Russell Brand on why Dawkins is the best advert for God
A remarkable article in this week’s New Stateman magazine (thanks for the link, Lucy).
In which Brand attacks evangelical atheism, discusses his own faith and considers the design inherent in the universe. Well worth a look at the article in full but here’s a great quote.
There was a time when the universe did not exist, this we know. We also know that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. This means that something, not nothing, existed before the universe. We do not know what but there is wonder and intelligence enough to suggest that design may have been a component.
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I’m not normally a fan of Brand, but he wrote some quite amusing things there. While it’s not exactly sophisticated philosophy, the quote you highlight is quite good – sadly, most evangelical atheists will only see in black and white and mistake that as the watchmaker argument, instead of realising that it’s a call for openness to possibilities. But no, that possibility is not allowed, it seems.
The comments are predictably vitriolic.. but I never see them making such patronising remarks about Tim Minchn and Ricky Gervais when they make their philosophically naive jokes in favour of Atheism.