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In               a               recent               article               by               a               militant               Atheist               fundamentalist               we               have               a               typical               attack               on               civilization               designed               to               poison               people's               minds               against               Christianity.

In               any               other               context               the               two               writers               would               be               considered               bigoted,               but               as               long               as               it's               directed               against               Christians,               it's               OK!

The               principal               writer,               Ventra,               located               in               the               Netherlands,               has               this               to               say:               "Theology               is               unfortunately               the               philosophy               of               nothing.

It's               a               field               of               inquiry               based               on               the               iterative               elaboration               and               re-elaboration               of               arguments               on               ancient               superstitions,               which               are               still               with               us               due               more               to               social               and               psychological               reasons               than               anything               else.

I               don't               think               it               can               make               such               a               big               difference               whether               we               consider               more               this               or               that               theologian               in               the               discussion.

All               of               their               positions,               no               matter               the               details,               are               based               on               nothing...

Poor               theology?

How               can               you               distinguish               the               good               from               the               bad               in               a               fantasy-based               field               of               inquiry?"               These               are               the               remarks               of               some               Secular               Atheist               named               Dario               Ventra,               located               in               the               Netherlands.

He               has               no               educational               background               or               expertise               in               the               area               of               his               pontification.

He               can't               even               define               the               word               "Theology".

As               my               educated               colleague,               Jack               Wellman,               points               out;               It,               (Theology),               is,               as               you               know               Doctor,               from               "theos"               god               and               "logos"               words.

According               to               Henry               George               Liddell               and               Robert               Scott's               "A               Greek-English               Lexicon,"               the               first               recorded               use               of               the               word               came               in               Plato's               "Republic,"               where               he               used               it               to               mean               "a               science               of               things               divine."               This               is               typical               of               the               Radical               Atheist               attack               on               Christianity.

It               is               completely               uninformed               and               indefensible               from               a               rational               or               historical               point               of               view.

It               is               predicated               on               an               encyclopedic               denial               of               reality.

"
               Ventra               goes               on               to               say:               "If               you               give               so               much               importance               to               rationality,               instead               of               irrationality,               you               shouldn't               even               consider               theology               at               all!

But               I'll               let               Sir               Richard               Dawkins               speak               for               me               about               this.

Much               more               effective               I               guess:               
               "What               has               theology               ever               said               that               is               of               the               smallest               use               to               anybody?

When               has               theology               ever               said               anything               that               is               demonstrably               true               and               is               not               obvious?

I               have               listened               to               theologians,               read               them,               debated               against               them.

I               have               never               heard               any               of               them               ever               say               anything               of               the               smallest               use,               anything               that               was               not               either               platitudinously               obvious               or               downright               false.

If               all               the               achievements               of               scientists               were               wiped               out               tomorrow,               there               would               be               no               doctors               but               witch               doctors,               no               transport               faster               than               horses,               no               computers,               no               printed               books,               no               agriculture               beyond               subsistence               peasant               farming.

If               all               the               achievements               of               theologians               were               wiped               out               tomorrow,               would               anyone               notice               the               smallest               difference?

Even               the               bad               achievements               of               scientists,               the               bombs,               and               sonar-guided               whaling               vessels               work!

The               achievements               of               theologians               don't               do               anything,               don't               affect               anything,               don't               mean               anything.

What               makes               anyone               think               that               "theology"               is               a               subject               at               all?"               (From               Free               Inquiry               Magazine,               vol.18,               n.2)               Dario               Ventra
               The               interesting               thing               about               Mr.

Dawkins               is               that               he               has               no               education               in               the               traditional               sense               of               the               word.

He               evidently               knows               nothing               of               the               history               of               Science,               literature               or               that               of               England               and               America.

He               pontificates               that               Christianity               never               did               anybody               any               good               in               any               way,               then               he               says               that               it's               a               good               thing               that               slavery               was               ended               in               the               British               Empire.

So               it               was               in               America               too,               by               the               tireless               efforts               of               Christians               who               led               the               fight               to               accomplish               this.

The               American               government,               the               Constitution,               was               the               work               of               Protestant               Christians.

In               Zull's               The               Biblical               Roots               of               The               American               Republic,               he               tells               us               that               "Sir.

William               Blackstone               (1723-80),               the               English               expert               on               common               law               and               the               greatest               influence               on               American               legal               education               up               until               the               20th               century,               said               "Much               of               western               constitutionalism               originated               in               the               Hebrew               polity               found               in               the               Books               of               Moses."
               Inspired               by               the               Bible,               especially               The               Book               of               Proverbs,               Christians               and               Jews               have               had               great               respect               for               learning,               as               Dawkins               does               not.

In               his               pygmy               universe               of               discourse               there               are               no               towering               figures               of               the               intellect,               Plato,               Aristotle,               St.

Augustine,               Thomas               Aquinas,               Etc.

In               ancient               times,               the               Jews               had               the               highest               literacy               rate               of               any               of               the               ancient               people.

The               great               universities               of               Europe,               founded               in               the               university               movement               of               the               12th               century,               were               Christian               Universities               which               did               much               to               aid               the               advancement               of               Science.

The               very               first               ones               had               departments               of               Medicine.

The               uniformed               Dawkins               never               heard               of               St.

Vincent's.

Methodist,               Baptist,               Lutheran,               etc.

hospitals               or               the               many               constructed               in               Africa               by               missionaries.

"No               doctors               but               witch               doctors"?

LOL.

Until               the               late               19th               century,               most               scientists               were               Christians               and               considered               that               the               findings               of               science               confirmed               the               truth               of               the               Christian               religion.

He               is               teaching               at               Oxford               University               amid               the               excellent               medieval               architecture               and               Christian               art               never               equaled               by               Secular               Humanists               whose               best               efforts               are               pictures               of               Jesus               Christ               immersed               in               urine.

In               the               Netherlands               (maybe               "Neither               World")               their               biggest               cultural               monument               is               side               by               side               houses               of               prostitution,               stretching               for               miles               and               millions               of               murdered               babies.

Now               only               Atheists               can               teach               at               Oxford               and               Dawkins               wants               only               Atheist               students               to               be               able               to               study               there.

Atheist               Secular               Humanism               is               not               only               culturally               sterile,               but               under               its               influence,               Europeans               are               too               selfish               to               raise               children.

Europe               is               dying.
               Jack               Wellman               goes               on               to               say:               "The               benefits               of               theology               are               to               me               responsible               for               the               elimination               of               slavery,               the               elevating               of               women               (rightly               so),               and               to               the               reduction               of               prejudice               and               bigotry...among               other               things.

Certainly               the               Ten               Commandments               contributed               to               the               foundational               principles               and               laws               of               the               Western               Nations,               particularly               the               U.S.

Whoever               said               you               can               not               legislate               morality               shows               their               ignorance               that               laws               in               and               of               themselves               do               this               very               same               thing.

The               very               idea               that               theology               is               useless               betrays               the               ignorance               of               supposed               "learned               men"               who               by               their               own               words               reveal               all               doubt               that               they               are               without               excuse               (Rom               1)               when               they               open               their               mouths"               Julian               Huxly               commented               that               he               and               his               friends               wanted               to               accept               evolution               because               it               gave               them               an               excuse               to               sleep               around.
               As               Alfred               North               Whitehead               (not               a               Christian)               pointed               out,               in               Science               and               the               Modern               World,               science               arose               in               the               Western               world               because               it               was               permeated               with               Christian               Theology.

Most               notably               the               concept               of               a               universe               governed               by               natural               physical               laws.

This               concept               was               unique               to               Christian               thought               and               without               it               you               can't               have               a               science.

In               Lewis               Mumford's               classic               essay,               The               Monastery               and               the               Clock,               He               points               out               that               the               clock               was               invented               by               monks               inspired               by               the               Biblical               passage               that               we               should               "redeem               the               time"               till               the               Lord               comes               again.

Dawkin's               trickster               rhetoric               consists               of               the               sweeping               "one               Liner'               which               it               would               take               an               entire               book               to               refute.
               Such               a               book               is               Cathedral,               Forge               and               Waterwheel,               Technology               and               Invention               in               the               Middle               Ages.

To               quote               one               of               many               passages:               "Lynn               Whyte               asserted               that               Christian               Theology               actually               gave               the               Middle               Ages               a               fiat               for               technology:               'Man               shares               in               great               measure               God's               transcendence               of               nature.

Christianity               in               absolute               contrast               to               ancient               paganism               and               Asia's               religions               ...not               only               established               a               dualism               of               man               and               nature               but               also               insisted               that               it               is               God's               will               that               man               exploit               nature               for               its               proper               ends.'               The               writers,               point               out               that               the               church's               attitude               at               times               somewhat               ambivalent,               it               was,               on               the               whole,               favorable               to               the               development               of               Science               and               Technology.

In               the               13               century               onward               many               monks,               priests,               Bishops               and               other               members               of               the               clergy               took               an               active               part               in               carrying               on               scientific               work,               often               while               writing               theological               treatises.
               Until               the               middle               of               the               19th               century               most               scientists               were               Christians,               some               were               like               Deists.

Many               jumped               on               board               when               Darwin               came               along               (by               no               means               the               first               evolutionist),               believing               the               evidence               would               turn               up.

The               story               of               evolutionism               since               then               has               been               a               search               for               evidence               to               support               it,               in               spite               of               all               the               evidence               that               refutes               it,               This               truly               is               a               religion,               Haeckel               and               Huxley               said               it               was.

But,               of               course,               to               evolutionists               facts               don't               count!
               It               is               interesting               to               read               of               the               effects               of               monotheism,               in               the               specific               form               of               Judaism,               and               how               they               changed               mankind's               perceptions               not               only               of               religion               per               se,               but               of               other               abstract               concepts               as               well.

For               instance,               the               concept               of               time,               because               of               monotheism,               was               thereafter               thought               of               in               a               long-term               manner               as               linear               in               fashion,               with               a               definite               beginning,               middle               and               end.

It               is               also               interesting               to               read               of               Christianity               gaining               converts               through               altruism               to               such               a               degree               that               even               pagan               leaders               acknowledged               that               the               pagan               poor               could               expect               more               solace               and               comfort               from               Christians               than               from               their               own               fellow               pagans.

And               given               the               snobbery               of               all               too               many               secularists               on               the               matter,               it               is               certainly               worthwhile               to               read               how               Christianity,               far               from               being               anti-scientific               and               anti-rational,               actually               supported               a               rationalistic               view               as               an               appropriate               means               to               discover               the               true               nature               of               God.

The               final               chapter               of               The               God               That               Did               Not               Fail               is               especially               worthwhile               in               its               discussion               of               modern               secular               trends               such               as               Marxism,               psychoanalysis               and               the               current               secularizing               forces               in               modern               day               Europe.
               When               I               was               a               young               student,               studying               philosophy,               I               discovered               by               reading               Plato,               that               many               of               my               teachers               "modern,               up               to               date               ideas"               were               nothing               but               a               regurgitation               of               the               long               discredited               Sophists               whose               specialty               was               "making               the               worst               appear               the               better               case."               Socrates               went               all               over               Athens               asking               people               questions,               trying               to               find               people               who               actually               had               knowledge.

He               said               that               the               only               ones               who               had               a               kind               of               knowledge               and               because               of               this               thought               they               knew               all               about               other               things               a               which               they               knew               nothing               about.

This               perfectly               describes               the               present               day               scientific               community.
               Technology               is               often               confused               with               science.

Technology               goes               way               back               to               the               mists               of               antiquity.

To               have               a               real               science               you               need               the               following               elements:
               1.

A               moral               foundation,               science               without               integrity               is               pseudo-science               like               evolution.


               2.

A               belief               in               universal               physical               laws               which               govern               the               universe.

This               was               the               second               most               important               Christian               contribution,               an               idea               unique               to               Christian               Theology.

Actually               Without               belief               in               the               Christian               God               you               have               no               basis               for               ethical               conduct               or               belief               in               the               unity               of               the               universe.


               3.

The               empirical               approach.

Realizing               that               a               foundation               of               empirical               evidence               is               very               shaky.


               4.

The               experimental               approach.

This               emphasized               careful               and               discrete               observation.

Lavoisier               performed               a               landmark               experiment               which               disproved               the               Phlogiston               Theory.


               5.

Recognition               of               the               importance               of               mathematics,               that               mathematical               relationships               were               helpful               in               understanding               physical               laws               and               relationships.


               6.

Naturalism.

A               narrowing               of               consideration               to               things               within               this               sphere,               but               not               asserting               that               scientific               knowledge               is               the               only               knowledge               worthy               of               credence.


               7.

restricting               attention               to               things               observable,               repeatable               and               testable.

Leaves               out               the               evolution               myth.


               8.

The               attempt               to               go               beyond               technology               to               systematize               this               knowledge.



               9.

a               commitment               to               logical               thinking               and               analysis               of               evidence.

Actually               a               belief               that               the               Real               is               rational               and               the               Rational               is               real.



               10.

A               level               of               technology               created               by               people               publishing               their               findings               and               Ideas.

For               example               Thomas               Edison's               attempt               to               create               a               light               bulb               was               hindered               by               the               fact               that               no               one               had,               as               yet,               developed               a               pump               which               would               evacuate               all               the               air               out               of               a               container.

When               one               was               produced,               he               was               able               to               move               forward               and               produce               his               light               bulb.

In               ancient               times,               people               generally               kept               information               to               themselves               or               their               families.
               On               the               back               of               my               copy               of               The               God               Delusion               by               Richard               Dawkins,               it               praises               him               for               his               "hard               hitting...rebuttal               of               religious               belief"               and               his               "incisive               logic".

Dawkins               is               characterized               as               a               preeminent               scientist.

I               am               not               aware               of               any               special               contribution               to               real               science               he               has               made.
               Having               had               a               rich               fan               who               purchased               his               teaching               position               for               him               at,               once               great               Oxford               University,               he               has               proceeded               to               popularize               the               now               scientifically               untenable,               basically               religious               doctrine               of               evolution.

His               title               there               is               "The               Charles               Simonyi               Professor               of               the               Public               Understanding               of               Science".

Some               find               an               enormous               irony               in               the               name               "Simonyi",               so               suggestive               of               the               medieval               practice               of               buying               church               offices,               especially               when,               as               I               understand               it,               Oxford               now               has               the               practice               of               employing               only               atheist               professors.

Is               it               a               sort               of               establishment               of               Atheist               religion?
               In               his               book               The               God               Delusion,               (henceforth               referenced               TGD),               after               his               remarks               about               Islamic               religion,               Dawkins               follows               up               with               a               misrepresentation               of               Christian               faith.

"More               generally               (and               this               applies               to               Christianity               no               less               than               to               Islam),               what               is               really               pernicious               is               the               practice               of               teaching               that               faith               itself               is               a               virtue.

Faith               is               an               evil               precisely               because               it               requires               no               justification               and               brooks               no               argument."               (TGD,               p.347).

First               of               all,               we               have               the               logical               fallacy               of               Equivocation,               "this               is               just               like               that"               when               it               isn't.

Neither               Christians               nor               Muslims               would               agree               that               their               religions               were               virtually               identical               and               neither               would               any               person               who               had               honestly               studied               them.

But               here               we               see               the               power               of               the               one               liner,               the               Atheist's               favorite               attack,               One               line               which               it               might               take               a               whole               book               to               refute.

Next               we               have               the               Atheist               dogma               that               there               is               only               one               definition               of               "faith"               When               there               are               many,               allegiance,               trust,               fidelity               to               one's               promises,               belief               in               the               doctrines               of               a               religion,               to               mention               a               few.

The               latter               may               be               supported               by               various               kinds               of               evidence.

Certainly               in               Christianity               we               have               many               works               of               "Apologetics".

This               discipline               is               based               on               the               Greek               word,               not               meaning               making               excuses,               but               setting               forth               the               reasons               for               things,               One               thinks               of               Plato's               Apology,               part               of               a               trilogy               of               Dialogs               concerning               the               trial               and               death               of               Socrates.

Also               McDowells               book               Evidence               That               Demands               a               verdict.

Get               it               Dawkins?

Evidence!
               All               knowledge               is               based               on               faith.

For               example,               I               believe               (have               faith,               trust,               have               confidence)               that               the               temperature               on               my               back               porch               is               90               degrees.

Why?

Because               I               believe               that               the               expansion               and               contraction               of               mercury               correlates               with               the               rise               and               fall               of               the               temperature               of               the               air.

I               further               believe               that               the               universe               is               governed               by               natural               physical               laws               which               have               always               been               in               operation               everywhere               and               always               will               be.

Dawkins               and               the               atheist,               evolutionist               True               Believers               cannot               deal               with               the               fact               that               their               religion               is               based               on               faith               in               many               ways               like               Christian               faith.

One               the               first               principles               of               logical               thinking               is               to               use               clear,               well               defined               works.

I               think               of               American               humorist               Goodman               Ace               who               satirized               Dawkins               sort               of               approach               as:               "Learn               a               word               a               day,               use               it               any               old               way!"
               
               The               most               basic               branch               of               Philosophy               is               Epistemology               or               Theory               of               Knowledge.

Is               there               any               absolute               truth?

(TGD,               pp.

323-326).

The               Atheist               evolutionist               answer               is               a               combination               of               Denial,               Refusal               to               Discuss               and               Scientism.

Running               all               through               Dawkins               book               is               the               assertion               and               insinuation               that               God's               revealed               Word               is               not               true               because               it               is               based               on               "faith"               which               he               irrationally               and               unhistorically               defines.(TGD               p.

347).

Science               is               based               on               "knowledge",               he               has               not               defined,               and               scientific               knowledge               is               the               only               knowledge               which               is               worthwhile.

Here               we               have               simply               evaded               the               obvious               weakness               of               scientific               knowledge.

First               of               all               not               all               scientists               have               the               same               philosophy               of               science.

The               truth               claims               of               different               philosophies               are               different,               Pragmatism               and               Operationalism               claim               scientific               ideas               are               useful               but               not               true               Scientific               Realism's               claim               to               truth               is               highly               problematical               and               Thomas               Kuhn(The               Structure               of               Scientific               Revolutions)               tells               us               that               Scientists               work               with               praradigms               which               may               or               may               not               be               true.

Dawkins               can               tell               us               nothing               about               Philosophy               of               Science               because               he               knows               nothing               about               the               subject               and               denies               that               philosophers               have               anything               worthwhile               to               say               such               as               St.Augustine               and               St.

Thomas               Aquinas.

Dawkins               condemns               Christians               precisely               because               they               believe               in               absolute               truth.

But               if               there               is               no               absolute               truth,               there               isn't               any               other               kind.

Relativism               fails               when               it               says               that               things               approximate               the               truth               or               are               relatively               more               true               than               others.How               can               you               approximate               something               that               doesn't               exist?
               

               In               Free               Inquiry               Magazine               (Vol.

18               No.

2)               Dawkins               says               "What               has               theology               ever               said               that               is               of               the               smallest               use               to               anybody?

When               has               theology               ever               said               anything               that               is               demonstrably               true               and               is               not               obvious?

The               great               medieval               Philosopher,               Thomas               Aquinas               is               condemned               for               arguments               that               don't               prove               anything,               and               are               easily...

exposed               as               vacuous.".

(p.

100).

As               always,               Dawkins               unsupported               opinion               is               the               final               arbiter               of               truth,               especially               after               Dawkins               has               misstated               Aquinas               argument.
               The               concept               of               Scientism               is               defined               in               Glossory               Online               as               follows:               "Unlike               the               use               of               the               scientific               method               as               only               one               mode               of               reaching               knowledge,               scientism               claims               that               science               alone               can               render               truth               about               the               world               and               reality.

Scientism's               single-minded               adherence               to               only               the               empirical,               or               testable,               makes               it               a               strictly               scientific               worldview....Scientism               sees               it               necessary               to               do               away               with               most,               if               not               all,               Metaphysical,               philosophical,               and               religious               claims,               as               the               truths               they               proclaim               cannot               be               apprehended               by               the               scientific               method.

In               essence,               Scientism               sees               science               as               the               absolute               and               only               justifiable               access               to               the               truth."
               
               Cracker               barrel               philosopher,               Auguste               Comte,               propounded               "The               law               of               three               stages"               which               states               that,               in               its               development,               humanity               passes               through               three               successive               stages:               the               theological,               the               metaphysical,               and               the               positive.

(see               Dagobert               D.

Runes,               Dictionary               of               Philosophy,               pp.

60-61).

Not               much               is               known               about               him               these               days               but               his               lasting               influence               in               science               is               seen               the               anti-metaphysical               superstition               of               contemporary               science.

A               substitute               teacher               who               signed               up               in               the               Indianapolis               Public               School               System               was               told               by               eight               different               science               teachers               that               he               had               missed               his               calling               by               not               being               a               science               teacher,               They               added               "Too               bad               you               wasted               so               much               time               taking               Philosophy               courses.".

Radical               Atheists               typically               make               statements               like               "Metaphysics               is               rubbish!"               This               parallels               their               other               favorite               diatribe               "There               is               no               absolute               truth!"               Both               share               the               same               logical               fallacy,               the               first               is               a               metaphysical               statement               and               the               second               a               statement               of               absolute               truth,               so               if               either               is               true               it               is               also               false.
               Metaphysics               is               simply               your               answer               to               "What               is               the               nature               of               God,               Man               and               the               Universe?".

For               this               you               do               not               have               to               be               a               philosopher.

If               you               are               a               living,               breathing               human               being,               you               have               to               have               some               notion               of               these               things.

Often               these               are               among               your               more               or               less               unconscious               opinions               but               they               are               there.

Dawkins               answer               is               there               is               no               God               because               he               says               so.

Man,               people               are               apes,               brother               to               the               Gorilla               and               the               Chimpanzee.(see               the               definition               of               Primate               in               the               Merriam-Webster               Collegiate               Dictionary)               of               The               Universe               is               a               collection               of               blind,               meaningless               haphazard               events               which               by               the               process               of               evolution               cause               the               existence               of               highly               complex,               well               ordered               plants,               animals               and               human               apes.

Scientific               thinking               is               founded               on               many               metaphysical               ideas               such               as               universal               physical               laws,
               Dawkins               monism               is               justified               by               him               by               saying               "...mind               is               a               manifestation               of               matter               -               material               in               a               brain               or               perhaps               a               computer               -               and               cannot               exist               apart               from               matter."               (TGD,               p.

209).

This               is               simply               begging               the               question.

We               all               believe               in               non-material               realities.

If               2+2=4               and               it's               somehow               just               generated               in               our               brain,               what               significance               can               it               have.

Again               he               undermines               the               possibility               of               objective               truth.

Perhaps               this               generated               notion               could               be               cured               by               Tums               for               the               Tummy.

The               feeling               of               an               upset               stomach               is               transmitted               to               us               our               conscious               minds               by               the               physical               process               of               our               brain.

Mind               in               this               context               becomes               a               sort               of               epi-phenomenom.
               As               to               Logic,               it's               particular               principles               and               theories,               which               of               these               are               material,               what               do               they               weigh,               how               long               are               they,               wide,               thick?

So               how               is               Dawson's               Monism               a               valid               perspective?

That               is               the               notion               that               Matter,               material               things               are               the               only               significant               reality               reality?

Dawkins               religion               has               no               plausible               reliable               foundation               of               truth               or               metaphysical               reality.

But               from               this               Shifting               Sand               perspective               he               proceeds               to               tell               us               Americans               who's               who,               what's               what,               how               we               should               run               our               country               and               where               every               one               of               us               should               get               off!

A               remarkable               performance!

That               is               what               chapter               9               is               all               about,               how               our               parents,               who               give               their               children               religious               instruction,               should               have               their               children               taken               away               from               them.

Sheer               Fascism!
               One               big               problem               which               renders               Dawkins               position               wholly               untenable               to               a               logical               mind,               is               the               Ontological               significance               of               Logic.

Ontology               is               the               branch               of               philosophy               which               deals               with               the               nature               of               reality               or               being.

According               to               Dawkins,               and               most               evolutionists,               the               natural               world,               the               only               reality               which               counts               for               anything,               Nature               is               a               big,               churning               mass               of               random,               irrational,               meaningless,               accidental               causality               which               chucked               out,               among               other               things,               the               intuitions               which               provide               the               basis               for               Logic.

Intuitions               being               the               perception               of               evenness,               identity,               primitive               number               sense,               etc.

The               problem               with               this,               which               evolutionists               have               no               answer               for,               is               that               this               guarantees               that               there               can               be               no               necessary               connection               between               Logic               and               reality.

Thus,               even               if               you               have               a               flawless               argument               it               is               still               false               because               it               is               not               connected               to               the               real               world.

In               the               Christian               system               of               metaphysics,               because               God               created               us               in               His               own               image               and               Logic               is               a               n               attribute               of               God,               There               is               a               necessary               connection.

We               have               every               reason               to               believe               that               the               real               is               rational               and               the               rational               real.

It               doesn't               of               course               matter               what               Dawkins               believes               because,               according               to               him,               beliefs               don't               matter.

For               Dawkins               views               on               philosophy               of               science               see               TGD,               pp.

209-212.
               
               Underlying               Dawkins               Scientism               is               the               indefensible               notion               that               Science               is               one               big,               unified,               homogeneous               "thing".

There               are               many               scientists               and               many               different               philosophies               .of               science,               Pragmatism,               Operationalism,               etc.

Scientific               Realism               seems               to               be               closest               to               what               Dawkins               has               faith               in.

We               must               remember               Dawkins               has               no               mastery               of               Logic               and               boasts               of               knowing               nothing               of               any               aspect               of               Philosophy               or               Theology               despite               the               fact               these               are               closely               related               to               real               science.

The               Cambridge               Dictionary               of               Philosophy               in               its               article               on               Philosophy               of               Science               has               this               to               say               about               Scientific               Realism               "...those               who               describe               themselves               as               scientific               realists"               claim               "that               'mature'               scientific               theories               typically               refer               to               real               features               of               the               world,               that               the               history               of               past               falsifications               of               accepted               scientific               theories               does               not               provide               good               reason               for               persistent               skepticism               as               to               the               truth               claims               of               contemporary               theories...".

Or               in               other               words               just               because               we               were               wrong               a               hundred               times               in               the               past               is               no               reason               to               think               we're               not               right               now.

To               parody:               "On               science,               the               solid               rock               I               stand!

All               other               ground               is               sinking               sand!

Burble,               burble,               burble               !"               Sorry               folks,               he               went               down               for               the               third               time!

But               come               back               tomorrow."               Of               course               we               can't               ridicule               Dawkins               for               this               inadequate               belief,               he               doesn't               have               one.

His               "science               is               sort               of               like               a               table               with               all               four               legs               cut               off               of               it,               he               expects               it               to               remain               30               inches               off               the               ground.
               Technology               is               often               confused               with               science.

Technology               goes               way               back               to               the               mists               of               antiquity.

Contrary               to               Dawkins               cracker               barrel               approach,               to               have               a               real               science               you               need               the               following               elements:               

               1.

A               moral               foundation,               science               without               integrity               is               pseudo-science               like               evolution.

Dawkins               demonstrates               that               a               moral               foundation               is               impossible               with               his               metaphysics.

Things               like               murder               are               just               evertbody'               conflicting,               subjective               opinion.

Lying               is               probably               the               clever               use               of               rhetoric.


               2.

A               belief               in               universal               physical               laws               which               govern               the               universe.

This               was               the               second               most               important               Christian               contribution               contribution,               an               idea               unique               to               Christian               Theology.

No               objective               basis               for               this               in               Dawkins.


               3.

The               empirical               approach               which               leads               to               verification,               not               proof,               a               very               shaky               foundation               for               anything.


               4.

The               experimental               approach.

This               emphasized               careful               and               discrete               observation.

Lavoisier               performed               a               landmark               experiment               which               disproved               the               Phlogiston               theory.


               5.

Recognition               of               the               importance               of               mathematics,               that               mathematical               relationships               were               helpful               in               understanding               physical               laws               and               relationships.


               6.

Naturalism.

A               narrowing               of               consideration               to               things               within               this               sphere,               but               not               asserting               that               scientific               knowledge               is               the               only               knowledge               worthy               of               credence.


               7.

restricting               attention               to               things               observable,               repeatable               and               testable.

Leaves               out               the               evolution               myth.


               8.

The               attempt               to               go               beyond               technology               to               systematize               this               knowledge.



               Beyond               this,               we               have               to               look               at               the               fact               that               "Ideas               have               consequences."               One               of               Dawkins               glaring               contradictions               is               that               he               has               lied               about               the               consequences               of               Christian               belief               and               the               true               evil               consequences               of               Dawkins               Socialist               tyrannies               is               something               to               be               denied               and               covered               up.

Crushing               the               skull               of               an               innocent               baby,               sucking               the               brains               out               and               chopping               him               into               six               pieces               is               not               murder,               that               is               not               taking               innocent               human               life,               we               can               call               it               "abortion",               but               real               murderers               should               not               be               executed               for               their               crimes.



A               case               in               point               is               the               evolutionist               myth               which               has               produced               nothing               but               racism               and               fascism.

Non-specialists               eagerly               transported               the               idea               of               biological               evolution               to               other               realms               entirely:               T.

H.

Huxley               and               his               ilk               popularized               "Social               Darwinism"               in               interracial               and               international               affairs,               which               led               to               racist               The               Atheist               eugenics,               adopted               in               Naziism.

Read               from               Darwin               to               Hitler,               the               book               the               evolutionists               are               frantically               trying               to               repress.

We               are               going               to               look               a               few               classic               Logical               Fallacies               and               Contradictions.

Post               Hoc               Ergo               Propter               Hoc,               this               is               the               fallacy               that               because               A               took               place               before               B,               it               is               the               cause               of               B.

This               fallacy               is               the               foundation               of               the               notion               that               the               fossil               record               demonstrates               evolution.

The               even               bigger               lie               here               is               that               plants               and               animals               alive               today               have               been               found               along               side               of               creatures               claimed               to               have               died               out               billions               of               years               ago               (See               Ken               Ham,               The               Lie!:Evolution).
               Insufficient               Evidence-Virtually               all               so               called               "primitive               men"               have               been               reconstructed               from               a               few               bones,               sometimes               only               a               tooth               or               three               fragments.

from               this               they               decide               what               the               entire               skeleton               was               like,               five               foot               six               or               six               foot               two,what               it               looked               like               on               the               outside,               how               much               hair               it               had               and               what               he               had               for               breakfast.

The               Pictorial               Encyclopedia               of               The               Evolution               of               Man               by               J.

Jelinek               shows               most               of               the               wishful               thinking               "primitive               men"               for               which               there               is               insufficient               evidence.

A               marvelous               work               of               science               fantasy.
               Appeal               to               Authority-There               are               valid               authorities               and               dubious               or               invalid               ones.

One               of               most               fallacious               is:               "All               scientists               believe               in               evolution."               First               of               all               we               have               an               undefined               term.

Does               "Scientists"               include               Engineers,               medical               researchers,               people               with               undergraduate               degrees               in               science,               what?

Scientists,               however               defined,               are               narrow               specialists,               evolution               has               no               relevance               to               their               work,               many               have               just               blindly               accepted               it               because               it               was               labelled               science,               many               are               afraid               they               would               lose               their               jobs               or               teaching               positions               if               they               criticized               it               and               many               have               never               studied               it.

This               statement               is               no               more               significant               than               "All               scientists               like               pink               tea."
               Bigotry               and               Hate-               Dawkins               Highly               recommends               the               The               Freedom               From               Religion               Foundation,               (TGD,               p.

422),a               vociferous,               hate               group               which               seeks               to               stamp               out               every               trace               of               Chritianity               in               our               country               and,               it               is               said               wants               to               rewrite               the               Constitution               to               say:               "Congress               shall               make               no               law               respecting               any               religion,               and               shall               prohibit               the               free               exercise               thereof;…":               http://godfatherpolitics.com/6810/churches-feed-high-school-football-players-before-games-now-school-facing-lawsuit/#ixzz24yTiiR6F
               Humane               and               also               Contradiction-'"Human               embryos               are               examples               of               human               life.

Therefore,               by               absolutest               religious               lights,               abortion               is               simply               wrong;               full               fledged               murder....many               of               those               who               most               ardently               oppose               the               taking               of               embryonic               life               also               seem               to               be               more               than               usually               enthusiastic               about               taking               adult               life."               (TGD,               p.

329).

The               civilized               and               Biblical               definition               of               murder               is               "Taking               innocent               human               life."               Dawkins               with               his               Goodman               Ace               definitions               doesn't               share               this               idea.

Murder               is               justifiable               when               the               victim               feels               no               pain.

Of               course               we               aren't               just               talking               about               embryos               here,               we               are               talking               about               well               formed               babies.

If               they               are               not               innocent               human               life               what               is?

The               particularly               brutal               criminals               are               not               "innocent               human               life"               .

They               have               broken               the               law               and               deserve               to               be               punished.

This               is               called               Justice               and               it               Is               not               in               Dawkins               vocabulary.

The               insinuation               that               there               is               a               contradiction               in               the               Christian               position               doesn't               hold               up.

We               support               the               death               penalty               for               convicted               murderers               and               oppose               it               for               innocent               babies.

Dawkins               boasts               that               his               position               involves               respect               for               human               life.

How               does               he               show               respect               human               life               by               crushing               the               skulls               of               tens               of               millions               of               innocent               babies,               sucking               their               brains               out               and               cutting               them               in               pieces?

What               is               Humane               about               this?

If               a               person               did               this               to               an               older               person,               it               would               be               considered               an               especially               horrifying               and               goulish               crime.

Yet               Dawkins               has               found               complete               fulfillment               by               this               Atheist               ordained               lifestyle.
               In               conclusion,               we               can               see               that               Dawkins'               claims               are               extremely               ignorant               and               unfounded,               even               an               embarrassment               to               well               educated               people.

They               involve               this               fascinating               contradiction:               Dawkins               boasts               that               Theology               and               Philosophy               are               nothing               subjects               which               he               refuses               to               study               and               then               proceeds               to               dogmatically               assert               the               last               final               word               on               something               he               boasts               he               knows               nothing               about.



               

               The               rampaging               radical               Atheists               like               Richard               Dawkins               are               a               perfect               example               of               "They               meant               it               for               evil               but               God               meant               it               for               good."               Dawkins               published               his               best               selling               book               The               God               Delusion               which               precipitated               a               dozen               best               selling               books               about               the               Atheist's               delusions.

Dawkins               made               belief               in               God               a               really               hot               issue,               causing               Christians               to               explore               the               meaning               of               their               faith               more               deeply!

Great               is               the               Lord               and               greatly               to               be               praised!
Atheist               Ruse               notes:               "Let               me               say               that               I               believe               the               new               atheists               do               the               side               of               science               a               grave               disservice.

I               will               defend               to               the               death               the               right               of               them               to               say               what               they               do--as               one               who               is               English-born               one               of               the               things               I               admire               most               about               the               USA               is               the               First               Amendment.

But               I               think               first               that               these               people               do               a               disservice               to               scholarship.

Their               [the               New               Atheists]               treatment               of               the               religious               viewpoint               is               pathetic               to               the               point               of               non-being.

Richard               Dawkins               in               "The               God               Delusion"               would               fail               any               introductory               philosophy               or               religion               course.

Proudly               he               criticizes               that               whereof               he               knows               nothing.

As               I               have               said               elsewhere,               for               the               first               time               in               my               life,               I               felt               sorry               for               the               ontological               argument.

If               we               criticized               gene               theory               with               as               little               knowledge               as               Dawkins               has               of               religion               and               philosophy,               he               would               be               rightly               indignant.

...

I               am               indignant               at               the               poor               quality               of               the               argumentation               in               Dawkins,               Dennett,               Hitchens,               and               all               of               the               others               in               that               group.

...

"The               God               Delusion"               makes               me               ashamed               to               be               an               atheist.

Let               me               say               that               again.

Let               me               say               also               that               I               am               proud               to               be               the               focus               of               the               invective               of               the               new               atheists.

They               are               a               disaster               and               I               want               to               be               on               the               front               line               of               those               who               say               so"               (Ruse:               "Science               and               Spirituality").

In               conclusion,               we               can               see               that               Dawkins'               claims               are               extremely               ignorant               and               unfounded,               even               an               embarrassment               to               well               educated               people.

They               involve               this               fascinating               contradiction:               Dawkins               boasts               that               Theology               and               Philosophy               are               nothing               subjects               which               he               refuses               to               study               and               then               proceeds               to               dogmatically               assert               the               last               final               word               on               something               he               boasts               he               knows               nothing               about.

The               Existentialist               philosopher,               Jose               Ortega               y               Gasset,               in               his               book               The               Revolt               of               the               Masses,               comments               that               "I               have               studied               philosophy               all               my               life,               but               when               I               encounter               a               layman,               he               feels               we               are               on               a               completely               equal               level,               even               though               he               has               never               given               five               minutes               of               serious               thought               to               what               we               are               talking               about,"               Yes,               Ortega,               you               are               right,               people               like               Dawkins,               are               indeed               revolting,               in               several               senses               of               the               word.
               Since               Dawkins               errors               are               encyclopedic               in               their               scope,               I               have               included               an               extensive               bibliography               to               deal               with               them.

Helpful               books               to               read:
               David               Barton,               The               Foundations               of               American               Government               
               David               Barton,               The               Jefferson               Lies.


               Neil               Broom,               How               Blind               Is               The               Watchmaker?.



               Nigel               Brush,The               Limitations               of               Scientific               Truth,               

               E.A.

Burt,               The               Metaphysical               Foundations               of               Modern               Science
               Gordon               H.

Clark,               The               Philosophy               of               Science               and               Belief               in               God               

               Richard               Dawkins,               The               God               Delusion
               Frances               and               Joseph               Gies,               Cathedral,               Forge               and               Waterwheel               

               Cornelius               Hunter,               Science's               Blind               Spot               

               Paul               Johnson,               The               History               of               The               American               People               

               Douglas               F.

Kelly,               The               Emergence               of               Liberty               in               the               Modern               World,
               Peter               Marshall,               The               Light               and               The               Glory
               Alister               McGrath,               The               Dawkins               Delusion               

               Benjamin               F.

Morris,               The               Christian               Life               and               Character               Of               the               Civil               Institutions               Of               The               United               States               

               Lewis               Mumford,               Technics               and               Civilization,               especially               chapter               two               The               Monastery               and               the               Clock               

               Nancy               R.

Pearcey,               The               Soul               of               Science               

               Robert               Royal,               The               God               That               Did               Not               Fail               

               Robert               Royal,               Columbus               on               Trial               

               Ruse,               Science               and               Spirituality               

               Rodney               Stark,               The               Victory               of               Reason               

               Jack               Wellman,               Blind               Chance               or               Intelligent               design?



               Alfred               North               Whitehead,               Science               and               the               Modern               World               

Douglas               Wilson,               The               Deluded               Atheist
Douglas               Wilson,               God               Is
               John               W.

Zull,               The               Biblical               Roots               of               The               American               Republic               







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