Vince Hart wrote:

LiamToo wrote:
Vince Hart wrote:
I don't think Dawkins' militancy holds a candle to that of religious
zealots who believe that the God who has communicated to them through a
magic book wants them to make war on those whose God communicated to
them through a different magic book.

Nor do I think that Dawkins would consider anyone an idiot for thinking
that their might be an intelligent designer. I do think he considers
to be idiots those people who want creationism taught along with (if
not instead of) evolution in public school science classes.

Once upon a time, science did not have an explanation for mental
illness, so people attributed it to demon possession. The fact that
science does not provide a satisfying explanation for some phenomenon
currently does not mean that it is incapable of ever explaining it, or
that a supernatural explanation is necessary or preferable.

Talking about idiots, here's one idiot who said:

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
--Albert Einstein

Here's another idiot who said:

"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who
set the planets in motion. God governs all things and knows all that is
or can be done." --Sir Isaac Newton

Why would you label either of these men idiots?

Lance *is* an idiot, but he *thinks* he's a genius. Newton *was* a
genius. Einstein *was* a genius. Therefore, Lance thinks that they were
idiots. Simple explanations are often the most apt, in science as in
life.