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Q&A Richard Dawkins at UC Berkeley 1/2

On Saturday, March 8th, 2008, Richard Dawkins gave a lecture on The God Delusion during his US Tour. The event took place on the UC Berkeley campus in Wheeler Auditorium, and was completely sold out. A line of hopeful attendees stretched around the side of the building, waiting to see if there would be any `no-show` tickets at the last minute! This is the Q&A session after the lecture. Part 2

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DingoDango : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

DingoDango

4 votes NegativePositive

92 days 14 hours ago...

I shook his hand when he stopped by Phoenix, AZ a few months back. He signed my copy of God Delusion and Ancestors Tale.

MysticMan : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

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92 days 12 hours ago...

^You sound like some of the people who meet the pope, "oohh look he blessed my cheese sandwich".

Better never wash that hand again, you can have his smell on you for ever.

Richard Dawkins = evolutionists messiah, Pope Dick Dawkins

He wants his own followers but without a church they all meet at. He pushed people to have their own mind put keeps flooding the uni`s with the though`s on evolution and anything anti god.

There is no person who is higher than anyone else.

1:42 "hi, um i am a big fan by the way" i was waiting for him to throw his nickers up on the stage. The girl who asked the 4th question can =)

His answer to his second question is very simple minded narrow thought answer, just because he cant see how it can be simple and see how it can be done does not mean it is not simple and Cant be done..

He says it is fine if people think of god as energy but think that he would be to simple for him to create the universe. Umm wasn`t it energy that created the big bang which inturn created the universe?

"Which he`s complex and doesn`t exist"

In dick`s world nothing exists that which he does not understand. So arrogant of him. He needs to understand someone or something in order for them to exist in his own mind? arrogance.

One thing i can say that is positive about him. He does have a good voice for tv, or documentaries, a voice you would not mind listening to if he did an audio book.

PrinceCharmingXP : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

PrinceCharmingXP

0 votes NegativePositive

92 days 9 hours ago...

Richard Dawkins is automatic 5

Crompee : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Crompee

2 votes NegativePositive

92 days 6 hours ago...

@MysticMan
People like him and read his material, as he is voicing there opinions/beliefs. He pushed people to make up there own mind, and then goes to Universitys and answers questions they might have.. i do not see anything wrong in that? Making up your own mind on something, often requires you to ask questions.

People are a `fan` of him, as he has the educational background and knowledge to answer any questions you have in a fact/science based manner.

The only thing we know for certain about the big bang, is that at one point all matter which is in the universe at this moment in time shared the same space. Your forgetting that its not just matter that needs to be created but the laws of nature and ontop of that, your `simple energy god` also needs to be capable of all the things promised in your holy book. So Dawkins was saying that if he is `simple` then he cant do the things you think he does/can do.

In "Dicks" world as you put it, he doesnt believe something exists until there is evidence for its existance. The Flying Spegatti Monster often comes to mind when using this argument.

Hyperian : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Hyperian

0 votes NegativePositive

92 days 4 hours ago...

DingoDango just said he got his book and it was signed, how was that worshipping him? If it was a harry potter book would he be worshipping JK Rowling?

STFU you retard.

DingoDango : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

DingoDango

1 votes NegativePositive

91 days 10 hours ago...

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fuck you MysticMan, you need more drugs in your life. As if.

MysticMan : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

MysticMan

1 votes NegativePositive

91 days 5 hours ago...

"He pushed people to make up there own mind, and then goes to Universitys and answers questions they might have.. "

Pushed very hard to think they way dick does. Very much like church leaders, and he came along to answer questions about evolution, answer question only about evolution. Someone who was on the fence on the creation vs evolution debate would be someone helping people make up their own minds not someone deep within one side or the other. Christians could say "ministers let us make up our own minds" would you beleive them? no.


"your `simple energy god` also needs to be capable of all the things promised in your holy book. "

Just because people cant get their head around of what he is capable of doing does not mean he does not exist. It is arrogant of people to presume he does not exsist just because he does not come when they call.

If someone walked up to Jet Li and said i dont beleive you can really do karate it is all fake, Jet Li would not have to prove himself because he knows what he is capable of.

"DingoDango just said he got his book and it was signed, how was that worshipping him?"

He said he shook his hand and i was teasing him, i never said he worships Dick.

How cant you say god does not exist without any proof (you can prove a negative) Just because you cant find any evidence of someone doing something does not mean it did not happen.

"he doesnt believe something exists until there is evidence for its existance."

We believe alot of things that have no proof, just peoples idea`s and opinions. eg There is no proof the big bang actually happened it is just a theory that sounds creditable. Scientist`s question everything, thats the way they discover and learn. But it is forbiden to question evolution.

"fuck you MysticMan, you need more drugs in your life. As if. "

Another dick lover not making sense.

People treat dick the same catholics treat the pope. No one can tease the pope without major backlash. no one can tease dick without major backlash, people take his word as law, people take the popes word as law. It is wrong to question dick (in a negative way) about his beleifs, it is wrong to question the pope about his beleifs. People flock for miles to hear dick talk and feel enlightened after his speech, people flock to see the pope and feel enlightened after his speech.

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