Richard Dawkins is becoming an increasing embarrassment to his less strident atheist comrades. For my part, I am glad to see him doing his bit in inadvertently exposing the threadbare reasons for disbelieving in God\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n
It is purely speculation, of course, but I suspect that Richard Dawkins is now driving more people towards Christianity than Rowan Williams is away from it, so congratulations are in order.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n Richard Dawkins has been labelled an “embarrassment to atheism” after clashing with a priest in a debate on BBC Radio 4.<\/p>\n The author of the God Delusion could not recall the full title of Charles Darwin’s ‘The Origin Of Species’ during a discussion with Giles Fraser, Former Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, over a poll conducted for the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK)<\/a> which found that self-identified Christians didn’t go to Church, or read the bible.<\/p>\n Dawkins said an “astonishing number couldn’t identify the first book in the New Testament.” But his claim that this indicated self-identified Christians were “not really Christian at all” was challenged by Fraser, who said the poll asked “silly little questions” to “trip” people up.<\/p>\n Giles Fraser:<\/strong> Richard, if I said to you what is the full title of ‘The Origin Of Species’, I’m sure you could tell me that.<\/p>\n Richard Dawkins<\/strong>: Yes I could<\/p>\n Giles Fraser:<\/strong> Go on then.<\/p>\n Richard Dawkins:<\/strong> On The Origin Of Species.. Uh. With, Oh God. On The Origin Of Species. There is a sub title with respect to the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.<\/p>\n Giles Fraser<\/strong>: You’re the high pope of Darwinism\u2026 If you asked people who believed in evolution that question and you came back and said 2% got it right, it would be terribly easy for me to go ‘they don’t believe it after all.’ It’s just not fair to ask people these questions. They self-identify as Christians and I think you should respect that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Richard Dawkins is becoming an increasing embarrassment to his less strident atheist comrades. For my part, I am glad to see him doing his bit in inadvertently exposing the threadbare reasons for disbelieving in God\u2019s existence. It is purely speculation, … Continue reading