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:308263 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
