Richard Dawkins recently explained that he self-identifies as a cultural christian. He doesn’t believe in Deus, but he enjoys many christian traditions, including carols and hymns. This particular article is written from a Christian perspective, which I do not personally agree with, but it correctly interprets that Dawkins’ cultural christianity seems to be a dogwhistle for whiteness. Many atheists like Dawkins are cultural christians, in ways that subtly reinforce white supremacist narratives.

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    Regardless, this is not the publication to be discussing it and OP has already made an “atheists are actually religious” post, so they have an agenda.

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      I think a christian publication is entirely within its rights to discuss the words of someone who describes themselves as a cultural christian.

      And I don’t really care if OP has an agenda or not, I’m answering the points you made on this post.

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      Richard Dawkins sure is a religious atheist. Religion is about a lot more than just theism. It can be a system of spiritual, philosophical, cultural, and/or moral beliefs. There are plenty of religions that have little to nothing to do with gods. For example, Buddhism. There are plenty of Buddhist atheists.

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        Why do you get to define him?

        Why do you get to define anyone but yourself?

        Do you tell trans people what their gender is too?