1. The Atheist Delusion: a pisspoor presentation

Comment #12087 by ei muista on December 10, 2006 at 12:03 pm

45. Comment #12076 by Yorker
>>>>39. Comment #12064 by ei muista
>>>>I know people who are christian and 1) whose conception of god is not a dude on a cloud and 2) who know the bible is just an old book.<<
>>So do I, but they are the minority, certainly in the USA.

Well, Yorker you're hitting the nail on the head because I think that the number of Jesus freaks in your country has caused another group of fundamentalists to arise as a counter force. Between these two fundamental groups there is little intellectual open-mindedness. Both of these groups exaggerate what they know and they need to be reminded of Descartes' "Cogito Ergo Sum". The real point of Descartes' statement isn't that it's a fact, but that it's the ONLY fact.

2. The Atheist Delusion: a pisspoor presentation

Comment #12064 by ei muista on December 10, 2006 at 3:19 am

Yeah it was funny... until it got boring. I don't want to be a party pooper but even a satire should be made well. The serious (and boring I know, sorry) problem with this one is that it really makes atheists look stupid because it does just what all the deepakchopras are saying that atheists do i.e. atheists attack straw men. I know people who are christian and 1) whose conception of god is not a dude on a cloud and 2) who know the bible is just an old book. If they were to see that clip they'd just think atheists are stupid.

3. To be Read at my Funeral

Comment #12063 by ei muista on December 10, 2006 at 2:51 am

Prof. Dawkins' notion of us being 'lucky' implies that some unborn people are unlucky! That's just nonsense. Dawkins writes "You are lucky to be alive and so am I." That might even spur some unwanted laughter by the grave. I guess what he intends to say is "... and so WAS I".
I wish Richard Dawkins had honed his check-out speech before going public with it. It IS a serious matter. To me it seems that after a life of campaigning against religious belief prof. Dawkins wants to get sentimental. I feel very awkward about this.