(October 15, 2016 at 10:07 am)ChadWooters Wrote: I never understood the celebrity status of Dawkins among some atheists. He beclowns himself with straw man objections to serious arguments.
An example of "straw-man objections to serious questions" would be nice.
He is by no means perfect, but he does sum up the atheist-naturalist/humanist viewpoint perfectly.
I admit he is probably not the most convincing person, but he is very knowledgeable. In other words he is very good at preaching to the choir.
His arguments are well thought out and are often outside the realm of most theists' understanding. He makes references to philosophers, scientists and countless pieces of work throughout history... some of which is well outside the reading repertoire of the average theist. Just read any youtube comment section of almost any Dawkins video. There are a ton of clueless theists who say he is wrong for whatever reason, yet they dont understand his arguments very well.
For example, if you watched the "Why? question" video I posted earlier, a ton of thiests dismiss "science" because Dawkins cannot answer the purpose of life question. But if you listen to his response, it makes sense. He is a very logical man.
