Comments on: “Richard Dawkins slaps creationists into the primordial soup – Times Online”

By: theory of relativity

theory of relativity — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:40:01 +0000

A two-hour special, interspersing interviews with dramatizations, tells the story of Albert Einstein’s 15-year struggle to prove his revolutionary Theory of General Relativity. The theory is a concept that (as the History

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:57:33 +0000

I would highly suggest for you, and any one ellse intrested to read the book ""The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions." by self-professed secular Jew and mathematics/philosophie teacher David Berlinski. This tells the story of a Jew who was forced to dig his own grave prior to being shot by a German soldier. Prior to being shot, the old Jewish man advised the German that “God is watching what you are doing.” The Jewish gentleman pointed what i think is the real problem with atheism. "If you have the time please check the book out

By: Tom Gilson

Tom Gilson — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:19:01 +0000

Usually it means preaching to people who already know what you’re going to say and agree with you already.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:54:24 +0000

Agree that Dawkins is largely writing to a predisposed crowd, but isn’t “preaching to the choir” a comment regarding audience size?

By: Wickle

Wickle — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:15:59 +0000

I find that Dawkins is really just writing to an audience of other bitter atheists. In our circles, it would be like preaching to the choir. I’m not sure how he’d feel about that terminology. It certainly isn’t designed to challenge believers.