“Dawkins is a scientist and passionate atheist who has produced a stunning, thoroughly researched and expertly executed work that flatly denies the existence of God and illustrates what a destructive force religion is.”
So he’s writing hate speach?
What gods did Stalin, Mao and the Khmer Rouge follow?
What’s ironic is that atheism has killed more people in a century than Islam has in fourteen.
Before the sun becomes a red giant and consumes the inner planets, the Andromeda Galaxy will be here and will have collided with the Milky Way. Those who remain on earth at that time, if they care, will not see the band of light of the Milky Way as we see it now. They will see a roundish cluster of stars, about twice as many stars as the Milky Way by itself, and they will see it four times farther from the center as we are now. See spaceflightnow.com
and here I thought money was the root of all evil
I haven’t seen the documentary or read Dawkins’ book. If I want to waste time, I can find other more enjoyable ways to do it. But I have heard him on interviews, and his basic take on religious believers is that they are stupid and deranged.
As God is my witness, that’s about all there is.
Same for Sam Harris.
Profound! Brilliant! Stunning!
Simple logic tells one that the elegance of the universe argues very strongly in *favor* of an all powerful,divine Creator!
1. Where did the physical matter that comprises the Universe come from?
2. How far does it extend?
3. How long has it existed?
” Atheism is, it seems, the new black. Dawkins’ offering will not simply be preaching to the converted but actually convert fence-sitters with truth and reason. “
At least he agrees that all “religions” are not created equal. I applaude that he can discern and take exception on to his conclusions.
Hope he’s not too successful in his proselytizing.
The Dawkins Delusion
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I guess this is not exactly a claim to "prove a negative" but it seems fairly close. And is therefore little more than mental masturbation. There's no point to the exercise, but it makes Dawkins feel good.
Let me hazard a guess regarding the main points:
1. God doesn’t play by my rules, therefore he does not exist.
2. Any belief system subscribed to by people who do bad things, in the name of it or not, must be false (bye bye U.s. Constitution).
3. Evolution is a fact, but man is the end-all, be-all of intellectual existence in the universe. Any rational entity deemed to be infinite (like those impersonal time and space thingees) is an affront to our self-esteem and must be false.
4. The fact that diverse cultures cannot agree on the nature and preferences of said entity is proof that one does not exist. In furtherance of this argument, it should be proposed that no student ever be marked down on any test question to which the teacher receives anything but a unanimous answer from his/her test subjects, as the lack of such a concensus clearly demonstrates that no single correct answer exists.
5. People who believe in such a being are simple-minded dupes in need of such a belief to sustain themselves. Examples of such simpletons include Dostoyevsky, C.S. Lewis, Solzhenitsyn, and multiple doctorate holder in physical sciences A.E. Wilder-Smith. Also included would be those mentally deficient folks who set out to disprove things such as Christ’s resurrection (Frank Morison) or Christianity in general (Josh McDowell), but strayed into belief somewhere in the midst of the evidences they were compiling.
Either you believe that chance created everything or you believe that the Creator did.
Either was it is an unprovable belief. I’d rather put my faith in a creator than chance and a huge cosmic mistake.
Dawkins is free to believe whatever he wants to believe. More power to him. But I don’t have to elect him President of the United States either.
Richard Dawkins, you`re so f*****g stupid it`s not
even funny.
So all of the Apostles,except John, suffered extremely
violent deaths for a lie !? Bartholomew was flayed alive,
Mark torn to pieces, Paul beheaded torn to pieces in the
the arena, etc.
So if Jesus lied and was not resurrected why die a
horrific death for it? All the apostles had to do was
say, “Hey wait ! I recant, it`s all a lie.”
Any man who was trying to perpetuate a con would
confess to avoid death.
But they didn`t because it is true.
So f**k you Dawkins :-)
Gone where?? Shouldn't this read "... feel as if they have died and gone to a place which doesn't exist and whose existence only deranged, stupid people could accept" ... ? And why would an atheist want to go to heaven, exactly?
as they see a bloke far more smarterer than themselves poke that animal in the cage.
"bloke far smarterer" ... ah, that vaunted atheist intellect again.
Only a fool saith in his heart there is no God.