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Richard Dawkins wants you to read the bible

December 9, 2016May 20, 2012 by Dave

Richard Dawkins would like all children to read the bible … no really, he seriously does, and has an article in the UK’s Guardian today all about it. OK, so what is the story here? The context is that the UK’s Education Secretary, Michael Gove, cooked up a plan last year to send one copy of the King James … Read more

Daft Claims concerning: “The Devil, the internet, Richard Dawkins and God”!!

March 4, 2018February 17, 2012 by Dave

Stephen Bayley writes in today’s UK Telegraph an article that is stuffed full of bizarre and strange claims, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen so much daftness packed into so few words. The entire article consists of just two paragraphs, and they pay him to do this? However ever little it was, it was still … Read more

Richard Dawkins celebrates a victory over creationists

April 5, 2020January 16, 2012 by Dave

How would you feel about government funds being used to propagate creationism? It just so happens that over here in the UK quite a few folks were not exactly thrilled at the concept, and so they lobbied the government to do something about it. The good news is that in these cash strapped times, the … Read more

Boycott Richard Dawkins? – #Elevatorgate

November 9, 2023July 8, 2011 by Dave

A bit of a fuss has been set in motion. Many of you may already be up to speed so I don’t propose to go into too much detail, but I’ll start with a few links for the truly curious:

You can read Rebecca Watson’s take on it all here. (she also links there to many others who have also blogged)
More can be read here … or here … or here …or here. … indeed yes, a feeding frenzy

OK, so what is all the fuss about?

Richard Dawkins – strident and intolerant?

June 4, 2023June 9, 2011 by Dave

Today I have a great pointer for you, specifically to an article I found in the Independent (the Irish one). Kevin Myers has done a great job debunking a popular myth regarding Richard Dawkins Quite often, you hear folks refer to Richard as strident, aggressive, intolerant and arrogant, and it does personally annoy the hell … Read more

Washington Post asked Richard Dawkins about the end of the world

March 23, 2019May 12, 2011 by Dave

It just had to happen I guess, but the Washington Post called up Richard Dawkins and asked him for his thoughts on it all. Now least you have missed it by burying your head in the sandpit, Family Radio evangelist Harold Camping believes that he has calculated the exact date of the rapture: May 21, 2011. (yes just a few days away) While many are laughing at the suggestion, Camping’s followers are taking him seriously, bringing his message of impending doom to billboards and public spaces around the country. Richards reply is great, here is what he said …

Why is a serious newspaper like the Washington Post giving space to a raving loon? I suppose the answer must be that, unlike the average loon, this one has managed to raise enough money to launch a radio station and pay for billboards. I don’t know where he gets the money, but it would be no surprise to discover that it is contributed by gullible followers – gullible enough, we may guess, to go along with him when he will inevitably explain, on May 22nd, that there must have been some error in the calculation, the rapture is postponed to . . . and please send more money to pay for updated billboards.

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