The Richard Dawkins...

[Uladyne]

..And Myself.

At Portland State University last night. Yes, I was a bit giddy.

 

[Glenn Fricker]

Very cool.


Dawkins is an amazing guy.

 

[GarethSE]

awesome stuff greg \m/

 

[SocialNumb]

That's fucking metal! Cool!

 

[James Murphy]

i'm actually reading The God Delusion right now, coincidentally.

 

[STINNETT]

Dawkins is great.

I've got to pick up his new book soon.

 

[Bekanor]

I want to read God Delusion but I'm afraid it will turn me into a youtube commenter.


I don't wanna.

 

[Chryst Krispies]

Damn, I wanna meet Dawkins.

The God Delusion is one of the best books ever.

 

[AdamWathan]

I preferred Atheist Universe by David Mills by far to The God Delusion... Dawkins is the man though either way. I just remember finding the actual content of The God Delusion was sparse and far between his reactionary potshots. Book should've been way shorter if he just stuck to his arguments.

 

[James Murphy]

two other books i've read recently that may interest Dawkins fans:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/God-Not-Great-Religion-Everything/dp/0446579807"]"God Is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything"[/ame] by Christopher Hitchens

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Interrupted-Revealing-Hidden-Contradictions/dp/0061173932"]"Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don't Know About Them)"[/ame] by Bart D. Ehrman

 

[James Murphy]

I preferred Atheist Universe by David Mills by far to The God Delusion... Dawkins is the man though either way. I just remember finding the actual content of The God Delusion was sparse and far between his reactionary potshots. Book should've been way shorter if he just stuck to his arguments.

and it would've been far more boring. i'm finding Dawkins presentation in TGD to be engaging and humorous... a big plus, and not at all a detrimental factor.

 

[STINNETT]

James, have you discovered the power of the dark side?

 

[James Murphy]

i've always been a religious skeptic... or as Dawkins himself claims to be, a T.A.P. agnostic... this in not wishy-washy, fence-sitting, P.A.P. agnosticism. anyone who's read TGD knows what i'm talking about, and since you guys all seem to have done so, i'll forego explanation of those terms.

in any event, whether or not there is a "god" entity, the "Holy Bible" is a crock of shite.

Christianity itself is a joke.... as Bart Ehrman posited; how did the religion of Jesus (what he actually practiced & taught), which was Jewish Law as the only way to salvation and the key to entering "the kingdom"(meaning god's kingdom on earth) as a restored corporeal being... an event that was, according to Jesus himself, imminent within the lifetime of most of those who were present at his sermons... become the religion about Jesus, an anti-semetic, misogynistic, Jewish-law-refuting sub-cult of Judaism that teaches that the resurrection will be spiritual; a disembodied ascension into some non-earthly, "heavenly" realm?

with an awful lot of creativity, that's how. not surprising really, since that's how the earlier iteration of the bible, the Old Testament (and thus Judaism itself), was evolved as well.

 

[STINNETT]

I agree. (obviously, I'm sure)

Have you read "Misquoting Jesus" by Ehrman? I enjoyed that one a great deal as well.

 

[James Murphy]

not yet... but Jesus, Interrupted alludes to it a lot, so i probably will after i finish TGD.

 

[AdamWathan]

and it would've been far more boring. i'm finding Dawkins presentation in TGD to be engaging and humorous... a big plus, and not at all a detrimental factor.

Check out Atheist Universe by David Mills, James. I found it far more humorous and entertaining, it was an absolute joy to read.

 

[STINNETT]

Having always felt somewhat alienated for turning my back on religion years ago, I cannot express how satisfying it is to see so many great works on the subject in the spotlight these days. These are bestsellers. I hope it signifies that a cultural enlightenment is somewhere over the horizon.

 

[greyskull]

i started to read the god delusion... then fell asleep.(seriously)
I want to read it... i want to like it, but well.. it is a little dry for my tastes.
Normally when i read its to unwind and be entertained... Its still on my shelf and i will read it one day

 

[James Murphy]

Check out Atheist Universe by David Mills, James. I found it far more humorous and entertaining, it was an absolute joy to read.

it's on my "to buy" list, so i will definitely read it soon. thx,

 

[James Murphy]

i started to read the god delusion... then fell asleep.(seriously)
I want to read it... i want to like it, but well.. it is a little dry for my tastes.
Normally when i read its to unwind and be entertained... Its still on my shelf and i will read it one day

i find it very entertaining... not "dry" at all