Wow, if there is one thing that kills a debate, it's quote-wars. It turns into unintelligible nitpicking that nobody wants to read.
On topic, I love TGD, and it definitely changed my life, and my way of thinking about religion. I thought Dawkins raised a number of excellent points and addressed a wide selection of common arguments.
I don't think Dawkins needs to be a theology expert to argue against religion. In fact, I would say theology is completely irrelevent in this case as the goal was not to debunk Christianty or Islam, but to show how superstition and religion are simply not logical or valid as beliefs for a healthy thinker.
Dawkins is a smart man, and obviously more educated in the subject of sociology and anthropology than I am, as he held my attention without seeming out of his element. I think he is certainly familiar enough with it to address the audience that TGD intends to address.
On topic, I love TGD, and it definitely changed my life, and my way of thinking about religion. I thought Dawkins raised a number of excellent points and addressed a wide selection of common arguments.
I don't think Dawkins needs to be a theology expert to argue against religion. In fact, I would say theology is completely irrelevent in this case as the goal was not to debunk Christianty or Islam, but to show how superstition and religion are simply not logical or valid as beliefs for a healthy thinker.
Dawkins is a smart man, and obviously more educated in the subject of sociology and anthropology than I am, as he held my attention without seeming out of his element. I think he is certainly familiar enough with it to address the audience that TGD intends to address.
- Meatball
