Dawkins accused of cowardice!

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Re: Dawkins accused of cowardice!

Post by mandy » Mon May 23, 2011 1:04 pm

wow,

the Atheist leader runs away a real man. He only takes on minors.

CHICKEN !!

TELEGRAPH - 14 May 2011

Richard Dawkins accused of cowardice for refusing to debate existence of God


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religio ... f-God.html

When was it the last time that you actually saw Dick debating a Philosopher.

You see, the brutal scientific fact is that chicken's guts are not evolved enough to take on a Hawk.

evolution might be right after all.

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Mon May 23, 2011 1:06 pm

:yawn: Much like you.... yesterday's news.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon May 23, 2011 1:07 pm

Debates are pissing contests and popularity events. They don't prove anything. If WLC wants to make a point, he can do it in the journals and the labs.

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Post by Atheist-Lite » Mon May 23, 2011 1:13 pm

What is that Dawkin's fella doing these days anyway?
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon May 23, 2011 1:14 pm

Crumple wrote:What is that Dawkin's fella doing these days anyway?
He's courting some guy named Josh.
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Post by Adenosine » Mon May 23, 2011 1:17 pm

I thought they were getting divorced.
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Adenosine wrote:I thought they were getting divorced.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon May 23, 2011 3:38 pm

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You couldn't separate them. With a crowbar.
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Bella Fortuna wrote:
Adenosine wrote:I thought they were getting divorced.
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You couldn't separate them. With a crowbar.
Yeah, but smacking them enough might be pretty satisfying.
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Bella Fortuna wrote:
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Re: Dawkins accused of cowardice!

Post by .Morticia. » Wed May 25, 2011 3:38 pm

How do you argue with someone whose idea of "reasonable faith" leads to a defense of genocide
Easy.

Go on the attack.

Be outraged.

Be emotional.

Take the moral high ground.


Say you are sickened and call the person defending genocide a monster. Tell him he should be ashamed of himself for stating something so sickenly evil and anti-social.

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Post by Animavore » Wed May 25, 2011 3:40 pm

WLC won't debate John Loftus. Some guy I heard of recently. Used to be a student of Craigs. He made some weasel excuse that he didn't think it was appropriate to debate an ex-student.
I think he's just a coward :smug:
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Re: Dawkins accused of cowardice!

Post by Ronja » Wed May 25, 2011 3:43 pm

.Morticia. wrote:
How do you argue with someone whose idea of "reasonable faith" leads to a defense of genocide
Easy.

Go on the attack.

Be outraged.

Be emotional.

Take the moral high ground.


Say you are sickened and call the person defending genocide a monster. Tell him he should be ashamed of himself for stating something so sickenly evil and anti-social.

Because life isn't a reasonable debate, you aren't there to win points, you're there to win the hearts of the people listening to the debate.
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Re: Dawkins accused of cowardice!

Post by Hermit » Wed May 25, 2011 3:53 pm

.Morticia. wrote:
How do you argue with someone whose idea of "reasonable faith" leads to a defense of genocide
Easy.

Go on the attack.

Be outraged.

Be emotional.

Take the moral high ground.


Say you are sickened and call the person defending genocide a monster. Tell him he should be ashamed of himself for stating something so sickenly evil and anti-social.

Because life isn't a reasonable debate, you aren't there to win points, you're there to win the hearts of the people listening to the debate.
Good point, but you don't need to give them the undeserved honour of a formal debate in order to do so. Saying something like "How do you argue with someone whose idea of "reasonable faith" leads to a defense of genocide, and claims that the bible is true is because an inner voice tells you so?" in any interview where the question of a debate with Lane Craig comes up, will do.
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