Douglas Adams & Religious Criticism

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Richard Dawkins is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author. He was formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He was voted Britain's leading public intellectual by readers of Prospect magazine and was named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" for 2007.

Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book "The Selfish Gene", which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term "meme". He is a prominent critic of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book "The Blind Watchmaker", he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics.

Richard Dawkins is an atheist, secular humanist, sceptic, scientific rationalist, and supporter of the Brights movement. In his 2006 book "The God Delusion", he contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that faith qualifies as a delusion − as a fixed false belief.

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[alien8ted]

Holy = full of holes.

[DrewidDesktop]

"oh dear" said God, "I hadn't thought of that" and promply vanishes in a puff of logic.

[shellybirdy]

you have some great stuff here

[ViperRob42]

Don't forget your towel

[sd62t833]

@verticalsmurf most people live by attachments...their existence is based on a lover or family or an army or even a company affiliation or even themselves...so of course they can't share a fence with anyone outside of that.

my point is just that this isn't about science and evolution. it's about a philosophy that gives people purpose and connection----and until you can replace that with something more suitable, you're just talking to the wind.

[verticalsmurf]

@sd62t833 But people 'choose' from many methods of living (religeons) but we can't seem to co-exisit. Some people with different 'methods' can't share a fence, or a town, or a country, or a planet.

[sd62t833]

Answer: Because it's not about how the universe was started. It's about people who have chosen a method of living which they identify with their very being.

[CptNorstedt]

@alien8ted ohh i se what u GoW ed there :D

[ASarcasmProduction]

@TheUndeadAmerican Eek a religion for one I suppose !

[ASarcasmProduction]

That's nonsense Richard, but every time I read or hear you speak it's generally nonsense. I suppose because I have always held debates about God, and seen open debates about religion, and I am always reading about criticisms of religion, such as even your own anti Catholic book, the God Delusion. So you speak in contradictor arguments yourself, but since you speak with an English accent we are to believe some how you are superior. Well Mr. Adams was a fictional writer, he makes people laugh.Haha