Fleabytes - Root of All Evil? - 27/8/10

David Robertson responds to the programme "Root of all Evil" by Richard Dawkins

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• David Robertson
• Richard Dawkins
• Christianity
• Atheism

[kibadanghi]

Stupid, not worth a smart comment...

[PvtRainbow]

@theweeflea "Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author. He was formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford and was a fellow of New College, Oxford." As far as I'm aware, to answer the question: "What kind of scientist are you?" he is a fairly well qualified one. Note the fact you refer to him as 'Professor' Richard Dawkins. You just contradicted yourself in one sentence. Fail arguement.

[walueg62]

@Graemelamont He didn't say Dawkins wasn't a scientist. He said that Dawkins used his position as a scientist to give him the authority to make truth claims, which is a right he denies to the non-scientist. You have submitted your mind to the authority of Dawkins and/or science and are just as guilty as those who put their faith in God.

Science is good, but it still relies on faith claims for it's most basic assumptions.

[theweeflea]

@Stefandures - is that what you call reason and rationality? Just curious!

[Stefandures]

Bollocks!!!! Richard Dawkins is god!! my god the god of reason and rationality science is king!! woo hoo put that in thi pipe n smoke it! muppets

[Povvels]

Do you mean to say that you decided that you wanted to become religious, and you done research on all the major religions of our modern time, and you found Christianity most convincing, and that's why you follow the ways of Jesus?

[theweeflea]

@Povvels  I have actually studied other religions and they don't present the same kind of evidence. I have faith because of the evidence....and the evidence points towards jesus Christ.....He really is the difference....

[Povvels]

I understand the point you are trying to make, and I intend to read both books you have suggested. But why do you choose Christianity over any other popular religion in our society? Because many religions have the same type of evidence that you do. That should say something about the evidence. I never meant to imply earlier that you had blind faith, but surely faith is the deciding factor of which religion to choose, you have faith in one and not others.

[AugustusTheEmperor]

Sorry, i mistyped i meant to say "zeus or ra do not exist" My apoologies. And if you knew anything about history you would know that Ra wasalso the first pharoh of upper (or greater) egypt, and to make that explicit Ra was alive! Perhaps horus fits better after all he was believed to be the second pharoh and was the child of the virgin Isis, that story sounds somewhat familiar doesn't it.

But id like to get back to the sandwhich, Where is your evidence that my magic sandwhich does not exist.

[AugustusTheEmperor]

well its really bizarre that someone can assume to know exactly what happened 2000 based on a single, demonstrbly edited source, but ad hominine attacks will get us nowehre will they. I n=know the difference beteween them, but they are not relevant for this argument, unless you want to show me how it is. As i said I would be perfectly capable of swapping snadwhich with another term you would fell more comfortable with.

[theweeflea]

@AugustusTheEmperor  I have no evidence that Ra or Zeus existed as gods. Do you? Besides which, as anyone who knows anything about history, theology or philosophy would know, there are significant differences between Jesus and Zeus or RA. The biggest one of course is that Jesus lives!

[theweeflea]

@AugustusTheEmperor Bizarre.....it's really difficult trying to have a rational argument with someone who can't work out the difference between a sandwich and a man! And who is such a chronilogical snob that he thinks he can easily deduce now what happened 2,000 years ago!