Quote:Well I never got far enough past him being a jerk to find that out ...
There's been a few times it was the same for me on some of his vids...
Quote:... but that's the key point, you like him, LEDO does and that is every bit your right ... I don't, Padraic apparently doesn't and that is ours ... it's a personal evaluation and none of us are right or wrong.
I understand that, I was not exactly debating that point with my "Board comment"......
Quote:Good philosophy and I agree ... unfortunately people that get up and speak about those things we are passionate about kinda do represent us in the same way as Dawkins, Dennet, Harris & Hitchens represent us at a higher level whether we like it or not (others perceive that they do).
I agree with this as well to some extent, and I do understand your point, but just know that even with all of them that you listed, we still have a to-and-fro scenario at times.
Hitchens is my favorite to watch/listen as a debtor, but I believe him to be a pampas ass and would more than likely be on a defense mode if I were to ever be around him for a long period of time...lol
Harris seems like a down to earth guy, but I personally think he just needs to come out of the closet and tell everyone he leans more towards a Neo-Pagan type backing with a bit of Atheism to the organized. Or better yet, a mystic in some aspect.... I could have swore I've heard in mention that term before in the past (Mystics)
Dawkins....my favorite by far...I guess, if I were to critique him in any way, it would be during some of his debates with Christians in which there is so much more he could have either returned with on them, or threw in their self-righteous face from their own book, but his expertize is not in that field, and I do not fault him for not knowing every other verse in the Bible to retaliate with. (Neither do, but I do believe I know more on the scriptural side than him) But if that's the only constructive criticism I have about Dawkins, then there is nothing for me to complain about and he's doing a fine job at his current setting....
Dawkins A+ in my book by far.....
Intelligence is the only true moral guide...
