(April 12, 2011 at 9:20 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: However even if Dawkins is only speaking of his own experience, which I do not believe is the case, he would still be completely inconsistent in his other actions. He has said on numerous occasions that he is a determinist and punishing criminals for their actions would be not unlike punishing a car for breaking down or a computer for not behaving properly. Even after saying this though he demands for the arrest and punishment of the Pope for "crimes against humanity". The guy is a complete joke.I haven't read any of Dawkins material and could care less what he was to say outside of science but here is the quote
Quote:...I should have felt obliged to come to their defense, even as the victim of one of them (an embarrassing but otherwise harmless experience).If you can't understand that he is clearly referring to his own experience the you are the joke.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell