Richard Dawkins really wants people to be free to make decisions. It would be best, he assumes, if everyone happened to become atheist. To further this aim, he has launched a series of ads in promotion of the secular agenda. His latest ad targets peoples' view of children: they should not be labelled as belonging to one reliiong or another too soon.
Please don't label me
Two kids featured in the ad, however, apparently come from a Christian home. The parents, learning of the placement of their kids' photo, were delighted that an atheist's ad contained Christian front men.
They considered it as a jab against the atheist campaign.
I not so quick to presume the same opinion.
If Dawkin's ads are correct, even if the kids come from a Christian home, it doesn't mean that the kids are "Christian." Dawkin's point is to battle against the labeling, in general, so we couldn't say that the kids are Christian.
Maybe Dawkin's front men are better suited than critics understand.
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