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Hour 1: Outgrowing Dawkins
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In his book Outgrowing God, Richard Dawkins purports to demolish the claims of mainstream religion, starting with belief in a Creator. All of life’s big questions can apparently be answered by science. But does he even understand what he rejects? Our guest’s answer is a resounding ‘No’. The high priest of New Atheism quite literally doesn’t know what he’s talking about, because the deity he rejects is a childish parody. From this flow many straw man arguments. Our guest will offer incisive rebuttals and positive suggestions for advancing an often-sterile debate.
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716 episodes
Manage episode 432710220 series 1362188
In his book Outgrowing God, Richard Dawkins purports to demolish the claims of mainstream religion, starting with belief in a Creator. All of life’s big questions can apparently be answered by science. But does he even understand what he rejects? Our guest’s answer is a resounding ‘No’. The high priest of New Atheism quite literally doesn’t know what he’s talking about, because the deity he rejects is a childish parody. From this flow many straw man arguments. Our guest will offer incisive rebuttals and positive suggestions for advancing an often-sterile debate.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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