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To: Alamo-Girl
Both were seeking to tear down faith which is ill motive, maliciousness in legalese, or meanness. Just my two cents...

LOL A-G!!! Plus my two cents will make it four! :^)

In Dawkins' case, not only does he tear down God, but he tears down man -- seeing him as not essentially any different, or more special in any way, than a termite. And yet he seems to have enormous faith in himself, and himself alone. I'm displaying my own personal bias here, but to me such inconsistencies indicate a mind that is, well, less than perfectly balanced, perfectly sound....

576 posted on 06/27/2003 9:34:14 AM PDT by betty boop (Nothing is outside of us, but we forget this at every sound. -- Nietzsche)
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To: betty boop
My goodness, betty boop! You have a masterful way of finding these delicious ironies:

In Dawkins' case, not only does he tear down God, but he tears down man -- seeing him as not essentially any different, or more special in any way, than a termite. And yet he seems to have enormous faith in himself, and himself alone.

Thank you so much for your agreement! Hugs!!!

577 posted on 06/27/2003 9:48:26 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: betty boop
In Dawkins' case, not only does he tear down God, but he tears down man

Not just Dawkins though. Darwin tears down man also in his 'Descent of Man' by saying we are little more than apes. Hume too tore down man for the sake of tearing down God. It seems to me that materialists are willing to put themselves down in order to be rid of God. We see that on these threads too many times. Aside from other objections I have to materialism, the hopelessness of it seems to me to be a real turn off.

593 posted on 06/27/2003 7:42:01 PM PDT by gore3000 (Intelligent people do not believe in evolution.)
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