1. Shaw TV Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #175384 by TearsInTheRain on May 5, 2008 at 10:34 am

Hi

Thanks to those who replied to my questions. I think I came across in the wrong light, maybe I was playing Devil's advocate a bit.

I have read God Delusion, I am a huge fan of RD, I come from a science background, I believe in an evidence/logical/rational approach to life, I was sincerely just wondering why those questions were never asked.

2. Shaw TV Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #175103 by TearsInTheRain on May 4, 2008 at 12:29 pm

Hmmm, was it me or was the interviewer a bit . . . sedate?

I have yet to see an interviewer attempt to go right for RD's jugular: why base our life on evidence? Why is the scientific approach better than a faith approach? Are somethings just not a question of science? Almost all of RD's answers and defences can be boiled down to 'Where's the evidence?' - but why evidence? Why facts? Are not somethings just outside an evidence based approach? Is the belief in the scientific approach, rather than the scientific answers, not just as fundamental as a faith based approach?

Also, when answering the 'Why are there so many believers? ' question, I'd love to hear RD delve into the nature of the human psyche, the way we all need some kind of mode for living, or comfort, or guidance. In the bronze age, the most pragmatic was a religion. In today's age, it's science and rational thought. Some people choose to philosophize, others express art instead of hunting for answers.

Finally, will that later talk mentioned in the video be available too?

3. Richard Dawkins' secular army must be stopped. God is behind some of our greatest art

Comment #160367 by TearsInTheRain on April 14, 2008 at 2:04 am

What's the sound of one hand clapping? This "article".

As many others above have said, it's clear he hasn't read, or maybe just understood, TGD, with reference to RD's views on religious education.

But most importantly, he never considers the other side to the argument. Religion can be inspiring, but are you seriously asking us to believe that without it, these great artists throughout time would've been stifled? It's RD's 'Mother of all burkas' argument, Unweaving The Rainbow rhetoric, etc.

What a load of old tosh.