I don't have to be okay with people who believe unprovable things.
Also: Other than that interview in The Sun, have you read Harris? Did you read The End of Faith or Letter to a Christian Nation? And in terms of Dawkins, have you read The God Delusion? Or are you going with things you've heard them say in the media?
Because the way their words can be twisted (not saying The Sun did that) is not a good representation of them. I can loan you The God Delusion if you want.
But if not, I mean, I didn't post that picture/article to have a discussion about whether you like the way atheists present themselves.
To a certain extent, I don't think Dawkins or Harris care whether they're "reaching across the divide" or not. They're saying, Here are the logical arguments against the existence of god, take it or leave it.
And again, how they present the information, or how you and I feel about it, has *nothing* to do with whether or not god exists or science is the best way to find things out, and I think it's important to separate those two things.
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Date: 2009-02-10 03:54 am (UTC)Also: Other than that interview in The Sun, have you read Harris? Did you read The End of Faith or Letter to a Christian Nation? And in terms of Dawkins, have you read The God Delusion? Or are you going with things you've heard them say in the media?
Because the way their words can be twisted (not saying The Sun did that) is not a good representation of them. I can loan you The God Delusion if you want.
But if not, I mean, I didn't post that picture/article to have a discussion about whether you like the way atheists present themselves.
To a certain extent, I don't think Dawkins or Harris care whether they're "reaching across the divide" or not. They're saying, Here are the logical arguments against the existence of god, take it or leave it.
And again, how they present the information, or how you and I feel about it, has *nothing* to do with whether or not god exists or science is the best way to find things out, and I think it's important to separate those two things.