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Plenty of missing citations already. He does not seem to grasp some concepts in evolution. Either the book is showing it's age or he did not read about how religion might have developed as a meme. He seems to have an issue with the new atheists, but has not gotten specific yet. He also seems to leave out that many of the books referenced were published post 9/11. Why bring up birth rates? Was it already a dogwhistle?
— Sep 05, 2026 03:30AM
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Briar
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Ew... I wonder what the author thinks about no fault divorce.
— Sep 16, 2026 01:07PM
Briar
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Were the ideas of consent and harm absent from the discourse back then? He insists on the unanamity of morality without anything specific then scoffs at the idea that evolution could have an impact. His qupte mines become more obvious. I have no idea what the context was surrounding the Sagan quote.
— Sep 13, 2026 04:39AM
Briar
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Gott mit uns? More and more, this feels like someone throwing food at the wall and seeing what sticks. His only references look quote mined. His boldest claims have none. While I think the four horsemen simplified much of their arguments, I feel doing it in the other direction is not helpful. Religion has played a role in various conflicts. There were and are wicth hunts. The go by different names. Satanic panic?
— Sep 10, 2026 12:26PM
Briar
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He claims Hitchens's razor is a category error and insists atheists understand the power of Pascal's wager. More than half way through the book, I am still wondering wht the Christian God over others. I don't think there's much power in the wager because I don't think any deity has a bigger claim than another. I think Hitchens razor plays into that. There's no evidence and saying its a category error doesn't help you
— Sep 10, 2026 06:44AM
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And Paley makes an appearance. A simplified rebuttal is that this argument conflats all of what is natural with a watch. They are very different things. Americans are 'dubious' of evolution is for religeous, usually Christian, reasons. I have my issues with Dawkins, but it's obvious that you did not read his book, the Blind Watchmaker. Also, please leanr what an analogy is...
— Sep 08, 2026 12:06PM
Briar
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Why are we assuming the universe was created? The Big Bang implies a starting point, or a begining of some sort. Why is it your deity? Also, nice slipping in the idea of the multiverse as if it's on the same level as the Big Bang. We have much to learn, hiding behind a tradition onlyets you so far.
— Sep 08, 2026 08:41AM
Briar
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I think the chapter he dedicated to Galileo was poorly written and misses a bit of the why. Galileo is a popular example because of how far we've come from Biblical times and how much we understand. In time, there might be better examples. Now we're onto the design argument...
— Sep 08, 2026 05:05AM