Did Richard Dawkins admit in his "The God Delusion"?

[paarsurrey]

"Richard Dawkins admits in his The God Delusion that it's "easier to herd cats than to get atheists to cooperate each other." This goes a long way in explaining why atheists refuse to cooperate with each other and form charitable concerns. Christians easily cooperate with each other otherwise hospitals and schools would never get built."

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/

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I have not read "The God Delusion", so I ask, right?

Regards

 

[LuisDantas]

Dawkins isn't there so much explaining why us atheists have a hard time cooperating with each other as pointing out that it is so, @paarsurrey.

I fear that a Catholic source isn't necessarily accurate when it comes to Dawkins, though.

In any case, that article - correct URL Atheist Myth: “No One Has Ever Killed in the Name of Atheism” - isn't about Dawkins specifically. If anything, it isn't about anyone at all; it wants to be a commentary about us atheists, but it goes to great lengths to talk only about world-of-Narnia atheism.

"The God Delusion" is a nice enough book on its own terms. Dawkins does not deserve even one tenth of the ill will that he receives.

But these days I would recommend Victor J. Stenger for arguments against the existence of Ibrahim's God-conceptions, and Peter Albert David Singer for expositions on how and why gods are not necessary for true morality and ethics.

 

[paarsurrey]

Dawkins isn't there so much explaining why us atheists have a hard time cooperating with each other as pointing out that it is so, @paarsurrey.

I fear that a Catholic source isn't necessarily accurate when it comes to Dawkins, though.

In any case, that article - correct URL Atheist Myth: “No One Has Ever Killed in the Name of Atheism” - isn't about Dawkins specifically. If anything, it isn't about anyone at all; it wants to be a commentary about us atheists, but it goes to great lengths to talk only about world-of-Narnia atheism.

"The God Delusion" is a nice enough book on its own terms. Dawkins does not deserve even one tenth of the ill will that he receives.

But these days I would recommend Victor J. Stenger for arguments against the existence of Ibrahim's God-conceptions, and Peter Albert David Singer for expositions on how and why gods are not necessary for true morality and ethics.

Thanks for one's input.

Regards

 

[McBell]

I fear that a Catholic source isn't necessarily accurate when it comes to Dawkins, though.

Especially when a Catholic source are the ONLY source for the quote that Google can find.

 

[Twilight Hue]

"Richard Dawkins admits in his The God Delusion that it's "easier to herd cats than to get atheists to cooperate each other." This goes a long way in explaining why atheists refuse to cooperate with each other and form charitable concerns. Christians easily cooperate with each other otherwise hospitals and schools would never get built."

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/

atheist-myth-no-one-has-ever-killed-in-the-name-of-atheism

I have not read "The God Delusion", so I ask, right?

Regards

Simple answer is to go and read or listen to The God Delusion for yourself.

I found the book interesting.

 

[Viker]

Christians easily cooperate with each other otherwise hospitals and schools would never get built."

Not from what I have seen. It seems that if more people than just Christians get together more things are possible. Christians have bickered among themselves even going to war over doctrinal differences.

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No one has ever killed "in the name of atheism". Communists have persecuted and killed on behalf of their political/economic goals and after having a view that religion allegedly stands in the way of these goals. Not all atheists are communists.

Atheism has no defined belief system. It seems to not have any organizational structure nor any hierarchy. So it would appear to be like "herding cats".

 

[Tomef]

"Richard Dawkins admits in his The God Delusion that it's "easier to herd cats than to get atheists to cooperate each other." This goes a long way in explaining why atheists refuse to cooperate with each other and form charitable concerns. Christians easily cooperate with each other otherwise hospitals and schools would never get built."

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/

atheist-myth-no-one-has-ever-killed-in-the-name-of-atheism

I have not read "The God Delusion", so I ask, right?

Regards

Christians within the same denomination cooperate, I’ve seen that myself when I used a church building to set up a charity project. I have some good friends who are Christians, really good people. Across denominations is, most of the time, a different story, though. The history of Christianity involves an enormous amount of murder, torture, deprivation of rights (etc) on the basis of quibbling differences in doctrine.

 

[Madsaac]

"Richard Dawkins admits in his The God Delusion that it's "easier to herd cats than to get atheists to cooperate each other." This goes a long way in explaining why atheists refuse to cooperate with each other and form charitable concerns. Christians easily cooperate with each other otherwise hospitals and schools would never get built."

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/

atheist-myth-no-one-has-ever-killed-in-the-name-of-atheism

I have not read "The God Delusion", so I ask, right?

Regards

I've read the book, and its easy to understand and makes total sense. You should read it.

 

[Altfish]

"Richard Dawkins admits in his The God Delusion that it's "easier to herd cats than to get atheists to cooperate each other." This goes a long way in explaining why atheists refuse to cooperate with each other and form charitable concerns. Christians easily cooperate with each other otherwise hospitals and schools would never get built."

https://www.ncregister.com/blog/

atheist-myth-no-one-has-ever-killed-in-the-name-of-atheism

I have not read "The God Delusion", so I ask, right?

Regards

I am an atheist, I give to charity. BUT I do not pick only 'atheist' charities. So my donations do not count in your post. Why set up atheist charities (There are some by the way - a quick search reveals these ... SHARE, organized by the Center for Inquiry; The Foundation Beyond Belief; The Kiva Lending Team, of the non-religious; The Atheist Volunteers website; Atheist Republic, the world's largest atheist organization with local chapters called consulates all over the world.)

 

[danieldemol]

Christians easily cooperate with each other otherwise hospitals and schools would never get built."

I believe most of our schools and hospitals got built thanks to socialism which includes the efforts of socialist atheists as far as I'm aware.

 

[paarsurrey]

Did Richard Dawkins admit in his "The God Delusion"?​

Dawkins isn't there so much explaining why us atheists have a hard time cooperating with each other as pointing out that it is so, @paarsurrey.

I fear that a Catholic source isn't necessarily accurate when it comes to Dawkins, though.

In any case, that article - correct URL Atheist Myth: “No One Has Ever Killed in the Name of Atheism” - isn't about Dawkins specifically. If anything, it isn't about anyone at all; it wants to be a commentary about us atheists, but it goes to great lengths to talk only about world-of-Narnia atheism.

"The God Delusion" is a nice enough book on its own terms. Dawkins does not deserve even one tenth of the ill will that he receives.

But these days I would recommend Victor J. Stenger for arguments against the existence of Ibrahim's God-conceptions, and Peter Albert David Singer for expositions on how and why gods are not necessary for true morality and ethics.

Thanks for one's input.
Just for one's information, my understanding is that G-d is :

1:2
"All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds," and or the Lord of everybody including the non-believers aka Atheism people (and all its hues and colors) and the believers alike, please, right?

Holy Quran: Read, Listen and Search

In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Urdu.

www.alislam.org

Right?

Regards
___________________
1:2
اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰہِ رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِیۡنَ ۙ﴿۲

 

[LuisDantas]

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Thanks for one's input.
Just for one's information, my understanding is that G-d is :

1:2
"All praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds," and or the Lord of everybody including the non-believers aka Atheism people (and all its hues and colors) and the believers alike, please, right?

Holy Quran: Read, Listen and Search

In Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Urdu.

www.alislam.org

Right?

Regards
___________________
1:2
اَلۡحَمۡدُ لِلّٰہِ رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِیۡنَ ۙ﴿۲

That is certainly the Islamic conception of God.

It is also a main reason why I could never be a Muslim, and don't even consider Islam to be a religion.