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Your Views on Dawkins?
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RE: Your Views on Dawkins?
(December 18, 2012 at 2:25 am)clemdog14 Wrote: Here is one of the problems from God Delusion. Dawkins incorrectly assumes that one should accept unguided Darwinian evolution over the existence of God.

For starters, that's a conclusion, not an assumption.

(December 18, 2012 at 2:25 am)clemdog14 Wrote: The kicker is that even though he states both are exceedingly improbable, he still concedes that we should accept the former based on that its the "best explanation."

I admit that it's been awhile since I read the book, but I think that Dawkins' thinking evolution is exceedingly improbable is a misinterpretation.

(December 18, 2012 at 2:25 am)clemdog14 Wrote: This does not follow.[/quote}

I strongly suspect that if his position was reported accurately, it would.

[quote='clemdog14' pid='375842' dateline='1355811907']
Here is my source:

Shouldn't your source be Dawkins, rather than Platinga's interpretation of Dawkins?

(December 18, 2012 at 4:35 am)Aractus Wrote: My point is that we don't have the argument that God doesn't exist because we believe in gravity, so why do it with evolution? Thinking

Because creationists don't insist that theistic gravitation be taught in our public schools.
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Your Views on Dawkins? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 1:23 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Faith No More - December 18, 2012 at 1:32 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Jackalope - December 18, 2012 at 1:55 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cato - December 18, 2012 at 1:57 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Voltron - December 18, 2012 at 1:59 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 2:10 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 2:25 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 2:47 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 2:58 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Voltron - December 18, 2012 at 3:26 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cato - December 18, 2012 at 4:00 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 4:23 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cato - December 18, 2012 at 4:29 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 4:35 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cato - December 18, 2012 at 4:42 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 4:45 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Mister Agenda - December 18, 2012 at 1:11 pm
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Brian37 - December 18, 2012 at 2:46 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 3:15 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 3:19 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 3:28 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 3:34 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Voltron - December 18, 2012 at 4:17 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 4:06 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cato - December 18, 2012 at 4:19 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 4:21 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 4:30 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 4:16 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 4:25 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 4:35 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Voltron - December 18, 2012 at 4:54 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cato - December 18, 2012 at 5:01 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 4:46 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by downbeatplumb - December 18, 2012 at 4:57 am
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RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 5:02 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by downbeatplumb - December 18, 2012 at 5:08 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 7:35 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cato - December 18, 2012 at 1:26 pm
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by downbeatplumb - December 18, 2012 at 1:41 pm
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 19, 2012 at 3:20 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cyberman - December 19, 2012 at 9:57 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by downbeatplumb - December 19, 2012 at 11:51 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Cato - December 18, 2012 at 5:11 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 4:47 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Gilgamesh - December 18, 2012 at 4:55 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 4:57 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 19, 2012 at 8:16 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 4:57 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by pocaracas - December 18, 2012 at 6:14 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 9:04 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 9:07 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Aractus - December 18, 2012 at 9:13 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by LastPoet - December 18, 2012 at 9:13 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by KichigaiNeko - December 18, 2012 at 9:46 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Great Ape - December 18, 2012 at 9:32 am
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RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by LastPoet - December 18, 2012 at 10:46 am
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RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Great Ape - December 18, 2012 at 10:37 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by LastPoet - December 18, 2012 at 11:06 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Kirbmarc - December 18, 2012 at 12:45 pm
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Mister Agenda - December 18, 2012 at 1:37 pm
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by clemdog14 - December 18, 2012 at 2:12 pm
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Minimalist - December 18, 2012 at 2:18 pm
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by mr.atheist - December 18, 2012 at 6:24 pm
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RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Gilgamesh - December 19, 2012 at 5:06 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Ryantology - December 19, 2012 at 10:37 am
RE: Your Views on Dawkins? - by Great Ape - December 19, 2012 at 10:06 am
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