tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post8423184815601163310..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: Mehdi Hasan makes me really angry.Cruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-72591846055692224592013-11-30T22:12:42.091+00:002013-11-30T22:12:42.091+00:00You have a great blog here Kate. I tend to agree w...You have a great blog here Kate. I tend to agree with most of what you say. You certainly have a lot of strings to your bow! Please keep up the fight against the harmful effects of religion, the fight against the political dogma of the right, and the fight against misogyny.<br />Whilst you made an impressive attempt to refute the religious arguments, Kate, the responses were obviously condensed summaries, and hardly fully comprehensive (and nor should they be - this is a blog and not a debating forum). So I find it strange that apologists like to pick apart what you wrote here, as if it must be the best we atheists have, and so that's some kind of victory for them. Frankly, the battle is being fought elsewhere.<br />For example, William Lane Craig recently debated atheist Lawrence Krauss in a series of debates in Australia - to me, WLC's arguments were not convincing. He was polished, but Krauss ultimately seemed more logical. Other notable atheists such as Sam Harris and Dan Dennett are also worth looking up on YouTube if you want debate. <br />I did find Dawkins' initial comments to Medhi Hassan insensitive, although of course he is right about the inherent irrationality of not questioning dogmatic religious beliefs. I find it unfortunate that the latter has taken such an aggressive riposte, but that's often the Dawkins effect - he riles people up. He is hardly perfect - I consider his attitudes towards women are often less than ideal, and there is the problem of him being too "strident". Believers should note that it's not as if Dawkins is universally held up as some kind of paragon in atheist circles - he is in many ways just as controversial a figure for us. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952597754091672288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-81934784888269483122013-02-01T04:39:59.432+00:002013-02-01T04:39:59.432+00:00Oh ya? What if you drop a really big turd and can&...Oh ya? What if you drop a really big turd and can't get the toilet unplugged and the only plummer you can get has "Christian" stamped across his forehead? <br /><br />Obviously you have not given enough thought this serious and complicated issue. Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-1710172217257272922013-01-31T21:40:12.590+00:002013-01-31T21:40:12.590+00:00I have a 'koran project' koran in the bath...I have a 'koran project' koran in the bathroom that I am working my way through. I hope it is considered to be disrespectful to read it whilst moving my bowels.<br /><br />The writing is so utterly of the primitive 'god the alpha male' style, just like the bible. It scares me that people will so readily believe it to be the word of a deity.<br /><br />I really don't want to engage the services of anyone who believes such utter rubbish to be 'fact'. I just couldn't trust their judgment.Philip Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396688548591376313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-78469522704091803132013-01-29T20:20:34.005+00:002013-01-29T20:20:34.005+00:00I began writing a response to this, which ended up...I began writing a response to this, which ended up becoming way too long. Hence, I've placed the response on my blog: https://orthodoxsubmitter.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/a-response-to-kate-smurthwaites-piece-on-mehdi-hasan/<br /><br />My first post, in fact!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358193844530993001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-79210474536345737002013-01-29T01:02:01.356+00:002013-01-29T01:02:01.356+00:00Well, I followed right up to your lottery analogy ...Well, I followed right up to your lottery analogy and then it just got too silly. <br /><br />Good luck on your journey.Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.com