Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Quotes from Prof Dawkins
Richard Dawkins has an interesting book called "The God Delusion", exploring aspects of religion. In it, he mentions that one "quip" he has, when talking to religious people is the following.
You, like I, don't believe in Thor or Wodin or Mithras. We are very similar - it is just that I believe in one god less than you do.
You, like I, don't believe in Thor or Wodin or Mithras. We are very similar - it is just that I believe in one god less than you do.
If a man speaks in the forest and there are no women around to hear is he still wrong?
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Acts 17:22-24 (King James)
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Just because...
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, [Ye] men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Just because...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Prof. Dawkins exists in his 2-dimensional world - - - - aka: The Matrix
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
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Dawkins exists in a world far more subtle and beautiful than the pastiche of a world inhabited by most of his detractors.
Reason is valuable only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe.
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I am finding out that being an atheist or and agnostic is not for wimps.
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Dawkins is exactly what he claims to be against.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Really? He advocates indoctrinating defenseless young minds into ignorance and stupidity? I must have missed that memo.
Reason is valuable only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe.
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I think it's more that he tries to use his beliefs to give him some sort of superior status among mankind, much as many religious folks do. He's more of a self-aggrandizing loudmouth than a serious commentator.
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Most of what he has written in his books -- at least, the ones I have read; he is quite prolific, and I haven't read everything -- is very much serious commenting. That's exactly why he gives the "Because I believe it, that's why" crowd fits.
Reason is valuable only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe.
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His biggest flaw is he doesn't take the time to learn the theology and addresses arguments against the Lowest Common Denominator. It's like attacking conservatism by deconstructing Sarah Palin.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Crackpot wrote:His biggest flaw is he doesn't take the time to learn the theology and addresses arguments against the Lowest Common Denominator. It's like attacking conservatism by deconstructing Sarah Palin.
Ziiinnnnnnnnnng!
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer-
Arthur Schopenhauer-
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I have to agree (at least based on what I've read); and it's this LCD crowd that has the fits. Personally, I think he's entitled to his opinion, but I just get sick and tired of hearing the same old BS rehashed over and over again. Maybe he has more serious commentary, but I haven't seen it.
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LCD?
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Lowest Common Denominator
A sufficiently copious dose of bombast drenched in verbose writing is lethal to the truth.
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Yes, but the meaningful difference is that the Palin worshippers are in apparent control of the Republican Party. A party that includes some nutjobs is no big deal (does a contrary example even exist?). But a party that is run by nutjobs is a different matter. A dangerously different matter.
Reason is valuable only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe.
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Actually there is no meaningful difference . The problem relies in organizational hierarchy. In both politics and religion that organizational hierarchy relies on spreading their beliefs to the masses and therefore derives it's power from the same masses. Both systems at their core have a very complex and nuanced belief system that should be disseminated amongst the masses. And here is the problem, for any myriad of reasons: form being unclear on the concept themselves, fear that showing their masses critical thought would discourage their adherence, general laziness, apathy.... etc... etc... the messages become oversimplified, Jingoistic, based in half-truths and sometimes outright lies. And that's just to name a few.
What Dawkins does is revel in the muck of religious organizational Hierarchy and casting them down. Overlooking the fact that what he's railing against isn't the sole providence of religion. And more to the point he is flat out ignoring that in doing so he is engaging in the exact same behavior that he blames on religions.
What Dawkins does is revel in the muck of religious organizational Hierarchy and casting them down. Overlooking the fact that what he's railing against isn't the sole providence of religion. And more to the point he is flat out ignoring that in doing so he is engaging in the exact same behavior that he blames on religions.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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Crackpot wrote:His biggest flaw is he doesn't take the time to learn the theology and addresses arguments against the Lowest Common Denominator.
But surely that would mean giving theology some credence as a rational system of thought?
Which would be a nonsense to any thinking atheist.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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So you believe it's not as matter of faith then?
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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No, I'm taking it from the rationalist view that there is no such thing as supernaturalism, as it rejects science and rationality,.
I will accept any scientifically proven supernatural phenomena.
I will accept any scientifically proven supernatural phenomena.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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One doesn't have to reject Science to believe in a god or a creator.
what do you do with supernatural phenomenon that hasn't been scientifically proven?I will accept any scientifically proven supernatural phenomena.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.