Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: December 3, 2024, 8:39 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
As much as I love Dawkins.......
#11
RE: As much as I love Dawkins.......
Dawkins needs to stick to discussing evolution and leave both philosophy and social issues to those who know what they're talking about.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
...      -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
...       -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
Reply
#12
RE: As much as I love Dawkins.......
(March 8, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Language is an outcome of a process, it is not a thing by itself.

Evolution is a process, and a human abstraction, but that does not undermine its reality. You cannot put evolution in a box and mail it to Cleveland -- does that mean it isn't actual?

It should be noted that language evolves according to geography and usage, and that one can build a cladistic tree of languages just as one can build one for species. That enhances the value of meme as metaphor, once you understand that language consists of memes, oftentimes.

Reply
#13
RE: As much as I love Dawkins.......
I love Dawkins too, and I saw him first so hands off.
Feel free to send me a private message.
Please visit my website here! It's got lots of information about atheism/theism and support for new atheists.

Index of useful threads and discussions
Index of my best videos
Quickstart guide to the forum
Reply



Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  So much stupid Tea Earl Grey Hot 26 8303 January 12, 2014 at 3:01 pm
Last Post: Vegamo



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)