Here are my ramblings - because I just can't stop thinking about this...
What would our world be without religion and war ?
What would our world be without science ?
Did Dawkins read Bertrand Russell's "Why I Am Not a Christian"?
Why I Am Not A Christian, by Bertrand Russell
I did not read Dawkins, or Haggard.
What they think may not be accurate, their books will not resolve the destructive beliefs created during religious-ideological conflicts (war) and neither will the church.
What would our world be like without belief ?
Criticisms expressed by the authors of this thread and the infamous creation-evolution-debate nag at my sense of cognitive epistemology :
Cognitive Constructivism: Free Will and Knowledge as Perception
"[I]t is evident that there is no way to prove that any particular aspect of our knowledge is absolutely correct."
Thankfully, quantum physics provides platitudes which give me peace of mind :
quantum field theory doesn't respect 'cause' happening before 'effect'
Epistemology | Google Groups
I have no conclusions, enjoy the suspense, and await the next discovery.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Eric