Some notes on Dawkins's work.
- Richawrd Dawkins. (anti-religion YAY!) To cap it all, Adam, the supposed perpetrator of
the original sin, never existed in the first place: an awkward fact -
excusably unknown to Paul but presumably known to an omnis-
cient God (and Jesus, if you believe he was God?) - which
fundamentally undermines the premise of the whole tortuously
nasty theory. Oh, but of course, the story of Adam and Eve was
only ever symbolic, wasn't it? Symbolic? So, in order to impress
himself, Jesus had himself tortured and executed, in vicarious
punishment for a symbolic sin committed by a non-existent
individual? As I said, barking mad, as well as viciously unpleasant. - George Carlin (in Richard Dawkins Book God Delusion). "Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible
man - living in the sky - who watches everything you do, every
minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten
things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten
things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning
and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer
and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the
end of time . . . But He loves you!" (lmao. great ridicule). - GREAT Atheist Commandments (BEST!!)
- • Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to
you.
• In all things, strive to cause no harm.
• Treat your fellow human beings, your fellow living things, and
the world in general with love, honesty, faithfulness and
respect.
• Do not overlook evil or shrink from administering justice, but
always be ready to forgive wrongdoing freely admitted and
honestly regretted.
• Live life with a sense of joy and wonder.
• Always seek to be learning something new.
• Test all things; always check your ideas against the facts, and
be ready to discard even a cherished belief if it does not
conform to them.
264 THR GOD DELUSION
• Never seek to censor or cut yourself off from dissent; always
respect the right of others to disagree with you.
• Form independent opinions on the basis of your own reason
and experience; do not allow yourself to be led blindly by
others.
• Question everything. - Dawkins' Atheist commandments GREAT!
- • Enjoy your own sex life (so long as it damages nobody else)
and leave others to enjoy theirs in private whatever their
• inclinations, which are none of your business.
• Do not discriminate or oppress on the basis of sex, race or (as
far as possible) species.
• Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think
for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree
with you.
• Value the future on a timescale longer than your own. - Alfred Hitchcock (from Richard Dawkins) "It is said that Alfred Hitchcock, the great cinematic
specialist in the art of frightening people, was once driving through
Switzerland when he suddenly pointed out of the car window and
said, 'That is the most frightening sight I have ever seen.' It was a
priest in conversation with a little boy, his hand on the boy's
shoulder. Hitchcock leaned out of the car window and shouted,
'Run, little boy! Run for your life!' " - Richard Dawkins -- "Religion has at one time or another been thought to fill four
main roles in human life: explanation, exhortation, consolation and
inspiration." (Science now completely Explains life. Religion provides no moral bearing on how to live; terrible group rapes and outdated commandments in religion. This is great because it shows that religion TRULY is obsolete!! A need for defining our own morality, however, IS VERY necessary and VERY present and that's why personal principles are essential!).... - Richard Dawkins -- Consolation, according to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, is the
alleviation of sorrow or mental distress. I shall divide consolation
into two types.
1. Direct physical consolation. A man stuck for the night on a
bare mountain may find comfort in a large, warm St Bernard
dog, not forgetting, of course, the brandy barrel around its
neck. A weeping child may be consoled by the embrace of
strong arms wrapped around her and reassuring words
whispered in her ear.
2. Consolation by discovery of a previously unappreciated fact,
or a previously undiscovered way of looking at existing
facts. A woman whose husband has been killed in war may be
consoled by the discovery that she is pregnant by him, or that
he died a hero. - (This is VERY interesting because to me, science, math, and the awe and mystery of mathematical precision and scientific technology found installed in Nature, in cellular technology, in science is the most inspiring. Again, this is MASSIVELY validating because for me the only thing religion has brought was the ANTI-THESIS OF CONSOLATION. Religion brought me being prosyletized in costa rica, religion brought me fear of fiery pits, screaming irate peope ranting things about trinities...religion brought discord and has never brought consolation! Why is that so many homeless people are connected with churhces? Because churches attract and manufuacture lost people! Science, in contrast, brought me deep truthful consolation. Science is something I can honestly absorb. I can pour over the "tenets" of the cellular respiration or the "tomes" of euclidian geometry and photosynthesis. Science and math are my source of explanation and consolation, and inspiration. And for exhoration, I combine and use a combination of science, logic, and my own principles! Seeing how much WELL-written (dawkins') material there is on anti-religion and how little well-written material on religion these days, restores my faith in humanity and mankind! :D
- Carl Sagan (Science as truth!) -- "Not explaining science
seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the
world. This book is a personal statement, reflecting my lifelong love
affair with science."
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