1. As the world becomes smaller, the need to understand each other's faith grows

Comment #192884 by BryanEvans on June 14, 2008 at 6:12 am

There will always be moderate, well meaning and tolerent people in all the big three monotheistic religions. Great if everyone was like that. But of course they are not. To think otherwise is just plain ignorant. It's a nice idea to promote inter-faith tolerence, acceptance and understanding, but the way I see it is that people of faith would have to distance themselves from their own doctrine, relax their own core-beliefs as dictated by their particular scripture in order to let the enemy in. This is of course, in direct contradiction to their rule of faith, which clearly teaches out-group hostility and, I imagine would create cognitive dissonance in those who attempt to build bridges who are too weak to fully encapsulate the original and undiluted form of their absolutist belief system. It just simply wont work. Let's suffocate this preoccupation with the supernatural and instead educate our children about the real world, as illuminated by science and keep religion in it's place as an interesting, but primitive artifact, a relic of the past.

2. Shaw TV Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #175154 by BryanEvans on May 4, 2008 at 4:30 pm

TearsInTheRain

Evidence is all about getting at the truth. It really isn't overated. I suggest you read The God Delusion.

3. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda

Comment #164759 by BryanEvans on April 20, 2008 at 4:53 pm

Stein and his colleagues are cleverly appealing to vulnerable people's emotions in a truly despicable and manipulative way. I do hope that Richard Dawkins' honest, and very concerned letter will go some way to levelling the emotional playingfield.

4. Gods and earthlings

Comment #163540 by BryanEvans on April 18, 2008 at 1:42 pm

Anybody remember the claims made by someone by the name of Eric Von Daniken, paraded over the tabloid press many years ago, including his at the time contoversial question: 'Was God an astronaut?' He wrote a book or two on the subject, complete with illustrations and photos to 'prove' his case. I wonder what ever happened to him?
On the subject of proponents of 'intelligent design' and their awe and wonder in respect of their creators handiwork, I would refer them to Arthur C. Clarke's closing words in the foreword of '2001: A space odyssey' which went something like: 'But please remember, this is only a work of fiction; the truth as always, will be far stranger.'

5. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #150288 by BryanEvans on March 26, 2008 at 4:52 pm

Richard Dawkins, how on Earth do you manage to do so much every day? Well, whatever your secret is, just keep doing it, our very existence may well depend on you! But I sincerely hope you took the day off today...Happy Birthday!

6. When blasphemy bit the dust

Comment #140492 by BryanEvans on March 7, 2008 at 2:36 pm

What better time to delight to another viewing of Monty Python's 'Life of Brian'- fast forward to the blasphemy scene in which John Cleese's character is stoned by the credulous and bloodthirsty crowd (spot the 'women' in fake beards - hilarious). Maybe now the citizens of the UK can claw their way into the 21st century, unshackled by this ridiculous 'law'.

7. Lords Approve Abolition Of Blasphemy

Comment #140245 by BryanEvans on March 7, 2008 at 4:24 am

Wasn't Professor Dawkins referring to the god of the Old Testament 'Yawheh' in his humourous, though accurate description? Lord Elystan-Morgan: 'The author speaks of the God that we as Christians worship and states that He is, "a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak...." 'I thought most learned Christians claim not to worship the god of the Old Testament, preferring as they see it, the less barbaric god of the New Testament, and yet it seems that Lord Elystan-Morgan claims that they do. If it is the case that they really do still revere and fear that monstrous idol then I suppose I can understand why many Christian literalists would want to keep their ancient law.