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In his installation service as the new leader of Catholics in England and Wales, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols called for a greater respect of religious belief.
He said that attempts to marginalise faith must not be allowed to succeed if the country is to overcome its problems of social cohesion.
Secularists, such as Richard Dawkins, who try to rubbish religion are encouraging intolerance, the archbishop told a congregation of 2,000 at Westminster Cathedral.
"Faith is never a solitary activity nor can it be simply private," he said.
"Some today propose that faith and reason are crudely opposed, with the fervour of faith replacing good reason. This reduction of both faith and reason inhibits not only our search for truth but also the possibility of real dialogue."
Prof Dawkins has described Christian theology as vacuous and argued that faith and superstition are incompatible with the rigours of "logic, observation and evidence, through reason".
In a Channel 4 programme, the Enemies of Reason, he said: "Today reason has a battle on its hands. Reason and a respect for evidence are the source of our progress, our safeguard against fundamentalists and those who profit from obscuring the truth.
"We live in dangerous times when superstition is gaining ground and rational science is under attack."
Archbishop Nichols countered that those who portray faith "as a narrowing of the human mind or spirit" are wrong.
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In his installation service as the new leader of Catholics in England and Wales, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols called for a greater respect of religious belief.
He said that attempts to marginalise faith must not be allowed to succeed if the country is to overcome its problems of social cohesion.
Secularists, such as Richard Dawkins, who try to rubbish religion are encouraging intolerance, the archbishop told a congregation of 2,000 at Westminster Cathedral.
"Faith is never a solitary activity nor can it be simply private," he said.
"Some today propose that faith and reason are crudely opposed, with the fervour of faith replacing good reason. This reduction of both faith and reason inhibits not only our search for truth but also the possibility of real dialogue."
Prof Dawkins has described Christian theology as vacuous and argued that faith and superstition are incompatible with the rigours of "logic, observation and evidence, through reason".
In a Channel 4 programme, the Enemies of Reason, he said: "Today reason has a battle on its hands. Reason and a respect for evidence are the source of our progress, our safeguard against fundamentalists and those who profit from obscuring the truth.
"We live in dangerous times when superstition is gaining ground and rational science is under attack."
Archbishop Nichols countered that those who portray faith "as a narrowing of the human mind or spirit" are wrong.
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