If you're reading Dennett and Dawkins' books (e.g. "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" and "The God Delusion") then I would recommend that you balance their light-weight philosophical meanderings with some proper philosophy.
Suggest you do a Google search for "Library of Christian Philosophy" which will direct you to the Calvin University site ... then search there for Plantinga (Alvin) who is probably the world's foremost Christian philosopher. There are a number of his papers there which pick apart Dennett's and Dawkins' books, either refuting them outright, or else showing that D+D's attempts at refuting Christianity/theism are way wide of the mark.
My assessment of Dawkin's book, without having read it myself, but based on reviews by some serious philosophers, is that it is the philosophical equivalent of a Mills and Boon novel. Extremely lightweight, lacking in substance and clarity.
Dennett's books are quite a bit more substantial than Dawkins, which probably explains why Dawkins is on the best seller list and Plantinga is virtually unheard of outside Christian circles ... most people simply don't to deal with deep thinking and logic.
Last edited by Spiny Norman : 10-23-2007 at 12:07 PM
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