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What could be more fun than attacking postmodernism?  I guess it's something almost everyone inherently knows is BS, but attacking it is certainly fun!

I would be -more- than willing to turn my weak, fleshy human self into something much more. 

I like Dawkins.  But I don't think Dawkins is into 'converting' people to atheism.  He is far to harsh on the sensitive mind of theist.

I mean, would you listen to someone who is teaching you that you are wrong and insults you at the same time?  Dawkins atheism is perfect for those that have already started to distance themselves from religion.

I find it sad that Dawkins and other brilliant minds like him have to waste time going back over the misinformation that keeps resurfacing in the public.  I remember listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson on the radio a few nights back on Coast2Coast, and he mentioned that he 'wasted' a few years on Pluto and why it was downgraded to a dwarf planet, and worried about the new 2012 movie that he would have to waste a few more years debunking the information came from that.

Except Dawkins doesn't tend to insult believers.  Can you show me where he does?

The reason believers feel insulted is because Dawkins attacks something believers find core to their persona; they identify with their beliefs as part of who they are, and Dawkins comes in and (truthfully) says it's irrational, there's no basis for it, it's unnecessary, etc.  The believers then take it personally and are angry about it.  Dawkins, I think, knows this, but he is trying to shift discourse so it's more acceptable to attack religion for being what it is openly.