tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528856.post5626900518413716459..comments2023-10-17T10:50:25.089-04:00Comments on Lumpenlogocracy: Respecting ReligionAmbivalent_Maybehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02092354702770501469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528856.post-69337499820199067222007-10-11T14:05:00.000-04:002007-10-11T14:05:00.000-04:00Hear, hear! Dawkins' screed reads like the work of...Hear, hear! Dawkins' screed reads like the work of someone who has heard about thoughtful religious people second-hand without actually having met any. I imagine that his vehemence attracts similarly vehement voices from the other side, so maybe he really is just guessing at what most religious people are like (trying to give him the benefit of the doubt here).<BR/><BR/>When I was growing up my thirdpartydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304609911746048350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528856.post-34916792389170306412007-10-09T19:30:00.000-04:002007-10-09T19:30:00.000-04:00Nice post. I've never read Dawkins's books, only a...Nice post. I've never read Dawkins's books, only a few of his articles, or articles describing his work. I've never taken his ideas very seriously; they seemed silly on the face. You've done a nice, Huxleyesque job on him, though. <BR/><BR/>I'm not an expert in the history of extremism, but it seems to me that attempts to stamp suppress even moderate forms of anything lead to increased extremism.Ambivalent_Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092354702770501469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528856.post-26749205186277234922007-10-07T20:58:00.000-04:002007-10-07T20:58:00.000-04:00Sadly, violence begets more violence, extremism be...Sadly, violence begets more violence, extremism begets more extremism and fundamentalism begets more fundamentalism. Dawkins is a fundamentalist. He's every bit a fundamentalist as Pat Robertson is. <BR/><BR/>Horrible crimes have been committed in the name of God. At the same time, Hitler, Stalin and Mao were hardly spiritual souls. I've read his stuff and Dawkins clearly lacks a fuller Robert Ellmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03526287813354418269noreply@blogger.com