Donors respond to atheist ad campaign Oct 22, 2008
One of the world's most outspoken and provocative advocates of atheism, Oxford University professor Richard Dawkins, best-selling author of "The God Delusion," is a member of the humanist association and pledged to personally match donations up to 5,500 pounds [about $9,300], Stinson said. "This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think - and thinking is anathema to religion," Dawkins is quoted as saying on the website. (Boston Globe)
Sony recalls game after music offends Muslims Oct 22, 2008
I don't know about Muslims being offended by the lyrics but i do know being a Caucasian male that The words kollo nafsin tha'ikatol mawt", or: 'Every soul shall have the taste of death' and "kollo man alaiha fan": 'All that is on earth will perish'.if this translation is to be believed, is offensive to every one who has "WESTERN SENSIBILITY'S" posted by : crl, 21 October 2008 Sad Wouldn't it be sad if PS3 users showed their dislike of the situation by using the level creation aspect of the game... (Inquirer)
The Christian Man's Evolution: How Darwinism and Faith Can Coexist Oct 22, 2008
But Ayala thinks that scientists who attack religion and ridicule the faithful most notably, Richard Dawkins of the University of Oxford are making a mistake. It is destructive and gives fodder to the preachers who insist followers must choose either Darwin or God. (Scientific American)
Arriving soon: atheist bus campaign gets off to a flying start Oct 22, 2008
Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, will donate a further 5,500. His contribution is not included in the sum featured on the Just Giving website, nor is the Gift Aid supplement, which will add at least 6,000 to the total. (guardian.co.uk)
Ricci goes from Jesus to Darwin Oct 14, 2008
Sitting in a bistro the other day in downtown Toronto, Ricci, who's 49 now, confessed he wanted to write a novel that somehow dealt with Darwinian theory ever since he read The Selfish Gene by evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins in the early 1980s. That book in some ways revolutionized the way I thought about humans, he mused over a demitasse of cappuccino. (Globe and Mail)
Turkish Net closures spark doubt over freedoms Sep 25, 2008
The website of Oxford professor and evolutionist Richard Dawkins was banned in Turkey earlier this month after the Muslim country's leading creationist advocate, Adnan Oktar, said he had found slanders of himself there. The website currently carries in its masthead a picture of the Turkish flag and the heading Banned in Turkey. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Rabbi Wolpe's 'Faith' takes on atheists and fanatics alike Sep 23, 2008
He was "infuriated" by a wave of best-selling books by atheists, including Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, all glibly sure that God does not exist and that faith is for fools, he says. "What's so appalling is the idea that there is no mystery that won't yet be solved. That if we don't know it all yet, we will," Wolpe says. (USA Today)
Reiss resigns after damaging Clash over creationism Sep 19, 2008
But historians of Darwins life, even those commended by Richard Dawkins, are less critical. James Moore, author of The Darwin Legend, writes that: With but few exceptions, the leading Christian thinkers in Great Britain and America came to terms quite readily with Darwinism and evolution. (Church Times)
The Royal Society is sadly unenlightened on creationism Sep 18, 2008
The demi-god of atheism, Prof Richard Dawkins, weighed in to say that he would wish to see the Royal Society "attack creationism with all fists flying" ... It is a shame that you found it necessary to obscure the point that Richard Dawkins was supportive of Michael Reiss insofar as continuing in his role goes ... As for Richard Dawkins being a demi-god of athiesm, i think you are getting confused with respected, inspirational and educator. (Telegraph.co.uk)
'Could do better' Sep 17, 2008
Professor Richard Dawkins ... Unsurprisingly, one of the fiercest critics of the anti-evolutionary stance adopted by some US religious and political leaders, is Professor Richard Dawkins. (BBC News -- Americas)
They're back Sep 16, 2008
Leading British scientist and author Dr Richard Dawkins has warned of creationist "brainwashing" in the UK - spurred on by an unwillingness of the authorities to offend religious sensibilities ... Evolutionists begin with the pre-supposition that there is no God (having a pre-supposition is NOT a scientific approach) and so have to interpret the evidence accordingly - any suggestion that what we see may have its origin in Almighty God will not be entertained for a moment by such scientists - one... (BBC News -- UK)
Welsh expert says God and science can mix Sep 16, 2008
Atheist evolutionists including Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett have launched attacks on belief in religion and the supernatural, raising fears of a renewed culture war which pits science against religion. However, Ms Morgan said: I d like to see less bitterness between the extremes on both sides. (WalesOnline)
Leading scientist urges teaching of creationism in schools Sep 12, 2008
If he weren't still very much alive, Richard Dawkins would be turning over in his grave. Leslie H, Zhangzhou, China. (Times Online)
Leonardo DiCaprios October Surprise Sep 9, 2008
com Leonardo DiCaprios October Surprise. On a Handheld Device. (Newsmax)
To market, to market Sep 7, 2008
I'm not keen, for example, on Richard Dawkins' atheist assertions, much as I admire him; he doesn't know, any more than anyone else does. And there's a more everyday kind that's been around for at least 25 years that seems to go almost unchallenged, and that's the conviction that the market will take care of everything. (BBC News -- UK)
Why Our Brains Do Not Intuitively Grasp Probabilities Sep 3, 2008
The reason that our folk intuitions so often get it wrong is that we evolved in what evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins calls Middle World a land midway between short and long, small and large, slow and fast, young and old. Out of personal preference, I call it Middle Land. (Scientific American)
Academic rock star fails to score another hit Sep 1, 2008
These claims might be in keeping with the outlook of Richard Dawkins and other celebrated Darwinians. That does not mean they are easy to support. (Calgary Herald)
Rebranding 9/11 Aug 30, 2008
Like other current British voices such as Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, along with American Sam Harris, Amis has little respect for religion and religious believers -very, very little respect. One of the pieces in book, Terror and Boredom,:The Dependent Mind, was first published in September 2006 by The Guardian. (Asia Times Online)
post a comment » Aug 25, 2008
A difficult subject that s generally poorly treated even by such self-declared specialists as Richard Dawkins in his numerous books. The problem is that Darwinism (with selection, struggle for life, adaptation) is presented as evolution which it isn t. Darwin never talked about evolution and the mechanism in brackets actually referred to the 18th centuary British steel barons of which his wife s family was an illustrious example. (International Herald Tribune)
Why not every scientist worships at Darwin's feet Aug 18, 2008
The leading atheist Richard Dawkins, speaking of this God delusion, as he calls it, offers a succinct summary of Darwin's theory. "Given sufficient time, the non-random survival of hereditary entities will generate complexity, diversity, beauty, and an illusion of design so persuasive that it is almost impossible to distinguish from deliberate intelligent design." The power of evolution to simulate the illusion of design, says Dawkins, is threatening to what he suggestively calls a "certain kind... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Genius of Charles Darwin; I'm Kylie's Body Double Aug 5, 2008
In this respect, Richard Dawkins, 00004000 as Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University, has a problem. Evolution by natural selection takes such a long time it does not permit eyewitnesses. (Times Online)
* My body, my temple, your capital? Aug 2, 2008
Together with widespread hostility to organized religion, manifested in such hugely popular books as Richard Dawkins The God Delusion, disappointment with social ideals means that we turn inward. In the absence of a belief in eternal life, everything becomes invested in this life, this body. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Maysoon walks out of Big Brother house Aug 1, 2008
Sign up to our classic Fantasy Football game for just 3. Navigation - link to other main sections from here. (Times Online)
Countering Richard Dawkins on Al-Jazeera Jul 29, 2008
To listen to Richard Dawkins, or read his book The God Delusion, you would get the idea that belief in God is a dangerous delusion, even a kind of virus of the mind ... Imagine my surprise when a television producer for al-Jazeera (yes, that al-Jazeera) called to say that Richard Dawkins has agreed to appear with me on the Riz Khan show, broadcast to more than 20 million viewers worldwide. (Townhall.com)
Last stand for Sister Lettuce Jul 23, 2008
I could go on about something scientist and writer Richard Dawkins calls memes. He posits that human beings can do better than just pass along genetic material. (Daily Triplicate)
Author, author Jul 22, 2008
Lewis Thomas was a doctor who wrote essay-like accounts, frequently personalised, of scientific phenomena; there is a prize in his name, and last year Richard Dawkins won it. The notes for the award state that it is for writing that provides "not merely new information but cause for reflection, even revelation, as in a poem ..." Science is rich in brilliant explicators - aside from Dawkins, Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Feynman, Carl Sagan, Rachel Carson, Richard Fortey, Daniel Dennett and VS... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Losing Sight of Progress Jul 22, 2008
I wrote to professor Richard Dawkins to ask if I had stumbled on the outlines of a point, and he replied as follows. Vestigial eyes, for example, are clear evidence that these cave salamanders must have had ancestors who were different from themhad eyes, in this case. (Slate)
Scientist at Work | Edward Wilson: Taking a cue from ants on evolution of humans Jul 15, 2008
Many evolutionary biologists have been persuaded, by works like "The Selfish Gene" by Dr. Richard Dawkins, that the gene is the only level at which natural selection acts. Wilson, changing his mind because of new data about the genetics of ant colonies, now believes that natural selection operates at many levels, including at the level of a social group. (International Herald Tribune)
In God's name Jul 5, 2008
Perhaps this is a good time to remember, as Richard Dawkins writes in The God Delusion, that it's not OK to disrespect non-believers when your own moral code is seemingly dictated by fear of retribution from a divine being - especially codes that have, as Onfray points out, allowed their various adherents to "plot terrorist attacks in Manhattan, launch punitive raids into the Gaza Strip, or cover up the deeds of pedophile priests". In a multicultural society like the one Australia is struggling... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
No. 1 YOUTUBE Jul 2, 2008
The Crypt: Harry Reid: No. 1 on YouTube today. Tom Daschle thought he was God too, but the great people of his state cut his butt hair a lil short during his last election. (The Drudge Report)
'If you mention intelligent design... you do get mugged' Jun 28, 2008
It also interviews several contemporary Darwinists, including philosopher Daniel Dennett and evolutionary biologist and uber-atheist Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion). Dawkins concedes in the film that Darwin can't explain how life on Earth began and suggests, echoing a notion advanced by Nobel laureate Francis Crick, that it might have been the result of panspermia - the deliberate seeding of life from sources elsewhere in the universe. (Globe and Mail)
Intelligent Ben Stein Jun 24, 2008
"Stein, at this point, was interested.He insists that, at first, any claims against the theory of evolution were met with skepticism on his part, but when the time came to meet with some prominent scientists, as well as Richard Dawkins, the author of The God Delusion, Stein found he wasn't getting the answers he wanted. After this, he went to visit a handful of ID representatives who were "extremely courteous and polite and did not make what seemed to be extravagant claims," so Stein decided... (National Post)
'Selfish Gene' Exists, New Discovery Proves Jun 22, 2008
Since renowned British biologist Richard Dawkins ("The God Delusion") introduced the concept of the 'selfish gene' in 1976, scientists the world over have hailed the theory as a natural extension to the work of Charles Darwin. In studying genomes, the word 'selfish' does not refer to the human-describing adjective of self-centered behavior but rather to the blind tendency of genes wanting to continue their existence into the next generation. (Science Daily)
Department of Gravy and Whatever Falls from the Table Jun 20, 2008
Recently Slithershanks has been raving to me about the television programs by one Richard Dawkins (the "ins" is silent) ... Some say that Richard Dawkins trivialises mysterious issues with yet another recycling of Enlightenment hubris and cartoon versions of human knowledge. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
It Doesn't Take an Einstein Jun 18, 2008
It's easy to see why Richard Dawkins was a losing high-level bidder for this extraordinary document. The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. (Slate)
Brooklyn is not expanding! Jun 17, 2008
An interview with Richard Dawkins. Jim Holtposted Dec. 1, 2004. (Slate)
1 in 4 Indian scientists believes in God Jun 16, 2008
June 15: Eminent scientist Richard Dawkins can talk about the "God Delusion" but he wont get much applause from his colleagues in India, for a new study says that one in four scientists of India believe firmly that there is a supernatural power up there guiding their destiny. The scientists also strictly follow religious practices and rituals for academic, professional, material and spiritual satisfaction. (The Asian Age)
I'm doing this to save my marriage Jun 10, 2008
But on the other hand, you've been trying for ages and just before you go crazy with the clomid, what if Richard Dawkins is right. What if a little variety might help. (Guardian Unlimited)
Faith no more as World Youth Day fans flames of disbelief Jun 7, 2008
Then along came Richard Dawkins. It was not I who brought The God Delusion into the house. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
License-plate religion... Jun 7, 2008
Reading you quoting the Bible has caused hundreds of smelly Buddy-Holly-glasses-wearin Midtown hipsters to spit hot coffee on their laptops and their deluxe hardcopy edition of Richard Dawkins The God Delusion. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
A Faithless World Jun 5, 2008
Personally, I'm with John Lennon and Richard Dawkins on this. And I imagine a few million other secularists. (Townhall.com)
Ben Stein's Expelled Exposed Jun 4, 2008
Having just finished my book on evolutionary economics (The Mind of the Market), I drew the connection between Adam Smith s invisible hand and Charles Darwin s natural selection and noted how capitalists have long used social Darwinism to justify unfettered market competition, from the early 20th-century belief in the survival of the fittest corporations to Enron s CEO Jeffrey Skilling, who said his favorite book in Harvard Business School was Richard Dawkins s The Self-ish Gene. This was not... (Scientific American)
War On Terror Ends? Jun 4, 2008
Don, TexasJun 04, 2008 @ 05:48 AMRobert Spencer should listen to what Richard Dawkins says about the god of the Old Testament. Offering this excerpt from his book, Dawkins declared with disdain, The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal,... (Human Events Online)
Don't write off religion just yet Jun 1, 2008
Despite being at variance with historical experience, the idea that science and religion are opposites is embedded in modern Western culture, and it has been given a new lease on life in the writings of the current wave of "scientific atheism." Writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris have popularized the Enlightenment view that a reductive type of materialism is the only picture of the world compatible with the results of scientific inquiry. Promoting Darwinism as an... (Globe and Mail -- National)
A time to contemplate religion's role in health Jun 1, 2008
Richard Dawkins, the Oxford scholar and best-selling author who's become the Elmer Gantry of atheists, thinks all this is mumbo jumbo. In his words, it's religion masquerading as science in a cloying love feast of bogus convergence. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Altruism In Social Insects Is A Family Affair May 31, 2008
He suggested that highly social behaviour evolves solely because individuals do better when they cooperate than when they live a solitary life - a controversial theory which not only conflicted with 45 years of scientific research, but which also sparked a highly charged debate between Wilson and Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene. Dr Hughes and colleagues at the Universities of Sydney and Sussex tested the two alternative theories by examining the level of relatedness between females... (Science Daily)
Selling atheism in the shadow of religious fundamentalism May 29, 2008
Atheism books like Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, Sam Harris' The End of Faith or Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great may have been on the bestselling charts somewhere else and can now be spotted in nearly all international airports, but the top local publishers have no interest in bringing these books to local bookstores. Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG), which publishes the Indonesian translation of River out of Eden, a book by the card-carrying atheist Dawkins who happens to be an... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
(H)e is (not) equal to mc squared May 20, 2008
The fact that Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and self-appointed atheist-in-chief of the world, was among the unsuccessful bidders is also a measure of that desperation. In the best-se 00004000 lling Delusion he has consistently tried to rubbish the idea that Einstein was in any way influenced by thoughts of a divine creator, even though he may have famously said God doesnt play dice with the universe. (Economic Times)
Atheists Need Religion Too May 18, 2008
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Will Hillary Clinton fight for the nomination past June 1st. (Townhall.com)
Einstein Letter on God Sells for $404000 May 17, 2008
Among the unsuccessful bidders, according to The Guardian newspaper, was Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, an outspoken atheist. The price makes the Gutkind letter one of the best sellers among Einstein manuscripts. (New York Times)
Prince Caspian: Man, It's Hard To Grow Up in Narnia May 16, 2008
Richard Dawkins would have a field day with this vision of God as metaphysical Santa Claus, cozily negating all possibility of real loss (and in fact, when Lucy first received the healing elixir in Part 1, it was a gift from none other than Kris Kringle). But whatever their religious faith or lack of, most viewers know a narrative cop-out when they see one. (Slate)
Neural Buddhists May 13, 2008
In their arguments with Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, the faithful have been defending the existence of God. That was the easy debate. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
It May Be 2008 at Home, But in the Academy It's 1984 May 12, 2008
Yet their notions of the origin of life can hardly be called "scientific." Michael Ruse posits in the film that life on earth evolved on the backs of crystals and Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, hypothesizes that life was planted on earth through space aliens. Men such as these are deemed "leading lights" in the academic community, but Stein's cross-examination makes them appear to be rather "dim bulbs." Intelligent Design seems eminently plausible compared to the ravings of these... (Townhall.com)
Atheism and Child Murder May 12, 2008
Unlike the pusillanimous Richard Dawkins, who doesn't dare to debate me even at his home campus of Oxford, Singer was brave to come to a Christian campus to dispute the resolution "God: Yes or No." The audience of 3,000 was mostly though not exclusively Christian. So perhaps atheism has found an able advocate. (Townhall.com)
'Respect atheists', says Cardinal May 9, 2008
" There's absolutely no reason to take seriously someone who says, 'I believe it because I believe it'. Richard Dawkins, scientist But Richard Dawkins, scientist, staunch atheist and author of books including The God Delusion, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the cardinal's comments carried no weight. Referring to God as an "imaginary friend", Mr Dawkins said: "When talking to a politician you would demand proof for what they say, but suddenly when talking to a clergyman you don't have to... (BBC News -- UK)
Trouble ahead for science May 8, 2008
The movie also uses interviews with avowed atheists like Richard Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion," to argue that scientific establishment is vehemently anti-God. Never mind that 40 percent of the members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science profess belief in a personal God. (Boston Globe)
Best of both worlds May 8, 2008
Mr. Ayala's approach conflicts with that of Richard Dawkins, also an eminent evolutionary biologist and author of The God Delusion. Mr. Dawkins has no kind words for traditional religion. (Ottawa Citizen)
Bestsellers list May 4, 2008
The God Delusion Richard Dawkins, Mariner, $15. 95, 9780618918249 The November 2006 Book Sense Notable, now in paperback. (Scranton Times, PA)
LETTERS: May 2, 2008 May 3, 2008
Richard Dawkins out of the closet. Richard Dawkins is a militant atheist who has branded any questioning of Darwinism as a plot to insert religion into classrooms. (North County Times)
Letters to the editor (April 18) May 2, 2008
" (Ibid.)In other words, something near to balance is possible, but one side will always dominate.It is unfortunate that you have declined to answer my questions concerning the biological function of the ovum, mammary glands, sperm, and anus. But, if you wish to know my point regarding this, it is as follows:THE (one and only) biological purpose of the ovum is to be fertilized by sperm. Homosexual women willfully refuse to fullfill this purpose. Unless, of course, you count the... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed May 2, 2008
Whenever Richard Dawkins says anything, images of Nazis marching in the streets inevitably follow. It is not just totalitarianism that gets woven into the endless succession of pointless interviews about vague conspiracies. (Yale Herald, CT)
Opinion: Intelligent design film worse than stupid Apr 22, 2008
Stein is so far gone in his hatred of evolution that when asking the flamboyant British atheist and evolutionist Richard Dawkins if he believes in any god he perseverates so long that it raises the suspicion that Mr. Stein is displaying the sort of repetitive behavior seen when zoo animals are kept caged up in small places for too long. Making this narrow, crimped mess of a movie may not have been good for his mental health. We get a long running start toward irresponsibility early in the film... (MSNBC -- Environment)
Ben Stein Exposes Richard Dawkins Apr 21, 2008
In Ben Stein's new film "Expelled," there is a great scene where Richard Dawkins is going on about how evolution explains everything ... And this is precisely the suggestion that Richard Dawkins makes in his response to Ben Stein ... Stein brilliantly responds that he had no idea Richard Dawkins believes in intelligent design. (Townhall.com)
Ben Stein Vs. Sputtering Atheists Apr 21, 2008
PC liberalism has showered accolades on atheist author Richard Dawkins' best-selling book "The God Delusion." But when Stein suggests to Dawkins that he's been critical of the Old Testament God, Dawkins protests -- not that Stein is wrong, but that he's being too mild ... Richard Dawkins laments how the film will solicit "cheap laughs that could only be raised in an audience of scientific ignoramuses." Minnesota professor and blogger P.Z. Myers predicts the movie is "going to appeal strongly to... (Human Events Online)
No intelligence allowed in 'Expelled' Apr 19, 2008
Prominent scientists Richard Dawkins and P.Z. Myers have claimed the filmmakers approached them under false pretenses. Screenings for the press were all but nonexistent. (Boston Globe)
