The absence of a debate with the foremost apologist for Christian theism is a glaring omission on your CV and is of course apt to be interpreted [[Atheism and cowardice|as cowardice]] on your part."

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...No doubt being very publicly [[Atheism and cowardice|labeled a coward]] and having a worldwide grassroots anti-evolution campaign launched by a leading biblical creation organization contributed to the already [[Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins|abrasive Richard Dawkins]] being a very grumpy and irritable old man...

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Richard Dawkins may have had a chip on his shoulder as well post the William Lane Craig debate challenge and charges of cowardice. His abrasive remarks to Rebecca Watson could have been Dawkins trying to be a "big man on the atheist campus". Well, if this is the case, Dawkins's remarks didn't work out so well, did they?

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The Elevatorgate has caused the [[Atheist factions|factious atheist community]] to be even more fractured in a significant way with various factions of atheism criticizing or supporting Richard Dawkins's remarks after the Elevatorgate incident.

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While atheism has been publicly humbled and in a state of confusion and factionism, Bible believers and believers in biblical creation are energized and biblical Christianity is growing explosively as can be seen in the data and articles below.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/10/will-future-historians-see-mayjune-of.html Will future historians see May through August of 2011 as being a major turning point in the Christianity vs. atheism/Darwinism culture war]</ref>}}

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~~See also:~~

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*[[Decline of atheism]]

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*[[Global atheism]]

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*[[Global Christianity]]

== Richard Dawkins apologizes three years later for Elevatorgate comment ==

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