Re: [asa] Quote of the Day re: Dawkins

From: PvM <pvm.pandas@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Jul 09 2007 - 15:04:18 EDT

It seems that Iain is once again jumping to conclusions unwarranted by
the evidence. Why this need for ad hominems?

On 7/9/07, Iain Strachan <igd.strachan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Even better than that, in McGrath's book he cites an atheist academic
> colleague who had the following to say about Dawkins's documentary "The Root
> of All Evil?". The colleague said: "Don't judge the rest of us by this
> pseudo-intellectual claptrap".
>
> Even more damning is H. Allen Orr's review in the New York review of books,
> where he accuses Dawkins of being poor at philosophical reasoning because he
> has a pre-determined set of conclusions that he's determined to arrive at!
> ( Rings a bell? Just like YEC's I think).
>
> Interesting that (thinking) atheists are embarrassed by Dawkins, while Pim
> is such a staunch defender.

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