Comments on: Book Review: The God Delusion http://www.numenware.com/article/543 Religion. Brain. Dogen. Language. Japan. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:26:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Peter Tarsio http://www.numenware.com/article/543#comment-3597 Peter Tarsio Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:55:10 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/543#comment-3597 I can't think of a more appropriate time in our history where we can see that with the coming elections that the religion card is being blatantly displayed by various candidates that believe that their faith is going to complete the ultimate plan contained in that great book of inerrant absolute truth that they consider to be America's solution to all our political and economic woes. Or the more sinister plan that the deluded have for us since their faith is so strong. I think that Dawkins has stated the case clearly, but is anyone listening to him since all the signs appear to imperil us again as another group of zealots want to ruin America even further simply by the fact that they will never read this book or change their mind which reason has left behind. I can’t think of a more appropriate time in our history where we can see that with the coming elections that the religion card is being blatantly displayed by various candidates that believe that their faith is going to complete the ultimate plan contained in that great book of inerrant absolute truth that they consider to be America’s solution to all our
political and economic woes. Or the more sinister plan that the deluded
have for us since their faith is so strong. I think that Dawkins has stated the case clearly, but is anyone listening to him since all the signs appear to imperil us again as another group of zealots want to ruin America even further simply by the fact that they will never read this book or
change their mind which reason has left behind.

]]> By: James McGrath http://www.numenware.com/article/543#comment-1036 James McGrath Tue, 01 May 2007 17:17:52 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/543#comment-1036 Thanks for the review of Dawkins’ book and for having a blog about neurotheology! My own blog is at http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/blog/ and I frequently find myself discussing many of the same topics, so I look forward to reading more of your posts, and hope we’ll have opportunity to cross-link and cross-reference each other. Thanks for the review of Dawkins’ book and for having a blog about neurotheology! My own blog is at http://blue.butler.edu/~jfmcgrat/blog/ and I frequently find myself discussing many of the same topics, so I look forward to reading more of your posts, and hope we’ll have opportunity to cross-link and cross-reference each other.

]]> By: Peter Tarsio http://www.numenware.com/article/543#comment-856 Peter Tarsio Sun, 31 Dec 2006 16:50:35 +0000 http://www.numenware.com/article/543#comment-856 The Darwinian case for the evolution and the origin of species is Dawkin’s document of truth or maybe another form of religious scripture in place of the Bible. Just the other evening <span class="caps">PBS</span> was broadcasting ‘Inherit the Wind” and I could not help thinking how appropriate that was in lieu of the fact that I was reading Dennett’s book on dispelling religion. Well Spencer Tracey is great in the movie he definitely raises the old questions and issues and the ranting and raving goes on all through the movie to let the viewer know that this is so important, at least in those days. Now today many of Bible Bangers and the Secular Humanists along with the Scientists are still at it with no end in sight. Still looks like “give me that old time religion” bit is still lurking around whoever believes in the <span class="caps">LORD</span> kind of of thing will never go away. The shear stupidity of these warring factions don’t know when to give up. Yes you are right in saying that Dawkins says nothing to shed light on other systems of belief, but Buddhism is neither a belief or a philosophy let alone a religion. I think that inimitable Alan Wattswould certainly concur on this point if he were alive today. God is not the problem so much for that, but we are humans with a large brain and intellligence and here is where the universe begins and ends. An explanation for everything is laudable, however consciousness itself is the real essence of our existence and evryone seems to know that, but try to go to the lab and figure it out is last thing we can do but again that is certainly an option that will be considered by the scientificly minded and again what is the end of this? Peter Tarsio Peter Tarsio The Darwinian case for the evolution and the origin of species is Dawkin’s document of truth or maybe another form of religious scripture in place of the Bible. Just the other evening PBS was broadcasting ‘Inherit the Wind” and I could not help thinking how appropriate that was in lieu of the fact that I was reading Dennett’s book on dispelling religion. Well Spencer Tracey is great in the movie he definitely raises the old questions and issues and the ranting and raving goes on all through the movie to let the viewer know that this is so important, at least in those days. Now today many of Bible Bangers and the Secular Humanists along with the Scientists are still at it with no end in sight. Still looks like “give me that old time religion” bit is still lurking around whoever believes in the LORD kind of of thing will never go away. The shear stupidity of these warring factions don’t know when to give up. Yes you are right in saying that Dawkins says nothing to shed light on other systems of belief, but Buddhism is neither a belief or a philosophy let alone a religion. I think that inimitable Alan Wattswould certainly concur on this point if he were alive today. God is not the problem so much for that, but we are humans with a large brain and intellligence and here is where the universe begins and ends. An explanation for everything is laudable, however consciousness itself is the real essence of our existence and evryone seems to know that, but try to go to the lab and figure it out is last thing we can do but again that is certainly an option that will be considered by the scientificly minded and again what is the end of this?

Peter Tarsio

Peter Tarsio

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