[MD] Dawkins a Materialist (is watching?)

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Arlo previously]
You ridicule "AHA!" but all you offer in return is "God". Go figure.

[Platt]
Wrong. I also offer Consciousness and Quality. I'm not stuck in one static
worldview like you.

[Arlo]
"How does Quality differ from God?" (This was your own question). "Who made
Quality?" (Another of your questions) Where did the "design" for humans reside
100 billion years ago? Is your supernatural consciousness "self-aware"? If not,
how did it "design" humans? By accident? Were did this supernatural
"consciousness" come from? What was it "conscious of" before it created the
universe? Why do you keep harping on "Judeo-Christian ethics" but make no
mention of Buddhist ethics, Zen ethics, Hindu ethics, Native American ethics? 

The second part of this is almost too funny to comment on. I'd say you are not
only stuck, Platt, but you are mired in a theistic, static worldview. The only
answer you offer is "God did it". And your pandering to the "Judeo-Christian"
crowd pretty much demonstrates "which" God.

But let's end this. You've made it quite clear you favor theism, a "God", to
explain "purpose" and provide a "master planner" who's deliberate plan of
design created the world. That is, the world is at it is because of
"supernatural" rather than "natural" processes (and yet you accuse me of
believing in "magic"!) You've more than proven my point, that your call for
"intelligent design" was nothing more than backdoor theism, and your continued
demands for law to be based on "Judeo-Christian ethics" reveals your motive in
this. Unless you feel there is more to say, I say we drop it.