Also a Dawkins fan here haven't read his books but seen alot of debates with him.
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As for Randi - I'm a subscriber of Skeptics magazine where "The Great Randi" contributes regularly.
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I'm a big Dawkins fan. He's brilliant - love his books.
If I may offer some counterweight to these atheists theories in the form of The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions by David Berlinski.
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In brief:
- Has anyone provided a proof of God’s inexistence? Not even close.
- Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Not even close.
- Have the sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close.
- Are physicists and biologists willing to believe in anything so long as it is not religious thought? Close enough.
- Has rationalism in moral thought provided us with an understanding of what is good, what is right, and what is moral? Not close enough.
- Has secularism in the terrible twentieth century been a force for good? Not even close to being close.
- Is there a narrow and oppressive orthodoxy of thought and opinion within the sciences? Close enough.
- Does anything in the sciences or in their philosophy justify the claim that religious belief is irrational? Not even ballpark.
- Is scientific atheism a frivolous exercise in intellectual contempt? Dead on.