enlighten me!

[Justtristo]

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.

You make good points there and agree almost completely. However I have to admit Richard Dawkins is weak on things such as philosophy and I dunno if he has any understanding how Christians "interpret" their scriptures (which I have to admit his is weaker than mine).

To the fundie crowd Dawkins is an irritant, people like Hector Avalos, Robert M Price, Dan Barker and John Loftus on the other hand are quite threatening to fundies. Because they used to be fundamentalists and thus know their weak spots. To the extent that William Lane Craig wont debate John Loftus.