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Originally Posted by Sonist
Actually, Vox Day is an often ill-informed, generally boisterous, largely anti-intellectual blogger (former video-game reviewer, as well as pop musician,) who seems to be convinced that the Age of Enlightenment ushered all the ills of the modern world. I have spent an hour here and there, reading his more bombastic pronouncements, and on a rare occasion he has a point, but he is hardly an authority on anything.
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He is actually a nationally syndicated columnist with Universal Press Syndicate (in addition to having a blog). Perhaps it is not constructive for you to personally critique Vox Day, and who you do or do not believe him to be in your opinion. Why don't you critique his arguments against atheism, and against the most well-known modern proponents of it (one of them being Dawkins)?
And how in the world could Dawkins be considered qualified to comment on religion or God? Where is his authority or knowledge on theism? He has none. And he is intellectually dishonest. At least Day systematically takes each argument for atheism apart one by one with actual facts and evidence like a scientist would, rather than the vacuous and largely anecdotal shallow storytelling that Dawkins engages in.
You simply cannot take Dawkins seriously after reading "The Irrational Atheist". He has no credibility. He is a simple bomb throwing pundit with a poorly researched opinion.
And Gideon, I thought this actually was quite a fair and balanced review from a fan of Dawkins, (and I believe he is an agnostic):
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19775 Thanks for the link.