As someone pointed out on links only today that he used to do some good scientific talks and use that to back up his arguments.in a clever and engaging ways....
I increasingly expect to see him anyday now kicking the walking sticks away, of old ladies going to church while shouting 'you ignorant fools!' He just seems to be getting 'bullish' which I feel takes the dignity of his argument away.
(I increasingly expect to see him anyday now kicking the walking sticks away, of old ladies going to church while shouting 'you ignorant fools!' He just seems to be getting 'bullish' which I feel takes the dignity of his argument away.
The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!,
Sun 11 Apr 2010, 15:30,
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hahahahaha, that would be brilliant, like a character on Trigger Happy TV HappyToast Groat froth,
Sun 11 Apr 2010, 15:31,
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For a while I thought that, saying to friends "im a total atheist, but I'm not a fan of Dawkins really"Then I actually read two of his books, watched any of his documentaries I could get my hands on. Now I think the bloke has incredible patience when it comes to religious types, and is actually very understated, especialy when you consider what he's up against. You wouldn't find some one who conducts them selves as well as Dawkins does in political discourse.
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Jorvic,
Sun 11 Apr 2010, 15:39,
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^Sorta this^It's very easy for the modern enlightened individual to be "Dawkins agnostic" and call him a smug, belligerent extremist at dinner parties whilst pretending this is an opinion they came up with all by themselves. In truth he usually isn't as anything like as smug, aggressive or as extreme as we're often told. It's the classic desire for a polarised debate with black and white distinctions that makes these narratives so prevalent. Just as most religious figures aren't as unreasonable as they sometimes appear -often they're just surprised to be asked to defend their beliefs and thus fluff their arguments up in the process.
Dawkins ain't an atheist extremist, though he has tendency to tar groups with broad strokes -which is understandable given the broad spectrum of loons and crackpots that have done their best to show the very worse of religion, every day, in his email in-box.
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Sun 11 Apr 2010, 16:14,
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Dawkins ain't an atheist extremist, though he has tendency to tar groups with broad strokes -which is understandable given the broad spectrum of loons and crackpots that have done their best to show the very worse of religion, every day, in his email in-box.
Well put!i do like this cartooon ;) www.thegoodatheist.net/images/fundyatheist.jpg
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Jorvic,
Sun 11 Apr 2010, 16:33,
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I think I might make a "Worshippers of the Blessed Saint Dawkins" badge :)
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Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Sun 11 Apr 2010, 16:16,
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I like the "God loves Dawkins" T-Shirt suggestion :) The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Sun 11 Apr 2010, 16:30,
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Stop wilfully misunderstanding me, dammit!
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Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Sun 11 Apr 2010, 16:51,
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I saw him this week, walking along Shaftsbury Avenue. Then I saw Clare Short on Regent Street. Weird day. The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Sun 11 Apr 2010, 16:29,
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