{"id":16035,"date":"2012-03-24T19:54:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T23:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=16035"},"modified":"2012-03-24T19:54:09","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T23:54:09","slug":"richard-dawkins-to-reason-rally-show-contempt-for-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/richard-dawkins-to-reason-rally-show-contempt-for-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Dawkins to Reason Rally: &#039;Show contempt&#039; for faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because, after all, there is little that is more reasoned and logical than contempt\u2026.. hang on a minute, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/contempt\" target=\"_blank\">contempt<\/a> is a <em>feeling.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2012\/03\/-atheists-richard-dawkins-reason-rally\/1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>About 20,000 atheists gathered within shouting distance of the Washington Monument on Saturday for a Reason Rally hell-bent on damning religion and mocking beliefs &#8212; and believers, too.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026.]<\/p>\n<p>Dawkins didn&#8217;t appear until five hours into the event, but few seemed discouraged by the near-constant rain or drizzle. They whistled and cheered for his familiar lines such as:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t despise religious people. I despise what they stand for &#8230;<br \/>\nEvolution is not just true, it&#8217;s beautiful &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then Dawkins got to the part where he calls on the crowd not only to challenge religious people but to &#8220;ridicule and show contempt&#8221; for their doctrines and sacraments, including the Eucharist, which Catholics believe becomes the body of Christ during Mass.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because, after all, there is little that is more reasoned and logical than contempt\u2026.. hang on a minute, contempt is a feeling. From here: About 20,000 atheists gathered within shouting distance of the Washington Monument on Saturday for a Reason &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/richard-dawkins-to-reason-rally-show-contempt-for-faith\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[274],"tags":[440,1276,2238],"class_list":["post-16035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-richard-dawkins","tag-atheisism","tag-reason-rally","tag-richard-dawkins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}