(June 20, 2015 at 10:48 pm)Won2blv Wrote: In the god delusion dawkins uses the genetic fallacy as one of his reasons why he does not believe in god.
So, you were asked for specific examples. Can you quote this passage? It's bee ten years since I've read TGD and I didn't find it a very memorable book to begin with -- help an old guy out.
(June 20, 2015 at 10:48 pm)Won2blv Wrote: He also says that you would have to explain god if he is saying that the explanation first requires an explanation which I am sure is a fallacy in its own.
Can you clarify what you're saying here?
(June 20, 2015 at 10:48 pm)Won2blv Wrote: And he constantly appeals to emotion every time he talks about god with animosity in the way that he treats people immorally, according to his view, in the bible. He doesn't explain how these actions are immoral, he just makes you feel like they have to be since they are hard to stomach
This is true. But the appeal to emotion is part of skilled rhetoric, logical though it may not be. The book he wrote was a polemic, not a university paper, designed to convince laymen, not provide an objective view.
