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Commenting on Jonathon Haidt's work the article ''New Study Exposes Atheist Dogma'' states:

Commenting on Jonathon Haidt's work the article ''New Study Exposes Atheist Dogma'' states:

{{Cquote|A new [http://www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10 study] released by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt compared Atheists with popular conservative pundits like [[Sean Hannity]], [[Glenn Beck]] and [[Anne Coulter]].  Here’s why Dr. Haidt did the study, “When I was doing the research for The Righteous Mind, I read the New Atheist books carefully, and I noticed that several of them sounded angry. I also noticed that they used rhetorical structures suggesting certainty far more often than I was used to in scientific writing, words such as ‘always’ and ‘never,’ as well as phrases such as ‘there is no doubt that’ and ‘clearly we must’.”(emphasis mine)

{{Cquote|A new study released by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt compared Atheists with popular conservative pundits like [[Sean Hannity]], [[Glenn Beck]] and [[Anne Coulter]].  Here’s why Dr. Haidt did the study, “When I was doing the research for The Righteous Mind, I read the New Atheist books carefully, and I noticed that several of them sounded angry. I also noticed that they used rhetorical structures suggesting certainty far more often than I was used to in scientific writing, words such as ‘always’ and ‘never,’ as well as phrases such as ‘there is no doubt that’ and ‘clearly we must’.”(emphasis mine)

Because of this change in presentation Dr. Haidt compared the writings of the new atheists to people like Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck who are known for their dogmatic positions.  The study analyzed the entire text of each of their newest books for words and phrases that denote dogmatic opinions. Phrases like:  “always” “never,” “certainly,” “every,” and “undeniable.” and in atheist Sam Harris’s book these dogmatic phrases represented over 2.5% of every word in the book.  That’s five dogmatic words for every 200 words in the book!

Because of this change in presentation Dr. Haidt compared the writings of the new atheists to people like Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck who are known for their dogmatic positions.  The study analyzed the entire text of each of their newest books for words and phrases that denote dogmatic opinions. Phrases like:  “always” “never,” “certainly,” “every,” and “undeniable.” and in atheist Sam Harris’s book these dogmatic phrases represented over 2.5% of every word in the book.  That’s five dogmatic words for every 200 words in the book!