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Responses to Dawkins Comments – Part 3 of 4

Some good points were made at the end of my last post in this series: Dawkins Part 10: On Evolution and Concluding Thoughts. I offer the following responses: The evidence… here we are again… always looking for the smoking gun. Well… I’m sorry… I’ve provided some discussion on the historical Jesus. We’ve looked at some […]

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Responses to Dawkins Comments – Part 2 of 4

A couple of comments were left on the post Dawkins Part 8: Are All Ideologies Bad. I offer the following responses: Bad suggests that “One can claim faith beliefs to justify good things, but the method can be equally employed for bad with equal measure: the method is simply capable of anything, assuring nothing.” I […]

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Responses to Dawkins Comments – Part 1 of 4

Alrighty… today’s post will be a response to a few comments I received in my series on Dawkins’ “The God Delusion”. A couple of comments were left on the post Dawkins Part 4: The Objective Roots of Morality. I offer the following responses: To Dave: Dawkins’ argument in support of morality is troublesome to me. […]

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Coming Up Next: Dawkins Responses and the Historical Jesus

Folks, my apologies for being absent for the last few of weeks. I’ve got a bunch of excuses for my tardy responses to The God Delusion series, but I’ll spare you the details. The good news is that I have a bunch of new content for you. I haven’t forgotten about the numerous comments that […]

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Dawkins Part 10: On Evolution and Concluding Thoughts

Dawkins flogs the factual accuracy of evolution throughout this book. He is an evolutionary biologist, so I would expect nothing less. I respect his authority in this area of study and I appreciate the scientific explanations that it provides for the development and ongoing manipulations to life that see around us. Unfortunately, Dawkins is out […]