now i'm not saying he's wrong in any way, praying to a god is just as useful as bowling with no arms, try as hard as you may, the one time you knock down a pin isn't a sign to keep on truckin'. but the way i see it, he's just trying to checkmate theism's view of evolution so he can sleep better at night (complete with aforementioned smug, shit-eating grin).
this brings me to someone of credible authority, who we can all (hopefully) agree that has some solid points and is a general all around genius:
Stephen Hawking
the man has contributed so much to his fields of theoretical physics and the entire scientific community, i mean hell, just take a glance at his awards and credentials sections on wikipedia.
here you'll note that not only did he earn his degrees (dawkins receives honorary degrees on the reg.), but he receives awards that actually MEAN something. dohoho richard dawkins atheist of the year, congrats...
so when he goes all out and says
heaven is a fairy tale, for the weakminded
i feel more inclined to believe him (and so should you) than someone who sits in a chair and says "religion is a farce because derp, evolution is real, checkmate atheists" (keep in mind this chessgame may as well be with toddlers). hawking has dealt with insurmountable odds his entire life, and look at the shit he's accomplished. CPH over at 365 reasons to kill yourself might argue that if you can't pull the shit hawkings done, you may as well go ahead and kill yourself right now.
not only is stephen hawking not afraid of death, but he has more intelligence in one of his immobile pinkies than dawkins has in his entire body, nuff said.
just my two cents,
as a parting gift to say thankyou for reading my ramblings, i thought i'd leave you with a chill track to bring down your rage towards dawkins and non-educated atheists the world over, enjoy!
Lol well written gave me a nice chukle :]also yea fuck dawkin why not :D
ReplyDeleteVery nice post lol! But yeah Hawking is a fucking beast at science. I love him!
ReplyDelete.02$ American = 0.0195$ Canadian, atm. just saying!
ReplyDeleteThe whole thing is a giant clusterfuck. I prefer to just ignore it all.
ReplyDeleteI like Hitchens personally, haven't looked up too much about Dawkins.
ReplyDeletehad heard of Hitchens, but hadn't looked into him, thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteNice read. Both sides annoy me, which is why I don't choose to believe either one! It's a pussy way of thinking to others, but I like it!
ReplyDeletehawkings is in a wheelchair tho, what the fuck is he supposed to do? He can't play games all day or take over the world. the only thing to occupy his time is thinking about physics
ReplyDeletelol...calm down gman.
ReplyDeletecool story bro
ReplyDeleteyour right, hawkins is a genius. also very good music video
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ReplyDeleteI like Dawkins, especially this quote:
ReplyDelete"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara."
We shouldn't waste our lives and pity our failures, we're lucky just to be alive.
I'm an atheist, but I don't think religion is a problem as long as believers keep it to themselves. Thus, I agree with you that Dawkins maybe shouldn't do what he does.
ReplyDelete@Flodstrom: great comment! that was basically what i was getting at! hawking before now wasn't flaunting his (obvious)superiority to religious people, he was letting them live within their own system of beliefs, while still attempting to educate. now as we all know these things change when you have a lecture to promote the next day :P
ReplyDeleteNice article man ;)
ReplyDeleteAtheism is not a field of knowledge...
ReplyDeleteOften times others impose absolute insurmountable barriers.
ReplyDeletePeople should just live and let live.
ReplyDeleteHawking is a beast at science!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, great post and blog, followed!
Good post anyway.
ReplyDeleteGood post
ReplyDeleteI laughed, also CPH's blog is hilarious :D
ReplyDeleteGeniuses never really sleep, their brain work 24/7
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