For the avoidance of doubt, I was putting that in the mouth of Hypothetical Modern-Day Karl Marx rather than expressing my own attitude to religion.
...ah. I completely misconstrued your intentions there. My apologies.
As for the use of religion in the Sequences, I think what’s going on is this:
I think you are very probably correct, or close to correct. Unfortunately, it seems to have had the effect of turning atheism into something of an applause light in the comments.
...ah. I completely misconstrued your intentions there. My apologies.
I think you are very probably correct, or close to correct. Unfortunately, it seems to have had the effect of turning atheism into something of an applause light in the comments.
Well, religious (and anti-religious) debates have the reputation they have for a reason :-).