Richard dawkins

[Xordium]

I find People that read the popular mass-market science and philosophy publications such as the God Delusion or A brief History of Time are less likely to examine or investigate those claims in any more depth and as such have a rather polarized viewpoint which is generally related to the authors.

Which was my initial thought.

 

[izzy eckerslike]

How about you spell things out instead of spouting riddles.

Do you agree that any statement regarding existence or non-existence of God is a faith based position?

What are you trying to achieve by demanding that I say I have faith that there is no god almighty ?

I believe or if it makes you happy I have faith that there is no god in the same way that I believe or have faith in various other mundane things
but it ends there & there's no comparison whatsoever with your & others religious faith which obviously totally dominates your life to the extent that you say prayers & sing hymns etc. & believe wholeheartedly there will be a second coming of Jesus etc ( I recall some other threads ) so perhaps you would be kind enough to pray for my obviously lost soul.

 

[Vonhelmet]

What are you trying to achieve by demanding that I say I have faith that there is no god almighty ?

I'm just pointing out that it is a faith based position, and not a scientific one.

I believe or if it makes you happy I have faith that there is no god in the same way that I believe or have faith in various other mundane things

OK, thanks.

but it ends there & there's no comparison whatsoever with your & others religious faith which obviously totally dominates your life to the extent that you say prayers & sing hymns etc. & believe wholeheartedly there will be a second coming of Jesus etc ( I recall some other threads ) so perhaps you would be kind enough to pray for my obviously lost soul.

Whatever, I'm not even reading this.

 

[Pudney]

What are you trying to achieve by demanding that I say I have faith that there is no god almighty ?

I believe or if it makes you happy I have faith that there is no god in the same way that I believe or have faith in various other mundane things
but it ends there & there's no comparison whatsoever with your & others religious faith which obviously totally dominates your life to the extent that you say prayers & sing hymns etc. & believe wholeheartedly there will be a second coming of Jesus etc ( I recall some other threads ) so perhaps you would be kind enough to pray for my obviously lost soul.

Well that's a bit of a hissy fit

 

[izzy eckerslike]

Well that's a bit of a hissy fit

yes, some of these religious devotees take some convincing to show them the error of their ways

 

[Xordium]

yes, some of these religious devotees take some convincing to show them the error of their ways

I think you will find that any devotee of a faith-based stance will take some convincing to show them the error of their ways ... yourself included.

 

[Castiel]

Lt. Dan: Gump, Have you found Jesus?
Forrest Gump: I didn’t know I was suppose to be looking for him, sir.

 

[rz30]

The irony of the religious when it comes to free will is just stupefying... You ask a believer if they think we have free will, they will more often than not say, "Yes". You then ask them whether they think God gave it to us, they will invariably reply, "Yes".

So we have free will, because the boss insists upon it... Right...

And saying that humans have no free will, when advances evolutionary biology are ever more moving towards that hypothesis being a truthful one is a denial of what makes us human? I'm sorry, but I beg to differ.

I'm not his biggest fan, but let's do a quick check.

Is Dawkins a fascist? No. Is he a member of a National Socialist movement, or something of a similar ilk? No. Is he an anti-Semite? No. Does he show a slight distaste for religion? Yes. Is he a practising Roman Catholic? No. Is Dawkins prepared to commit mass genocide to advance his ideology? No. Does Dawkins wish to force his own ideology onto others? No. Is Dawkins a particularly good speaker? No.

I could go on, but hopefully some sort of point has been made.

Your obviously highly naive, i said potential, it's an observation on my part that if conditions were more favourable then Dawkins would be likely to pursue these paths. And btw, he is actually trying to force his beliefs on others.

 

[Naffa]

Your obviously highly naive, i said potential, it's an observation on my part that if conditions were more favourable then Dawkins would be likely to pursue these paths.

I don't mean to sound rude, but that's absolute gibberish to me. Maybe you could elaborate on what it was I said to make you think I'm obviously naive.

And btw, he is actually trying to force his beliefs on others.

No he isn't.

I've got no interest in keeping this thread on life support just for the sake of a little bicker, but you can retort (obviously) and I will do my best not to, so the thread can die a peaceful death.

 

[Ice Tea]

March 21st, Piers first time with him.