1. Send The God Delusion to your MP

Comment #38861 by jamsgra on May 9, 2007 at 10:49 am

Is there somewhere "official" to report responses from our MP's?

I received a very brief reply from Nicholas Soames that said: "Thanks for the book, I disagree, Faith schools are tremendous".

I have since replied saying; "I'm sure they are, but can't they just be 'tremendous schools' instead of tremendous Catholic or tremendous Muslim schools"?

I am still awaiting a second reply.

2. Without God, Gall Is Permitted

Comment #16790 by jamsgra on January 8, 2007 at 7:35 pm

Mr. Schulman appears to have given up the argument. "Yes of course its easy to make a mockery of my beliefs - atheists have been doing this for years - I just don't like the way the "New Atheists" are doing it".

There is little difference of course in the atheist argument now as compared to many years ago, but still it remains so strong and utterly convincing that you may as well attack the manner in which it is delivered as its undeniable truth in content.

But of course that is entirely the point isn't it? There is no point in addressing the content because to a theist it makes no difference. "I don't care what rational thinking and sense has to say about my beliefs because they are my beliefs and I'm sticking to them."

If faith really is so much deeper than implied by Dawkins and others it still doesn't remove it from consideration of rational thought.

Your faith may stem from way deeper in your soul than the faith that you "see" in Dawkins books, but the fundamental premise remains the same.

Do atheists really not understand faith? Of course they do, what utter nonsense to imply otherwise; the implication is a defensive tactic of the very weakest kind. "How dare you rebuke me, you don't even understand the concept." Well I'm afraid that we do Mr. Schulman.

Do you really believe that a man, an atheist man cannot grasp the concept of faith? Do you really think that the faith Mr. Dawkins attacks is a "simple-minded parody" of your real faith? Are you really saying that the argument bears no weight because he misunderstands the opposing viewpoint?

Are you really saying that atheists misunderstand the concept of faith, but the argument against it is shallow anyway?

If there is "contumely and condescension" Mr. Schulman, it lies only within your inability to accept that your chosen religion may have, imperfections, shall we say.

Without God, gall is permitted - too right it is.



* Such a ridiculous thing I have never heard.

3. Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history

Comment #14315 by jamsgra on December 22, 2006 at 2:26 am

Isn't God is the real force behind the biggest mass murders of history?

Didn't he murder the entire population of earth in a great flood?