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Richard Dawkins - In Conversation (NCH, 5th June, 8pm)
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12-03-2012 12:06AM#1
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It must be me but I don't feel compelled to be in the same room as him when he's talking. YouTube suffices!
I may however have to buy that Magic of Reality iPad app when I get my mitts on the new Ipad.
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Boards outing?MagicMarker wrote: »By the time that endeavour is planned tickets will probably be all gone! I don't mind spending the extra €2 to get my choice of seats now. (You can pick what seat you want, which is always nice)
Still, it must be time for another A&A beers again by now? There was no Christmas one this time around (unless it all arranged in secret by PM to prevent Strobe finding out about it like usual...
) so I would like to humbly suggest that an Easter A&A beers would be appropriate. Not actually on Easter as I'm sure several of you have children (that you have not eaten yet for some weird reason) but ye know, in around Easter.
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I was just making the point that it doesnt explicitly say on the web site who Richard is in conversation with, nor does it explicitly say what the conversation will be about. I am a very cycincal person, a trait I inherited from me auld man (thanks, dad ) - therefore I see this as nothing but an opportunity for Richard to flog his new book... I didnt say it was bad thing either, its just for me I would prefer not to spend 20 euro listening to some fella asking Richard some leading questions to facilitate him telling me how good his book is (I'm sure it is...). If he gave free copies of his book away... then sure, I would go
Of course I could be completely wrong too.... thats a frequent enough event, tbh.
Cheers
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Northclare wrote: »I'm thinking of buying his book "The God Delusion".
I am a believer but not in a religious sense I might be more instinctively pagan but on my own journey I just love the earth universe etc but that's my thing.
When I'm reading posts from the Atheism forums I found from taking a back seat, Ye have a sense of humor and don't push your views on other's.
So ill take back anything I said that brought down the decorum or messed up your discussions etc.
It's good to have an open mind and see things from both sides, I read a lot of holy books now it's time I read more books from a scientific perspective and make up my own mind.
I found that The God Delusion helped me clarify all the doubts I had, but that I couldn't clarify by myself. I'm a reasonably smart guy, but after a catholic upbringing I found it difficult to reason out exactly why the concept of god didn't make sense to me, even though I knew there was something amiss with it.
I'd definitely pick up a copy. Christopher Hitchen's 'God is not Great' is also excellent, and more of an 'entertaining' read.
Also, my girlfriend picked up tickets to this as a present, so we'll be there Hope it's a good night! 0 -
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