Brian Dawkins

Entering the ancient discussion about the tension between faith and reason is not an easy task. Of course, when engaging in tensions it is always important to define terms. For the sake of consistency I will refer to Oxford’s online dictionary for both the definition of faith, as well as reason. Faith is “complete trust or confidence in someone or something.” Reason is “a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.” These are the definitions that will be used throughout this paper

The article “On Being an Athiest,” by H.J. McClosky, was very interesting. McClosky basically lets us know that as atheists they do not believe in God and why they do not believe in the God that theists do. According to McCloskey, there are three proofs for a theist to believe in God; the cosmological, teleological, and the argument from design. McCloskey refers to the arguments for God as proofs, and he suggests that we cannot establish a case with these, so called, proofs. After watching the

darwin Running Head: DAWKINS AND KOZOL The Meme concept from Dawkins and the Educational Funding concept from Kozol Kevin Edmundson Oklahoma University LSTD-5013 Interdisciplinary Foundations The Meme concept from Dawkins and the Educational Funding concept from Kozol Introduction Jonathan Kozol, one of the most zealous advocates of the idea, wrote a series of books, which depict below the critical school, where children from poor, mostly belonging

Evil in Nature and a Benevolent God      The idea of the existence of evil in nature many times creates arguments between creationists and scientists concerning not only the design of nature by a creator –God, but the actual benevolence of God. In Stephen Jay Gould’s essay “Nonmoral Nature” (1984), he explores this highly controversial issue by posing the question: “If God is good and if creation reveals his goodness, why are we surrounded with pain, suffering, and apparently

INTRODUCTION We live in a world full of people who hold different beliefs and convictions. Many of them may even be different from our own. For example John Haught, in his book God and the New Atheism shares his belief that, “Science alone can tell us what religion is really all about, and it can provide better answers than theology to every important question people ask” (x). Berger and Zijderveld, on the other hand, argue in In Praise of Doubt that, “Whether God does or does not exist in cosmic

Selfish Gene", Richard Dawkins presents his viewpoint that living organisms are but "survival machines", that "the individual [is a] selfish machine, programmed to do whatever is best for its gene as a whole." In fact, this is the central concept in his book that he brings across. An individual's behaviour and actions are 100% determined by its genes and the individual behaves in accordance to ensure the best persistence of its gene in any circumstances. There is no doubt where Dawkins stands on the nature

Perseverance is defined as a steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, or state, especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. I chose this word as my theological theme to analyze because of what the Wael Ghonim and the Egyptians had to endure, and my own relationship to the word. Wael Ghonim created the webpage “We are all Khaled Said,” to aid the Egyptian nation to fight through the tyrannical rule that held Egypt hostage. The death of the this young man made Egyptians

What Would Darwin Say? Religion and Evolution Katrina Venta ANT 111 Professor Emerson February 12, 2017 "Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.” —Albert Einstein For centuries, science and religion have been rendered rather incompatible. People from both sides of the argument have tried to prove why religion and science are not intertwined, while some have argued that both can coexist. If Charles Darwin were alive today doing more research, I would like

documentary shadowing Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist who believes religion could potentially be, as the title states, the root of all evil. Dawkins begins his documentary by outlining his belief that religion is a malevolent virus that draws its followers to commit violent acts in order to please various gods. Dawkins claims that religious people are determined to "kill you and me, and themselves" due to faith, the idea that Dawkins sees as rather absurd. During Dawkins' documentary, terms such

Mughessa Bhatti Psych B9705 Professor Brian Corby 07/20/2015 Final Exam Q1. Robert Axelrod conducted a computer tournament between two computers based on the prisoner’s dilemma to investigate reciprocal altruism and cooperation in a social setting. More specifically to examine the evolution of cooperation. Cooperation and reciprocal altruism are two concepts that (to some degree) go hand in hand and for this reason they are considered the most studied topics in evolutionary psychology. Axelrod,