Things were just different back then, it was a mild pedophilia
He went through something that he doesn't think is as severe as the sexual abuse scandals going on these days, yes. But then he attempted some sort of temporal moral relativism which seems to be bullshit, yes.
But then again, I didn't really get the point he was trying to make because no one tried to discuss what the man was actually saying, everyone was too busy gasping for air because of his outrageous endorsement of pedophilia!! The only clarification from Dawkins, if I recall, were those ridiculously obvious tweets about how saying x is worse than y is not the same as saying that y is good -- and even then people found a way to be outraged!
I can't stand what I shall call his breed and internet atheists (because I haven't run into them irl thank god) who think just by virtue of claiming god is dead they've hit peak humanity and are now intellectually superior, rational and more logical than everyone else. Not only is it obnoxious it's complete horseshit.
So, who are these people "who think just by virtue of claiming god is dead they've hit peak humanity and are now intellectually superior, rational and more logical than everyone else"?
I mean, I know there are kids out there (like the infamous r/atheism types) who are going though a phase where their new found atheism and scientific thinking and whatever make up most of their (online) personality, but I doubt even them would profess to be "intellectually superior, rational and more logical than
everyone else". I doubt Dawkins would.
Unless you can read their minds.
Over the internet.
And by the way...
I can't stand what I shall call her breed of internet feminists (because I haven't run into them irl thank god) who think just by virtue of claiming gender equality they've hit peak humanity and are now morally superior, socially just, and more humane than everyone else. Not only is it obnoxious it's complete horseshit.
