fusilier
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Quote (philbert @ July 19 2008,19:03) | In linking to the "Anthony Flew" piece on The God Delusion, O'Leary writes:
Quote | Antony Flew, formerly the most prominent atheist in the English speaking world, goes after Dawkins, his successor as head atheist |
"Head atheist"? This trope has always amused me, and you do see it a lot. It seems that some Christians, especially the Popeish ones, simply cannot got their heads around the idea that we atheists might not roll in the authoritarian way that they do. |
Philbert, I see you already corrected yourself - but it just makes your point more clearly.
It's the various Protestant* fundies who insist on there being a Head Atheist, analogous to the Bishop of Rome. After all, the Pope is the anti-Christ, and the Church is the official Beast with Seven Heads from Revelations.
So Head Atheist = Pope of Atheists = Anti-Christ!
*There are fundie Catholics, to be sure, but they think the Pope is an OK guy, so the equation never occurs to them.
-------------- fusilier James 2:24
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