Chirps non stop
27 August 2010
More 4 in the UK has been repeating some of Richard Dawkins’ ‘greatest hits’ — last week it was Faith Schools Menace? (they certainly are, education is not about ideology) and this week it was The God Delusion. I found the book somewhat over-strident, and with the series, Dawkins did bait his interview subjects. But some of their reactions were astounding.
What I simply cannot understand is how people of science (doctors and scientists and so on) can unquestioningly believe in a virgin birth, miracles, and resurrection. Or that you must believe in the white-haired bearded one before you can be saved, and that everyone who believes must spread the bloody word. I don’t need to be saved! I want to live my life to the full while I’m alive, without worrying about being called into account by some bloke named Peter.
What’s wrong with atheists who are good because they want to be? Religion is not a prerequisite for morality and decency. I have no issue with people who do follow an organised religion, but please don’t evangelise, it’s really annoying. I was so alarmed while watching The God Delusion that I rang Neil just to confirm that while he considers himself a Christian, he sides with the theory of evolution and other scientific evidence that show us how the world is made. He’s a cultural Christian, like Philip Pullman.
Why does God have to be anthropomorphised, anyway? Nature is so bloody amazing that it should be our god.
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