Dave makes lots of Nonsense Noises

[shiftyboyd]

I'm beginning to notice that I love every single Third Eye Blind song I hear. Well, at least, on their "Out of the Vein" album. First, I got hooked on "Blinded", which was a single some time ago. Then, after I bought the album, I started listening to "Faster." These are the first two tracks on the album

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[shiftyboyd]

As I was reading the book, I saw the hypocrisy, but, naturally, I'm going to laugh at the hypocrisy because it adheres to my belief. The only thing I thought was head-on right was "The Mother of all Burkas." He, more or less, seemed to ignore the whole God idea and just concentrated on how science operates. I think we need people like him to open up the eyes of other people; he compensates for us atheists who keep their mouths shut in a room full of Christians (in my case, because of where I live.) Do I think it was missing true anthropological and sociological evidence? Yes. I might not have overlooked that in the way that I did if he were, in fact, an anthropologist or a sociologist. But I kept in mind his field of study. Though, I do wonder, being a scientist, does he have a right to write a book like that if he does not practice Anthropology or Sociology? I guess the answer is, yes, he does have a right, but I'm not going to take his methods seriously when he explores those arenas. I do take his scientific word/ideas seriously, because he is a scientist. I'd be interested to see a true anthropological/sociological view on the subject. And I do plan to read his other books.

I think he's a great writer who has impassioned ideas and wants to get the word out. The thing is, when I go to the book store (corporate book stores) I see entire shelving units devoted to the Christian faith, more than a few shelves devoted to Judaism, Islam, and other world faiths, and four books on the shelf devoted to atheism or agnosticism.

As Dawkins pointed out, people in America would rather have a homosexual president than an atheist one. That is why I commend him for his work. Because he is speaking out against hegemony. Beyond the normalcy in this world. There are more religious people in this world, I think, than non-religious. True atheists, like Dawkins, are hard to come by. So I'm glad he wrote the book and made a shit ton of money off of it. Somebody has to get the word out, because Micah knows I'm not. :)

Was it manipulative? Absolutely. I don't disagree with you there. It was missing a lot, but I still think it's a good book. Because it was good for me. It was what I needed to move on and become more educated. A segue, if you will.

[lizardscum]

I see, koo koo.

I can't recall all of them, but some stronger books on the subject include: On The Nature and Existence of God/ The Wisdom to Doubt/ The Cosmological Argument/ How We Believe/ The Demon-Haunted World

All good stuff to read while chomping on some corn in between debate sessions with four eleven.

[shiftyboyd]

I'm going to write those down. Let me know if you think of any more; I'm quite interested in continuing my self-education.

Thanks for reply to the entry. It, for once, didn't illicit an emotional response ;)

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