Courtney McGrailDear Editor, For many Christians the name Richard Dawkins has become akin to an agent of Satan. However, as I viewed the professor chatting to Gay Byrne the other night I listened to the reasonable arguments of an open-minded man who didn’t attempt to dance on other people’s beliefs. His bottom line seemed to be “convince me that you’re right”.
Of course he has had those controversial outbursts so loved by the media. The media, of course, as any politician knows, will feed off indiscretions. One of the hazards of public life. They even ‘fault find’ soccer players.
A columnist in The Irish Catholic recently referred to how many atheists will accept the most outlandish and improbable ideas put out by science buffs rather than listen to Christian truths.
Black holes, they tell us, swallow things and may disgorge them in another universe, despite the fact that no one actually knows the true explanation for black holes. Such is the power of the modern media to create powerful CGI effects that even committed scientists can be reduced by baseless theories cleverly presented.
An example of this I unearthed one evening as I viewed a very interesting programme addressing that enigmatic question “what is time?” Towards the conclusion of that hour-long lesson, to my amazement the narrator began to seriously address the possibility of time travel.
The idea that an educated academic should entertain such a ludicrous idea is laughable when seen against their contempt for religious beliefs.
Sometimes it is the case of believing anything as long as it is not religious.
Yours etc.,
Cecil Roberts,
Rathmines