Comments on: The ongoing saga of the Dawkins delusions http://aldenswan.com/2008/11/the-ongoing-saga-of-the-dawkins-delusions/ free speech, critical thinking, and really good coffee Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Haubrich, FCD http://aldenswan.com/2008/11/the-ongoing-saga-of-the-dawkins-delusions/comment-page-1/#comment-905 Mike Haubrich, FCD Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:28:52 +0000 http://www.aldenswan.com/?p=459#comment-905 You do know, Quixote, that he is referring to the oft-quoted yet widely-discredited Lady Hope story. Right? You do know, Quixote, that he is referring to the oft-quoted yet widely-discredited Lady Hope story. Right?

]]> By: Quixote http://aldenswan.com/2008/11/the-ongoing-saga-of-the-dawkins-delusions/comment-page-1/#comment-906 Quixote Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:24:59 +0000 http://www.aldenswan.com/?p=459#comment-906 Dawkins likes to joke that old people go to church because they're "cramming for the final". He never worries that one day in old age he may wake and find himself feeling drawn towards faith, though. If he did, he would put it down to senile dementia. He seems much more worried about spurious reports of a fictitious deathbed conversion being put about by his enemies after he dies. He is probably not joking at all when he says "I want to make damn sure there's a tape recorder running for my last words." (complements of the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/oct/25/richard-dawkins-religion-science-books" rel="nofollow">Guardian</a>) Dawkins likes to joke that old people go to church because they’re “cramming for the final”. He never worries that one day in old age he may wake and find himself feeling drawn towards faith, though. If he did, he would put it down to senile dementia. He seems much more worried about spurious reports of a fictitious deathbed conversion being put about by his enemies after he dies. He is probably not joking at all when he says “I want to make damn sure there’s a tape recorder running for my last words.” (complements of the Guardian)

]]> By: Mike Haubrich, FCD http://aldenswan.com/2008/11/the-ongoing-saga-of-the-dawkins-delusions/comment-page-1/#comment-907 Mike Haubrich, FCD Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:35:59 +0000 http://www.aldenswan.com/?p=459#comment-907 I really get irritated with the emphasis on "all rationality, all the time" that some people, including Dawkins have written about. Apparently he has even come out against the Harry Potter series. But, he announced over a year ago that he was to retire from his position at Oxford and the Simonyi chair, so that is why it is not a huge headline on all the papers. And as much as you might hope, his influence is not waning. He looks to have far more influence than, say, <a href="http://thebeagleproject.blogspot.com/2008/10/discovery-institute-send-big-guns-to.html" rel="nofollow">David Berlinski.</a> I really get irritated with the emphasis on “all rationality, all the time” that some people, including Dawkins have written about. Apparently he has even come out against the Harry Potter series.

But, he announced over a year ago that he was to retire from his position at Oxford and the Simonyi chair, so that is why it is not a huge headline on all the papers. And as much as you might hope, his influence is not waning. He looks to have far more influence than, say, David Berlinski.

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