Comments on: Richard Dawkins: Got Delusion? http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Off the Page's Edge » On The Busses http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/#comment-67 Off the Page's Edge » On The Busses Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:40:09 +0000 http://thecentrecannothold.net/2008/04/09/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/#comment-67 [...] to distort facts, statistics and language in the service of his goals (which I’ve already ranted about previously) is becoming a tactic as common to atheists as it is to their fundamentalist [...] [...] to distort facts, statistics and language in the service of his goals (which I’ve already ranted about previously) is becoming a tactic as common to atheists as it is to their fundamentalist [...]

]]> By: Maz http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/#comment-66 Maz Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:11:37 +0000 http://thecentrecannothold.net/2008/04/09/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/#comment-66 In academia, it's called a "straw man". It's the province of a particularly weak argument. It's also called "padding the numbers". If Dawkins can argue that all these people who identify as agnostics are "really" atheists, his work becomes oh so much more relevant. /snark Fundamentalist atheism is founded upon just as much faith-belief as fundamentalist religion of any stripe. It relies on the unspoken assumption that the non-existence of God does not have to be proved; it simply *is*. If that isn't a statement of faith, I'll eat my beanie. In academia, it’s called a “straw man”. It’s the province of a particularly weak argument.

It’s also called “padding the numbers”. If Dawkins can argue that all these people who identify as agnostics are “really” atheists, his work becomes oh so much more relevant.

/snark

Fundamentalist atheism is founded upon just as much faith-belief as fundamentalist religion of any stripe. It relies on the unspoken assumption that the non-existence of God does not have to be proved; it simply *is*. If that isn’t a statement of faith, I’ll eat my beanie.

]]> By: Belinda http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/#comment-65 Belinda Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:13:16 +0000 http://thecentrecannothold.net/2008/04/09/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/#comment-65 Very interesting. I'd be interested in reading your views on Gnosticism. Very interesting.

I’d be interested in reading your views on Gnosticism.

]]> By: Brad http://thecentrecannothold.net/blog/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/#comment-64 Brad Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:42:01 +0000 http://thecentrecannothold.net/2008/04/09/richard-dawkins-got-delusion/#comment-64 haha. Not to generalize, but what amazes me about atheism is its seeming obsession with being right. What's the motivation of an atheist evangelist? Simple egotism? To sell books? To convince himself? No manner of bent truth is too absurd. -Brad <a href="http://simplyonelife.org" rel="nofollow">www.SimplyOneLife.org</a> haha.

Not to generalize, but what amazes me about atheism is its seeming obsession with being right.

What’s the motivation of an atheist evangelist?

Simple egotism? To sell books? To convince himself?

No manner of bent truth is too absurd.

-Brad
http://www.SimplyOneLife.org

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