I read de Botton's book (http://beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com/195702.html), and honestly I thought he came across as completely bonkers. His main gripe with atheism seems to be that it doesn't offer the sort of dogmatism, strict patriarchal structures, and imposed groupthink that traditional religion does; funny, I always figured that was a good thing.
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Date: 2013-11-25 12:23 pm (UTC)