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Originally Posted by Johnny Rotten
As much as I'd like to continue this discussion, I'm really not into piecemeal breakdowns. I can't even read that stuff, it makes my eyes hurt. I don't think it's a good way to exchange ideas. Sorry. You seem to disagree with pretty much everything I said, though. Well... that's your problem now. I've said my piece.
Edit: Although I do recommend checking out The God Delusion. It addresses many of the issues you bring up, and although the title is confrontational, the body of the work isn't. At least, I didn't find it confrontational. It may not give you all the answers you're looking for, but I guarantee it won't bore you. There's a part about agnosticism that you should find especially interesting, and there's a new trade paperback version with an updated preface, going for less than ten bucks. |
It seems these things always end up in the piecemeal breakdowns. And I don't know that I disagree with everything you said, as discussions like this one often hinge on misunderstandings. All I was trying to say is that it is not accurate to claim that atheism is somehow the result of a triumph of reason.
In any case, I'm not particularly interested in anything that Dawkins has to say on the matter, if he's anything like his most vocal acolytes he is prone to self-serving misunderstandings and undeservedly smug self congratulation. I don't need someone to tell me how to not believe in god or why it might make sense in some sort of overarching way why people would believe in god. In many ways evolutionary psychology has as much relevance to my life as theism does; which is to say, I get enough trivia in my life already.