Wow, you are quick. It will probably take me somewhat longer to respond. For now, just two housekeeping items:
1. I'll be happy to try to read any book you recommend; I always welcome opportunities to learn. But, please, be realistic with quantity and expectations; you know I have a busy...
I agree. That is the best and least painful course for everybody.
BTW, regardless of what the moderators will decide, I am chortling at the fact that the first person to bring up acceptability of the topic is the one whose comments are at the level of "X is full of bullocks." :-p
Long response
First, you can't always know what the last thing said was before any given statement; heavy editing is obvious. So you are assuming a lot when you say that Dawkins' reactions were to calmly presented opinions. More importantly, your critique is invalid in principle: why would...
I hope this is an appropriate forum for this debate; my opponent recommended it. We started a debate about Richard Dawkins' style of criticizing religion - particularly in his documentary "The Root of All Evil?" - in a different forum, where an in-depth debate would have been clearly off-topic...