Quote Originally Posted by nikalas View Post
Oh how exciting.... this brings all sorts of happy memories back of Finals.

For me, for something to exist is has to be proven to exist. Also, not being able to disprove something does not prove it's existence. This is a classic weak argument of many believers, eg "science cannot disprove the existence of god so therefore god exists"... I could start my own religion worshipping an almighty celestial hamster and could put forward the very same argument for its existence with equal validity ie. not much.

A lot of Richard Dawkin's work is excellent but I don't think the God Delusion is his strongest. He comes across in it as being too zealous rather than relying on hard science and sound philosophical argument. I prefer Selfish Gene, Blind Watchmaker and, more recently, The Ancestors Tale.

Excellent read is Bertrand Russell's Why I'm not a Christian.

Let the fun begin!
I've got that book(why I'm not a christian) haven't quite finished it yet.

Now I've really gotta go.