Het draadje over atheïsme en religie groeit uit zijn voegen. Met name Eelco en Steven discussiëren volop over de vraag hoe atheïsme en geweld zich tot elkaar verhouden, met name onder invloed van het denken van Richard Dawkins. Vandaag echter reageerde Steven (op Sander) met een zeer interessante bijdrage, die ik zo sterk vind en die naar mijn mening de discussie verder brengt, dat ik zijn reactie hierbij “promoveer” tot gastbijdrage op mijn blog.
Richard Dawkins
Williams, Dawkins, and Kenny on the nature of human beings and their ultimate origins, 23/02/2012
On 23 February, there will be an interesting debate between Rowan Williams (the Archbishop of Canterbury), Richard Dawkins and Anthony Kenny on the issue of “The Nature of Human Beings and the Question of their Ultimate Origin”. Time and venue: THE SHELDONIAN THEATRE, OXFORD, THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2012, 4.00-5.30PM (UK time). Because of the huge … Lees verder
Dawkins, jewelry, atheism, symbolism
Have you ever looked at the website of the Richard Dawkins http://richarddawkins.net, and then I mean especially the store section: http://store.richarddawkins.net/? I recently noticed that “they” (I don’t presume Dawkins is selling stuff in person) sell jewelry. In itself there’s of course nothing wrong with that. But notice that The Richard Dawkins store sells jewelry … Lees verder
Dutch scientists not enthusiastic about Dawkins’ criticism of religion
Recently, Richard Dawkins visited the Dutch university of Groningen for a public lecture. It was a major event, where eventually students sold (originally free) tickets for quite some money on the black market. Anyway, science journalist René Fransen, who works for the Groningen Universiteitskrant as well as for the Nederlands Dagblad did not get the … Lees verder
A child’s perspective on Dawkins’ “The Magic of Reality”
A very interesting review in Chemical and Engineering News (of all places) of Dawkins’ The Magic of Reality. The review is a collaboration between a 46-year old father (a chemist) and his 7-year old son Max. Though the review is not completely devastating, the review does expose very nicely that Dawkins scolds at mythology where … Lees verder