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6. What is New Atheism?

  • Bears the burden of proof.
  • They believe that religion is a threat to the survival of humans.
  • It is a revolt against God on moral grounds.
  • Belief in God.

7. What is the infantile world-view criticism?

  • New=sees religious view of reality as brilliant.
  • New=sees religious view of reality as deficient .Alot put-science.
  • New=children are discriminated.
  • New=religious view of reality is anger.

8. What is the rejection by religious groups of NA claims , regarding incompatibility of science&religion?

  • Religion is untrue but science is.
  • Takes a strongly + view-science.Polkinghorn=no comp.Mc Grath=belief in religion-is the same as evidence and the belief in natural science.
  • Science is too different.
  • Religion has some evidence.

9. What is the non-thinking criticism?

  • Dawkins says this.New=it's dangerous and leads to fanaticism.
  • New=takes a strongly positivist view of science.
  • New=sees religion as deficient and impoverished.
  • New=affirms a materialistic world.

10. What is the impedes scientific progress?

  • New=goes against scientific evidence.
  • New=affirms a materialistic outlook.See blind faith-truth of book.
  • New=disrupts natural selection.
  • New=affirms a positivist outlook.

11. What are some religious response to the challenges of NA?

  • Attacks easy&lazy caricatures.Ignores mainstream reality.Fails to forward a + compelling approach.
  • Say that new ignores some evidence-God.
  • It is wrong
  • Disagree.

12. What was the increase in religious apologists in media?

  • Rise-new=public discussion about Christianity.Church prompted to recover a apologetic tradition.Mc Grath=doesn't create conviction.High profile,media-Dawkins.Social media=opened debate-wider society.
  • Increase in journalists.
  • Increase in scientists.
  • Parliamentary debates.