E.H. Munro

Because Dawkins' attempts at philosophy were cited by Hitchens (and/or parroted by him) in so many public appearances? And having heard him speak many a time, yes, he certainly promoted the subhuman view of the Arab/muslim world. And really, you can't be philosophically literate and not cringe at his attempt at debating William Lane Craig. There's a reason that Craig prefers to debate the Hitchenses and Harrisses of the world (and would happily debate Dawkins if the latter weren't such an intellectual coward). It's because they're all really bad at philosophy (why Stanford continues to embarrass itself with Harris is beyond me).

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36 Karat

In that "debate", held at a private Christian university filled with 3,000+ brainwashed souls, Craig claimed "the purpose of human existence is to glorify God and enjoy him forever", so I can see where we are going to differ here.

E.H. Munro

Well, that covers the three and a half seconds dealing Craig's sacred theology (which I'm decidedly not a fan of, because I really hate theistic personalism, even in its better forms like Plantinga, and despise Craig's divine command theory horsepuckey). It's the rest of his disastrous performance that's at issue. I will give Hitchens credit for at least not cowering like Dawkins does, but ultimately Craig likes to swim in the shallow end of the pool, which is why he was there and not Thomas Nagel or John Searle.

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"Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed

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"He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey.

E.H. Munro

What's the matter, snookums, is little r-star not getting enough attention? There, there, it's OK, little r-star, you're still the king of the internet. Now go play.

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If everyone loves you you're doing it wrong.

"Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed

The Power of 99 Press

"He thinks it's going to be fun being governor. It's only fun being governor of New York if you have money to spend, and I spent it all." Nelson Rockefeller on his successor, Hugh Carey.