Comments on: Dawkins on CNN

By: John A. Davison

John A. Davison — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:37:57 +0000

What more can I say about Darwinism? It was always a myth, conjured up out of thin air by a pair of Victorian naturalists, one of whom, Alfred Russel Wallace, had the good sense later to abandon. Darwin’s fantasy was the product of his congenital atheism, a condition which has afflicted every Darwinian since. Until we come to grips with the reality that EVERY aspect of EVERY individual’s persona has a congenital component, we will fail to recognize the real problem. Richard Dawkins and P.Z. Myers really can’t help themselves. They are the proof of my thesis which I share with Einstein -

“EVERYTHING is determined… by forces over whuch we have no control.”
(my emphasis)

There is about as much chance of reasoning with them as there is of converting Pope Benedict XVI to Universal Atheism. I realize that very few agree with me but that too was determined, like everything else, probably millions of years ago by an unknown number of supernatural entities far beyond our capacity to understand. There had to be at least two, one benevolent, the other malevolent.

Those who CANNOT recognize a planned universe are doomed to be nothing but footnotes in the history of science.

I also happen to have some other bizarre notions. I believe the great geniuses of the world were “produced” or “chosen” somehow by the benevolent entities just as the tyrants were by the malevolent ones. I summarized my heresies in my essay “The Age of Denial.”

Furthermore, I have yet to feel the necessity to retract anything I have committed to hard copy in the 55 years since I entered academe in 1954. I am just as intractable as my Darwinian and Fundamentalist adversaries. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

By: nemo

nemo — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:00:22 +0000

You aren’t going to be banished from this forum. But it is not a place for right wing rants, that’s all.
If I was mistaken and misjudged your remarks, I am sorry.
You view on Darwinism is relevant to this forum, so continue.

By: John A. Davison

John A. Davison — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:03:08 +0000

nemo

If you think I am a right wing radical you are sadly mistaken. I have no more truck with Discovery Institute and Uncommon Descent than I do with richarddawkins.net and Pharyngula. I have been banished from all their forums which you would know if you were more aware of my position.

I am sorry that you have to resort to calling me names and using foul language. I don’t permit it on my weblog and don’t choose to particpate in those that do.

I have little more to offer here in any event.

Good luck.

By: nemo

nemo — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:19:03 +0000

Mr.Davison, I have written some posts critical of Marxism, and that may have given you a false impression.

Make no mistake, I am a strong , possibly revolutionary, critic of the current scene of right wing culture/economy.
I am not therefore impressed by your stupid statements about either Christ or Bill O’reilly.
Surely you are aware of what this blog represents. So I take it as a provocation. Otherwise, if I am wrong, just watch your mouth.

I am out of time to argue with a right wing asshole who is going to provoke false debate on this blog over Bill O’reilly. Give me a fucking break.
If you have something to say on Darwinism, be sure to say it. But spare us the rightwing bullshit or be gone.

You have noted that Darwinists don’t frequent this blog. Nor do ID idiots from Discovery Institute and the right wing Bible Belt.
So what’s it to be?

To reiterate, watch your mouth.

By: John A. Davison

John A. Davison — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:08:16 +0000

Bill O’Reilly is a practicing Catholic, so I am sure Christ would accept him without qualfication. I agree that of the other news channels, CNN is the least noxious, a dubious distinction considering the left leaning bias of the American press generally. I find O’Reilly rather pompous myself, but I do not doubt his sincerity. I also have high regard for Lou Dobbs who had the good sense and integrity finally to abandon ABC or did they sack him?

Thanks for the response. I wish there were more users of this important forum. My website suffers from the same problem. That in itself demonstrates the dominance of the liberal left in science and politics both.

By: nemo

nemo — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:21:09 +0000

Here I don’t agree with you. I cited CNN because it is maintstream media outlet. That it is liberal is hard to detect at this point.
I think that Fox News is so pathetic as a news outlet that it makes CNN look brilliant.
Meanwhile I doubt that Jesus Christ would be much of a fan of Bill O’Reilly.

By: John A. Davison

John A. Davison — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:45:24 +0000

CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS all swim in the same ultraliberal (atheist) pool with Paul Zachary Myers and Richard Dawkins. The important point is that Fox News out polls all the others combined. Dawkins interview with Bill O’Reilly was pathetic. I am surprised Dawkins agreed to it as he came off as a feckless bufoon. To vehemently deny a planned phylogeny, as the Darwinians all must do, brands them all as “born that way” intellectual bigots. There is absolutely nothing that can be done either for or to them.

Christ had their number -

“Forgive them Father for they know not what they do.”

“Science commits suicide when she adopts a creed.”
Thomas Henry Huxley