Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: October 14, 2025, 7:23 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Dawkins and Determinism
#48
RE: Dawkins and Determinism
Well, banking systems have been overthrown or fundamentally altered before now, but I think that you're expecting rather much of Dawkins to be able as one man to alter all of human civilisation. The Vatican isn't, and I would argue has not been a necessary organisation for centuries. Religion has been an integral part of humanity for too long for you to expect that Dawkins can somehow come up with some rhetoric that can convince everyone, especially when there are an overwhelming number of religious people who simply will not listen to reason. Point out their flaws, they'll make excuses. Indicate the truth, they'll cover it with scripture. Ask them for evidence, they'll ask you to have faith. I've met these people, and they will go to any length to shut their eyes, and will ash out when you try to open them.
As far as I can tell, Dawkins cannot do anything more than he is doing, short of actually creating an armed movement.
If you believe it, question it. If you question it, get an answer. If you have an answer, does that answer satisfy reality? Does it satisfy you? Probably not. For no one else will agree with you, not really.
Reply



Messages In This Thread
Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 13, 2013 at 11:46 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by catfish - February 14, 2013 at 12:49 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 1:33 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 14, 2013 at 2:55 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 3:02 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 3:27 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 14, 2013 at 3:35 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 6:08 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 15, 2013 at 1:12 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 15, 2013 at 1:40 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 16, 2013 at 5:05 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 16, 2013 at 7:53 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by justin - February 18, 2013 at 12:46 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 2:52 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 9:40 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 10:48 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Mister Agenda - February 18, 2013 at 12:03 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Mister Agenda - February 18, 2013 at 11:54 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Mister Agenda - February 18, 2013 at 11:42 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Finn - February 14, 2013 at 1:41 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 1:54 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Finn - February 14, 2013 at 2:32 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 3:04 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 2:52 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by catfish - February 14, 2013 at 2:56 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 3:03 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Cato - February 14, 2013 at 5:26 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by catfish - February 14, 2013 at 6:57 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Angrboda - February 14, 2013 at 3:52 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 4:09 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 1:57 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 2:46 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Anomalocaris - February 14, 2013 at 2:48 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Simon Moon - February 14, 2013 at 3:18 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by iameatingjam - February 14, 2013 at 6:51 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 14, 2013 at 7:18 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 1:03 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 11:15 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 11:35 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 11:55 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Zone - February 18, 2013 at 11:51 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 9:29 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 10:06 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 10:35 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 18, 2013 at 10:39 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by JDS - February 18, 2013 at 11:00 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 18, 2013 at 11:20 pm
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by Question Mark - February 19, 2013 at 5:22 am
RE: Dawkins and Determinism - by naimless - February 19, 2013 at 2:27 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Dawkins, Rowling, Sunak et al on Trans Issue and Women's Rights. Nishant Xavier 63 8500 July 15, 2023 at 12:50 am
Last Post: Paleophyte
  Dawkins loses humanist title Paraselene 165 19080 June 6, 2021 at 1:45 am
Last Post: Peebothuhlu
  Richard Dawkins interviews Saudi Arabian atheist Rana Ahmad AniKoferBo 2 1199 July 22, 2020 at 12:40 pm
Last Post: Brian37
  Ricky Gervais won Dawkins award this year Fake Messiah 13 3868 September 6, 2019 at 8:25 pm
Last Post: brewer
  Dawkins writing kid's version of "The God Delusion" - you mad bro? Paraselene 35 9433 August 2, 2018 at 9:08 pm
Last Post: brewer
  Geoff Robson has a hardon for Dawkins Paraselene 7 2379 May 10, 2018 at 5:55 pm
Last Post: Edwardo Piet
  What are your thoughts on Richard Dawkins? NuclearEnergy 96 20855 December 6, 2017 at 3:06 am
Last Post: Bow Before Zeus
  Hitchens, Dawkins, Hawking, Ehrman, Coin, Sagan: Where are the Woman? Rhondazvous 44 7377 January 14, 2017 at 5:31 pm
Last Post: Mr Greene
  John Lennox and Richard Dawkins TheMonster 8 3009 October 14, 2016 at 5:51 pm
Last Post: TheMonster
  Love Letters to Richard Dawkins Czechlervitz30 6 2929 July 20, 2016 at 7:37 am
Last Post: The Viking



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)