While Dawkins makes many valid points ( don't listen to Frods...he's a believer in bullshit ) he suffers from the problem of most really smart people. That is, they do not understand exactly how fucking stupid theists are when it comes to their idiotic gods. Such people cannot be taught. They can be refuted but they don't listen.
Anyone who is stupid enough to put this bumper sticker on their car:
is not interested in science. They simply want to believe in bullshit. Sometimes you can plant a seed of doubt in their minds but it has to grow on its own.
There really is no reason to remain ignorant in this world except for the simple fact that many people prefer ignorance. Science, history, geology are no barrier to people who run around shrieking 'jesus! jesus! jesus! ( or allah! allah! allah! - they are all the same.)
So, I am not a militant atheist. I won't go looking for stupid fuckers. However....if they show up here sprinkling jesus dust ( or allah dust ) around then it is open season. They've asked for it.
Anyone who is stupid enough to put this bumper sticker on their car:
is not interested in science. They simply want to believe in bullshit. Sometimes you can plant a seed of doubt in their minds but it has to grow on its own.
There really is no reason to remain ignorant in this world except for the simple fact that many people prefer ignorance. Science, history, geology are no barrier to people who run around shrieking 'jesus! jesus! jesus! ( or allah! allah! allah! - they are all the same.)
So, I am not a militant atheist. I won't go looking for stupid fuckers. However....if they show up here sprinkling jesus dust ( or allah dust ) around then it is open season. They've asked for it.