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Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Dimbleby on the Big Debate BBC
January 29, 2008

Jonathan Dimbleby and a panel of experts come together to debate the controversial subject of religion in Britain's schools.

The role of religion in education is a subject rarely out of the headlines. Despite Britain's multi-faith society, schools are still required to include a collective act of worship of a Christian nature, while faith schools and religious academies have raised fears about community cohesion and covert selection.

Claims by some religious educationalists that faith is the best way to teach moral values is challenged by others in schools who believe religious morality to be outdated and dangerous.

Dimbleby is joined by Professor Richard Dawkins, Schools Select Committee chairman Barry Sheerman MP, and a multi-faith studio
audience.


Full video can be found here: http://richarddawkins.net/

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[isuckreallyreallybad]

they could have just given dawkins 3 minutes and the debate would be over

[themanthelegendjmw]

Not even a Richard Dawkins fan, but he hands-down won this debate.

[TheBeautyofTrance]

6:25 lol, look at how they all cross their legs

[mittens579]

Dawkins won when he took the floor at the beginning, acknowledged their cases and said it's important to learn about religion but not classify children as christians for going there since they're too young.

[crazyrahul97]

religious education is useless. they might as well scrap it and replace it with sose. the only reason pple go to these schools is because they are the only ones which have discipline or more bluntly the ones without the screwed up/ poorly raised children in government schools

[kassop]

@TheHatCollection Thanks, no problem.

[TheHatCollection]

@kassop You truly do disgust me.