Friday, July 31, 2009

A Defense by PZ

(Some news from last week. Apologies if you've already been there, read that.)

Some people are not happy about Bill Maher winning the Atheist Alliance International's 2009 Richard Dawkins Award. PZ Myers defends the selection. Here's an excerpt:

Let's be clear about something else. This is atheism: we have no dogma, we have no infallible leaders, everyone is naturally flawed, and we recognize that within our ranks there is a huge diversity of opinion. Our strategy for dealing with these ideas is the same as the scientific approach — constant, relentless criticism. There is no Atheist Supreme Leader. There is no Atheist Pope. There is no Godless Ruling Council, no Atheist Inquisition, no Freethought Dogma.

PZ Myers is, of course, my personal Jesus.

Jason Rosenhouse also defends the selection. Orac is one of the unhappy ones.

1 comment:

bjkeefe said...

Please tell me I didn't need to put a winkie after that PZ = PJ line.

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