[kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

[Brendan]

Dawkins is worthy of respect if only for his scientific career where he pioneered in the field of evolutionary biology (and invented the word ‘meme’.) 

 

He also had the role of Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford. The church is strenuously opposed to the idea of evolution and criticises science, teaches children otherwise...I think they got what they deserved with Dawkins.

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Jim Harper
Sent: Wednesday, 5 May 2010 8:47 AM
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

 


I do find Dawkins amusing. He has a lot to say about religion- and a lot of I agree with- but no matter how hard he tries and how desperately he wants it, his attempts to categorically prove God doesn't exist always fall flat on their face (like all such attempts to prove or disprove God's existence). If there's a "10 Out Of 10 For Effort" prize, he'd get it for sure, but he's nowhere near his goal...

 

Jim. 

--- On Tue, 4/5/10, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

The Bible is totally twisted to begin with, here’s a quote which sums it up better than anything else:

 

The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully

 

Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion.

 

 

 

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