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Skeptics I no longer have any respect for.
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for.
One particular flaw I take a massive issue with is his "Scale of Belief" which puts agnostics directly between atheists and theists. For a man who holds Darwin in such high regard, you would have thought he might have actually read up on the philosophy that was created and popularized by "Darwin's Bulldog", Thomas Huxley. Dawkins doesn't even use the more common misconception of agnosticism (I don't know what I believe), but rather invents his own: "God’s existence and non-existence are exactly equiprobable".

It annoyed me so much that a couple of years ago, Ryft and I created a competing scale: http://atheistforums.org/thread-3817.html
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Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - January 3, 2012 at 12:32 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Violet - January 10, 2012 at 9:11 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Jaysyn - January 5, 2012 at 12:57 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 3, 2012 at 8:45 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - January 3, 2012 at 12:18 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Erinome - January 3, 2012 at 12:28 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by theVOID - January 4, 2012 at 10:54 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - January 4, 2012 at 11:00 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - January 4, 2012 at 11:39 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - January 4, 2012 at 11:47 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - January 4, 2012 at 12:02 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 5, 2012 at 4:41 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 5, 2012 at 10:17 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 5, 2012 at 8:07 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 6, 2012 at 2:15 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 6, 2012 at 8:43 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 8, 2012 at 5:33 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 6, 2012 at 1:07 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - January 6, 2012 at 10:21 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - January 6, 2012 at 10:52 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - January 6, 2012 at 11:00 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - January 6, 2012 at 12:16 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - January 10, 2012 at 3:14 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - January 10, 2012 at 4:49 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 10, 2012 at 5:30 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by theVOID - January 11, 2012 at 2:41 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - January 10, 2012 at 7:31 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - January 11, 2012 at 3:19 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - January 11, 2012 at 5:51 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by theVOID - January 11, 2012 at 6:55 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - January 11, 2012 at 1:51 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by frankiej - January 11, 2012 at 2:01 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by frankiej - January 11, 2012 at 2:04 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by theVOID - January 12, 2012 at 3:40 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by fr0d0 - January 12, 2012 at 8:30 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - February 16, 2012 at 8:37 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by NoMoreFaith - February 16, 2012 at 12:06 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Sciwoman - February 18, 2012 at 8:18 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Sciwoman - February 19, 2012 at 1:58 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by JollyForr - February 16, 2012 at 8:47 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Reforged - February 16, 2012 at 9:00 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 16, 2012 at 9:47 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 16, 2012 at 10:05 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by JollyForr - February 16, 2012 at 11:43 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 16, 2012 at 12:22 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tempus - February 16, 2012 at 1:58 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - February 16, 2012 at 4:51 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by JollyForr - February 16, 2012 at 2:27 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tempus - February 16, 2012 at 3:23 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by JollyForr - February 16, 2012 at 6:46 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tempus - February 17, 2012 at 4:46 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 16, 2012 at 3:07 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 16, 2012 at 5:15 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 17, 2012 at 2:34 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - February 17, 2012 at 5:35 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 17, 2012 at 5:22 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - February 17, 2012 at 5:50 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 17, 2012 at 6:04 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tempus - February 17, 2012 at 6:09 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 17, 2012 at 6:15 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 17, 2012 at 6:20 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 17, 2012 at 6:37 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 17, 2012 at 6:22 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 17, 2012 at 6:39 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 19, 2012 at 7:33 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Cosmic Ape - February 19, 2012 at 12:30 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Sciwoman - February 19, 2012 at 2:11 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 19, 2012 at 2:42 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 19, 2012 at 4:47 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 19, 2012 at 5:03 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 6:03 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 6:51 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 7:11 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 7:27 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Reforged - February 19, 2012 at 7:30 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 7:37 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 19, 2012 at 7:42 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Reforged - February 19, 2012 at 7:58 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 8:05 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Reforged - February 19, 2012 at 8:17 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 8:21 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Reforged - February 19, 2012 at 8:50 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by NoMoreFaith - February 20, 2012 at 10:32 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 20, 2012 at 12:18 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 20, 2012 at 2:37 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 20, 2012 at 6:10 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 8:51 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Reforged - February 19, 2012 at 8:58 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 9:00 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Reforged - February 19, 2012 at 9:04 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 9:42 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 9:57 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 10:05 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 10:13 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 10:18 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 19, 2012 at 10:35 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - February 20, 2012 at 10:44 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by NoMoreFaith - February 20, 2012 at 11:35 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by leo-rcc - February 20, 2012 at 10:51 am
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Tiberius - February 20, 2012 at 12:10 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 20, 2012 at 4:13 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by padraic - February 20, 2012 at 7:49 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 20, 2012 at 8:42 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 20, 2012 at 9:34 pm
RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for. - by Shell B - February 20, 2012 at 9:42 pm

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