Richard Dawkins: An atheist's call to arms

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Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.

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Uploaded: January 16, 2007 at 10:51 am
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SJamesGray (December 3, 2008 at 8:41 pm)
"Uses terror and fear as a motivator.
They turn people away from using reason."

Only Christianity, Islam, and possibly Judaism do this. If you read some Buddhist texts, you will find that they are quite reasonable indeed. Try the Dalai Lama's How to See Yourself As you Really Are. It's a treatise on Dependent Origination which teaches that NOTHING exists in and of itself.
SJamesGray (December 3, 2008 at 8:35 pm)
That just tells me why you don't like Christians and still doesn't answer my question.
chronoporter (December 3, 2008 at 6:47 pm)
Richard Dawkins himself entitled his presentation "Queerer than we can suppose, the strangeness of science."

In my opinion the video shouldn't be named "An atheist's call to arms".
It is a very misleading title that portrays atheism as a militant school of thought; which compared to religion, is obviously not militant at all.
CHARESTHEHAMER (December 3, 2008 at 4:03 pm)
You need to travel some before you claim such silly things.
thebbeenn (December 3, 2008 at 2:55 pm)
SJamesGray

Answer to 1st question:
Because Christians tend to whine the loudest, and thump their bibles at people the most often.
NewDirection4us (December 3, 2008 at 8:45 am)
God creating all things through evolution makes more sense than no God at all. Those who deny a creator God are blind to the truth. Dawkins is smart but nowhere near as smart as the creator. God made it, Dawkins discovered it.
meiitbe (December 3, 2008 at 3:39 am)
How do you know what God likes or does not? What's his email, because i would like to know myself.
Science1st (December 3, 2008 at 1:05 am)
Sorry, I really try to be an equal opportuity religion basher. As none of them are needed.
I won't say everything I read from rel scholars is bad, nor is everything I read in the Bible bad.
Detriments of religion:
Rel teach a belief in the supernatural. Attract people with imaginary hopes.
Uses terror and fear as a motivator.
They turn people away from using reason.

I love your last point. But I must be free from religions lies, and use my mind to reason what is worth remembering.
SJamesGray (December 2, 2008 at 9:22 pm)
What is with this constant atheistic notion that everybody who is religious is Christian?! What about all the Taoists, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Muslims, Confucians, Jains, Sikhs, Zoroastrians, Animists and other indigenous peoples?
And where do you get the notion that religious scholars don't write books or contribute knowledge to the human race?
Also, a book can be thrown into the fire and its material changes. It's the teachings on the pages of the book that are truly transcendent.
CHARESTHEHAMER (December 2, 2008 at 8:40 pm)
You do know oscar wilde joined the Catholic Church don't you?

run along now and look it up.