Talk:Richard Dawkins

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 Definition British ethologist, evolutionary biologist; writer and broadcaster on science and atheism (born 1941). [d] [e]
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An interesting new book by Oxford prof Alister E. McGrath and his wife Joanna, a prof at Heythrop College is devoted to their answer to The God Delusion. "The McGraths are frustrated, then, that Dawkins continues to write on the a priori, nonscientific assumption that religious believers are either deluded or meretricious, never pausing to consider the evidence not in his favor or the complex beliefs and practices of actual Christians. They conclude disquietingly: perhaps Dawkins is aware that demagogic ranting that displays confidence in the face of counterevidence is the way to sway unlearned masses." Stephen Ewen 20:18, 19 November 2007 (CST)