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Poll: Does Prospect have a point?
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No, they completely misunderstand Dawkins, they should know better.
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They're right about Dawkins being inconsistent and contradictary, he's also too mean too religion!
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Prospect are totally right! I never thought of the book that way!/I've always thought the same thing myself.
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Dawkins>Prospect(?)
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RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?)
(October 23, 2008 at 12:36 pm)ManofGOD Wrote:
(October 23, 2008 at 5:10 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote:
(October 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Also Dawkins said - and I paraphrase here - : The difference between fundamentalism, and what's simply just passion, is that fundamentalism is what happens if you're passionate about something in the absence of evidence.
It becomes fundamentalism when your passion rejects evidence.
Hope I got that right.

I guess this must be the quote you're referring to:

"No, please, do not mistake passion, which can change its mind, for fundamentalism, which never will. Passion for passion, an evangelical Christian and I may be evenly matched. But we are not equally fundamentalist. The true scientist, however passionately he may "believe", in evolution for example, knows exactly what would change his mind: evidence! The fundamentalist knows that nothing will." Dawkins (from How dare you call me a fundamentalist)

Good quote so thanks Smile

Kyu

Evidence of GODs message can be found by searching facebook for 'Message from GOD'. You will find a picture of a scrabble game with words describing Heaven.
This is a joke right? Sounds like skyhookery again.
I indeed do not think that the argument from personal experience, or psychological, or other forms of, trickery, are genuine forms of evidence.
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Messages In This Thread
Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 21, 2008 at 9:18 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Tiberius - October 21, 2008 at 9:33 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 21, 2008 at 9:43 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Kyuuketsuki - October 22, 2008 at 7:13 am
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 22, 2008 at 7:28 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Kyuuketsuki - October 23, 2008 at 5:10 am
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 12:09 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 12:15 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 12:17 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 1:24 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 1:30 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 1:37 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Bungy - October 23, 2008 at 10:14 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 24, 2008 at 8:47 am
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by leo-rcc - October 31, 2008 at 11:01 am
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 12:36 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 12:49 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 1:31 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 1:37 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by chatpilot - October 23, 2008 at 1:31 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 1:54 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 1:59 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 2:15 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 2:22 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 2:48 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by bozo - October 23, 2008 at 3:29 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by chatpilot - October 23, 2008 at 1:35 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 1:44 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by chatpilot - October 23, 2008 at 1:38 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by chatpilot - October 23, 2008 at 1:46 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 2:01 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 2:14 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by ManofGOD - October 23, 2008 at 2:29 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by bozo - October 23, 2008 at 2:36 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 23, 2008 at 5:26 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by chatpilot - October 24, 2008 at 12:50 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 24, 2008 at 4:29 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by chatpilot - October 29, 2008 at 12:30 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 29, 2008 at 12:36 pm
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by chatpilot - October 31, 2008 at 10:39 am
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by Edwardo Piet - October 31, 2008 at 11:05 am
RE: Dawkins>Prospect(?) - by leo-rcc - October 31, 2008 at 11:30 am

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