E. Peevie said...
Interesting post. I'm slowly making my way through The God Delusion by Richard Dawson. In the first few chapters, I agreed with almost everything he said, but as I kept reading, what was most striking to me was his his hostility toward belief in God.
It seems to me that a scientist making a case for or against something should make a solid effort to put his emotions out of the picture.
Obviously, bad things are done in the name of religion, and it's right to be angry about those things, and at those people. But it's a little telling, don't you think, that he lumps all people of faith together in one ignorant, hateful lump.
I haven't finished the book, so I don't know if he has anything to say about people motivated by faith to do great works of compassion, not to mention art.
June 29, 2008 8:06 PM
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