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From: firemonkey on 26 Sep 2008 20:47 http://www.chickyog.net/2008/09/26/zap/ Eek!!
From: Lachlan - KotU on 27 Sep 2008 04:58 "firemonkey" <firemonkey(a)gatty.me.uk> wrote in message news:48dd8296$0$515$bed64819(a)news.gradwell.net... > http://www.chickyog.net/2008/09/26/zap/ > > Eek!! Christ!
From: Rowland McDonnell on 28 Sep 2008 19:45 Ariel <ariella(a)mailhaven.com> wrote: [snip] > I'm currently reading Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, those who are > secure and intelligent enough to see the value of questioning their > beliefs should be strong enough to read this book. The problem with Dawkins is that he's as barking mad as the god botherers he criticises. The Royal Society's education bod was forced to resign recently, on account of having said that pupils who raise questions in science classes about creationism should have it explained to them that creationism isn't scientific in a way that shows respect for their personal beliefs. Dawkins led the rabid attack on this perfectly reasonable chap because of his perfectly reasonable statement. Then it turns out that Dawkins himself appeared on telly, running a science class, and, erm, answering a pupil's question about creationism by explaining that creationism isn't scientific in a way that showed respect for the pupil's beliefs. Private Eye put me on to that last bit. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 29 Sep 2008 14:53 Ariel <ariella(a)mailhaven.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > >Ariel <ariella(a)mailhaven.com> wrote: > > > >[snip] > > > >> I'm currently reading Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, those who are > >> secure and intelligent enough to see the value of questioning their > >> beliefs should be strong enough to read this book. > > > >The problem with Dawkins is that he's as barking mad as the god > >botherers he criticises. > > Oh dear, there goes another of my would-be-heroes, I was just warming > to him as well. I can't say I've got heros as such. Dawkins is certainly not one of them. I despise the man. You make up your own mind, though. > >The Royal Society's education bod was forced to resign recently, on > >account of having said that pupils who raise questions in science > >classes about creationism should have it explained to them that > >creationism isn't scientific in a way that shows respect for their > >personal beliefs. > > > >Dawkins led the rabid attack on this perfectly reasonable chap because > >of his perfectly reasonable statement. > > I remember hearing about that only two of three weeks ago, I mean how > he was rather harshly forced to resign but I didn't realise that > Dawkins was involved in that. Dawkins criticised the man for telling people that they should behave in the way that Dawkins behaved. Dawkins led the slavering pack that pushed him out of his job - pushed him out of a job for telling people that they should behave in the sensible, reasonable, civilised fashion that Dawkins himself considers the right thing to do, as we have seen from what Dawkins actually does. Dawkins is a lunatic and a hypocrite and he's doing a lot to harm rationality in society. > >Then it turns out that Dawkins himself appeared on telly, running a > >science class, and, erm, answering a pupil's question about creationism > >by explaining that creationism isn't scientific in a way that showed > >respect for the pupil's beliefs. Private Eye put me on to that last > >bit. > > > >Rowland. > > Well, no-one likes a hypocrite but, even so, his book is brilliantly > argued and often very funny. Dawkins is barking mad, I promise you. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
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