....and from now on he's going to be giving away his books for free....is this true?
2007-02-17 19:02:52 · 7 answers · asked by digger 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Richard who???? lol
He should have given them away to begin with.
2007-02-17 19:13:45 · answer #1 · answered by Rahab 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don’t think that is true. There is no reason why a man as rational as Dawkins would see anything noble in taking a vow of poverty for poverty’s sake. Now the latter part of your statement, about him giving away his books for free, might be true. Who knows? Can you cite the source where you got this information from.
Either way, Dawkins in his decades of being an academic, has brought a greater understanding of evolutionary biology to the lay masses than any other biologist that I can think of. Furthermore, he subsumes his numerous treatises on Darwin’s ground breaking theory in a social framework, showing how it would explain things that go beyond the realm of biology. Dawkins is the bulwark against the ever increasing tide of irrationality that is pervading our world, most notably in the forms of creationism and intelligent design.
I am grateful for his devotion to the defense of science and reason against groundless dogma. Whether he achieves this while gaining a profit is immaterial. He has, profit or not, done a great service for mankind.
2007-02-19 15:25:02 · answer #2 · answered by Lawrence Louis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He has to give them away for free..they aren't worth paying for ...(and I'm an atheist!!)....
If only he could have come up with some original material..it just seems that it's the same thing over and over again..just re-arranged a little so it looks new...
Personally, I don't think that God is the 'deluded' one...
2007-02-18 03:09:59 · answer #3 · answered by KED 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it means educating the deluded masses in america, who prefer hatred to peace, then it would be a wonderful thing.
2007-02-18 03:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He hits hard and the Christians can only reply with vitriol and long may he continue hitting them hard.
2007-02-18 03:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
now there will be one in every hotel room to equal the placement of the gideons bible
2007-02-18 03:05:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope so, cant wait to read it.....you dont need god to be happy
2007-02-18 03:06:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋