Objection · Case 09 · Atheism
Dawkins isn’t a philosopher or a biblical scholar. Refuting his definition is easy and doesn’t touch the serious evidentialist challenge from Clifford, Flew, and contemporary philosophers of religion.
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Response
True. This claim is aimed at the popular objection because it is the one people actually hear. The serious version of the challenge is evidentialism, the view that belief should be proportioned to evidence, and the Philosophy case engages Clifford directly. Nothing here pretends that answering Dawkins answers Clifford.
About this exhibit
This objection is to Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion.
Richard Dawkins defines faith, in the strongest form of this objection, as belief held with no evidence, and even against the evidence. In The Selfish Gene he describes faith as “blind trust, in the…
Under Claim 07: In the Bible the word “faith” means grounded trust, not belief without evidence.