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Richard Dawkins - Atheism and Faith

submitted by blankfist

1 decade 6 years 9 months ago

Religion

From Y/T:
Richard Dawkins spectrum of probability as to the existence of God.

1. Strong theist. 100 per cent probability of God. In the words of C.G. Jung, 'I do not believe, I know

2. Very high probability but short of 100 per cent. De facto theist. 'I cannot know for certain, but I strongly believe in God and live my life on the assumption that he is there.'

3. Higher than 50 per cent but not very high. Technically agnostic but leaning towards theism. 'I am very uncertain, but I am inclined to believe in God.'

4. Lower than 50 per cent but not very low. Technically agnostic but leaning towards atheism. 'I do not know whether God exists but I'm inclined to be sceptical.'

5. Lower than 50 per cent but not very low. Technically agnostic but leaning towards atheism. 'I do not know whether God exists but I'm inclined to be sceptical.'

6. Very low probability, but short of zero. De facto atheist. 'I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.'

7. Strong atheist. 'I know there is no God, with the same conviction as Jung "knows" there is one.'

Dawkins notes that he would be "surprised to meet many people in category 7". Dawkins calls himself "about a 6.8."

2 Comments

BillOreilly

says...

Dawkins calls himself a 6.8, eh?

Sounds about right; at least he admits his IQ and doesn't lie about it.

9410 says...

>> ^BillOreilly:
Dawkins calls himself a 6.8, eh?
Sounds about right; at least he admits his IQ and doesn't lie about it.

Oxford scholars and scientists frequently have an IQ under 7. They lack the problem solving and logical mind to score highly on those IQ tests right? Its a wonder science got anywhere with people like him making all the discoveries!

I'm not sure of the purpose of this video though. To illustrate that people believe with varying degrees of conviction? For the record, I find it hard to find anybody in "group 1" or "group 7". From a purely practical, instrumentalist point of view I would call myself a 7, but 100% certainty can never truly be obtained.