![]() ![]() Onfray makes some extraordinary claims, such as the suggestion that the Jesus of the New Testament is largely an "ideological fabrication'. ![]() Onfray uses quite strong and emotive language at every turn to attempt to discredit monotheism, such as "en " when they take it into their heads to give birth to one God " do so in their own violent, jealous, vengeful, misogynistic, aggressive, tyrannical, intolerant image" (p65), or "In science the church has always been wrong about everything" (p83), or "The religions of the book detest women" (p102). It seems to me that by blurring the distinctions between the three monotheistic religions he is attempting to shift the public attitude of fear of fanatical Islam onto monotheism more generally.Īs a Christian, I found The Atheist Manifesto an uncomfortable book to read. Onfray attacks all three religions, but pays special attention to Christianity. While the subtitle of the book is *The case against Christianity, Judaism and Islam*, Christianity seems to be the primary target in his sights. With a title such as The Atheist Manifesto, it should come as no surprise that this is the intention of Michael Onfray's new book. It seems that in recent times that some atheists have become more and more "evangelistic', in the sense of actively trying to convert people to their point of view. ![]()
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