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Old 06-07-2007, 02:01 PM   #251
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Yes, indeed. Thanks for starting a discussion about Dawkins. Some of his points get stretched too far IMO - ex. religion is the cause of war and conflict. I think there would still be war and conflict if there was no religion. We would differentiate ourselves from the "other" by some other criteria.
Furthermore, just because religious claims are scientifically unverifiable, there is just cause to eliminate it altogether. I largely agree with much of what Dawkins has written, but I simply cannot bring myself to abandon my faith. The whole issue is so much more complicated than merely deciding between fact v. fallacy, truth v. myth, faith v. reason, and right v. wrong.
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