tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post6568617885325246283..comments2023-11-05T12:01:00.970+00:00Comments on WhyNotSmile: I'm sorry, but I just can't not lookScatterCodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12303268210112033871noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-5744525788643677672008-04-22T13:51:00.000+01:002008-04-22T13:51:00.000+01:00I just find creationists so tedious. At least Daw...I just find creationists so tedious. At least Dawkins has a bit of personality. I'll have to read the letter, but his site won't let me on at the moment. I assume that that's because it's slow, rather than because he's barred me at last.<BR/><BR/>But once I've read it I'll let you know.ScatterCodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303268210112033871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-72159245159374266902008-04-22T12:42:00.000+01:002008-04-22T12:42:00.000+01:00WNS.... would you back RD in his open letter re:e...WNS.... would you back RD in his open letter re:expelled?<BR/><BR/>http://richarddawkins.net/article,2488,An-Open-Letter-to-David-J,Richard-Dawkins<BR/><BR/>might be seen as quite magnanimous (spelling?) of you... given the hard time you give him.<BR/><BR/>I dont hold the opinion that evolution inevitably leads to agnosticism (although it does lead me there somewhat)... but i think that impression is given when people like, say you... let creationist propaganda slide while relentlessly attacking people like Dawkins.<BR/><BR/>(just giving you food for blog)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-40521483293374581202008-04-09T11:09:00.000+01:002008-04-09T11:09:00.000+01:00I have one more interjection. Dawkins very rarely...I have one more interjection. Dawkins very rarely debates with creationists, all the debates ive seen him in have been with people like McGrath and Collins (to which he is always calm, respectful as well as ardent and forthright – in my view)... so it’s a bit unfair not to recognises that he recognises that there are levels of delusion. And just because you don’t think that YOU are deluded... doesn’t make him a 3 year old for saying that you are. <BR/><BR/>He would say (I think), as I would.. that creationists just have more faith than you ... for me it’s as ill-advised to believe that Jesus turned water to wine on flimsy evidence as it is to believe that the earth is 6000 yrs old, on flimsy evidence... or to believe that Diana was murdered, on flimsy evidence. All ‘might’ be true... dawkins makes a decision on each of those based on evidence– its up to you to prove that there is a better, more reliable way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-83592926205892221272008-04-09T09:21:00.000+01:002008-04-09T09:21:00.000+01:00Jayber, you are just too sensible. Stand up and t...Jayber, you are just too sensible. Stand up and take a bow please, for I believe you are correct.<BR/><BR/>And well done for coining 'Dawkins' Disciples' and 'Crazy Creationists' as 2 very alliteratively pleasing names for the extremes.<BR/><BR/>This is what frustrates me about Dawkins and a lot of his disciples - it's all black or white - there's no nuance or shades of meaning. It's like the creationists. It's like arguing with a 3-year-old.ScatterCodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303268210112033871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-16726780207188800632008-04-09T06:08:00.000+01:002008-04-09T06:08:00.000+01:00The weird thing about the discussion on Dawkins' w...The weird thing about the discussion on Dawkins' website is that they assume there are only two options - it was either "us" or "them". <BR/><BR/>They really don't seem to realise that the Disciples of Dawkins and the Crazy Creationists represent the two extremes ends of opinion. And that in between are a lot of thoughtful Christians and thoughtful agnostics who find the creation-evolution argument tedious and simplistic. <BR/><BR/>Since the Youtube clip doesn't really work as a piece of propaganda for either extreme, is it not more likely to be from someone in the moderate middle making fun of the arrogant posturing of both positions? Just my guess...jayber crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007550087978861343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-55052332689128604752008-04-07T11:11:00.000+01:002008-04-07T11:11:00.000+01:00I know. I have very little willpower. Perhaps I ...I know. I have very little willpower. Perhaps I should set myself tasks, like have a chocolate at the edge of my desk, and every day make myself wait an extra minute than the day before until I eat it. Then I'd be able to resist.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what I'd write about then though. I mean, I don't do anything worth talking about. Although, as I say, I may turn my attention to the creationists for a while - thye've been off my radar for TOO LONG.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, Blame Jesus turns out to be a band.ScatterCodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303268210112033871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-90125104533116420742008-04-07T10:58:00.000+01:002008-04-07T10:58:00.000+01:00yeah, ill grant you .. it's been a while.... and t...yeah, ill grant you .. it's been a while.... and that you tube thingy was shiveringly hard to watch. and impossible for WNS to resist :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-41964518767439103972008-04-07T10:50:00.000+01:002008-04-07T10:50:00.000+01:00I know, I think I should get help for this. I am ...I know, I think I should get help for this. I am obsessed. I'm thinking of moving on to creationists though, so I might leave Dawkins alone for a while. And you have to admit it's been a while since I mentioned him.<BR/><BR/>You say "Blame Jesus"... I am interested in why there is a capital B on Blame there... this sounds like it's an organisation, and if it is, I MUST know about it... off to Google...<BR/><BR/>I don't think you know less than I think I know. I'm not sure that's possible.ScatterCodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303268210112033871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1191139236415584508.post-28706164989910700472008-04-07T10:31:00.000+01:002008-04-07T10:31:00.000+01:00WNS... this verges on obsession. If you and he wer...WNS... this verges on obsession. If you and he were both in primary school I’d swear you fancied him... you certainly care a lot about him. Some might say it’s a little unfair to ridicule someone because of some of his over excited, and cheesy fans... as it is to Blame Jesus for christians.<BR/><BR/>as a non beliver i don't claim to know more than christians, i claim to know less than they think they know. The arrogance can sometimes be in the mirror.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com