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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
January 22, 2015 at 6:43 pm
My copy has been sent. So, now it's on its way. ^_^
If pinkie pie isn't real, then how do you explain the existence of ponies, huh? If ponies are real, then that's proof that Pinkie Pie is real. Checkmate, christians! 
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
January 22, 2015 at 7:13 pm
Haven't read it and don't really care about Dawkins' opinions outside of evolutionary biology. From what I've seen of him, he doesn't really seem to have much of a grasp of philosophy and often conflates it with science. On top of that, he's got the whole pretentioius academic thing going on.
I mean, I like that he's out there calling bullshit bullshit, but he appears to over-reach into areas he's not entirely qualified.
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
February 3, 2015 at 9:28 pm
My book's here.
If pinkie pie isn't real, then how do you explain the existence of ponies, huh? If ponies are real, then that's proof that Pinkie Pie is real. Checkmate, christians!
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
February 3, 2015 at 9:29 pm
It's a very good book.
I'm not much of a fan of Prof. Dawkins, but there's no denying the qualities of his book.
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
February 3, 2015 at 9:45 pm
Quote:That sums up Yahweh quite nicely.
And, since jesus = yahweh (or so the morons insist) that means it sums up ole jesus quite nicely, too.
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
February 4, 2015 at 11:14 am
(January 21, 2015 at 11:40 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Are you nuts? Dawkins doesn't speak in $50 dollar dog whistle code.
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The God Delusion is an awesome book. And an easy read for a layperson.
Agree; I have a hard time sticking with anything by Hitchens because of his style but I can fly through Dawkins' books with no problem. Of the two, Dawkins is my preferred author, as speakers I prefer Hitchens.
(January 22, 2015 at 12:09 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: People dislike Ehrman, but God's Problem and Misquoting Jesus really gave me the evidence I needed to put a label on my beliefs.
I like Ehrman's Lost Christianities which delves into all the different beliefs of the various churches in the first few centuries of Christianity.
I also liked Richard Carrier's Not The Impossible Faith, specifically chapter 17 when he goes into the history of ancient Judea and how Chrisitians makes all kinds of overreaching, bullshitty claims that aren't born out by historical sources about the time.
Overall impression of The God Delusion was that it was an easy read, went fast, and made some good points, even if they weren't the most sophisticated way of making those points.
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
February 4, 2015 at 11:40 am
Ah, I'm stuck about a third of the way through in NTIF, very interesting, but Pinker has priority currently...
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
February 4, 2015 at 3:35 pm
Pinker. I loved The Stuff of Thought.
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
February 4, 2015 at 5:56 pm
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I enjoyed The God Delusion more the second time I read it.
The first time I read it I was muttering "get to the damn point" for the first hundred or so pages.
The second time through I realized he was steadily building an argument and therefore got much more out of it.
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RE: The God Delusion: Your opinions on it?
February 4, 2015 at 7:37 pm
^^-- I can see that. I thought the beginning was slow but enjoyed the second half, so my overall impression of the book was that it was a good read.
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