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To: Brumar89 who wrote (3043)	9/14/2009 5:00:28 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

<They could call for his ilk to not be rewarded with prestigious university positions. Institutions like the NAS and AAAS could condemn them.> I don't know, but presumably he's done a lot of good science in his career. I'll hire a good athiest scientist all day long over a deeply religious one that sucks. Books aren't 'science' and not held up to scrutiny as such. It's his own personal business. <I don't know what percentage of the population have heard of folks like Dawkins but its much more than have heard of the journals you mention where "real science" is published.> As I said it's besides the point. What you seem to advocate is censorship. You don't want a guy to publish what he thinks. <There is a market for things like Discover magazine and similar publications and they consider folks like Dawkins the real voices of science.> Sure and there are folks that think Brittany Spears is the real voice of music; that movie stars are the voice of what to aspire to... all far more dangerous to society than Dawkins. But you seem to have an axe... so keep swinging. <Virtually all kids have been taught evolution in schools for the past century. > So? That doesn't alter the fact that millions are ignorant ant that ignorance is being propagated by false teachers. We clearly disagree... you think Dawkins peddling books about atheism to adults is worse than the millions growing up thinking complete falsities. To be honest, as I said, I"m sure a smart guy like Dawkins can take all sorts of versions of God peddled today and show them to be false... probably good for the wacko's. DAK