Fair enough! All of you are obviously "forum veterans" and I am not. I don't normally post anything on forums (only read as many people do) and I really and honestly only expected a few people's opinions in response. I probably would not have brought up the topic had I thought so many people would have been upset by it. Lesson learned. It is amusing to me that a few posters have felt "inspired" to buy Dawkins book after the post! My opinion for that is --knock yourself out. As I said in my posts, I completely believe in freedom of speech and your right to buy or read what you want. This is NOT an issue of censorship.
My original point was only to have
topic neutral books preloaded on the Reader suitable for a diverse audience, and then people can have the freedom to BUY whatever they want wherever they want. Again, it wouldn't be right to have anti-hispanic or anti-african american books on there either.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
In all seriousness, I'd love to read a book which put forward an argument for the existance of "God" which was even half as convincing as Professor Dawkin's argument against it. As a profound skeptic, I'm more than willing to be convinced by a well-reasoned argument and convincing proof that will stand up to scientific investigation.
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If you honestly would like to read the other side of Dawkins position and be challenged by another well-reasoned point of view, you may want to try the following books:
"The Case for Faith" and "The Case For A Creator" both by former athiest, Lee Strobel.
Both books are heavily researched and footnoted, were NYT Bestsellers, and contain extensive interviews with experts in both science and faith with tough questions from a scientific and ardent skeptic's point of view. And, yes, Dawkin's books and points of view are part of the footnotes and content.
"My road to atheism was paved by science...but, ironically, so was my later journey to God." --Lee Strobel
And I really do appreciate those who read and clarified what I
actually said, and did not criticize me for things I DIDN'T say. I understand and appreciate that other people have different beliefs than me and I completely respect that.