Road Warrior
Seeking the middle path..
Has there been a strong, religious backlash against Dawkins? So far, the only "backlash" I have seen is in the form of rip-off books that destroy ill-constructed strawmen of his arguments and about a hundred angry religious forums.
The backlash is in the form of a lack of respect for the movement. The "Reason Rally" has 20,000 attendees. Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally had at least 87,000 attendees. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" (which I attended BTW) had over 200,000.
If I understand the general desire of most atheists it's that they want freedom from religion as strongly as some people want freedom of religion. Nobody wants to have someone elses beliefs shoved down their throat. Our government should be secular as well as our schools. I think many people of faith believe this as strongly as I do. If atheists want to achieve these aims, they are better served by joining together with those of faith who seek the same goals. Atheists calling anyone of faith an idiot, hypocrite or constantly mocking and ridiculing them is not going to see much support from them.
Do as you like. I'm just making an observation. If you want to constantly accuse me of "strawman" arguments or ignore the flaws in the strategy of those who led the "Reason Rally", then don't let me stop you. Go for it.