Comments on: A controversial scientist hits back after attempts to ban him from book festival

By: goodscienceforyou

goodscienceforyou — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:53:15 +0000

Dawkins time has come to have all his crap exposed for what it is. Some archaic mythological religion of the weak willed.
With 135% increase in childhood cancer in 34 years, and 33% of adults ages 15 to 64 will die from cancer. 140% rise in cancer in women in the UK in 34 years.
1 in 12 people having diabetes in the US. 1 in 10 in Finland, and 1 in 3 in Canada as well as the American Diabetes Association reporting that by 2050 at the current rate of this pandemic 1 in 3 in the US will have it.
Cancer and Diabetes are ONLY caused by genetics.
1 in 10 people have rare genetic diseases. There are 7000 diseases.
over 10,000 deleterious mutations found so far and about 100 per week discovered. There is no possible evolution. We were put here and we screwed up royally. We are destroying our lives and the lives of all our descendants by not waking up to the real science of genetics, which has NOTHING to do with some ancient religious nonsense of Evodelusionism.

By: Hywel

Hywel — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:36:42 +0000

First of all, why is Dawkins’ immediately described in this piece as being “CONTROVERSIAL”?

Which arguments made by Dawkins constitute this label?

In addition, the final quote by Rev David Robertson,

“Dawkins considers, like so many of his fellow new atheists, that there is no debate and they – and they alone – have the truth. Ironically such arrogance and intolerance of others is the very definition of the fundamentalism that Dawkins professes to hate.”

I would like to know where he gets the idea that Dawkins claims to “have the truth”? I’m very familiar with Dawkins’ work, and also that of his fellow “new atheists”, and not once have I ever heard such a ridiculous claim.

By: blammo

blammo — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:43:46 +0000

The ‘church’ did not try to ban him, the Lord’s Day Observance Society suggested that people on the island boycott his appearance. In fact the Free Church disagree with the LDOS, rejected the suggestion of a boycott and welcome Dawkin’s appearance.

http://www.freechurch.org/index.php/scotland/news_events_item/free_church_challenges_dawkins_to_debate/

By: Peter Byrom

Peter Byrom — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:16:39 +0000

Hypocritical! Dawkins writes:

““Debates play to the emotions of sound bites, to oratorical flourishes and, all too often, to sheer volume.
“They may make for good drama, but they do not make for good understanding. Fine if your goal is to grandstand; no good at all if it is to educate.”

But that didn’t stop him recording a debate last week in New York to be broadcast on National TV!

But a roomful of people in Scotland, well, that’s just “grandstanding”?