Thursday, March 08, 2007

A reason to be thankful

...though somewhat counter-intuitive, is Richard Dawkins' newest anti-creation effort, dubbed the "Blasphemy Challenge." More or less, he's offered a video to anyone who will send him a video denying the existence of the Holy Spirit, and he's claiming that this automatically sends the speaker to Hell if there is one.

Now thankfully, his theology is a bit off, so these people who are getting his little gift aren't automatically damned. But it's telling that he's pulling a stunt like this, and not for the first time, either. More or less, one of the most prominent evolutionists in the past half century is pulling ad hominem stunts instead of approaching the evidence. It is, in my opinion, an stunning admission by one of the most decorated scientists of our time that he's not capable of (or willing to) clearly carrying his position to those who oppose it.

Thank you, Dr. Dawkins.

4 comments:

Mercy Now said...

Humn, pulling stunts to get attention cuz one's talent can't do it sounds a lot like Paris Hilton, Kevin Federline, Lindsay Lohan...etc.

Bike Bubba said...

Well said. Let's say I'm giving Dawkins the "Paris Hilton Intelligent Discourse Award." I'm sure he'd be proud...

Shawn said...

I bet he'd rather have the Paris Hilton Intercourse Award.

Bike Bubba said...

...meaning that images of him in flagrante delicto would be posted all over the Internet? :^) Maybe not.