A Christmas thunderbolt for the arch-enemy of religion

[FightingFat]

Rather intelligent and rather good I thought!

timesonline.co.uk/article/0,2092-2517335,00.html

 

[gam197]

It was no surprise to read Professor Terry Eagleton’s acidulous observation: “Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology.”

But then, what need of scholarship when in possession of a superior intellect like yours! You are described on the book’s dustjacket as “one of the world’s top three intellectuals”. Not a peer-group verdict, but the opinion poll of a small-circulation, avowedly atheistic, British monthly.

These paragraphs tells us alot about Richard Dawkins and his best seller “The God Delution”. Lengthly rebuttal but well-stated.

 

[Riley259]

Rather intelligent and rather good I thought!

timesonline.co.uk/article/0,2092-2517335,00.html

Good rebuttal but the author of the article’s political and liberal prejudices do seep in from time to time…but, he does point out the many obvious flaws in Dawkin’s book.

 

[Lissla_Lissar]

There was another fantastic and scathing review of The God Delusion in Harper’s in November. It can be found here:
darwiniana.com/2006/10/23/marilynne-robinson-on-dawkins/

 

[Dandelion_Wine]

I just read the first linked rebuttal. Sweet.

What was the 7/7 he was referring to?

 

[CollegeKid]

I just read the first linked rebuttal. Sweet.

What was the 7/7 he was referring to?

I think it referred to the July 7, 2005 London subway bombings, committed by Islamic jihadists.

 

[RevDrNorth]

Very interesting. Ohhh humanity’s arrogance.

North

 

[RobNY]

That was very satisfying.

-Rob