1. Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss

Comment #162747 by macspoofing on April 17, 2008 at 11:50 am

I was ultimately overwhelmed by my irritation with the meandering, parenthetical, logorrhoea of Dr. Krauss, which barely left a pause in which Dr. Dawkins could speak.

My thoughts exactly! It was incredibly frustrating to listen to Krauss. He completely monopolized the discussion at certain points. During those times, he either re-iterated the same point, over and over again, or it took him forever to get to his point. Meanwhile, Dawkins is sitting there unable to get a word in because Krauss does not pause for sentences or paragraphs.

2. Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss

Comment #161636 by macspoofing on April 15, 2008 at 1:15 pm

I thought Lawrence Krauss monopolized too much of the discussion, especially in the first part of the video. At multiple times he was just making the same point over and over and over again, and Dawkins couldn't get a word in. It was frustrating to listen to.

Regarding the difficulties for the creation of Atheist lobby, the answer is obvious. Even though I might share a disbelief in God with some on the left, I would still vote for an evangelical republican over a democrat because I consider the ideological beliefs regarding the free market, and government role in people's lives much more important - and yes, I would do that even with the baggage that the evangelical base brings to the table. Further, its painfully obvious that much of organized atheism in this country is run by liberals. I don't want to be associated with them, and most who lean libertarian, capitalist, or right-wing wouldn't either. So the real shame here is that atheism has been co-opted by the left.