--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" <compost1uk@> wrote: (snip) > > Williams *is* the very archetype of the nice, well- > > intentioned but woolly-headed Church of England > > theist. Having said that, he is also extremely bright > > (and sensitive) and probably has some quite subtle points > > to make. But he is an easy target (superficially). And > > "new atheists", especially Dawkins, specialise in picking > > on what they see as the low hanging fruit. > > Funny, you could swap the names around and be saying the > same thing about Dawkins. Did you know the two of them > are good friends? There are probably a lot of things that > people don't know about Dawkins but in this rabid "new" > athiest meme they have a handy caricature to rail against.
You know, you're the guy who brought up Dawkins and painted a bullseye on him. (And the "New Atheist" meme isn't pejorative, BTW.) (snip) > I'm the first to admit Dawkins mission has backfired in some ways > but his position is correct, these memes have held an unjustifiably > strong position in the world for too long and give us a lot > of grief. And sure some comfort, which is key to their longevity. > Can't we do without the comfort blanket *yet*? This is what > Dawkins is on about and I for one agree. Many thoughtful religionists would tell you that if comfort is what you're looking for in your religion, you're doing it wrong. Done right, religion is *hard*. Those aren't the folks Dawkins tends to want to talk to. And they could do a better job of putting lazy religionists on the hot seat than Dawkins could ever manage. > What do you think Feser etc would contribute to one of these > shows other than a more technical language? I think not much > because if they had any evidence other than creative answers > to certain questions we would have heard of it by now. What is this "evidence" you seem to think should be forthcoming from religionists? That's a notion Feser would disabuse you of right quick.
