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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.