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* Richard Dawkins participated in the [[2007-03-27 IQ2 religion debate]] | * Richard Dawkins participated in the [[2007-03-27 IQ2 religion debate]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:08, 17 December 2008
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
Books By
- 2006: The God Delusion
Books About
Links
Reference
- Wikipedia
- Conservapedia
dKosopedia: no equivalent page (as of 2008-08-30)SourceWatch: no equivalent page (as of 2008-08-30)- official web site
Filed Links
- redirect template:links/smw
Writings of
- 2004: Gerin Oil (with translation into Swedish): religion as an addiction
- Good And Bad Reasons For Believing
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]."