Richard Dawkins is because he won\u2019t debate William Lane Craig.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n Richard Dawkins has made his name as the scourge of organised religion who branded the Roman Catholic Church \u201cevil\u201d and once called the Pope \u201ca leering old villain in a frock\u201d.<\/p>\n But he now stands accused of \u201ccowardice\u201d after refusing four invitations to debate the existence of God with a renowned Christian philosopher.<\/p>\n A war of words has broken out between the best selling author of The God Delusion, and his critics, who see his refusal to take on the American academic, William Lane Craig, as a \u201cglaring\u201d failure and a sign that he may be losing his nerve.<\/p>\n Prof Dawkins maintains that Prof Craig is not a figure worthy of his attention and has reportedly said that such a contest would \u201clook good\u201d on his opponent\u2019s CV but not on his own.<\/p>\n [\u2026..]<\/p>\n \u201cI have no intention of assisting Craig in his relentless drive for self-promotion,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Self-promotion is a completely alien concept to Dawkins, of course; that\u2019s why his web site is not just a shrine to atheism but to the Great Man himself: richarddawkins.net, the \u201cRichard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science – a Clear Thinking Oasis\u201d.<\/p>\n Not sufficiently clear thinking to take on William Lane Craig, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Richard Dawkins is because he won\u2019t debate William Lane Craig. From here: Richard Dawkins has made his name as the scourge of organised religion who branded the Roman Catholic Church \u201cevil\u201d and once called the Pope \u201ca leering old villain … Continue reading