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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
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A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.
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Richard Dawkins
God to Make Dawkins Hypothesis
This is part three of a series on Richard Dawkins The God Delusion. I am writing a running commentary on the book as I read it, more or less.Part I: Starting “The God Delusion”Part II: A Deep AtheistIn the second chapter, Dawkins explicitly sets out hi…
A Deep Atheist
In the first chapter (of The God Delusion), Dawkins delineates the religion of Einstein and other scientists who use the word God in a metaphoric, pantheistic, or literary sense (p. 19) and the religion of the “supernaturalists” (p. 13) who use the…
Starting “The God Delusion”
I started reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins on the train going home on 23 April 2008. I plan to write a running commentary about each section. I wonder if I can really do it, especially before the book it due from the library (I’m definitel…
Religion Beyond Dawkins
As was said in previous posts, Dawkins does not venture past superficial explanations or observations that cannot be necessarily proved (since he is using data outside of his empirical domain). As a consequence of this impedance, C. Hitchens has said i…
Explàrrogance and the Modified Toddler Theory
The next thing on my to-do list is to read four books in this order: (1) Your God is Too Small by J.B. Phillips, (2) The God Delusion by R. Dawkins, (3) What’s So Great About Christianity by D. D’Souza, and (4) God is Not Great by C. Hitchens. I ha…
