Re: I respect Dawkins as a biologists though I

John Wilkins wrote:
AC <mightymartianca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:33:43 +0100, John Wilkins <j.wilkins1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You are in a bad place. In the history of theism, the divine meddler is
one of a number of optional views and not always the most widespread.
Dawkins goes after a target that is so bleedingly obviously false that
thinking theists have already abandoned it, and spend much effort trying
to convince the less sophisticated of that fact.
What percentage of theists do you think are "thinking" theists?

About the usual percentage of people who think in general, say about 5%.



Stop me before I quote again!

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are only
rearranging their prejudices." -- Wm. James


.....um, too late.

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