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Posted on Feb 24, 2007 - 1:31am by John P. in Philosophy, Videos
Dr. Richard Dawkins, Oxford professor and author of The God Delusion, reads excerpts and answers questions at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia on October 23, 2006.
Dr. Dawkins is one of the most divisive figures in the evolution vs creationism debate mainly because his position tends to be offensive to believers. His position is that religion, and people who believe in God, do more harm than good.
It seems to me that anyone, on either side of the debate, who is thrust into a lifelong argument about the existance of God is going to become bitter towards their adversaries.
In one sense, this proves Dr. Dawkins’ argument that religion is actually harmful because it provokes un-winable confrontations. We can see the evidence as follows. The first video is Dr. Dawkins’ actual speech. The second is the Q&A session, which to me is the more interesting of the two in that we can witness the underlying hostility.
I had a debate recently online, which came about because it was stated that ‘religion didn’t make for good arguments’. It was actually a really interesting debate, and showed quite clearly the difference between science/logic/reason and religion.
I attended a conference with Richard Dawkins a few months ago. Wasn’t very impressed with him at the time, nor was I certain of his methods for spreading science. But with the increasing pressure from certain groups to bring ‘intelligent design’ into schools and the aggressive (and often rediculous) attacks on science, I’ve started to think science needs actions like Dawkins’. The following quote of Dawkins I charish as one of his best; it’s an answer to the question “What is there to distinguish your intolerance from that of a religious fanatic?”:
I totally agree with you, hthth. A strange danger to myself is someone else’s intend to become what-ever ‘expert’ on, ‘owner’ of, what my fate is, & if you thus think there’s anything though difficult to be
done about it, it’s an issue, you’re as of now please quite welcome to take up with me, so that I can more easily than up till now of course tell you & e.g. help myself etc. become whatever symbol(s) of, what A Fate is: to be continued, greet’s.
That is a VERY interesting quote. And I beleive he is correct in a couple of ways:
1 – Although he is very against religion I’ve never heard him say that people should be forced to stop believing in God.
2 – Believers often do expect a free pass. Anything that remotely challenges the existence of God is met with almost disbelief, then harsh criticism of non-believers ensues.
Of course, there are athiests who are just as radical as believers, so while this comment holds true for Dr. Dawkins it cannot be generalized.
It’s very cool that you got to see him in person, even if you didn’t like him much.
John
Evolution is more impossible than the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, and the Headless Horseman. See
http://www.lifescienceprize.org/ for a list of bluffing evolutionists like Richard Dawkins.
That site is clearly a joke Karl.
Of course not. $10,000 is not even worth the time or energy it would take to litigate anything. It’s chicken scratch.
So claiming that 363,000 people who have ignored the “challenge” are not up to it is as stupid as my saying that 298 supermodels who have not had sex with me didn’t do it because they are scared that I’ll be far too much man for them.
Now, if we up the amount to $10,000,000 and firm up the rules a bit I’d take that challenge.
John
Moreover, Karl, do you not see anything strange in hiring a court judge to interprete scientific evidence?
I would love to see Mr. Dawkins in person, I envy you so much!
His books are banned in my house, and those of other members of my family, under the label “Satanic”, which has also been applied to me at times because I draw in lead and charcoal and I’ve been an atheist for as long as I can remember! (I remember being a six-year-old telling my mother that Daddy couldn’t be in heaven because God probably doesn’t exist and he’s dead, not sleeping.)
Mr. Dawkins has an excellent sense of humour, and I like his arguments, because though they can be easily countered, they can’t be countered with a decent argument.
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I just started to read “The God Delusion”. The first chapter spent the majority of its time on helping us understand what Einstein’s beliefs were about God. I look for the reference sources for the quotes which Richard Dawkins used in regard to Einstein but could find any. Is there a reference source list for these quotes?
Thanks Don