15 things to NEVER say to an atheist. 15 Things Christians Say to Atheists (And Shouldn't) [2 Hour Version] Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry - Intelligence Squared Debate [2009] Ep 1: Waking Up in the Universe - Growing Up in the Universe - Richard Dawkins. The God wars. Two atheists - John Gray and Alain de Botton - and two agnostics - Nassim Nicholas Taleb and I - meet for dinner at a Greek restaurant in Bayswater, London. The talk is genial, friendly and then, suddenly, intense when neo-atheism comes up. Three of us, including both atheists, have suffered abuse at the hands of this cult. Only Taleb seems to have escaped unscathed and this, we conclude, must be because he can do maths and people are afraid of maths. De Botton is the most recent and, consequently, the most shocked victim. He has just produced a book, Religion for Atheists: a Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion, mildly suggesting that atheists like himself have much to learn from religion and that, in fact, religion is too important to be left to believers.
He has also proposed an atheists' temple, a place where non-believers can partake of the consolations of silence and meditation. This has been enough to bring the full force of a neo-atheist fatwa crashing down on his head. Richard Dawkins "The Magic of Reality" (1of5) @ EKU w/ iPad App Demo.