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{{Cquote|In an anything-but-apologetic apologia, [http://www.hoover.org/bios/eberstadt.html Mary Eberstadt] challenges the many spokesmen (and they are almost all men) for the New Atheism in her satire, ''The [http://www.amazon.com/Loser-Letters-Mary-Eberstadt/dp/1586174312 Loser Letters]''...
{{Cquote|In an anything-but-apologetic apologia, [http://www.hoover.org/bios/eberstadt.html Mary Eberstadt] challenges the many spokesmen (and they are almost all men) for the New Atheism in her satire, ''The [http://www.amazon.com/Loser-Letters-Mary-Eberstadt/dp/1586174312 Loser Letters]''...
Why does she take on the New Atheists? As Eberstadt said at her book launch, “their movement has repeatedly assailed religious people as self-righteous, ignorant of history, and humorless, all the while remaining self-righteous, ignorant of history, and humorless itself to a quite remarkable degree.” As a result, “this movement aids and abets our cultural dumbing down.” On another level, you might call The Loser Letters a defense of western civilization itself.<ref>[https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/03/intimidating-intelligence-dims-the-brights-1 Intimidating Intelligence Dims the Brights] by Gayle Trotter</ref>}}
Why does she take on the New Atheists? As Eberstadt said at her book launch, “their movement has repeatedly assailed religious people as self-righteous, ignorant of history, and humorless, all the while remaining self-righteous, ignorant of history, and humorless itself to a quite remarkable degree.” As a result, “this movement aids and abets our cultural dumbing down.” On another level, you might call The Loser Letters a defense of [[western civilization]] itself.<ref>[https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/03/intimidating-intelligence-dims-the-brights-1 Intimidating Intelligence Dims the Brights] by Gayle Trotter</ref>}}
Michael Schulson's ''Slate'' article entitled ''Jonathan Sacks on Richard Dawkins: “New atheists lack a sense of humor”'' indicates:
Michael Schulson's ''Slate'' article entitled ''Jonathan Sacks on Richard Dawkins: “New atheists lack a sense of humor”'' indicates: