Richard Dawkins plans to arrest the Pope.

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Posted: 4/11/10 at 5:34am

Having had a go at Ted Haggard, Uncle Richard and the secular Taliban are now aiming considerably higher on the Christian cred list.

If only Fred Phelps hadn't been banned from the UK.

Some of the comments in the linked article are hilarious - just the sort of thing to go with your Sunday morning lattes and bagels. Unfortunately there are already nine pages and 95% of the UK population are still in bed:

"In 200 years time Dawkins and Hitchens will be seen as the dumbed-down early 21st century's lesser versions of Voltaire or Nietzsche - who, were, it could easily be argued, at least a bit brighter than these two."

"This is not a stunt or a joke. It reflects a sea change in the way we secular people are prepared to deal with religious arrogance. Anyone who thinks the "New Atheism" is a vain fad that will lose currency, with no legacy but a pile of snarky books, is missing the deep earthquake building beneath them. This is a mustering of moral courage and modern rationality by those who will no longer be caught meekly in the crossfire of rival religious camps, or cowed into silence at their inhumanities. We are entering the fight to end it, and we hit above our weight, so brace yourselves."

Have a great day folks!


Somehow I don't think this will happen Updated On: 4/11/10 at 05:34 AM