Richard Dawkins Interview at Point of Inquiry 2/7

Richard Dawkins, considered one of the world's most influential scientists, is the first holder of the Charles Simonyi professorship of the public understanding of science at Oxford University and the recipient of a number of awards for his writings and for his science, including the International Cosmos Prize, the Kistler Prize, and the Shakespeare Prize. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society. In a recent poll in the United Kingdom, he was named Britain's leading public intellectual. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books, such as The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Unweaving the Rainbow, The Devil's Chaplain, and The Ancestor's Tale. The New York Times Book Review has hailed him as a writer who "understands the issues so clearly that he forces his reader to understand them too."

In this discussion with D.J. Grothe, Dawkins talks about his new best-selling book, The God Delusion, addressing challenges from his critics to his assertion that it is very unlikely that there is a God, and that religion is a form of child abuse, among other topics. He also addresses the question of whether science and religion are really at war.

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[emuholic]

people have to be so very weak to believe in religious bullshit.. it's the same as giving up in life and drifting into a constant state of fantasy.. and so very selfish to do good things in the hope of getting 'paid' for it at the end of this life..

people are pathetic

[hanarky]

Religion is ok as a hobby as long as it doesn't control your mind or life....but the US deep south is so out of it's mind it is seriously dangerous...

[09205479428]

"people have to be so stern to believe in material world..it's the same as anchoring themselves forever on the grounds of the earth.. and so very stubborn to think he is the master of this world."

I need to think about this likewise.. peace