Archive for June, 2007
A Review of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion Part II
Listen to the MP3 June 29, 2007, Wausau, Wi — In part I of my review of Richard Dawkins’, “The God Delusion” I looked at three errors in Dawkins view of religion. Somewhat more surprising, however, is Dawkins view of atheism in America. He claims that “The status of atheists in America today is on a par […]
Read More..>>Iraq War – Should we Leave? Part II
In the last post in this series I have looked at some of the reasons given for why we should leave Iraq. Probably the most serious argument for leaving is the claim that we cannot win and that the sooner we leave the better, often with a comparison to Vietnam. The comparison to Vietnam is very […]
Read More..>>A Review of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion Part I
June 22, 2007, Wausau, Wi— Richard Dawkins’, “The God Delusion” is yet another in a long line of books which attempts to make the claim that believing in God is irrational. As with the other attempts, Dawkins ultimately ends up only demonstrating his own lack of critical analysis. There is a very simple rule in […]
Read More..>>Iraq War – Should we Leave? Part I
In the previous posts I have looked back at the question of should we have gone to war in Iraq, and despite the fact that large stockpiles of WMDs were not found, on balance the reasons for going to war are still valid. But whether or not we should have gone into Iraq, the fact […]
Read More..>>Of Gods and Gaps
Listen to the MP3 June 15, 2007, Wausau, Wi— Many skeptics see religion as little more than how people tried to make sense of the mysterious world around them, before the emergence of modern science. Lightening was seen coming down from the clouds so there must be something in the clouds throwing it down, and this […]
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