Religion
We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But, like those other fantasies that we can't disprove, we can say that God is very very improbable.
I have a suspicion that reading this will save everyone the bother of reading 'The God Delusion' :)
In the other corner we have: Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching by Terry EagletonWhat, one wonders, are Dawkins’s views on the epistemological differences between Aquinas and Duns Scotus? Has he read Eriugena on subjectivity, Rahner on grace or Moltmann on hope? Has he even heard of them?
You don't believe in Vishnu? Have you read the Bhagavad Gita? The Upanishads? So how on earth can you say that you're not a Hindu when you haven't got the faintest idea about Hindu theology!
(I do agree though that Dawkins tends to be a numpty regarding global politics. Ideology is what's poisonous, doesn't matter whether or not it has religion behind it)
I also had a theological revelation last night - if you use the concept of 'sockpuppets', as used a lot online, you immediately solve the Catholic problem of the Trinity. God made man in his own image; therefore, he has two hands, one for each of the sockpuppets of Jesus and the Holy Ghost. Shall I suggest this to the Vatican?
I have a suspicion that reading this will save everyone the bother of reading 'The God Delusion' :)
In the other corner we have: Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching by Terry EagletonWhat, one wonders, are Dawkins’s views on the epistemological differences between Aquinas and Duns Scotus? Has he read Eriugena on subjectivity, Rahner on grace or Moltmann on hope? Has he even heard of them?
You don't believe in Vishnu? Have you read the Bhagavad Gita? The Upanishads? So how on earth can you say that you're not a Hindu when you haven't got the faintest idea about Hindu theology!
(I do agree though that Dawkins tends to be a numpty regarding global politics. Ideology is what's poisonous, doesn't matter whether or not it has religion behind it)
I also had a theological revelation last night - if you use the concept of 'sockpuppets', as used a lot online, you immediately solve the Catholic problem of the Trinity. God made man in his own image; therefore, he has two hands, one for each of the sockpuppets of Jesus and the Holy Ghost. Shall I suggest this to the Vatican?