Atheism and Absolute Truth
December 15th, 2009Richard Dawkins argues here that there is an absolute truth. He claims that those who believe in God are deluded. It is interesting that many religious people also adhere to an absolute truth. It just happens to be a different absolute truth to the wholly scientific absolute truth of Richard Dawkins.
Watching Richard Dawkins speaking with such conviction here makes me attracted to the idea of a relative truth, a truth tailored to our own experience and requirements. Richard Dawkins would find such an idea scientifically blasphemous.
The metaphor of an Internet God seems to accommodate both absolute and relative approaches to truth. Richard Dawkins, alongside many religious leaders, would not entertain the idea of a relative truth. In this respect, Richard Dawkins sides with many believers in God and sings from the same hymn sheet!
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