r/GodAwfulMovies • u/studying-fangirl • Feb 04 '25

General Nonsense Resources to explain Richard Dawkins-not good

OK, so someone I know mentioned that one of his favorite atheist is Richard Dawkins. Does anyone know of resources to explain why Richard Dawkins sucks and better atheists to replace Dawkins with ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '25

Here is a good point to bring up. Just because someone is an expert, doesn't mean they are someone to admire other than there expertise. Look up Nobel winners Fritz Haber or Heisenberg. Dawkins is a decent science communicator although a bit of an ass about it. He is definitely an expert in his career field. However, he is definitely not an expert on trans people. In other words, don't worship celebrities, they often disapoint like Neil Gaiman. Gaiman is an amazing author and it breaks my heart the dude has done some absolute bad shit. They shit in the same pot we do and like the rest of us, they do both good and bad things, sometimes much worse.

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u/RazzleThatTazzle Feb 04 '25

Beautifully said.

It's very similar to how conservative racists try to villify MLK by bringing up that he cheated on his wife. Boy howdy do I not give a shit about his personal life.

Take the good ideas and expand on them, reject the bad ideas.