You are a good man!The Austin said:You know what? You are right. To kill an idea is worse than killing a man, for killing an idea is to destroy a man's existence itself. Or something like that.Skullkid4187 said:It is a awful book and the guy is a total jerk but even destroying it is a act of evilThe Austin said:
As much as I think Dawkins is a dick, he has a right to publish what he wants to.
I certainly hope that herp-derp religion statement wasn't directed at me.Midnight Crossroads said:
I'm guessing you're talking about the God Delusion, right? I wouldn't say the book flat-out calls you a dumbass, no more then most religious texts do, in fact I saw the God Delusion primarily as a book that explained how morality is an independence factor within human society that shapes religion, rather then vice-versa. This argument, I feel, NEEDS to be brought to light in the modern world. Too many people who feel future shocked are arguing that religion dictates morality, when in fact it's the changing attitudes of social morality that dictates what religion teaches (hence why we don't sell our daughters into sexual slavery, which the Old Testament allows).The Austin said:
As are you, sir.Skullkid4187 said:You are a good man!The Austin said:You know what? You are right. To kill an idea is worse than killing a man, for killing an idea is to destroy a man's existence itself. Or something like that.Skullkid4187 said:It is a awful book and the guy is a total jerk but even destroying it is a act of evilThe Austin said:
As much as I think Dawkins is a dick, he has a right to publish what he wants to.
The movie was in black and white (which makes it hard for me to keep attentive, but I understand it was made a long time ago) and it is centered around little kids with extraordinarily high pitched voices that resembled the scratching of a chalk board and they spoke with the most annoying southern accent (which is also comparable to nails on a chalkboard). It was completely unappealing to both my eyes and ears. Any good points of the book I liked where completely drowned out by those damned kids! Again, just my opinion... my very petty opinion.SleepyOtter said:
I think if anything, it was aimed at both you and myself. And infact anyone who brings up religious texts or anti-religious texts.The Austin said:
I suppose that you have a point.Blind Sight said:
I actually found your response funny, yours' actually had a punch line. The others, not so much.Azure-Supernova said:
Dawkins never wrote a book called The God Dilemma. He did, however, write one called The God Delusion. I sure am glad you want an imaginary book burned and not one of my favorite books of all time.The Austin said:
My apologies, I did not catch that from the OP. It might help if the thread was called "Books You Hate" instead of "Books You Want Horribly Destroyed". When you start talking about eliminating books and burning piles, you convey a drastically different meaning.Blind Sight said:
Why, oh why, would you want both those excellent dystopian books destroyed? Especially when you could just go back in time and get rid of WE, by Yevgeny Zamyatin in 1920, which both Orwell and Huxley openly admitted to ripping offHT_Black said:
No. It's mostly the wishing of destruction on all religious text. Instead of coming up with reasons, people parrot off the same crap reasons. I'm an Apatheist, dammit, there should be standards to denouncing religion.The Austin said:
