Albert Mohler: Outing Atheists -- Richard Dawkins Lauches New Campaign
Monday, August 06, 2007

Oxford University professor Richard Dawkins, probably the best-known atheist of our times, is launching a campaign to call atheists "out of the closet," so to speak. Even as his book, The God Delusion, continues as a best-seller, he wants to mobilize the unbelieving community for greater influence and action.

His call comes in the form of an essay published at his own Web site, richarddawkins.net. In the essay, Dawkins writes: "Our choir is large, but much of it remains in the closet. Our repertoire may include the best tunes, but too many of us are mouthing the words sotto voce with head bowed and eyes lowered. It follows that a major part of our consciousness-raising effort should be aimed, not at converting the religious but at encouraging the non-religious to admit it – to themselves, to their families, and to the world. This is the purpose of the OUT campaign." the rest