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	<title>Comments on: Richard Dawkins’ Amateur Philosopher Syndrome</title>
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		<title>By: DaveR</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think many would agree that Richard Dawkins went outside his domain of expertise in writing The God Delusion. He could fairly be accused of suffering from APS. However Alex Rosenberg (RJ Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University) is a professional philosopher and his book, The Atheist&#039;s Guide to Reality, sets the bar at explaining why a firm understanding of science makes atheism the only game in town.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think many would agree that Richard Dawkins went outside his domain of expertise in writing The God Delusion. He could fairly be accused of suffering from APS. However Alex Rosenberg (RJ Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University) is a professional philosopher and his book, The Atheist&#8217;s Guide to Reality, sets the bar at explaining why a firm understanding of science makes atheism the only game in town.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2014 19:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I agree with your stance on Dawkins as an amateur I would argue that its not true that science and God have no part in the other. If God is, in fact, the creator of all our reality, it makes sense that one could evidence or traces of that fact. One cannot move outside the universe and prove such things but one can certainly look for the hallmarks of design and evidence that points to such a cause. Having a more accurate approach to the cause allows one to ask more accurate questions about the effect and all that follows. I think its important to keep design in mind when considering all of science and how such a concept effects the universe, how we interact with it, etc...Materialists want no part in this, and I think its detrimental to science rather than helpful.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I agree with your stance on Dawkins as an amateur I would argue that its not true that science and God have no part in the other. If God is, in fact, the creator of all our reality, it makes sense that one could evidence or traces of that fact. One cannot move outside the universe and prove such things but one can certainly look for the hallmarks of design and evidence that points to such a cause. Having a more accurate approach to the cause allows one to ask more accurate questions about the effect and all that follows. I think its important to keep design in mind when considering all of science and how such a concept effects the universe, how we interact with it, etc&#8230;Materialists want no part in this, and I think its detrimental to science rather than helpful.</p>
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		<title>By: 7n43nd</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see you are trying hard to make the term &#039;Amateur Philosopher Syndrome&#039; take off. Doesn&#039;t look like it is working though.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see you are trying hard to make the term &#8216;Amateur Philosopher Syndrome&#8217; take off. Doesn&#8217;t look like it is working though.</p>
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		<title>By: billie_cody</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 22:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the sort of article I wished teen-atheist-fanboys would read. Even as an atheist myself, it bothers me completely the other kind of fundamentalism they incorporate. And worse - hiding behind reason as if religion and reason have always been antagonist, while for most of antiquity and middle ages they co-existed just fine within philosophical debates. Reason should never be dogmatic, but a tool. There&#039;s a lot in the world that is metaphysical and not physical, and I wished scientists could work with philosophers displaying the same respect each deserve.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the sort of article I wished teen-atheist-fanboys would read. Even as an atheist myself, it bothers me completely the other kind of fundamentalism they incorporate. And worse &#8211; hiding behind reason as if religion and reason have always been antagonist, while for most of antiquity and middle ages they co-existed just fine within philosophical debates. Reason should never be dogmatic, but a tool. There&#039;s a lot in the world that is metaphysical and not physical, and I wished scientists could work with philosophers displaying the same respect each deserve.  </p>
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		<title>By: AZIL</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[cancer is boring...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>cancer is boring&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;It would also be correct to say &quot;For every supernatural event, the is a supernatual explanation.&quot; Would it not?&quot; 
 
That is logically correct. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;It would also be correct to say &quot;For every supernatural event, the is a supernatual explanation.&quot; Would it not?&quot; </p>
<p>That is logically correct. </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;I am closing this portal down. For your safety.&quot; 
 
Try acting your age more frequently. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;I am closing this portal down. For your safety.&quot; </p>
<p>Try acting your age more frequently. </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Dear mary Sue, this is exactly what the Islamists teach, the moral superiority of religion.&quot; 
 
Nope. They teach the moral superiority of Islam. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Dear mary Sue, this is exactly what the Islamists teach, the moral superiority of religion.&quot; </p>
<p>Nope. They teach the moral superiority of Islam. </p>
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		<title>By: tagalog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personally, I&#039;d like to know more about that point about 380,000 years after the Big Bang that the cosmologists talk about; how did the heavier elements form?  And what&#039;s with inflation?  How could it be faster than light? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally, I&#039;d like to know more about that point about 380,000 years after the Big Bang that the cosmologists talk about; how did the heavier elements form?  And what&#039;s with inflation?  How could it be faster than light? </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Those idiot scientists have come up with reduculous ideas like our species, Homo Sapiens, have been on on this planet between 180,000 and 200,000 years, and the planet is a whopping 4.6 billion years old! Those idiot scientists have wasted their lives with painstaking research in fields like paleontology and cosmology; Einstein and Neils Bohr with their silly ideas of relativity and quantum physics.&quot; 
 
 
Oh please. Are you serious? Don&#039;t you know all of evolutionary theory is built on data that that only leads back to the theory? You can&#039;t actually prove that the Bible is wrong in anything it says. You&#039;re just highly motivated to do so because your subculture has as much invested in Darwin as Muslims have invested in Mohammed. Maybe more. 
 
I&#039;ll admit that the technologies and sciences are real in most senses but when you challenge the entire set of evidence for evolutionary theories it is revealed as a complex mess of circular reasoning. The earth has to be old because we needed a long time to evolve. These layers must represent a bajillion years each. 
 
That&#039;s how it works as an example. 
 
And by the way, we only can observe the physical world today. We don&#039;t know what existed before the earth came to its present form. Even the speed of light may vary according to circumstance we can&#039;t replicate and if any big bang occurred (no matter when) that alone would most likely change the physical behaviors of every atomic particle.  
 
You just don&#039;t realize how many assumptions you made that you thought were somehow just as fact-based as say, watching water turn in to steam. Remember that Darwin&#039;s theories were developed before Pasteur published the law of bio-genesis. What happened? People just kept pushing to come up with some thing, anything to keep Darwinism alive. That&#039;s how it&#039;s been since then. It continues today and you have won the culture war. Congratulations on that. 
 ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Those idiot scientists have come up with reduculous ideas like our species, Homo Sapiens, have been on on this planet between 180,000 and 200,000 years, and the planet is a whopping 4.6 billion years old! Those idiot scientists have wasted their lives with painstaking research in fields like paleontology and cosmology; Einstein and Neils Bohr with their silly ideas of relativity and quantum physics.&quot; </p>
<p>Oh please. Are you serious? Don&#039;t you know all of evolutionary theory is built on data that that only leads back to the theory? You can&#039;t actually prove that the Bible is wrong in anything it says. You&#039;re just highly motivated to do so because your subculture has as much invested in Darwin as Muslims have invested in Mohammed. Maybe more. </p>
<p>I&#039;ll admit that the technologies and sciences are real in most senses but when you challenge the entire set of evidence for evolutionary theories it is revealed as a complex mess of circular reasoning. The earth has to be old because we needed a long time to evolve. These layers must represent a bajillion years each. </p>
<p>That&#039;s how it works as an example. </p>
<p>And by the way, we only can observe the physical world today. We don&#039;t know what existed before the earth came to its present form. Even the speed of light may vary according to circumstance we can&#039;t replicate and if any big bang occurred (no matter when) that alone would most likely change the physical behaviors of every atomic particle.  </p>
<p>You just don&#039;t realize how many assumptions you made that you thought were somehow just as fact-based as say, watching water turn in to steam. Remember that Darwin&#039;s theories were developed before Pasteur published the law of bio-genesis. What happened? People just kept pushing to come up with some thing, anything to keep Darwinism alive. That&#039;s how it&#039;s been since then. It continues today and you have won the culture war. Congratulations on that. </p>
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		<title>By: Historian</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Historian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, of course. I understand completely. A hack evangelical cyber trooper is just a disguise. You are really Napoleon Bonaparte. Don&#039;t worry. The British redcoats won&#039;t get you. Dawkins is British, remember?  Your secret is safe with me. I am closing this portal down. For your safety. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, of course. I understand completely. A hack evangelical cyber trooper is just a disguise. You are really Napoleon Bonaparte. Don&#039;t worry. The British redcoats won&#039;t get you. Dawkins is British, remember?  Your secret is safe with me. I am closing this portal down. For your safety. </p>
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		<title>By: Historian</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/jack-kerwick/richard-dawkins-amateur-philosophy-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-4411158</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Historian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Mary Sue. Your name sounds like you are from the Bible Belt. Not surprising. So the bible has all the answers, right? Now, why didn&#039;t I think of it! The book that suggests humans have been here a mere six thousand years, and the earth is circa ten thousand years old. Those idiot scientists have come up with reduculous ideas like our species, Homo Sapiens, have been on on this planet between 180,000 and 200,000 years, and the planet is a whopping 4.6 billion years old! Those idiot scientists have wasted their lives with painstaking research in fields like paleontology and cosmology;  Einstein and Neils Bohr with their silly ideas of relativity and quantum physics. Leading to what? Trivial things like computers, space travel, life-saving surgery and medicine, and stuff like that. What a bloody waste of time and money! Just read the good Book!  Right, Marry Sue? I have learned so much from you that I am closing this portal down. Many thanks. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Mary Sue. Your name sounds like you are from the Bible Belt. Not surprising. So the bible has all the answers, right? Now, why didn&#039;t I think of it! The book that suggests humans have been here a mere six thousand years, and the earth is circa ten thousand years old. Those idiot scientists have come up with reduculous ideas like our species, Homo Sapiens, have been on on this planet between 180,000 and 200,000 years, and the planet is a whopping 4.6 billion years old! Those idiot scientists have wasted their lives with painstaking research in fields like paleontology and cosmology;  Einstein and Neils Bohr with their silly ideas of relativity and quantum physics. Leading to what? Trivial things like computers, space travel, life-saving surgery and medicine, and stuff like that. What a bloody waste of time and money! Just read the good Book!  Right, Marry Sue? I have learned so much from you that I am closing this portal down. Many thanks. </p>
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		<title>By: reader</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[reader]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your entire body of work here is name calling, deflecting, projecting and whining. No substance whatsoever. Note for Dawkins: when you get charged with domestic violence, don&#039;t hire historian to represent you in court. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your entire body of work here is name calling, deflecting, projecting and whining. No substance whatsoever. Note for Dawkins: when you get charged with domestic violence, don&#039;t hire historian to represent you in court. </p>
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		<title>By: Historian</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/jack-kerwick/richard-dawkins-amateur-philosophy-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-4410493</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Historian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schroeder is floundering trying to bridge NOMA. He showed no logic. He tried to MIT cloak of authority bit. Failed miserably. Whose fault is it? 
It is sad that you are reduced to calling me me names, &quot;a drone&quot;. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Schroeder is floundering trying to bridge NOMA. He showed no logic. He tried to MIT cloak of authority bit. Failed miserably. Whose fault is it?<br />
It is sad that you are reduced to calling me me names, &quot;a drone&quot;. </p>
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		<title>By: Historian</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Historian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hahahaha. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hahahaha. </p>
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		<title>By: Historian</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A snippy remark when you haven&#039;t even read him. You are full of vacuous, snippy remarks. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A snippy remark when you haven&#039;t even read him. You are full of vacuous, snippy remarks. </p>
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		<title>By: jem</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jem]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science does not have all the answers, but with great humility they are quite certain there is no creator God. At the root of things they do not poses greater logic than the rest of us mortals and they really are not of any greater humility.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Science does not have all the answers, but with great humility they are quite certain there is no creator God. At the root of things they do not poses greater logic than the rest of us mortals and they really are not of any greater humility.  </p>
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		<title>By: jem</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would also be correct to say &quot;For every supernatural event, the is a supernatual explanation.&quot; Would it not? ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would also be correct to say &quot;For every supernatural event, the is a supernatual explanation.&quot; Would it not? </p>
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		<title>By: WilliamJamesWard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long way to the bottom of the page on this one, but.............It is said &quot;Pride comes before 
a fall.&quot; Dawkins seems to have fallen hard and landed on his head, splattering any 
credibility, he needs to go away as much as attention needs to bypass his ramblings. 
William ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Long way to the bottom of the page on this one, but&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.It is said &quot;Pride comes before<br />
a fall.&quot; Dawkins seems to have fallen hard and landed on his head, splattering any<br />
credibility, he needs to go away as much as attention needs to bypass his ramblings.<br />
William </p>
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		<title>By: objectivefactsmatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;...Architects and builders had to bring in &#039;calculators&#039; to measure the stress and strains in the structure.&quot;  
 
Addendum: Not only were calculators the result of invention, trial and error but so was the data they were calculating. They didn&#039;t use finite element analysis to calculate building loads. They used trial and error to judge what certain materials could do. Their calculations were about doing things consistently. Trial, error and measurement I guess could be considered a crude form of science if that&#039;s the direction you want to take it. Just remember you&#039;re trying to discredit the ancient&#039;s ability to judge what was happening in the world. So if you make them all in to &quot;scientists&quot; you&#039;re creating problems for yourself in other arguments you&#039;ve made. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;&#8230;Architects and builders had to bring in &#039;calculators&#039; to measure the stress and strains in the structure.&quot;  </p>
<p>Addendum: Not only were calculators the result of invention, trial and error but so was the data they were calculating. They didn&#039;t use finite element analysis to calculate building loads. They used trial and error to judge what certain materials could do. Their calculations were about doing things consistently. Trial, error and measurement I guess could be considered a crude form of science if that&#039;s the direction you want to take it. Just remember you&#039;re trying to discredit the ancient&#039;s ability to judge what was happening in the world. So if you make them all in to &quot;scientists&quot; you&#039;re creating problems for yourself in other arguments you&#039;ve made. </p>
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