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Author:  Jaden [ Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:04 am ]
Post subject:  I'm seeing Richard Dawkins tomorrow
Well, technically today. I'm also reporting on it, and I'm going to try for an interview (I'll ask him when I get my copy of The God Delusion signed).

I'm very excited for this. I'll update this thread after the lecture.
Author:  noodles [ Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:38 pm ]
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i'd get him to sign the bible :dio:
Author:  Caligula_K [ Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:16 pm ]
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Ask him to sing this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw
Author:  Seinfeld26 [ Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:54 pm ]
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Brahm_K wrote:
Ask him to sing this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw


LOL!

Actually, in response to some of those comments, the fact that so many Christians believe in Evolution and so many Evolutionists are Christians shouldn't be too surprising. Christianity isn't nearly as bitter towards science as a lot of people think it is.
Author:  Cú Chulainn [ Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:55 pm ]
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He was supposed to come here but for some reason isn't.
Author:  Jaden [ Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:59 pm ]
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It went well. My friend actually brought his bible to be signed, but Richard refused. :P

He liked my question as well.

I'll update more when I get the pictures.
Author:  SilkCrimsonMoon [ Sun May 04, 2008 10:11 pm ]
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What a great fucking' book 'The God Delusion' is.
Author:  cry of the banshee [ Mon May 05, 2008 1:25 am ]
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What happened?
I remember at one time Jaden saying "I KNOW jesus exists, I can feel him with me at all times", or something to that effect...
So: how did this 180 degree turnaround happen?
Author:  traptunderice [ Mon May 05, 2008 3:28 am ]
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Define Infinity wrote:
What a great fucking' book 'The God Delusion' is.
What an awful book, or at least a bad attempt at a great idea. I loved it when I first read it but then when you actually start studying philosophical atheism, his book appears really dismal. He has great points but all points that are old and already done. He blows off theistic arguments which he could truly obliterate, instead he just laughs them off. He doesn't take religion seriously and he appears as if he is throwing a tantrum. He summarizes a broad spectrum of arguments but doesn't do them enough justice.

Anyways, Dawkins is a great writer and biologist. What he's done to make atheism mainstream is truly amazing. It would be great to see a down-to-earth interview with him.
Author:  Radagast [ Mon May 05, 2008 1:49 pm ]
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cry of the banshee wrote:
What happened?
I remember at one time Jaden saying "I KNOW jesus exists, I can feel him with me at all times", or something to that effect...
So: how did this 180 degree turnaround happen?

Jaden also used to say drinking and smoking was for losers.

Then one night he got drunk and laid.
Author:  The Evil Dead [ Mon May 05, 2008 9:23 pm ]
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cry of the banshee wrote:
What happened?
I remember at one time Jaden saying "I KNOW jesus exists, I can feel him with me at all times", or something to that effect...
So: how did this 180 degree turnaround happen?


Same way it does for every one else that says they love jebus and are straightedge or whatever. They finally experience it and enjoy it.

Or sometimes they don't... Most cases I've seen of what I like to call " conversion " stick to the sinning once they've had a taste.

:wink:
Author:  Jaden [ Wed May 07, 2008 5:34 am ]
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I don't feel like typing a bunch, so I'll just link to my report on the event.

http://www.ubyssey.ca/?p=3030

As you can see, the issue of vegetarianism became an unecessary hot topic.

Also: I dropped religion in 2005. Honestly, I can't believe people here still think I'm religious. I'm as atheist as they come.
Author:  noodles [ Wed May 07, 2008 5:47 am ]
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why isn't he a vegetarian

taem si redrum


TAEM SI REDRUM
Author:  Jaden [ Wed May 07, 2008 11:04 am ]
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noodles wrote:
why isn't he a vegetarian

taem si redrum


TAEM SI REDRUM


He mentioned a lack of good recipes.
Author:  Sasheron [ Mon May 12, 2008 3:42 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I'm seeing Richard Dawkins tomorrow
Jaden wrote:
Well, technically today. I'm also reporting on it, and I'm going to try for an interview (I'll ask him when I get my copy of The God Delusion signed).

I'm very excited for this. I'll update this thread after the lecture.


So, did you actually ask him any questions about The Selfish Gene and his other works or did you just concentrate on his worthless failboat of a book that is The God Delusion?
Author:  Seinfeld26 [ Mon May 12, 2008 4:51 pm ]
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traptunderice wrote:
Define Infinity wrote:
What a great fucking' book 'The God Delusion' is.
What an awful book, or at least a bad attempt at a great idea. I loved it when I first read it but then when you actually start studying philosophical atheism, his book appears really dismal. He has great points but all points that are old and already done. He blows off theistic arguments which he could truly obliterate, instead he just laughs them off. He doesn't take religion seriously and he appears as if he is throwing a tantrum. He summarizes a broad spectrum of arguments but doesn't do them enough justice.

Anyways, Dawkins is a great writer and biologist. What he's done to make atheism mainstream is truly amazing. It would be great to see a down-to-earth interview with him.


I don't think Dawkins was really aiming for a deep philosophical account on Atheism with TGD, though. He wrote a book that everybody could understand, and particularly since Atheists (at least here in the US) are a generally-despised minority, he was able to make the average joe think a little more critically about both religion and his stance on Atheism.
Author:  Seinfeld26 [ Mon May 12, 2008 4:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I'm seeing Richard Dawkins tomorrow
Sasheron wrote:
Jaden wrote:
Well, technically today. I'm also reporting on it, and I'm going to try for an interview (I'll ask him when I get my copy of The God Delusion signed).

I'm very excited for this. I'll update this thread after the lecture.


So, did you actually ask him any questions about The Selfish Gene and his other works or did you just concentrate on his worthless failboat of a book that is The God Delusion?


To be fair, at least the "selfish gene" makes more sense than the "spiritual gene" certain skeptics and atheists have been proposing lately. :rolleyes:
Author:  Caligula_K [ Mon May 12, 2008 5:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: I'm seeing Richard Dawkins tomorrow
Sasheron wrote:
Jaden wrote:
Well, technically today. I'm also reporting on it, and I'm going to try for an interview (I'll ask him when I get my copy of The God Delusion signed).

I'm very excited for this. I'll update this thread after the lecture.


So, did you actually ask him any questions about The Selfish Gene and his other works or did you just concentrate on his worthless failboat of a book that is The God Delusion?


What she said.
Author:  Cú Chulainn [ Mon May 12, 2008 8:00 pm ]
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I don't understand all the hate on The God Delusion.
Author:  Jaden [ Tue May 13, 2008 12:41 am ]
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While I consider myself more philosophically minded, I respect that Dawkins is not - a point he'll concede. But this debate is one of philosophy AND empiricism. For the latter, I have yet to find anyone superior to Dawkins. If I'm looking for philosophical, ontological arguments, I'll refer to Hume.

The God Delusion was perhaps his most aggressive book, and for it, he recieved responses ranging from best book of the year to quite the contrary. That being said, a lot of the criticisms appear as if they're from people who only read an abstract of the book, or read it too hastily. Cite me a "good criticism" and I could probably tell you where Dawkins considered it in Delusion, or why he is not subject to it.
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