You seem to have difficulty appreciating the points of my arguments, and you don't you see the flaws in your own. You keep repeating things I've responded to like I haven't addressed them. I point out that Dawkins' book is a good read, and you astonish me by revealing that you don't even have a passing familiarity with him or is work, because he's probably an asshole. If you were in my shoes, would you continue this discussion?
I don't know, I'm trying here, but you just get angrier and angrier. That you don't even see all the straw men you dressed up means to me that there isn't much point in continuing to be at the receiving end of uninformed dismissiveness. I have better things to do with my time. I'd rather talk about this with people who know the material.
Edit: Just so we're clear here -- because I know you're going to respond with something along the lines of "Why should I have to read some book to have a discussion on this?" -- these books are the most influential written on the subject. Not having a familiarity with them is like trying to have a discussion about great films without having seen Citizen Kane or The Godfather. It just doesn't work.
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