Friday, June 05, 2009

The God Delusion?


Ok. It all started when i bought another book. Ironically, it's titled "The Dawkins' Delusion?" by Alister McGrath, a theologian whom i've heard him speak over some seminar which i had the chance to attend.

Curious, i bought that book (since it was quite cheap) but afterwards realized that i got it all wrong. Well, let's just put it this way: how can i read the answer to a question that i don't even know? So, resisting the urge to read it, i went to Borders instead to buy myself the above book, and since it was such a bestseller i naturally have a certain respect for the author who would really go all out to prove that God doesn't exist.

After reading it, i think new atheism just dug their own grave. At least those who read Dawkins and agreed with him did. I have to trudge through certain parts painfully because he is being so condescending and at the same time, doesn't make any scientific sense, which he should really trying to be. In putting his (biased) reasoning above all else, he just blatantly discredited everything else in a demeaning manner, belittling them and demonising them in his warped mind.

To put it short, he is trying all he can to measure the weight of the ball (without spending any effort to understand what does 'weight' means) - with a ruler. When Dawkins says that the book of Hebrews in written by Paul, you know how bad things are.

My quest has ended, much to my disappointment. i had hoped to read something which might convince a laymen of scientific reasoning, so as to understand them better when i meet with them and share with them of what lies greater behind science. In fact, Dawkins just made a joke out of himself, to the point that even other atheists are rejecting him o.O

It is indeed true, that of making books, there is no end, and much study wearies the body. Hence to all who *still* reads the blog, please choose your books wisely. Your time is precious, your brain has limited capacity, read read read good books while you still can =)

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