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Re: Dawkins seems a bit *confused* here
Jul 01, 2009, 12:27
But that isn't the point, and it's not what HOD is on about I don't think, albeit it's easy to read his posts that way.

Arguing against religion with science (its discoveries or its method) is like arguing against a brick wall with a pillow. It is not the tool for the job. It is horrifyingly dumb, and not a little bit reactionary. It really isn't doing science any favours at all, its actually quite destructive. If you want a tool that can actually debate this properly then choose philosophy, or metaphysics more accurately.

Dawkins doesn't get religion, he's not the man to challenge its' worse mores, which are quite often fuck all to do with the faiths and more to do with politics and interpretation. There are plenty of religions that have quite terrible ideas and attitudes in their dogma, and quite often these are no longer enforced or argued for in the modern sphere. However, there are also just as many religious asshats with terrible ideas and attitudes that stem from themselves and are actually contrary to the dogma they claim to subscribe.


A lot of scientific ideas, and philosophy as we have it now (arguably the parent of both science and religion) come from those top medieval christians. The two are not forms that are mutually exclusive, and religion is not threatening civilisation any more than it ever did. The world is not populated by rational actors, and nor will it ever be Mr Dawkins et al. Plenty of scientists become irrational when they step outside of their field of expertise.
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