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A celebrated scientist and intellectual, Richard Dawkins is most well known for his book "The God Delusion", an attack on organised religion, anti evolutionists and religious led human rights inequalities (ie homophobia, mainstream Americas mis-trust of abortion) , among other things.
The man is little less than a genius in my opinion.
He makes science understandable yet mystical, and his passion for it is evident in the way he argues his point (verociously).
He's been called alot of things, and some people on this site seem to totally have it in for him, but if everyone listened to Richard Dawkins a bit more I think we'd end up with a better world.
BTW.
He hosted a tv show called The Root Of All Evil? for channel 4 about religion but he disowned the title. No one thing is the cause of all evil, except maybe Rupert Murdoch.
"Richard Dawkins is a genius!"-Me
"Richard Dawkins is going to burn in hell!"- Ann Coulter.
"SHUP BITCH!"-Everyone else.
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A brilliant, if overzealous, British biologist who has published various works on why there is no need for a God/gods in the natural order of things, and why belief in such deities may be harmful to society. Though many religious people (and some nonreligious pacifists) find him abrasive and arrogant, Dawkins is a minority leader (yes, atheists are a minority!) who is not afraid to get in people's faces and defend his right to not believe whatever he wants. There is also the fact that religious leaders all over the world condemn atheists and other religions to hell (or something similar) because they don't follow a specific dogma, which is just as bad -if not worse - than trying to explain why deities are unnecessary.
Richard Dawkins's books are undoubtedly biased, but they really are quite informative and interesting.
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For all the hate and love about ol' Richard on here:
Face it. He is not an intolerant bigot- at least, as far as i can see. he is a nice old oxfordian who simply has very strong opinions. And by and large, his arguments against religion make a lot of sense, although sometimes you get the feeling he'd convince more people if he calmed down a bit.
There are some holes in his theological arguments, but there is no reason to call him an unaccepting stubborn narrow-minded antichrist fundamentalist. Fundamentalists blow up the twin towers and don't let women leave the house for fear of beatings. Richard Dawkins is just a guy with a passionate opinion that sometimes leads him to have less repect for people than he ought to. But hey, we all make mistakes.
SHOUTING MATCHER 1: Richard Dawkins is a universal genius! He discovered atheism! Long live Richard! Praise be to Our Richard, who aren't in heaven!'
ANGRY BELIEVER: DAWKINS WILL BURN IN HELL!!! HE BELIEVES DISABLED PEOPLE ARE INFERIOR AND LEPRECHAUNS ARE BETTER THEN GOD!!! HE IS THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF PURE EVIL!!!!
*enter emcee RD himself, looking thoroughly Oxford-y and docile*
RD: wow, this is certainly awkward.
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The saviour of mankind. A man in true mastery of his surroundings. Also coined the word meme. The most anti religious being that has ever lived.
Richard Dawkins bought a can of spam.
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