RE: Meliorism - The rise of neo-atheism and the fall of reason
April 15, 2013 at 4:08 pm
(This post was last modified: April 15, 2013 at 4:15 pm by ManMachine.)
(April 15, 2013 at 10:55 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I did not intend to suggest you were - my question was more towards EGross suggesting we defend him vehemently, and I wanted to elaborate on my opinion on that a bit.
Fair play, my applogies.
MM
(April 15, 2013 at 11:42 am)Tonus Wrote: The God Delusion is well-written, but it isn't groundbreaking. It seems to cover ground that has been well-trod for a long time. I wonder if it wasn't written to be some kind of primer for 'new' atheists, which means that it could be the first exposure to those arguments that many athiests see, and so they consider it a transcendental work. That might also be why it gets so much attention. My guess is that most people who read it eventually move on to more substantive works and leave TGD behind.
I realise this is off topic but that depends on what you mean by 'well written'. If you are refering to his prose and grammar then yes, but he probably had an editor to help.
If you are talking about the substance of his arguement then I would disagree. Maybe there is another thread in that topic.
I have noticed a shift in his position more recently though, I'm quite interested to see what his next atheist tome is about, again, probably grist for a different mill.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
