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http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=776
I really liked this blog. I would really like to read this Dawkins book because I find it truly sad that because he is atheist, the entire world has become not mysterious to him and that evolution ultimately takes the place of wonder. I may be wrong because I haven't read the book, which is why I want to read it. These two quotes are very sad:
1) "He writes in The God Delusion: “Darwin and his successors have shown how living creatures, with their spectacular statistical improbability and appearance of design.."
And (this one which I find really sad that he judges this person so much, even though I agree it may not be the rational thing to do):
2) "I find that terribly sad . . . the Kurt Wise story is just plain pathetic-pathetic and contemptible. The wound, to his career and his life’s happiness, was self-inflicted, so unnecessary, so easy to escape. . . . I am hostile to religion because of what it did to Kurt Wise. And if it did that to a Harvard educated geologist, just think what it can do to others less gifted and less well armed.”
I love his angst against religion (and all spirituality) just because he fails to see the mystery in some things. Science doesn't solve everything and even if I didn't believe in a creator, I would still find wonder in everything. This guy sucks the joy and sense of magic out of life.
Also, even though the author may be crazy himself, he makes a good point about how if we all do not have a purpose, then why does Dawkins find it so incredibly terrible that this person thrusted away their life in science (I don't see how anyone can take the bible literally since not everything in the bible is truly literal even if you believe in the bible)? It's not a wasted life since all life really has no intended purpose and we make our own design. To use Dawkins words, I find this utterly sad.
I listened to him on Alan Colmes show...wow, this guy makes me want to cry. His smug attitude about the world makes me sick.
I also like how he says teaching faith is wrong because it teaches children that they don't have to support their beliefs with facts. Not all faith is wrong such as having faith in people. Even if you don't believe in faith religiously, I think having some sort of faith is necessary. If I gave up on my faith (such as gave up believing that people can be good and that war can stop), I would end up dying a sad, lonely person. What kind of life is that?
I seriously need to read this book.
I really liked this blog. I would really like to read this Dawkins book because I find it truly sad that because he is atheist, the entire world has become not mysterious to him and that evolution ultimately takes the place of wonder. I may be wrong because I haven't read the book, which is why I want to read it. These two quotes are very sad:
1) "He writes in The God Delusion: “Darwin and his successors have shown how living creatures, with their spectacular statistical improbability and appearance of design.."
And (this one which I find really sad that he judges this person so much, even though I agree it may not be the rational thing to do):
2) "I find that terribly sad . . . the Kurt Wise story is just plain pathetic-pathetic and contemptible. The wound, to his career and his life’s happiness, was self-inflicted, so unnecessary, so easy to escape. . . . I am hostile to religion because of what it did to Kurt Wise. And if it did that to a Harvard educated geologist, just think what it can do to others less gifted and less well armed.”
I love his angst against religion (and all spirituality) just because he fails to see the mystery in some things. Science doesn't solve everything and even if I didn't believe in a creator, I would still find wonder in everything. This guy sucks the joy and sense of magic out of life.
Also, even though the author may be crazy himself, he makes a good point about how if we all do not have a purpose, then why does Dawkins find it so incredibly terrible that this person thrusted away their life in science (I don't see how anyone can take the bible literally since not everything in the bible is truly literal even if you believe in the bible)? It's not a wasted life since all life really has no intended purpose and we make our own design. To use Dawkins words, I find this utterly sad.
I listened to him on Alan Colmes show...wow, this guy makes me want to cry. His smug attitude about the world makes me sick.
I also like how he says teaching faith is wrong because it teaches children that they don't have to support their beliefs with facts. Not all faith is wrong such as having faith in people. Even if you don't believe in faith religiously, I think having some sort of faith is necessary. If I gave up on my faith (such as gave up believing that people can be good and that war can stop), I would end up dying a sad, lonely person. What kind of life is that?
I seriously need to read this book.