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If Richard Dawkins
can’t understand why he was no-platformed, then maybe he’s not as smart as he
thinks he is
Richard Dawkins is an odd case.
A very bright, articulate scientist, a man interesting to hear
on some subjects.
But on religion, he has more than once proved himself an
ignoramus.
No less with Christianity than Islam.
I read his book on atheism, and what a weak effort it
proved.
I am not a religious person, but I always object to
arguments which do not hold, and just so Dawkins' book.
He completely missed some of the fundamental reasons many
people are religious, as for example the cultural and communal aspects of
religion, and those are very important.
A worthy scientist and writer has only badly damaged his
reputation in old age under the illusion that he can convince people to believe
as he believes.
A bad mistake.
In a way, it reminds me of another, even more famous,
scientist, Stephen Hawking.
A truly important figure in modern cosmology has, in his
declining years, made some ridiculous public statements on matters about which
he has no more expertise than the local postman.
I refer to his fantasies about earth ceasing to be habitable
and the "need" to fly off somewhere in the cosmos to find a new home.
Simply utter rubbish, influenced, just as Dawkins
objectionable statements, by personal prejudice and/or fantasy wishes, not by
science.
