http://www.leyton.org/2006/01/04/the-root-of-all-evil/ Thoughts. Comment. Opinion. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:34:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.leyton.org/2006/01/04/the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-7925 leyton.org » A response to “The trouble with Atheism” Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:56:38 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=692#comment-7925 <p>[...] But above all, I hope that people (that includes you, dear reader) simply try to find out for themselves the truth of the matter. A belligerent CofE/agnostic is hardly going to be the basis for a balanced documentary, almost every post/e-mail I’ve received on the matter has agreed on this point. But neither is a belligerant atheist (here and here for Dawkins’ piece on Channel 4 earlier this eyar) going to win ‘converts’ on the merit of a short television programme. There are plenty of good books on the matter, be it The God Delusion, The Atheist Universe, or even the bible itself (be sure to check in with The Skeptics Annoted Bible, and start at the beginning. A piece of paper and a pen for death, injustice and vengeful-god-fit-of-pique counting is advisable). [...]</p> [...] But above all, I hope that people (that includes you, dear reader) simply try to find out for themselves the truth of the matter. A belligerent CofE/agnostic is hardly going to be the basis for a balanced documentary, almost every post/e-mail I’ve received on the matter has agreed on this point. But neither is a belligerant atheist (here and here for Dawkins’ piece on Channel 4 earlier this eyar) going to win ‘converts’ on the merit of a short television programme. There are plenty of good books on the matter, be it The God Delusion, The Atheist Universe, or even the bible itself (be sure to check in with The Skeptics Annoted Bible, and start at the beginning. A piece of paper and a pen for death, injustice and vengeful-god-fit-of-pique counting is advisable). [...]

]]> http://www.leyton.org/2006/01/04/the-root-of-all-evil/#comment-1640 leyton.org » The root of all evil (2) Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:25:23 +0000 http://www.leyton.org/diary/?p=692#comment-1640 <p>[...] As previously mentioned, Channel 4 are showing the two part Richard Dawkin’s documentary The Root of all Evil, and I duly settled down to watch it having been looking forward to it since seeing the first trailers. [...]</p> [...] As previously mentioned, Channel 4 are showing the two part Richard Dawkin’s documentary The Root of all Evil, and I duly settled down to watch it having been looking forward to it since seeing the first trailers. [...]

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