tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post5086099606417582966..comments2024-02-26T15:44:52.779-07:00Comments on A View From Planet Boulder: DAWKINS ON PERRYDEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535087176533944091noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33475986.post-66218776621380964332011-09-08T06:40:50.954-06:002011-09-08T06:40:50.954-06:00The fool here is Richard Dawkins, not Rick Perry. ...The fool here is Richard Dawkins, not Rick Perry. In The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that belief in a personal god qualifies as a delusion, which he defines as a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence. He is sympathetic to Robert Pirsig’s statement in Lila that "when one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion."Bizzy Brainnoreply@blogger.com