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From the start, I didn't like the title. [[Religion]] is not the root of ''all'' [[evil]], for no one thing is the root of all anything. But I was delighted with the advertisement that Channel Four put in the national newspapers. It was a picture of the Manhattan skyline with the caption "[[Imagine (song)|Imagine]] a world without religion." What was the connection? The twin towers of the [[World Trade Center]] were conspicuously present. | From the start, I didn't like the title. [[Religion]] is not the root of ''all'' [[evil]], for no one thing is the root of all anything. But I was delighted with the advertisement that Channel Four put in the national newspapers. It was a picture of the Manhattan skyline with the caption "[[Imagine (song)|Imagine]] a world without religion." What was the connection? The twin towers of the [[World Trade Center]] were conspicuously present. | ||
{{-excerpt|from "[[The God Delusion]]", page 1}} | {{-excerpt|from "[[The God Delusion]]", page 1}} | ||
| + | * '''2002-04''' [http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/113 An atheist's call to arms] (TEDTalk): Dawkins concludes by saying "Here's how [[9/11]] changed me: let's all stop being so damned respectful [of [[religion]]]." | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 11 May 2007
Overview
Richard Dawkins is a prominent English scientist and atheist. He is the originator of the term meme.
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Related Pages
- Richard Dawkins participated in the 2007-03-27 IQ2 religion debate
Links
Reference
Books
- 2006: The God Delusion
Articles
- 2004: Gerin Oil (with translation into Swedish)
Interviews
- 2006-10-13 The flying spaghetti monster: "In a heated interview, the famous biologist insists that religion is evil and God might as well be a children's fantasy."
- 2005-04-30 The atheist: "Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why God is a delusion, religion is a virus, and America has slipped back into the Dark Ages."
Videos
- "Root of All Evil?" (title listed as The God Delusion, but that's probably just to get more hits; it actually predates TGD): UK Channel 4 documentary, filmed in Colorado Springs and Israel, showing the innate destructiveness of religion and contrasting with science
| Dawkins said, of the title "Root of All Evil?": |
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From the start, I didn't like the title. Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything. But I was delighted with the advertisement that Channel Four put in the national newspapers. It was a picture of the Manhattan skyline with the caption "Imagine a world without religion." What was the connection? The twin towers of the World Trade Center were conspicuously present. |
| from "The God Delusion", page 1 |
- 2002-04 An atheist's call to arms (TEDTalk): Dawkins concludes by saying "Here's how 9/11 changed me: let's all stop being so damned respectful [of religion]."