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Entries Tagged as 'Richard Dawkins'

Recycling The Dawkins Delusion

August 27th, 2010 2 Comments

Browsing the archives this morning I stumbled accross this gem, The Dawkins Delusion, which Matt originally published here some three years ago back before we had much of a readership so a lot you may have missed it. It is seriously clever and funny – go see!

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Gary Gutting on Richard Dawkins’ Atheism

August 15th, 2010 126 Comments

The New York Times has an accessible and excellent critique of Richard Dawkins’ argument for the non- existence of God, written by University of Notre Dame Philosopher Gary Gutting entitled, ”On Dawkins’s Atheism: A Response.” Enjoy. RELATED POSTS: Fairies Leprechauns, Golden Tea Cups and Spaghetti Monsters Richard Dawkins and Open Mindedness

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Epistemology 101: Science, Faith and Authority Part II

July 21st, 2010 12 Comments

This three-part blog series is essentially the talk I gave at the recent Clearing the Air Forum, which was entitled “Discovering Truth in the Synthesis of Science and Faith.” The audience was comprised of scientists, church leaders, journalists and other interested parties so this is a fairly lay introduction to epistemology. In my first post, [...]

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There’s Probably No God? Fisking Atheist Billboards

July 12th, 2010 304 Comments

On the way back from Bloggers drinks we drove past one of the controversial atheist advertising billboards, put up by NZ Atheist Campaign, The Humanist Society and NZARH, which have appeared around Auckland. This appears to have come on the back of the Richard Dawkins inspired bus advertising that made headlines earlier this year. It [...]

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Contra Mundum: Richard Dawkins and Open Mindedness

May 6th, 2010 140 Comments

The bold statement “Richard Dawkins opens minds” leaped out at me from the newsletter sitting on the University of Auckland’s Law Library counter. The article went on to sing the praises of Richard Dawkins and mentioned his book The God Delusion. On reading the piece one could be forgiven for concluding that Dawkins’ works are [...]

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“Has Science Disproved God?” The Podcast (Fixed!)

March 16th, 2010 13 Comments

If you missed the “Has Science Disproved God?” panel discussion at Auckland University last week and you just cannot wait for the video to be edited, formatted and uploaded to You Tube then simply follow this link: “Has Science Disproved God?” to listen to the podcast of the event. In the first hour the speakers [...]

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Has Science Disproved God? Thursday Night

March 10th, 2010 7 Comments

Just a reminder that tomorrow night, Thursday 11 March, at 7pm, in OGGB 4, at the University of Auckland, Matt will be part of a panel along with scientists Drs Neil Broom, Jeff Talon and Robert Mann, whom you can fire questions at around the topic “Has Science Disproved God?” The organisers – Thinking Matters, [...]

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Has Science Disproved God? @ Auckland University

February 28th, 2010 16 Comments

Thinking Matters have organised some free to the public Q & A seminars at the University of Auckland. Has Science Disproved God? Have the discoveries of modern science proved that belief in God is irrational and untenable? Does faith hinder or inspire scientific research? In this public Q & A event, several of New Zealand’s [...]

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Richard Dawkins on Thinking Matters

November 13th, 2009 44 Comments

According to Richard Dawkins, New Zealand apologetics blog, Thinking Matters Talk, “makes for some interesting browsing.” The recommendation of Rob Ward’s blog post, Sarfati reviews Dawkins’ ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’, has seen a deluge traffic arrive. (This pleases us because we are part of Thinking Matters and are listed as contributors to Thinking Matters [...]

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The Dawkins Delusion

July 31st, 2007 26 Comments

A friend sent me this this morning: This is great, witty satire. I particularly like the parody of Dawkins’ “Who made God” argument. Dr Terry Tommyrot addresses the question of whether science can explain the existence of Dawkins’ books without postulating the existence of an intelligent author, Richard Dawkins. Tommyrot asks, “If Dawkins designed this [...]

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