[kj] (OT) The Religion of Peace, Love and Understanding

Jim Harper jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk
Sat May 8 11:28:06 EDT 2010


Well, I have been often told that my opinions of Dawkins are simply the result of misunderstanding on my part, so you're hardly alone. At the end of the day, I'm not convinced by Dawkins' approach or his conclusions, and that's not necessarily because I don't understand.
 
Jim.
 
--- On Sat, 8/5/10, phil <phil.tofield at virgin.net> wrote:


It seems to me, as is often the case when people discuss Richard
Dawkins, that he is being either misunderstood or misquoted. Dawkins
doesnt claim to be 100% correct and anyone who disagrees with him
wrong. Nor does he claim to be 100% convinced as to the non-existence
of god. The whole basis of the God Delusion is that, based on the
available evidence, god is very improbable.

I remember a passage in the book where he presents a 7 point scale of
belief, where 1 is absolute total belief that god exists and 7 is the
opposite, total atheism. Dawkins places himself at number 6 - that he
thinks god is very improbable but cannot, of course, know for certain.

I read The Blind Watchmaker recently, one of the most inspiring books
Ive ever read.

On Fri, 7 May 2010 18:36:11 +0000 (GMT), you wrote:





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