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[Cindy]

The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins

A masterpiece of logic and clear argument

Cindy

[tekla]

Yeah, Dawkins is very logical and precise.  And hated.

[Cindy]

Posted on: Today at 01:34:05 amPosted by: tekla 
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Yeah, Dawkins is very logical and precise.  And hated

God squads will believe in fantasy but reject reality, sad comment on the glorious human brain, which has evolved to be unused by so many

Cindy

[tekla]

Well here is the quote I used the other day on the Xianity thread that got all their knickers in a knot.

"If all the achievements of scientists were wiped out tomorrow, there would be no doctors but witch doctors, no transport faster than horses, no computers, no printed books, no agriculture beyond subsistence peasant farming. If all the achievements of theologians were wiped out tomorrow, would anyone notice the smallest difference?"
-Richard Dawkins, The Emptiness of Theology

[Jaimey]

@Tekla: Nice.  I like that. 

I finally started Midnight's Children by Rushdie.  I'm excited, but with the semester starting, it'll be slow going.

[Muffin]

God squads will believe in fantasy but reject reality, sad comment on the glorious human brain, which has evolved to be unused by so many

Cindy

Not to digress the thread at all but yeah sure there are people out there that are different but it is just their way, if they need to delude themselves to get through life then whatever, I do agree that it is wrong to push those beliefs on others but it's equally as wrong to denounce someone's way of living because it doesn't fit your own POV.
Some believe in an afterlife to ease the thought of death, it's delusional sure but if it makes them happy.. *shrugs*.
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Anyways I just finished 'landscapes of the night', and starting 'the doors of perception/heaven and hell'. 

[tekla]

Yeah, but here they want to take all science out of the science curriculum and replace it with 'the book'.  They want to force everyone to believe as they do, and punish all that might dissent.  That's a brave new world to be sure.  Except the last time we did that, we called it 'The Dark Ages.'

[Muffin]

'they' = the government who fund the churches. The people are the innocent victims that need to be led. I'm not going to hate on those people for being mentally weak.

[brittanyfear]

I recently went shopping since I received a couple Borders gift cards for Christmas. I bought several books, but I'm currently reading Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story by Paul Fitzgerald & Elizabeth Gould.

[Miniar]

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
As well as the Watchmen comic book,..
and I'm gonna grab some schoolbooks soon..

[Unconditional Acceptance]

Born In Fire by Nora Roberts

[tekla]

Is that the first one of the three for you, or have you read the other two?

[Hannah]

"People of the Earth: an introduction to world prehistory". It was only $109 for the paperback, lol

[Unconditional Acceptance]

Is that the first one of the three for you, or have you read the other two?

It's the first; I saw the whole trilogy in one book on the bargain rack at Borders and they looked good so I snatched 'em up 

[tekla]

I thought Nora did an awesome job of character development (something that is so rare as to be largely absent anymore) and I really liked that the stories were so plain, there are no weird plot twists, no fake melodrama - it's (like the other two) a very compelling story.  Enjoy.

[krisalyx]

well right now it's manly the manga lucky star and would you beleive band of brothers took me a while to find a desent version of it but i got it in pdf and besides i'm using that for research for an rp i'm doing

[tekla]

Ambrose is a great writer, you might also like his book on Lewis and Clark, Undaunted Courage.

[krisalyx]

hmmm that's odd i grabed it from demonoid earlyer and all they had was just a batch of war books didn't see it but i'll go back and look later

[BunnyBee]

Last month I read Emma for the first time, a book on consumer behavior called Predictably Irrational, and two books by Kurt Vonnegut.  I've been busy redecorating my bedroom, so I'm on a reading hiatus atm.  I have a couple in the queue for once I get things settled though .

[Silver]

Just finished Everlost by Neal Shusterman. Looking for Everwild now, but my library didn't have it. Maybe the other libraries. . .