Dawkins dissed again and again (Introduction)

by dhw, Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 13:57 (3868 days ago) @ David Turell

http://www.deadphilosopherssociety.com/2014/03/30/reading-richard-dawkins-led-to-my-con... These thoughts are what made dhw ask me to write my book. The critiques of The God Delusion are right on. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi in UK told Dawkins outright he was antisemetic for his put down of Genesis.-Errrm, well, actually no, these were NOT the thoughts that made me ask you to write your book (or that made me write my own "Brief Guide"). These people are complaining about Dawkins' ignorant and arrogant dismissal of religion. But Dawkins is first and foremost a scientist who tries to use his science as a means of attacking religion, and what was needed was a scientific response, not a religious response. The critiques that I read were not "right on" at all, because you cannot counter science with faith or myth or theology. What was needed was a book to show that Dawkins' scientific arguments were flawed. That is why I encouraged you, and why I feel your book is so important. I should stress, of course, that I neither accept nor reject your conclusions or those of Dawkins. My personal satisfaction lies in the fact that you have done such a great job in restoring the scientific balance between the two sides.