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=== Other reasons why many women hold unfavorable views of Richard Dawkins ===

=== Other reasons why many women hold unfavorable views of Richard Dawkins ===

Another plausible explanation for many women having a lack of enthusiasm for Richard Dawkins's message is that many women who attend religious services and hold traditional beliefs and values find Richard Dawkins' [[atheism and morality|atheistic values]] repugnant.  In terms of traditional values, in 2007, when asked in an interview, "If we do not acknowledge some sort of external [standard], what is to prevent us from saying that the [[Muslim]] [extremists] aren’t right?", Dawkins replied, "What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question, but whatever [defines morality], it’s not the [[Bible]]. If it was, we’d be stoning people for breaking the [[Sabbath]]."<ref name=Hitler>http://byfaithonline.com/page/in-the-world/richard-dawkins-the-atheist-evangelist</ref>

Another plausible explanation for many women having a lack of enthusiasm for Richard Dawkins's message is that many women who attend religious services and hold traditional beliefs and values find Richard Dawkins' [[atheism and morality|atheistic values]] repugnant.  In terms of traditional values, in 2007, when asked in an interview, "If we do not acknowledge some sort of external [standard], what is to prevent us from saying that the [[Muslim]] [extremists] aren’t right?", Dawkins replied, "What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question, but whatever [defines morality], it’s not the [[Bible]]. If it was, we’d be stoning people for breaking the [[Sabbath]]."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080725103733/https://byfaithonline.com/page/in-the-world/richard-dawkins-the-atheist-evangelist Richard Dawkins: The Atheist Evangelist]</ref>

(See also: [[Richard Dawkins' commentary on Adolf Hitler]])

(See also: [[Richard Dawkins' commentary on Adolf Hitler]])

''See also:'' [[Richard Dawkins' commentary on Adolf Hitler]], [[Richard Dawkins and morality]] and [[Atheists and historical illiteracy]]  

''See also:'' [[Richard Dawkins' commentary on Adolf Hitler]], [[Richard Dawkins and morality]] and [[Atheists and historical illiteracy]]  

[[File:Hitler.jpg|thumb|206px|right|The [[evolution]]ist [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism|and agnostic]] Richard Dawkins said in an interview: “What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question."<ref name=Hitler />  ]]

[[File:Hitler.jpg|thumb|206px|right|The [[evolution]]ist [[Richard Dawkins and agnosticism|and agnostic]] Richard Dawkins said in an interview: “What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080725103733/https://byfaithonline.com/page/in-the-world/richard-dawkins-the-atheist-evangelist Richard Dawkins: The Atheist Evangelist]</ref>  ]]

As noted earlier, when asked in an interview, "If we do not acknowledge some sort of external [standard], what is to prevent us from saying that the [[Muslim]] [extremists] aren’t right?", Dawkins replied, "What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question, but whatever [defines morality], it’s not the [[Bible]]. If it was, we’d be stoning people for breaking the [[Sabbath]]."<ref name="Hitler"/>

As noted earlier, when asked in an interview, "If we do not acknowledge some sort of external [standard], what is to prevent us from saying that the [[Muslim]] [extremists] aren’t right?", Dawkins replied, "What’s to prevent us from saying [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question, but whatever [defines morality], it’s not the [[Bible]]. If it was, we’d be stoning people for breaking the [[Sabbath]]."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080725103733/https://byfaithonline.com/page/in-the-world/richard-dawkins-the-atheist-evangelist Richard Dawkins: The Atheist Evangelist]</ref>

The interviewer wrote in response, "I was stupefied. He had readily conceded that his own [[philosophy|philosophical]] position [[Atheism and morality|did not offer a rational basis for moral judgments.]] His intellectual honesty was refreshing, if somewhat disturbing on this point."<ref name=Hitler />

The interviewer wrote in response, "I was stupefied. He had readily conceded that his own [[philosophy|philosophical]] position [[Atheism and morality|did not offer a rational basis for moral judgments.]] His intellectual honesty was refreshing, if somewhat disturbing on this point."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080725103733/https://byfaithonline.com/page/in-the-world/richard-dawkins-the-atheist-evangelist Richard Dawkins: The Atheist Evangelist]</ref>

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