Re: Richard Dawkins is proof that you can be intelligent AND really

On 12 May, 04:37, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 11, 7:23 pm, chazwin <chazwy...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 11 May, 19:59, csamp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Charles H. Sampson) wrote:
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> > >      To me, Dawkins is the epitome of the concept of "jerk".  Why do
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> > > say that?  Suppose I were in Dawkins' position, a reknowed biologist
> > > with access to platforms to expound my ideas, but (being me) with my
> > > social leanings.  From my knowledge of science, biology in
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> > > have come to the conclusion that religion is hokum and that people
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> > > have any sort of religious belief are just scared and using it as an
> > > emotional crutch in the face of the big nothingness (le grand
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> > > come.  I wouldn't use my platforms to tell these misguided souls (or
> > > beings; Dawkins wouldn't say "souls".) how silly they are.  What
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> > > be the point of taking from such people something that gives them
> > > comfort and the will to struggle on in this mysterious state we call
> > > "life"?  Dawkins, being an =FCberjerk, has no such qualms.
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> > Clearly you are too damn ****ing stupid to know who Dawkins is and
> > what the **** he is doing.
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> > >      Stephen J. Gould, a scientist of standing at least equal to
> > > Dawkins, wrote a book "Rocks of Ages".  In it he argues that there
> > > shouldn't be any conflict between religion and science because they
> > > address areas of inquiry that have nothing in common.
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> > But he was completely wrong. Whilst religion claims to know how life
> > emerged on planet earth it inevitably  brings it into conflict with
> > science
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> What (contem****ary) religion claims that?

Judaism
Islam
Christianity.
Sikhism
To name a few.
Like I said ... read a book!