From the very first time I've see his documentary "The root of all evil", I found him to be an angry, philosophically ignorant, theologically ignorant preacher; To me, it seems that Dawkins and a crazy fundamentalist street corner preachers raging against dancing, smoking and beer, have a lot in common. They just have a different fundamental belief.
Over the years, I found that I am not the only one who thinks this way. From my experience, every serious(1) philosopher who spoke of Dawkins (or the other four horseman) , basically shares my view. They often don't bother refuting his arguments because they are so childish and ignorant, that, in one professor's view, even a first year philosophy student knows better.
So, as I come across more, I will update this blog with a list of such opinions, for reference purposes.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhzgg59bVLU
- https://youtu.be/USUlfbn-spE?t=4m18s [ first 30 seconds]
- https://youtu.be/USUlfbn-spE?t=8m44s
- https://youtu.be/LZMWKsB0QzI?t=2m47s [first 5 minutes only]
- https://youtu.be/lQX3-kxywrs?t=21m45s [first 30 seconds only ]
- https://youtu.be/07Ys4tQPRis?t=14m5s (15 seconds - one of my favorites)
Longer materials:
(1) What I mean by "serious philosopher" is someone who is trained in philosophy, at least in some minor form. While it does not make the opinion of others incorrect, it is just that I am less interested in what joe-from-the-bar thinks of Dawkins, than of what Prof Peter Singer, or Prof John Lennox thinks of Dawkins.
Some Books:
Some Books:
- Answering the New Atheism: Dismantling Dawkins' Case Against God
- God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?
- This is not exactly on Dawkins, but it is very much related : God and Stephen Hawkins
