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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #60 on: July 18, 2011, 12:16:32 AM »
Wasn't he commenting on yours?


I don't think so.  Stancia knew what he was doing.  Or he innocently missed the first page.  Whatever.



I really don't appreciate your sarcastic, anti-comedy tone, Bro!

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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #61 on: July 18, 2011, 02:41:36 AM »

  Like Zizek, I'm practically Maoist in thinking that churches should be turned into grain silos or palaces of culture -- but also like Zizek, I like Christianity, particularly the Leninist part of it.
Synchronistically, I listened to a Zizek talk Sunday on the Intelligence Squared podcast.  I like him too. 
http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/slavoj-zizek

Not as much as Jennifer Michael Hecht though.

Fredericks, have you read her book "Doubt"? It's really great. It's by far the best book about religion I've ever read (not that I've read many).

The problem with Dawkins, in addition to his obvious recent jerkishness, is that in all of his books he gives the impression that natural selection equals evolution. Natural selection is just one mechanism of evolution.

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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #62 on: July 18, 2011, 08:57:40 AM »

Fredericks, have you read her book "Doubt"?

The problem with Dawkins, in addition to his obvious recent jerkishness, is that in all of his books he gives the impression that natural selection equals evolution. Natural selection is just one mechanism of evolution.
N.T.C.,
Doubt is on my list.

I recently read that only Christian fundamentalists and the God deniers are talking about a superhero who lives in outer space.  Most people have a more nuanced interpretation of spirituality.

Christian fundamentalism- by that I mean the literal interpretation of the bible- is a relatively new phenomena that emerged only when science started making serious advancements and discoveries.

When Friedrich Nietzsche said God is dead he was talking about as a basis for morality and politics.  No more aquatic tarts handing out swords.  Not that the big guy in the sky croaked.
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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #63 on: July 18, 2011, 09:07:18 AM »
Hey, Fredericks. carlos men C.I.A.

Huh, huh?

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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #64 on: July 18, 2011, 09:35:43 AM »
Hey, Fredericks. carlos men C.I.A.

Huh, huh?

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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #65 on: July 18, 2011, 11:18:25 AM »
Wasn't he commenting on yours?


I don't think so.  Stancia knew what he was doing.  Or he innocently missed the first page.  Whatever.

 Please accept my humble apology for failing to use the quote feature in that post, you munch.
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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #66 on: July 18, 2011, 02:44:57 PM »
Wasn't he commenting on yours?


I don't think so.  Stancia knew what he was doing.  Or he innocently missed the first page.  Whatever.

 Please accept my humble apology for failing to use the quote feature in that post, you munch.


I deliberately lost the ability to detect sarcasm years ago, so -  thank you so much, Stanislaw!
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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #67 on: July 24, 2011, 01:59:46 AM »
Come on, guys this is good stuff:

Hate E-mails with Richard Dawkins

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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #68 on: July 25, 2011, 11:12:09 PM »
Behold, Dawkins' successor has arrived.


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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #69 on: July 26, 2011, 07:53:28 AM »
Oh, that's pathetic.

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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #70 on: July 26, 2011, 07:55:09 AM »
Behold, Dawkins' successor has arrived.



Spike!

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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #71 on: July 26, 2011, 12:26:02 PM »
Maher is the most relevant atheist comic going these days.

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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #72 on: July 26, 2011, 12:55:32 PM »
7-19-11 episode of Point Of Inguiry Rebecca Watson talks about the incident that brought forth this thread.
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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #73 on: July 26, 2011, 01:35:34 PM »
Gervais has lost a lot of weight, which makes his fat people jokes go over a bit better, but also makes them a good bit meaner.
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Re: What the hell has Dawkins gotten himself into?
« Reply #74 on: July 28, 2011, 01:02:47 AM »
I feel like I should finally pipe up and admit this thread title always makes me picture a cartoon Richard Dawkins caught up in a Scooby Doo mystery. Or maybe a Dukes of Hazard reboot with him and Hitchens (in healthier times of course).