For Dawkins

Dear Richard Dawkins

Good Morning

My dear friend Richard, I must applaud you on your most Sane, Rational, and Sensible Book, the God Delusion. It is the very height of literary mastermind, unrivaled in all of human history, for over a Million Years, since Man evolved from an Ape. It is probably the Next Step in Evolution, and the move towards the Superman of which Niche spoke. This book has toppled civilizations, raised Kings and kingdoms, destroyed, saved, healed, and much more, all in a perfectly real and rational way.

I appreciate your perfectly calm and rational discussion, sensitively and carefully exploiting the weaknesses of the absurd theory of God, without even the slightest hint of name-calling involved (Not that it matters, of course. Name-calling has strict evolutionary origins, and should not be repressed).

But sir, most recently, I have been struggling with a most serious issue: are you being only slightly Naive? You posit that no intelligence backs the universe, and that is all well and good... but then you claim, irrationally, that there is an intelligence behind Man. As I heard you once say, "We must not look for a purpose in Mountains, as if they were countertops." I totally understand your reasoning behind ascribing no purpose to Mountains, but what about countertops? Why should they have a purpose either? Isn't it far more rational that Cameras have no intelligence behind them, any more than eyes, and that Telephones have no mind designing them, any more than the Human Ear?

Isn't this a far more sane and rational conclusion? As you say, it is irrational to claim an intelligence behind the universe, just because science hasn't progressed enough to say otherwise. That is perfectly sane, rational, and logical: but isn't it equally irrational to claim that there must be an intelligence behind Human Creations, just because science, in its current form, cannot offer another explanation?

Aren't you being a little naive? You obviously think yourself very intelligent, but haven't you considered that, as a little extension of your Masterful Writing should soon show, No Intelligence Exists At All? That would be far more consistent than to ascribe intelligence to Man but not to God.

But anyway. I hope you are feeling well today, and again, I must praise the Literary Masterpiece of the last ten Millenniums: the God Delusion. Great health and life to you and your descendants.

Your mildly concerned friend:

Me.