[Aquinasfan]

Dawkins clearly believes his background in science allows him to draw strong conclusions about religion and, in The God Delusion, he presents those conclusions in language that's stronger still. Dawkins not only thinks religion is unalloyed nonsense but that it is an overwhelmingly pernicious, even "very evil"

I wonder how he defines the term "evil" scientifically or empirically. I won't hold my breath, since it's impossible.

Logically, philosophy defines science. Logically, science cannot define philosophy.

Many scientists are ignorant of philosophy. Wise scientists know their limitations, and don't advertise them.

[hocndoc]

Logic and philosophy, like scientific evidence, are reliably and repeatedly discovered by different observers in different labs, under different conditions, and reported with the same or very similar conclusions. Sanity involves those conclusions that others share at least the more basic points of reality. (Romans 1)