2007-04-15 06:15:10 · 5 answers · asked by sokrates 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I refuse to read Dawkins, Newton, Marx, or anyone else I find to be extremely arrogant and egotistical. I just can't stand people like that, you know?
2007-04-15 06:19:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dawkins' books are a sorely needed shot of rationality in a world of often rabid beliefs. For those who take the time to actually read and consider what he has to say, his arguments for a naturalistic world are all but irrefutable.
I think this is why a lot of religious people hate him so much. Of course, neither he nor anyone else can sway the True Believer, who considers the consequences of rational thought to be evil, and the dismissal of empiricism & evidence to be a virtue. Dawkins' writings are a bold challenge to the blind acceptance of (or "faith in") god-figures and creation myths. For this, I'm sure a lot of "love thy neighbor" xtians would love to see him die and burn in the hell they so fervently want to believe in.
Me? I only regret I haven't read everything he's written.
2007-04-15 06:40:49 · answer #2 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've only read Dawkins' "Selfish Gene", but if his other works are similar I think he is one the bravest and most challenging authors of today (with Noam Chomsky, of course;).
Also, I really appreciated the fact that he writes about very complicated things in such a simple way that anyone can understand.
2007-04-15 07:09:47 · answer #3 · answered by sanja2lica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dawkins is an outspoken atheist, secular humanist, and sceptic, and is a prominent member of the Brights movement, he really is in the scientific part...
2007-04-15 06:20:25 · answer #4 · answered by juliascrive 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Preaching to the Choir.
2007-04-15 06:22:06 · answer #5 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋