tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post4707368928616106635..comments2023-06-16T06:27:31.555-07:00Comments on qunfuz: Dawkins or McIntoshqunfuzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07381648516025592849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-70098997370427749652008-08-28T05:03:00.000-07:002008-08-28T05:03:00.000-07:00Good to hear from you Mister Norris. Tried to leav...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.qunfuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381648516025592849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-69594519916237767672008-08-27T14:54:00.000-07:002008-08-27T14:54:00.000-07:00Robin,I have ordered your book. After Massey's (?)...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/>KennMISTER NORRIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13000830577338483922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-30618686666063646522008-08-25T11:26:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:26:00.000-07:00Interesting post - perhaps the Islamic world ought...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!Khalil Abdullahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14671897180760927406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-5217146594470971342008-08-24T23:25:00.000-07:002008-08-24T23:25:00.000-07:00I'd like to suggest someone else as an antidote to...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.Bill Harshbargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353801627609582295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33889889.post-19305201281794848582008-08-23T02:09:00.000-07:002008-08-23T02:09:00.000-07:00Fantasize about Brad Pitt? Is that what you do? :)...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.Maysaloonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.com