(May 11, 2025 at 7:00 am)Belacqua Wrote:They're not his ideas, he's an atheist, they are ideas religions have peddled, that he was addressing.(May 11, 2025 at 5:49 am)Alan V Wrote: The point which theologians often seem to miss is that the majority of believers do not believe in their rarified definitions of God, and that atheists critique ALL of the notions of God, typically starting with the most popular ones.
Further, I can't believe you skipped right over my correction of your idea that Dawkins only addressed the "simplest, most childish" idea of God. He certainly did not.
You are also calling the majority of believers "childish" and "delusional," which is exactly Dawkins' point.
Dawkins' idea of God is simple and childish.
Quote:I have no problem with the idea that the majority of believers have a simplistic view of things. I have no problem with Dawkins arguing against that view. But it means he still has all the hard work left to do.Not really, the heavy lifting belongs to those claiming a deity exists, but saying just that wouldn't sell many books I guess.
