As a youngster I read the bible prolifically and as I began my journey towards the priesthood got a good understanding of metaphysics, which in arguing the potential of a rock its a bit like our chatting here. Later at University I felt something did not add up. In fact as a ten year old I argued with our priest the components of the holy trinity, in the end he told me to just accept it and move on (SHUT UP) So yes I do have a fair grasp and lifelong jnterest.
Please tell where is my failing and my hypocrisy. Is it because I want to know and will not accept the pie in the sky of BELIEF.
However if you can produce a god and I can shake his hand on parting the river for our path from ASF headquarters, then I'll know. Untill then your just dreaming ole pal.
You seem to repeatedly mistake my meaning! You clearly have not read every theistic scripture, nor have I, for that matter! The Roman Catholic Church, like many other religions, does not hold the monopoly on theism!
You asserted that I cannot make comment, or know, until I have read Dawkins works!
I maintain that I can, and already have, presented sufficient evidence, of Dawkins expressed sentiments and fallacious beliefs, to substantiate the validity of my criticisms of him.
He is an anti-theist.
He does do the reputation of atheism, and atheists alike a serious injustice.
He is unable to recognise his own contradictory statements and/or assertions.
He regularly proclaims unproven theories to be established facts, and often presents arguments founded on faulty logic and/or untrue premises.
He often makes the error, of only taking sufficient time, to form a convenient misunderstanding of things he has prejudged to be fiction.
He often uses unsound analogies to refute theistic concepts, and yet he fails to treat similarly uncertain atheist concepts in the same fashion.
He fails to notice that a number of his expressed beliefs, are hypocritical and/or contradictory.
And above all, he is most definitely too self deluded to even recognise, or acknowledge the existence of any of his above mentioned personal failings!
There has already been enough evidence posted to the religious threads of this forum, demonstrating the truth of the majority of my criticisms of Richard Dawkins, and his crusade against all theistic religions.