How much knowledge of any religion do you really need to have to dismiss it as bullshit?
I don't think I have to be a world-class scientist or a recognized and accomplished philosopher to look at the basis of the claims presented and rip them apart.
Similarly, I don't think that Dawkins, a man much more intelligent than myself, should have trouble writing a book dismantling this useless religious prattle. I would have hoped we could grow out of it as a species, but that seems neigh impossible with today's unquestioning fuckwits. Don't think I'm singling out any one person- I'm not.
Ignorance isn't a bad thing. It informs of of what we don't yet have a grasp on and allows us to improve ourselves. It also informs our decisions. However, religion is a decidedly obsolete system that rolled over from the age of human ignorance.
I would say that you need no expertiese in Islam or Christianity to dismiss it. It doesn't require in-depth comprehension, and otherwise, you would be speding your whole life attampting to divine (harhar) the true religion.
Dawkins is anything but ignorant and more than qualfied to pull religion out of its dust-proof casing and stomp on it for a bit.
I don't think I have to be a world-class scientist or a recognized and accomplished philosopher to look at the basis of the claims presented and rip them apart.
Similarly, I don't think that Dawkins, a man much more intelligent than myself, should have trouble writing a book dismantling this useless religious prattle. I would have hoped we could grow out of it as a species, but that seems neigh impossible with today's unquestioning fuckwits. Don't think I'm singling out any one person- I'm not.
Ignorance isn't a bad thing. It informs of of what we don't yet have a grasp on and allows us to improve ourselves. It also informs our decisions. However, religion is a decidedly obsolete system that rolled over from the age of human ignorance.
I would say that you need no expertiese in Islam or Christianity to dismiss it. It doesn't require in-depth comprehension, and otherwise, you would be speding your whole life attampting to divine (harhar) the true religion.
Dawkins is anything but ignorant and more than qualfied to pull religion out of its dust-proof casing and stomp on it for a bit.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
