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The God Delusion



 
 
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  #111  
Old January 4th 07, 07:48 PM posted to rec.games.chess.politics
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Default OT: The God Delusion


Ange1o DePa1ma wrote:

Hell, even I think those people are idiots. Unfortunately for rational
atheism, Dawkins believes *everyone* who falls back on any belief in a deity
is an idiot, not just creationists.

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Not true. I can't find the spot in The God Delusion right now, but
Dawkins praises a few of his beliving friends all of whom are high end
scholars on the subject. But, yes, Dawlkins is clearly contemptuous of
the broad run of believers. In several cases he quotes from the hate
mail he has received, much of it from the southern United States where
belief is as strong as education is weak. He insinuates that some
religious elements in the US are on the same level of sophistication as
the Taliban of Afghanistan.

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  #112  
Old January 5th 07, 03:46 AM posted to rec.games.chess.politics
Ange1o DePa1ma
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Default OT: The God Delusion


"LiamToo" wrote in message
ups.com...
Vince Hart wrote:
LiamToo wrote:
Vince Hart wrote:
Actually, anybody who bothers to read knows that I was not the first
one to invoke the word and also knows that your use of the word was
not
reponsive to anything that I wrote.

Alright, maybe somebody else in this newsgroup invoked the word first.
And then you did. Then, I responded directly to your post with the
word, with my own words.

I won't be surprised if you will never comprehend any or all of these,
but that's fine with me.


The problem is that you did not understand what my post meant.
Therefore, your post did not respond to any of the ideas in my post.


"I still don't understand why you labeled them idiots."--Vince Hart

You were the one who said that not I. Where's Dr. Blair when I needed
him?


I was probably the first person to use the word "idiot" in this thread.
Maybe "idiot" is too strong a word. But I don't see much difference between
someone who's delusional and a mental defective.


  #113  
Old January 5th 07, 10:35 AM posted to rec.games.chess.politics
Mark Houlsby
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Default OT: The God Delusion


Vince Hart wrote:

Mark Houlsby wrote:
Vince Hart wrote:

LiamToo wrote:
Vince Hart wrote:
I still don't understand why you labeled them idiots.

I'm not surprised, everybody understood though that they're NOT really
idiots. Everybody knows that you were the first one to invoke the word
"idiot" and I was only responding to it.

Actually, anybody who bothers to read knows that I was not the first
one to invoke the word and also knows that your use of the word was not
reponsive to anything that I wrote.


Not so, Vince. What prompted the illiterate moron Lance to embark upon
this whole sorry episode was your having described *Dawkins* as
regarding *those who teach Creationism, etc. as "science"*, as
"idiots". When I suggested "deluded", you evidently agreed, and began
using that instead.

Lance is too dumb to tie his shoelaces. So he misconstrued your
meaning. Like he misconstrues the meaning of most every sentence which
his eyes happen to be scanning.


My comment was a response to Angelo's comment regarding the people
Dawkins' regards as idiots.


Yes, I think I got that. My point was that *Lance* didn't get it,
because he is incapable of reading and incapable of reasoning. He
misconstrued what you wrote, is all.

  #114  
Old January 5th 07, 11:51 AM posted to rec.games.chess.politics
Mark Houlsby
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Default OT: The God Delusion


Ange1o DePa1ma wrote:

"LiamToo" wrote in message
ups.com...
Vince Hart wrote:
LiamToo wrote:
Vince Hart wrote:
Actually, anybody who bothers to read knows that I was not the first
one to invoke the word and also knows that your use of the word was
not
reponsive to anything that I wrote.

Alright, maybe somebody else in this newsgroup invoked the word first.
And then you did. Then, I responded directly to your post with the
word, with my own words.

I won't be surprised if you will never comprehend any or all of these,
but that's fine with me.

The problem is that you did not understand what my post meant.
Therefore, your post did not respond to any of the ideas in my post.


"I still don't understand why you labeled them idiots."--Vince Hart

You were the one who said that not I. Where's Dr. Blair when I needed
him?


I was probably the first person to use the word "idiot" in this thread.
Maybe "idiot" is too strong a word. But I don't see much difference between
someone who's delusional and a mental defective.


Maybe it's a good thing that you're not in healthcare.

 




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