I especially like The God Conundrum by Sean Carroll (the physicist, not the biologist) over at Cosmic Variance. Carroll does a good job of addressing the question that Terry Eagleton raised in his review of Dawkins' book. You need to read all of "The God Conundrum" but here's a teaser ...
Some of you may be wondering: “Does God exist?” Fortunately, Richard Dawkins has written a new book, The God Delusion, that addresses precisely this question. As it turns out, the answer is: “No, God does not exist.” (Admittedly, Dawkins reached his conclusion before the Cards won the World Series.)
Nevertheless, there remains a spot of controversy — it would appear that Dawkins’s rhetorical force is insufficient to persuade some theists. One example is provided by literary critic Terry Eagleton, who reviewed The God Delusion for the London Review of Books. Eagleton’s review has already been discussed among some of my favorite blogs: 3 Quarks Daily, Pharyngula, Uncertain Principles, and the Valve (twice), to name a few. But it provides a good jumping-off point for an examination of one of the common arguments used against scientifically-minded atheists: “You’re setting up a straw man by arguing against a naive and anthropomorphic view of `God’; if only you engaged with more sophisticated theology, you’d see that things are not so cut-and-dried.”There are several other contributions of interest to biologists. Shalini at Scientia natura looks at the Time magazine "debate" from the non-believer perspective. Her article, Francis Collins Does It Again, exposes some of the silly thinking behind the Collins' version of religion.
Mr R. of Evolving Education adds his voice to the growing number of people who are getting tired of Theistic Evolutionists. His blog is about a talk by Ken Miller at N.C. State University. You can see my take on this issue at Theistic Evolution: The Fallacy of the Middle Ground.
There's lots more in this Carnival of the Godless—44 articles in total. Enjoy.
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