RE: Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism?
March 16, 2017 at 12:15 pm
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2017 at 12:24 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(March 16, 2017 at 11:49 am)Brian37 Wrote: To Neo...... Show me a direct quote of of Dawkins saying "we are biological robots in a meaningless universe"..... source that.
“We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.” ― Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene
Is that close enough for you? Maybe I shouldn't have put that phrase in quote marks but the meaning is the same. You're just arguing to argue.
(March 16, 2017 at 11:49 am)Brian37 Wrote: "Consciousness is an illusion" that one too, theists have a tendency to take what atheists say out of context.
"Are zombies possible? They're not just possible, they're actual. We're all zombies. Nobody is conscious — not in the systematically mysterious way that supports such doctrines as epiphenomenalism." - Daniel Dennett, Consiousness Explained
I'd like to hear you put that one in some context that suggests it means something other that what it actually says.
