Richard Dawkins might be able to put up a great argument against the existence of a higher power but it is wildly irresponsible to verbally attack the people of faith and to question there intelligence. After all, he will never know the truth for sure. That's like if I saying, "Nancy Pelosi has a huge wiener. I know this because I can see its outline when she sits down." I will never know why she has a huge bulge in her pants, but I'm not gonna go tell every libertarian that one of there government official is a cross dresser, that would just be reckless. After all, if he's right, that's great, but just think about what happens if hes wrong.
On the other hand, fire and brimstone Christians are not much better. If you don't accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior and go to your community church every Sunday your not going to burn for eternity. A christian serial rapist is going to hell before a Tibetan man lives a moral life and loves his family without ever being exposed to Christianity.
Most Christians are not this way. I myself have been a devout Maronite Catholic from birth, so it makes me angry to see god and the bible be misinterpreted. The bible is not a literal text. Jonah didn't actually get swallowed by a whale. That's just absurd. It was a story told to guide people people in times of fear.
Just because there is a god, does not mean that science is false. Science and religion can go hand in hand. Science is simply the understanding of gods plan. Evolution, for example, is a fact. It is happening every day and if you have every read stories about three legged people, you can see it at work. Mutations are the driving force behind evolution, not all mutations are beneficial, but some allow species to become dominant and as we all know, survival of the fittest takes over from there.
The point I am trying to make is, religion and science can coexist and it is irresponsible for authorities on either side to discourage believers in the latter.
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