2006-12-05 13:55:34 · 15 answers · asked by Poo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes, he can be a dick sometimes but he's brilliant.
2006-12-05 14:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by bob888 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dawkins is the master of the straw man; he props up what he would prefer religion to be (and to be fair some fundamentalists are all too eager to oblige), and then knocks that red herring over.
I'd really love to see him go toe to toe with a Francis Collins instead of a Ted Haggard. It is easy to make an idiot look like an idiot. But could Dawkins take on a scientist far more accomplished than he is? (Collins' human genome project is probably the most important scientific milestone of the post-Einstein era, and to add to its audacity, offers more insight into human evolution than Dawkins' entire publication catalogue.)
2006-12-05 22:12:20 · answer #2 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never met "Tricky Dicky" myself, but like a lot of original (or semi-original) thinkers, he seems to be a bit of an opinionated wanker.
Can he throw a fifty-yard pass? Unlikely.
He was a good mate of Douglas Adams though, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt which he doesn't possess.
2006-12-05 22:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Darwin's Rottweiler" He's interesting. Haven't read this popular book, but did see the South Park episode!
2006-12-05 22:01:32 · answer #4 · answered by I have ideas... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't say whether I like him or not, as I have never met him. I do have a great deal of respect for him, and I do subscribe to his thinking.
2006-12-05 22:00:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is an educated man who is studying what he believes is true. So yes, I like him fine.
2006-12-05 22:01:20 · answer #6 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know yet.I have heard alot about his work,I just have never took the time off to look into it.
2006-12-05 22:01:17 · answer #7 · answered by Myaloo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's great. He's really bringing atheism into the mainstream. It still has a ways to go but he's helping it along.
2006-12-05 22:00:14 · answer #8 · answered by . 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
dawkins rules.
2006-12-05 21:59:36 · answer #9 · answered by AVATARD 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I enjoy listening to his words of wisdom
2006-12-05 21:59:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I haven't met him. I like his books.
2006-12-05 22:04:33 · answer #11 · answered by N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋