I refer to chapter 4 (“Why There Almost Certainly Is No God”) as The Ultimate Distraction. Dawkins uses the example of the Ultimate 747 as a red herring that distracts us from the argument at hand, namely, if God exists. After setting up his straw men to “defeat” arguments in favour of God’s existence, Dawkins […]
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Dawkins Part 1: Straw Men
A straw man argument is an argument that is set up so that it can easily be defeated. This is a favoured technique of politicians. MediaMatters.org provides some excellent examples of George W. Bush’s use of straw man arguments. Richard Dawkins provides several arguments for God’s existence, starting with some serious philosophical justifications for the […]
Richard Dawkins has put together an interesting package. His book, The God Delusion, has inspired a great deal of discussion and controversy. After reading the book, I find myself disappointed. I was expecting so much more. For such a great deal of noise, I expected some solid, faith-shattering arguments. Instead, I felt that Dawkins’ arguments […]
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3rd Building Block of a Happy Family
This is part four of my four part series entitled, “Family Matters.” 3. Being Loving: Not only do we have to be present and wise, but we also have to be loving. Love is something that we all crave. To a child, love is paramount. Without it, a child feels a tremendous sense of loneliness […]
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2nd Building Block of a Healthy Family
This is part three of my four part series entitled, “Family Matters.” 2. Being Wise: The Power of Why One of the things that motivated me to explore philosophy and religion in university was the fear that someday I’d be unable to answer the following question: “Daddy, why are we here?” I knew that that […]
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