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Atheist Richard Dawkins: ‘Indoctrination of religion’ is ‘child abuse’
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on Sunday told a British literary festival that parents who forced their children to believe that religion was a fact were guilty of “child abuse.” Speaking about his family-friendly book The Magic of Reality at the Chipping Norton Literary Festival, the University of Oxford professor warned…
Renowned atheist Richard Dawkins cracks penis joke in debate with retired Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
Britain’s most ardent atheist lost the encounter with former archbishop on paper – but he got laughs for his penis joke Despite serving as Oxford university’s professor for the public understanding of science for 13 distinguished years, his work as an ethologist and evolutionary biologist, not to mention his many…
Higgs boson theorist criticizes Richard Dawkins over anti-religious ‘fundamentalism’
Higgs boson theorist says he agrees with those who find Dawkins’ approach to dealing with believers ‘embarrassing’ As public disagreements go, few can have boasted such heavy-hitting antagonists. On one side is Richard Dawkins, the celebrated biologist who has made a second career demonstrating his epic disdain for religion. On…
Richard Dawkins: Romney a ‘massively gullible fool’ for practicing Mormonism
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on Sunday asked how anyone could vote for a “massively gullible fool” like Mitt Romney who could not see that Mormonism’s founder was a “fraud.” “Romney’s prophet Joseph Smith a fraud,” Dawkins said in an hours-long Twitter rant, quoting from the Book of Mormon and adding,…
Sri Lankans name new fish genus after atheist Dawkins
Sri Lankan scientists have identified a new genus of fresh water fish and named it after the evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins. Lead researcher Rohan Pethiyagoda, 56, said the new genus, named Dawkinsia, comprises nine species that are found only in South Asia and are characterised by long…
Richard Dawkins in furious spat with EO Wilson over theory of evolution
Book review sparks war of words between grand old man of biology and Oxford’s most high-profile Darwinist A disagreement between the twin giants of genetic theory, Richard Dawkins and EO Wilson, is now being fought out by rival academic camps in an effort to understand how species evolve. The learned…
Richard Dawkins says he wants evolution to be ‘the new classics’
Richard Dawkins has been the recipient of numerous honours and prizes, including the Kistler Prize,the Shakespeare Prize,a Galaxy National Book Award, and the Michael Faraday Prize. Of course he is also admired as an outspoken atheist. His bestseller, The God Delusion, has outsold all of his other books and it…
Thousands of U.S. atheists turn out for ‘Reason Rally’
Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers turned out in the US capital on Saturday to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life. The Reason Rally, sponsored by 20 atheist, secular and humanist groups, was billed as a “coming-out” party in the heart…
Richard Dawkins: ‘Jesus would have been an atheist’
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins claims that given today’s knowledge of science, even Jesus would have questioned the existence of God if he were living today. “What about those Christians — and there are millions of them — who don’t have necessarily that hardened belief in creationism, for example, for whom…
Country club cancels Richard Dawkins appearance after Bill O’Reilly interview
A Michigan country club canceled a speaking engagement for Richard Dawkins, a British biologist and outspoken atheist, after club officials watched his interview with Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. “It’s obviously an outrage that at the last minute when a contract has been signed, that the owner of a country…
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