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Richard Dawkins Takes Brave Stance Against Racism and Sexism

[Content Note: Racism; violence; stalking; misogyny]Richard Dawkins -- whom many of you know from his Dear Muslima letter wherein he blatantly appropriated the violent oppression of Muslim women in an attempt to silence an American feminist...Show More Summary

The Kind of Atheist Spokesperson We Need

Atheists need more Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca Vitsmun, less sexist jerks like Richard Dawkins.

Dear Muslima Revisited

English: Richard Dawkins at New York City's Cooper Union to discuss his book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I'm going to go back a couple years for this one. I'm not sure what made me...Show More Summary

Is God a plague? How the idea in my thriller turned into startling, and scary, scientific theory

In case you hadn’t noticed, atheism is having a moment. These last weeks the Godless have been dominating debate, with the Savonarola of Scepticism, Richard Dawkins, leading the jihad against the cowering faithful. Dawkins’s accusation is that religion is absurd and therefore unacceptable in public life: he sees faith as a form of mental virus, [...]

Is Richard Dawkins Charming Enough?

I know we've seen more than enough interviews with Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins about their movie The Unbelievers, but this segment on Ontario's The Agenda with Steve Paikin is worth a listen if for no other reason than Paikin (a gracious host who isn't trying to pick a fight) questions Dawkins' "charm" in the film (around the 4:50 mark): [Click headline for more…]

rise of the new atheists? on the agenda with steve paikin

richard dawkins and lawrence krauss discuss their new documentary, the unbelievers, on the agenda with steve paikin: blog post, copyright ©2013 helen sotiriadis. content copyright of respective owners. his feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss Discuss New Movie on Toronto Morning Show

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss, stars of the new documentary The Unbelievers, recently appeared on Global News' "The Morning Show" to talk about the movie. The interview was much longer than the duo's recent appearance on CNN (and much more intelligent, too): [Click headline for more…]

New film examines science vs. religion

(CNN) – Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins discuss religion in the modern world and debate science in their new film.

Usaama al-Azami: Is Richard Dawkins a Racist?

Dawkins and his fellows may remonstrate that what they object to is a belief system, freely adopted by its holders, but they are still participating in the unhealthy marginalization of a minority group.

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss Speak About The Unbelievers on CNN

Earlier today, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss appeared on CNN to talk about their new movie The Unbelievers: [Click headline for more…]

Poll Picks Richard Dawkins as Top ‘World Thinker’

4 weeks agoArts / Writing : LitReactor

A survey by Prospect magazine has chosen the vocal atheist, biologist, author and campaigner as the most influential thinker of the past year. News by Dean Fetzer http://shine.yahoo.com/shine-food/bag-addictive-doritos-cheddar-baked-chicken-184600326.html It...Show More Summary

Prospect Magazine Names Richard Dawkins World’s Top Thinker

Among a list of public intellectuals who were selected by committee because they had "influence over the past 12 months" and "significance to the year's biggest questions," the British publication Prospect opened the poll to online voters (so take all of this with a grain of salt) and Richard Dawkins came out on top: [Click headline for more…]

I'm a Catholic, and I have a confession: I love Richard Dawkins

I love Richard Dawkins. I think his whole God-bashing thing is a load of rubbish and based on faulty arguments, but being a fan of JC and a member of “the world’s second most evil religion”, I’m bound to say that. When I was a young teenager I remember reading The Selfish Gene and it [...]

Professor Dawkins and Aliens

One or two readers noticed that I asked Professor Richard Dawkins(on Twitter) where he stood on the subject of aliens. This is why I asked. I am told ( and my source is here ) http://darwinianfundamentalism.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/transcript-of-interview-of-richard.html that the Professor said...

Religious education, child abuse and responsible parental stewardship

[this is cross-posted at Newapps] Richard Dawkins has argued several times (e.g., here) that bringing up your child religiously is a form of child abuse. I think his argument that religious upbringing in general is child abuse has little...Show More Summary

Scott Stephens: Richard Dawkins And The Unbearable Smugness Of Tweeting

Dawkins' views on religion are by now extremely well-known, to the point of cultural saturation thanks to the media's fixation with him. But the dogmatic assertions and withering dismissals that made Dawkins a media-darling lend themselves particularly well to the anarchic medium of Twitter, where his unjustifiable claims can shrug off any residual requirement for justification.

Bill Nye, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, and Others Discuss the Storytelling of Science

last monthOdd : Laughing Squid

Arizona State University’s Origins Project hosted “The Great Debate: The Storytelling of Science,” a discussion panel including some of the most well-known names in science. Bill Nye the Science Guy, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson,...Show More Summary

Winged Horses

Richard Dawkins has upset the God Brigade again with his comments about a journalist at the New Statesman - Medhi Hasan - who believes, apparently, that the prophet Muhammad really did fly to heaven on a winged horse. Now another journalist...Show More Summary

Sir Isaac Newton was only masquerading as a scientist

Richard Dawkins wrote: I am starting to think that the onus is on those who espouse 'serious theologians' to nominate at least ONE who is serious enough to be worth bothering to engage. It cannot be John Haught ( see here ). Nor canShow More Summary

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