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Originally Posted by Russ
I’ve made my feelings on Dawkins clear many times. He’s made it his mission to make people lose their faith, he’s said so in interviews promoting his book regardless of the questionable ‘evidence’ in his book. The Dawkins Delusion counters all his points and demonstrates where he embellishes, misquotes and takes things out of context.
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do you not feel that your very first post on this thread took his words out of context? Where Richard Dawkins has said that indoctrination should be avoided, you have taken it to mean he is telling you how to bring up your child and that he wouldn't want you to even discuss religion in your own home. is your response not just as bad as how you feel Richard Dawkins has taken religion and it's teachings out of context too?
if you look into what Richard Dawkins says, he does not try to make people lose their faith. what he wants is for people to be able to step back and question their faith, religion and religion's teachings. if, after doing so, one returns to that faith, then so be it. his point is more about people blindly following a belief system without ever asking why they are doing it or whether doing so is benefiting or potentially hindering them as a person.
EDIT: but that aside, please humour us for the sake of this thread - what is it specifically that Dawkins says that you consider BS? what specifically has upset or angered you? they are simple questions.
I don't think it reasonable to make each person who reads this thread have to go trawling through years of forum posts to find snippets of your muses on him in order to further comment here. much the same as when someone on the forum makes a point which refers to a study, experiment, new article or viewpoint, you will request that a link to the evidence that is posted or referred, and do not feel you should have to google it yourself. take almost every single thread started by ArthurGray50 for example.