What an edition of Filosophy Fridays we have for you today, Daily Quoters!
The debate about God
People often get caught up in the -isms - theism, atheism, agnosticism, and yes, existentialism. However, those that have some background in this area of scholarship
Richard Dawkins is a real philosophical heavyweight, a rosy-cheeked Englishman and arguably the most famous atheist alive today. His most famous work, The God Delusion, discredits any approaches to religion that aren't based, even loosely, on scientific method.
He does not discredit religion or God per se, but rather places limitations on it to what can be proven with evidence (which is quite a limitation, especially since the very word 'faith' seems to denote otherwise).
I love a good debate on religion. But I especially love militant-atheist intellectuals break a sweat in a global interview.
In the following video, Oxford graduate and Al Jazeera journalist Mehdi Hasan interviews Richard Dawkins for and pushes him right into a corner.
The crux of his questioning is thus - If Dawkins is a man of science, and scientific method, if he wants to prove his atheism, he should first try to disprove the existence of God.
Aaaah, the ol' switcheroo.
This is a fantastic article, especially seeing Dawkins squirm. It gets really good at around the 15 minute mark.
WATCH IT HERE
The debate about God
People often get caught up in the -isms - theism, atheism, agnosticism, and yes, existentialism. However, those that have some background in this area of scholarship
Richard Dawkins is a real philosophical heavyweight, a rosy-cheeked Englishman and arguably the most famous atheist alive today. His most famous work, The God Delusion, discredits any approaches to religion that aren't based, even loosely, on scientific method.
He does not discredit religion or God per se, but rather places limitations on it to what can be proven with evidence (which is quite a limitation, especially since the very word 'faith' seems to denote otherwise).
I love a good debate on religion. But I especially love militant-atheist intellectuals break a sweat in a global interview.
In the following video, Oxford graduate and Al Jazeera journalist Mehdi Hasan interviews Richard Dawkins for and pushes him right into a corner.
The crux of his questioning is thus - If Dawkins is a man of science, and scientific method, if he wants to prove his atheism, he should first try to disprove the existence of God.
Aaaah, the ol' switcheroo.
This is a fantastic article, especially seeing Dawkins squirm. It gets really good at around the 15 minute mark.
WATCH IT HERE
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