typically because Dawkins is much more intelligent than most bible thumpers. Its a bit more difficult to get into Oxford than for instance Billy Bob Joe's Bible College and Flea Market Emporium (which used to be an actual place on Route 11E in northeastern Tennessee).
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find him no more obnoxious than the typical Bible-thumper who > preaches to anyone anywhere about how they will burn in hell if they > do not accept Jesus as their savior. The only difference is that > Dawkins sounds a bit more intelligent when doing so. > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dawkins is an obnoxious atheist. I was quite fortunate in seeing him >> at George Washington University a couple of years ago verbally >> dismember some fundy. But while I agree with many of his ideas, he's >> much too strident. That said his latest book, The Greatest Show on >> Earth, where he does the same to Intelligent Design and Cretinsim is >> worth the read. >> >> larry >> >> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Casey Dougall >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Was stumbling around, came across some web pages that had links, with more >>> links and ended up wanting to Google this dude after viewing him reading his >>> hate mail on youtube. >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxdxZ47JouU >>> >>> Funny stuff. He's an interesting fellow, never herd of him before but since >>> politics, and religion WON'T be talked about at Thanksgiving dinner, figured >>> I'd start a topic here ;-) >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins >>> >>> Dawkins has a large set of reasons for his anti-religious stance. Dawkins is >>> well-known for his contempt for religious extremism, from Islamist >>> terrorism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism>to Christian >>> fundamentalism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism>; but >>> he has argued with liberal believers and religious scientists, from >>> biologists Kenneth Miller >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Miller>and Francis >>> Collins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins_%28geneticist%29> to >>> theologians Alister McGrath >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alister_McGrath>and Richard >>> Harries<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harries,_Baron_Harries_of_Pentregarth> >>> .[53] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-52> Dawkins >>> has described himself as a "cultural >>> Christian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Christian>", >>> even proposing the slogan "Atheists for Jesus", but that his opposition to >>> religion <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antireligion> is twofold, claiming it >>> to be both a source of conflict and a justification for belief without >>> evidence.[54] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-53>[55 >>> ] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-54>[56]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-55>Following >>> the September >>> 11, 2001 attacks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks>, he >>> pointed to the incident as evidence of religion as dangerous nonsense that >>> was undeserving of >>> respect.[57]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-56> >>> [58] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-57> He argued >>> that atheists should be proud, not apologetic, because atheism is evidence >>> of a healthy, independent >>> mind.[59]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-The_God_Delusion.2C_3-58>He >>> argues that the existence of God is a scientific hypothesis. In >>> January >>> 2006, he presented a two-part television documentary entitled *The Root of >>> All Evil? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Root_of_All_Evil%3F>*, >>> addressing what he sees as the malignant influence of religion on society. >>> The title itself is one with which he has repeatedly expressed his >>> dissatisfaction.[60]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-59>Critics >>> have said that the programme gave too much time to marginal figures >>> and extremists, and that his confrontational style did not help his cause; >>> Dawkins rejected these claims, citing the number of moderate religious >>> broadcasts in everyday media as providing a suitable balance to the >>> extremists in the programmes. He further remarked that someone who is deemed >>> an "extremist" in a religiously moderate country may well be considered >>> "mainstream" in a religiously conservative one. Dawkins has said that the >>> publication of *The God Delusion* is "probably the culmination" of his >>> campaign against >>> religion.[61]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-60> >>> [62] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-61>[63]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-62> >>> [64] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-63> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308267 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
