New Atheist member Richard Dawkins encourages his followers to mock and ridicule religion and religious people, instead of reasoning and arguing with them in a respectful manner. Dawkins' behaviour is like an immature child who likes to mock and ridicule other children in a school playground! Is this really the behavior of an adult who encourages others to reason and use scientific evidence? This is what Dawkins says:
"So when I meet somebody who claims to be religious, my first impulse is: "I don't believe you. I don't believe you until you tell me do you really believe — for example, if they say they are Catholic — do you really believe that when a priest blesses a wafer it turns into the body of Christ? Are you seriously telling me you believe that? Are you seriously saying that wine turns into blood?" Mock them! Ridicule them! In public! Don't fall for the convention that we're all too polite to talk about religion. Religion is not off the table. Religion is not off limits. Religion makes specific claims about the universe which need to be substantiated and need to be challenged and, if necessary, need to be ridiculed with contempt."
