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lismore said:British citizen. Since 1707 England doesnt exist.
Dawkins in that TV programme didnt say much about Islam. Lots of people from inside and outside Christianity like to put the boot into it.
Sure. But why should that affect our reasoning processes? Again, people shoot their mouths off. What's new? Martin Luther concluded that he ought to hate Jews. You and I realize this was a faulty (and not a little harmful) conclusion. We may even despise this conclusion. We may even think less of him for it. But did he say things that were worth saying? Yes. Did he have insights in other areas? Yes. Malcolm X made certain statements about white people that were pretty divisive. Does that make everything he had to say irrelevant? No. Does that mean the basis from which he drew his anger was nonexistent? No.
This doesn't mean that everybody who speaks in anger has something valuable to say. But it does make me hesitate before condemning everything a person says, right off the bat.
Dawkins' disabilities in Philosophy and Character do not necessarily influence his abilities in Science.
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