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Jezebel.com said:New theory: Richard Dawkins is a hardcore evangelical Christian masquerading as an atheist to give non-believers a bad name. It's going well, because he recently said that "mild pedophilia" isn't too bad and we should all accept it as a natural part of growing up, like "mild rape" or "mild limb severance."
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Apparently, Richard Dawkins thinks pedophelia is't such a big deal, as long as it's not actual rape, but only what he calls "mild pedophelia". He says that when he was in school, one of his teachers took him on his lap and put his hands down Dawkins' shorts. He said other students were molested by the same teacher, but added: “I don’t think he did any of us lasting harm.†He said the most notorious cases of pedophilia involve rape and even murder and should not be bracketed with what he called “just mild touching up.â€
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Not long ago, I was discussing morality with an agnostic/atheist (not sure which he considers himself) friend of mine. I said something many people would think was very bold and others would say was insane. I said that all religions have some moral code and you can (from a purely secular point of view) debate about which is best, but they are all based on the idea that there is a God and that He has told us what is right and what is wrong. If you rule out God completely, you are rejecting the very foundation on which all morality is based, and you end up with no morality at all.
What do the rest of you think? Do these comments from a militant atheist surprise you? Is there such a thing as morality without religion? Will society accept "mild pedophilia" as normal?
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