(January 21, 2011 at 9:29 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Yeah Dawkins is well aware of the fact that if he gives creationists an equal platform he is no match for the amazing consistency and overall validity of their position. I don’t blame him one bit for avoiding a debate he'd surely lose, hence why I avoid wrestling grizzly bears. I just wish he’d be more honest about his reasons; after all he seems to have no issue giving televangelists an equal platform with himself on his BBC television series. Although I kind of lump Dawkins in with the televangelists when it comes to intellectual fortitude so maybe he should stick to debating them.
Debating televangelists is one thing but stooping so low as to destroy in argument those with a deluded psychological condition is quite another and quite rightly, the likes of Mr. Dawkins are far better than that. After all, that would be a bit like ferociously debating a class of 5 year olds about the existence of Santa Claus.