HE WILL CHALLENGE PSEUDO-SCIENCE IN THIS PROGRAMME TONIGHT.
THE ENEMIES OF REASON;RICHARD DAWKINS ON CHANNEL 4 TONIGHT
by badboy 14 Replies latest jw friends
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greendawn
Dawkins is the champion of evolutionary theory and fanatically anti religious but the theory of evolution though presented as watertight and solid has its own pseudoscience problems.
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DeusMauzzim
That's why it's called a theory, isn't it Greendawn?
The irony :)
- Deus Mauzzim
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Inquisitor
Greendawn,
In what way is Dawkins "fanatically anti-religious"? I'd thought that his anti-religious stance is not without logical reasons. And in the few documentaries and public forums that he has managed, he has allowed others to express why they believe what they believe. In what way is that "fanatical"? Do you splash this caricature on this thread as fact or as opinion?
Dawkins does not shy from calling a spade a spade, even if that stings theists (like yourself?). But that is hardly "fanatical".
INQ
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metatron
Reason? or what passes for reason?
Here's the problem: You dump a huge load of mysteries into the Great Genetic Landfill. Genes are
"smart" or "selfish" or "talented" or whatever. In reality, they aren't any of those things. Those
properties describe intelligent people and their traits. This sort of process isn't scientific reductionism,
it's just redundancy.
The more I read about Dawkins, the more logical Sheldrake appears. Do humans share 30 % of our
genes with a banana? Or 99% with chimps? or more than 90% with rodents? Hello?
metatron
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Inquisitor
metatron,
I seek clarification for why the phrase "fanatically anti-religious" has been hurled at Dawkins. I referred to the reasons for his anti-religious position, which is snugly located in a completely different galaxy to reasons for asserting our genes are "selfish".
The more I read about Dawkins, the more logical Sheldrake appears.
You disagree with Dawkins, yet you have only read "about" him?? Is it wise to make such an emphatic criticism of what you think he thinks?
INQ
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badboy
IT IS STARTING.
DAWKINS IS GOING TO CHALLENGE ASTROLOGY. AND OTHER SUPERSTITION
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badboy
DAWKINS WAS TOLD BY ONE PERSON YOU HAVE SPIRITS SURROUNDING HIM.
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IP_SEC
I have found Dawkins to be very refreshing in his non-fanatical approach to relijun. He just doesnt pussy-foot around or cut any slack to relijunists like relijunist are used to.
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badboy
Next week,he is going to talk about medicine.