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		<title>Atheism is the New Fundamentalism &#8211; IQ2 debate</title>
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		<dc:creator>Slugsie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just watched this debate, and for the most part it was quite good. http://www.intelligencesquared.com/iq2-video/2009/atheism-is-the-new-fundamentalism A few things I took away from it however. Apart from Prof. Dawkins, none of the panel seemed to touch on the point of the motion in their opening comments. There was a good deal of Ad Hominem attacks from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ve just watched this debate, and for the most part it was quite good.</p>
<p><a title="http://www.intelligencesquared.com/iq2-video/2009/atheism-is-the-new-fundamentalism" href="http://www.intelligencesquared.com/iq2-video/2009/atheism-is-the-new-fundamentalism">http://www.intelligencesquared.com/iq2-video/2009/atheism-is-the-new-fundamentalism</a></p>
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<p>A few things I took away from it however. Apart from Prof. Dawkins, none of the panel seemed to touch on the point of the motion in their opening comments. There was a good deal of <a href="http://www.logicalfallacies.info/relevance/ad-hominem/" target="_blank">Ad Hominem</a> attacks from the proposing side. They also seemed to rely heavily on variations of the <a href="http://www.logicalfallacies.info/ambiguity/straw-man/" target="_blank">Straw Man</a> and <a href="http://www.logicalfallacies.info/presumption/no-true-scotsman/" target="_blank">No True Scotsman</a> arguments.</p>
<p>Apart from that, the panel were mostly eloquent in their arguments, the chairman slightly annoying, and the audience questions mostly irrelevant to the motion – attacking elements of Theism and Atheism.</p>
<p>The votes before and after went well for the Atheist point of view. <img src='http://www.quietatheist.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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