Originally Posted by frosty
...balance their light-weight philosophical meanderings with some proper philosophy. Suggest you do a Google search for "Library of Christian Philosophy"
Theology is not philosophy. Theology is on a parr with Pyrimid Power and Feng Shui.
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.
Oh goody. Five hundred pages of assertions that faith proves faith is true.
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.
In deed. However, Dawkins is a communicator of (science) ideas. He is no a hardcore philosopher. At least his writings are not the "philosophical equivalent of" the Bible.
Dennett's books are quite a bit more substantial than Dawkins, which probably explains why Dawkins is on the best seller list ...
Agreed