The West Needs Christianity, Says ... Richard Dawkins

"If I had to choose between Christianity and Islam, I'd choose Christianity every single time."

Self-proclaimed 'cultural Christian', @RichardDawkins, tells @RachelSJohnson he's 'slightly horrified' to hear Ramadan lights were hung on Oxford Street rather than Easter lights. pic.twitter.com/ZY2ePfpms1

— LBC (@LBC) March 31, 2024

G.K. Chesterton recognized over a century ago that society’s flourishing required not just a flaccid view of Christian culture, which Dawkins is promoting, but a strong adherence to its values to stave off anything that would fill the void in its absence. In Chesterton’s response to the editor of The Clarion, Robert Blatchford’s “God and My Neighbour,” he explains that Christianity as a religious philosophy is responsible for producing “the highest intellects and the foundation of the strongest nations.” ...

Dawkins took issue with this development despite his movement to evangelize secularism being a big reason why Christianity dropped off in England. And, while his conversation on LBC is a move in the right direction, it’s clear that he continues to fail to realize that he subscribes to the same “cafeteria” Christianity promoted by President Biden in the U.S.