Similarly I feel the same way about the atheist movement, and I say this as a atheist who had on occasion corresponded with Christopher Hitchens. It is more anti-religion than pro-free-thought as I felt it was in my youth. Science appears to be growing it's own clergy, demanding deference as opposed to encouraging debate.
When we first attempted to find truth in the world, the truth seekers called themselves philosophers. Once philosophy had become polluted with Platonism, the more Aristotelian thinkers were driven to science. I think one day science will be left behind in the same way and seekers of truth will go elsewhere.
When we first attempted to find truth in the world, the truth seekers called themselves philosophers. Once philosophy had become polluted with Platonism, the more Aristotelian thinkers were driven to science. I think one day science will be left behind in the same way and seekers of truth will go elsewhere.