Comments on: Dawkins or McIntosh http://qunfuz.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/ Robin Yassin-Kassab Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:17:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: qunfuz http://qunfuz.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-993 qunfuz Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:21:20 +0000 http://qunfuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-993 religion does fulfill that function for many people, but so do other things too. and the qur'an addresses itself to 'people who think'. some religious people use religion as a way to think, and enjoy the questions as much as the answers. mystics enjoy the questions more. religion does fulfill that function for many people, but so do other things too. and the qur’an addresses itself to ‘people who think’. some religious people use religion as a way to think, and enjoy the questions as much as the answers. mystics enjoy the questions more.

]]> By: grumpy http://qunfuz.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-990 grumpy Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:46:41 +0000 http://qunfuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-990 Of course no-one could ever accuse practitioners of any religion of being arrogant! Delivering judgment because a god told them so. Excellent! Keep women subjugated becuase some old book revealed the wisdom of doing so, yes! And suddenly, when the analysis gets too close to home, the 'truths' given by the Imam or the priest are 'metaphors'. Come on, religion provides quick and glib answers to big problems and that is a comfort to those who don't want to think! Of course no-one could ever accuse practitioners of any religion of being arrogant! Delivering judgment because a god told them so. Excellent! Keep women subjugated becuase some old book revealed the wisdom of doing so, yes! And suddenly, when the analysis gets too close to home, the ‘truths’ given by the Imam or the priest are ‘metaphors’. Come on, religion provides quick and glib answers to big problems and that is a comfort to those who don’t want to think!

]]> By: qunfuz http://qunfuz.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-356 qunfuz Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:03:00 +0000 http://qunfuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-356 Good to hear from you Mister Norris. Tried to leave a message at your blog, but failed.<br/><br/>Bill - I have read Becker's book and I found it excellent. I second your recommendation. Good to hear from you Mister Norris. Tried to leave a message at your blog, but failed.

Bill – I have read Becker’s book and I found it excellent. I second your recommendation.

]]> By: MISTER NORRIS http://qunfuz.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-355 MISTER NORRIS Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:54:00 +0000 http://qunfuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-355 Robin,<br/><br/>I have ordered your book. After Massey's (?) review in The Scotsman, I am looking forward to it. Hurray up Amazon, get my parcel to Morocco.<br/><br/>All the best, dear chap.<br/><br/>Kenn Robin,

I have ordered your book. After Massey’s (?) review in The Scotsman, I am looking forward to it. Hurray up Amazon, get my parcel to Morocco.

All the best, dear chap.

Kenn

]]> By: Displaced Levantine http://qunfuz.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-354 Displaced Levantine Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:26:00 +0000 http://qunfuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-354 Interesting post - perhaps the Islamic world ought to do what it has done so succesfully in the past with the schools of thought or philosophy it has encountered - namely to achieve a synthesis by which some elements are assimilated and others rejected (i.e. philosophy becomes Kalam, Sufism in the works of Ghazali). Unfortunately no one seems to be working towards such a thing! Interesting post – perhaps the Islamic world ought to do what it has done so succesfully in the past with the schools of thought or philosophy it has encountered – namely to achieve a synthesis by which some elements are assimilated and others rejected (i.e. philosophy becomes Kalam, Sufism in the works of Ghazali). Unfortunately no one seems to be working towards such a thing!

]]> By: Bill Harshbarger http://qunfuz.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-353 Bill Harshbarger Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:25:00 +0000 http://qunfuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-353 I'd like to suggest someone else as an antidote to both overweening religion and overweening atheism -- a book called "Denial of Death" by Ernst Becker. He provides a very important analysis of why almost all human behavior derives from our knowledge that we will die. As a consequence, we are driven to both the heights of artistic endeavor and the depths of human depravity in a futile search for immortality. I’d like to suggest someone else as an antidote to both overweening religion and overweening atheism — a book called “Denial of Death” by Ernst Becker. He provides a very important analysis of why almost all human behavior derives from our knowledge that we will die. As a consequence, we are driven to both the heights of artistic endeavor and the depths of human depravity in a futile search for immortality.

]]> By: Wassim http://qunfuz.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-352 Wassim Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:09:00 +0000 http://qunfuz.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/dawkins-or-mcintosh/#comment-352 Fantasize about Brad Pitt? Is that what you do? :)<br/><br/>Interestingly I had a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday about Richard Dawkins. He started talking about him as if this guy was saying something big but I told him that his book has been out for ages and also, it's currently a bit fashionable to bash religion and God. I didn't attach a lot of importance to the guy and still don't since I feel he's out to make a buck rather than anything else. Fantasize about Brad Pitt? Is that what you do? :)

Interestingly I had a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday about Richard Dawkins. He started talking about him as if this guy was saying something big but I told him that his book has been out for ages and also, it’s currently a bit fashionable to bash religion and God. I didn’t attach a lot of importance to the guy and still don’t since I feel he’s out to make a buck rather than anything else.

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