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Dawkins - 'The God Delusion'

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Message 57 of 167 (354073)
10-04-2006 2:37 AM 		Reply to: Message 3 by Phat
09-28-2006 8:05 AM

spong
Dawkins writes:
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Those who wish to base their morality literally on the Bible have either not read it or not understood it, as Bishop John Shelby Spong, in The Sins of Scripture, rightly observed. Bishop Spong, by the way, is a nice example of a liberal bishop whose beliefs are so advanced as to be almost unrecognizable to the majority of those who call themselves Christians. A British counterpart is Richard Holloway, recently retired as Bishop of Edinburgh. Bishop Holloway even describes himself as a 'recovering Christian'.
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that book's on my shelf right now, on load from brenna. i'm gonna read it right after i finish spong's other book. frankly, most of the stuff i've read so far has been rather rudimentary. nothing i didn't know, and in a few instances, knew better.
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i kind of expected more, i dunno, heated arguments from dawkins, though.
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Message 64 of 167 (383296)
02-07-2007 5:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 63 by Cold Foreign Object
02-07-2007 4:53 PM

I have not read Dawkins latest book.
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and thus you are qualified to describe the arguments he makes therein.
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Atheists account for the irrational Deity beliefs of believers by saying material forces created our brains and the brain created the idea of "God."
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ok.
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(as a side question, assuming the christian god is the only true god, where do beliefs in other gods come from?)
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Evolution created God and since "Evolution" has no ability to speak, Dawkins is its Prophet.
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ok.
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Dawkins is simply saying that he is God
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does not follow.
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According to the Bible this is Satan's goal: get us to take the place of God
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book, chapter, verse?
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like he attempted to do before he got booted.
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book, chapter, verse?
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02-07-2007 5:30 PM 		Reply to: Message 65 by Cold Foreign Object
02-07-2007 5:19 PM

that didn't answer my question. my question was about YOUR opinion, not the "darwinist" opinion. where do you think beliefs in the non-christian gods come from?
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02-07-2007 5:51 PM 		Reply to: Message 67 by Cold Foreign Object
02-07-2007 5:48 PM

actually ray, that depends entirely on your answer: are non-christians deluded?
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Edited by arachnophilia, : clarification
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02-07-2007 11:57 PM 		Reply to: Message 69 by Cold Foreign Object
02-07-2007 8:50 PM

ok, i believe that answers my question.
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