Moving On - Children of the Children of God

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."

I found it while browsing the forums of a game I play as an addiction. The author of a hilarious story had it in his signature.

Link to the story and where I found the sig: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11211166&sid=1

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from SeanSwede
Friday, September 22, 2006 - 13:01
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PopNfresh. Do you play WoW?
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From PopNFresh
Friday, September 22, 2006, 13:19
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It's my addiction, and the my only true break from reality. =](reply to this comment)

From SeanSwede
Friday, September 22, 2006, 13:22
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ok cool. I play CS Source. Have you ever played it?(reply to this comment)

From HVV
Saturday, September 23, 2006, 02:41
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Can somebody tell me what chatrooms and email are for?(reply to this comment)

From AndyH
Saturday, September 23, 2006, 09:22
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I don't know, I think the're some kind of asian spice. (reply to this comment)
from AndyH
Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 10:59
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Yes, that is quite good. Here's another to the same effect.

"We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further." Richard Dawkins.
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From PopNFresh
Friday, September 22, 2006, 13:20
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Me likes. I should probably look into more from him.(reply to this comment)

From Kitten
Thursday, September 21, 2006, 11:06
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Richard Dawkins has written some good books.

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From Kitten
Thursday, September 21, 2006, 11:21
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And a TERRIBLE paper on Astrology ;-)

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From AndyH
Thursday, September 21, 2006, 12:22
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Don't you love it when things tie into other things?

I was checking out more info about Dawkins, and found this bit. It brings us back to Sean's poll, and the ensuing debate.

From Wikipedia;

"The Root of All Evil? is a television documentary, written and presented by Richard Dawkins, in which he argues that the world would be better off without religion. The documentary was first broadcast in January 2006, in the form of two 45 minute episodes (excluding advertisement breaks), on Channel 4 in the UK."

I was at first surprised to hear that Dawkins, a well-known intellectual, had an identical stance as SeanSwede. However, as I read on, I was delighted to discover this;

"Dawkins has said that the title "The Root of All Evil?" was not his preferred choice, but that Channel 4 had insisted on it to create controversy.[1] Dawkins has stated that the notion of anything being the root of all evil is ridiculous.[2]"

Hooray! This guy is quickly becoming a hero of mine.

Complete article on the documentary here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Root_of_All_Evil%3F

Complete article on Richard Dawkins here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins(reply to this comment)

From Kitten
Thursday, September 21, 2006, 12:39
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Yes, that was an excellent programme. About the title of the show, note that at least they had the sense to make it a question rather than an assertion.

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from Kitten
Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 08:45
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Stephen F. Roberts.

Thank goodness for google ;-)

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