Here’s an excerpt from a church rating by Benjamin Ady:
[T]he pastor start[ed] off referencing the best selling books by atheists that have recently come out–Dawkins’ “God Delusion” and Harris’ “Letters to a Christian Nation” and another by Christopher Hitchens called “God is Not Great”. It sounded like he might have actually read them, and I can’t say because I haven’t (alas). He praised Hitchens for being very witty and literate. But he went on to say that all three books are composed almost entirely of sarcasm and mockery, and that none of these authors present any cogent arguments for not believing in god. He sounded almost disappointed. He said “Come on, we’re reasonably intelligent people here. Can’t you at least go to the trouble to present a cogent argument?”
Now I’m terribly curious to know if this is true? Did none of these present cogent arguments?
06-04-2007 |
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