Re: [asa] Re: Dialogue and the bond in Christ

I was hoping to hear some support for the hateful bigotry.
 The quote provided needs to be, once again, seen in its proper
context as it is followed by

DawkinsL It is unfair to attack such an easy target. The God
Hypothesis should not stand or fall with its most unlovely
instantiation, Yahweh, nor his insipidly opposite Christian face,
'Gentle Jesus meek and mild'.

On 4/1/07, Iain Strachan <igd.strachan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I am also looking forward to a dialogue with people like Dawkins,
> > rather than accusing him of hateful bigotry

> No need to make accusations - Dawkins's words speak for themselves:
>
> The old testament God is ...
> "arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of
> it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty
> ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal,
> genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic,
> capriciously malevolent bully"
> ( From "The God Delusion").
>
> Then again there is Dawkins's frequent reference to believers as
> "Faith-heads". But as you like to use insulting language like
> "Scientifically Vacuous" I guess you don't find Dawkins insulting or bigoted
> in spite of the evidence in front of your nose.

Nice ad hominem. Speaking of being hateful :-)
How frequently does Dawkins refer to the term faith head and in what
context? So far, I have found a single book in which Dawkins uses the
term. Any guesses how many times he used the term?
Perhaps actually reading Dawkins in proper context may help better
understand his arguments?

> In any case, you're inconsistent. In one case you say "what's so good about
> dialogue" and in another case you say you want to dialogue with Dawkins.
> Make your mind up.

I am pointing out that those who insist on dialogue seem to be
inconsistent... Sarcasm.

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Received on Sun Apr 1 12:45:44 2007