That Richard Dawkins, such a charmer!
The Archbishop of Westminster, the dude who a year ago complained about a “new secularist intolerance of religion,” is now urging Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with “deep esteem.”
Dawkins, of course, has replied to this olive branch with his usual subtlety:
Referring to God as an “imaginary friend”, Mr Dawkins [told the BBC]: “When talking to a politician you would demand proof for what they say, but suddenly when talking to a clergyman you don’t have to provide evidence.
“There’s absolutely no reason to take seriously someone who says, ‘I believe it because I believe it.’”
Yet more evidence that the name of this blog is justified, if not by God, than by science!
Dawkins sucks!
“And we promise to respect you.”
“Does that mean you will stop saying we are amoral beasts who are destined for damnation?”
“No.”
Well, you ARE amoral – and insist you are animals, do you not?
I’m sorry – I don’t believe Dawkins is a sentient being. I can’t see his brain or his heart.
Well Samuel Skinner, someone else seems to not like you. Some lesbians don’t like me because I’m a man. Different opinion. Tough shit. Life’s cruel. Sorry.
Prof. Dick using the F Bomb for shock value and to avoid making a real point.
Didn’t see that one coming.
Lol, it’s like Penn and Teller, ‘cept without the gay.
Not that I hate homosexuals.
Or sweater vests, for that matter.
Well, no, I hate sweater vests.
Dawkins shows all the wit and maturity of a surly teenager when he comes out with lines like this … since when was it clever to throw abuse? And since when does that win your opponents to your view?
Person: I believe in God.
Dawkins: F*** you, only a moron would say that!
Person: How could I not have understood that all these years? Thank you for making it so clear!
this website is such a haven of sanity to me! ^_^ there are a lot of nice, polite, well-spoken atheists out there, but Richard Dawkins is not one of them.
i don’t blame any Christian for not wanting to debate a guy who relies on loaded questions and blatant mud-slinging, not to mention outright name-calling to “win” his “arguments”
Hey Samuel Skinner, are you honestly mad because some religion you don’t believe in is saying you’re going to hell? Tough shit, man. I hear from atheists that I’m an amoral beast all the time. Not in those words, mind you, but hey, it’s close enough.
You getting mad over someone saying you’re going to a hell you don’t believe in is like me getting mad at people who like the movie 28 Days later, a movie I think was total shit.
Richard Dawkins…If life is a toilet bowl then Richard Dawkins is a greasy shrivelled old turd floating at the bottom. The same can be said for slimey limey Hitchens and the rest of the depraved atheist rabble.Materialism is the greatest cancer confronting humanity today and atheism is materialism`s little poster boy and probably it`s favourite bitch as well.
Well said, Fred. Absolutely, totally on the nail.
I just loved that look on his face when he challenged that astrologer. You could see that he really, really, really thought he was exposing some kind of charlatan to the world. Richard, I know you will read this one day, because you are a typical vain, arrogant, naive Aries male who wants to know what people are saying about you. So hear this: Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galilei, Newton, Brahe, Kepler, Jung…. all idiotic charlatans in your unstudied opinion? What’s your list, may I ask? Halley, Hitchens, Randi, Nye. That’s about it. The only thing you will leave behind when the sands are flat for this generation is that you were a naive bigot.
You say you are 95% sure. What’s your problem? I am 100% sure that astrology is valid. Even Einstein was favorably impressed by an astrological treatise compiled by a nephew of Dr. Adler. And I know for a fact that Hawking is not sure either. You guys need to do some serious, open-minded study as to why astrology works, rather than to keep approaching it from the standpoint of why it should not work. Use Google Trends to see that you are losing the battle against belief in God and knowledge of astrology.
And finally, know that most astologers believe in God, because they study the amazing machinery that was set up by the creative force that drives the universe. Yes, a Grand Design, and not the silly one you and Stephanus talk about.
Dawkins wants people to present their reasons for their beliefs – but insists he doesn’t need to present his. Given that mindset, why people regard him a serious scientist, I’ll never know.