2007-03-20 Orr vs. Dennett/Dawkins

2007-03-20 \The God Delusion\God\God is a red herring\PZ Myers/posts\H. Allen Orr http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/03/orr_vs_dennettdawkins.php Orr vs. Dennett/Dawkins &ldquo;I know it is the nature of religion that everyone who believes will automatically state that their god sure isn't the complicated caricature of the Bible or the Torah or the Koran and will retreat to the safety of the Ineffable (but Simple) Cosmic Muffin until the bad ol' atheist is out of sight, and then they will pray to Fickle Magic Man for the new raise or that their favorite football team will win, and they will wonder if Righteous Bastard will torture them for eternity if they masturbate. Until that atheist glances their way again... then once more, God is Love, can't get much simpler than that, man, your arguments against that silly version can't touch my faith. It's familiar territory. Get into an argument with someone over Christianity or Islam or any of these dominant faiths, and you'll see them flicker back and forth between the abstract and the real god of their religion â€” their only defense is to present a moving target.&rdquo;   