"I'm an Atheist, but..." Dawkins Responce to Criti

Zor · Post by **Zor** » 2007-09-25 01:52pm

Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six

A very well thought out rebbutle by Dawkins to the various critics of the God Delusion. Definatly worth the watch.

Zor

Alan Bolte · Post by **Alan Bolte** » 2007-09-25 02:59pm

You fucked up 4 out of 6 links.

Zor · Post by **Zor** » 2007-09-25 03:02pm

Could a mod fix those?

Zor

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2007-09-25 10:17pm

The first two links is the preface found in the paperback of The God Delusion, so, for those who bought that instead of the hardcover, its not necessary to view it.

mr friendly guy · Post by **mr friendly guy** » 2007-09-29 09:38am

Since youtube will show related videos, just having one of the links operational should allow one to search for the others. But for those who can't be half arsed

part one
part two
part three
part four
part five
part six

Now I have to work tomorrow so I won't watch the whole lot, but when I do I will give my feedback.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2007-09-29 09:56am

That was quite entertaining.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2007-09-29 03:57pm

Dawkins in short pants is all the proof I need that there isn't a God

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2007-09-29 05:39pm

wautd wrote:Dawkins in short pants is all the proof I need that there isn't a God

Oh, come on: he was wearing a dinosaur T-shirt. He looked -- forgive me -- very cute.

Good question and answer session, too -- he's not just rehashing the same points that all the TV interviewers ask.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2007-09-29 07:00pm

These have been up on Google Video for quite a while, and it'd probably be more convenient to watch them there since they're not broken up nearly as much. Part 1, Part 2.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-09-29 08:27pm

I've put them on my iPod to watch at work (during breaks, don't worry), so I imagine it will be good stimulation.

mr friendly guy · Post by **mr friendly guy** » 2007-09-30 08:08am

Generally pretty good. It got less interesting when he responded to questions on the floor rather than criticisms of his book, since I was more interested in the latter, but he raised good points as per usual.

On another note, if I was on the floor, I would have either asked how he responds to Allistar McGrath or about religion being an evolutionary spandrel, since I know he disagreed with Gould's theory about spandrels. It would certainly be something different.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-09-30 08:16am

I watched it last night instead of waiting. Overall it was a good rebuttal (the preface) to the more general criticisms, even if some of the points he raised I can recall being in the book already in some form.

The questions from the audience were mixed though, and while none of them were truly irrelevant after the "whip around" one (that's like meeting Einstein and asking him what sauerkraut is), the guy who had to increase his pitch of intonation at the end of every sentence should've been thrown overboard and fed to the turtles.

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2007-09-30 04:10pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:the guy who had to increase his pitch of intonation at the end of every sentence should've been thrown overboard and fed to the turtles.

Hah, glad I wasn't the only one who felt that way. It was maddening!

Most of those people didn't know how to ask questions, either. They were pretty much all rambling.

I wish I could've gone on that cruise, too (I'm pretty sure that was The Amaz!ng Adventure 3 from the James Randi Educational Foundation), but the price was a bit high.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2007-09-30 08:40pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:the guy who had to increase his pitch of intonation at the end of every sentence should've been thrown overboard and fed to the turtles.

I just got to this part, I should skip this guy.

Shadowhawk wrote:Most of those people didn't know how to ask questions, either. They were pretty much all rambling.

Yea, they all wanted to give background to their question.

drachefly · Post by **drachefly** » 2007-10-01 01:06pm

I'm an atheist, but I'm not the "I'm an atheist, but..." kind of atheist.
...
crap.
:lol: