Bill vs. atheist Richard Dawkins Oct 13, 2009
O'Reilly vs. Atheist Author Richard Dawkins ... Richard Dawkins, author, "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution" ... BILL O'REILLY, HOST: In the "Personal Story" segment tonight, author Richard Dawkins is a committed atheist. (Fox News)
Springtime opportunism Oct 12, 2009
And he became extraordinarily rich on the proceeds paradoxically much like his latter day debunker, Richard Dawkins. Theres clearly money in natural theology on both sides. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Glenn Beck in No Spin Zone Oct 10, 2009
FOX News Sunday' host Chris Wallace reacts Plus, Bill goes head-to-head with atheist Richard Dawkins. Factor Headlines. (Fox News)
Pastafarianism: A religious parody: USC group welcomes atheist icon; local member discusses being an 'agnostic deist' Oct 9, 2009
As part of his latest book tour, atheist icon Richard Dawkins will appear at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the Carolina Coliseum in Columbia. The event is co-sponsored by the University of South Carolina Pastafarians and the Department of Biological Sciences. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Celizic: Vick rewarded for bad behavior with TV show? Oct 9, 2009
Right now, one of the most rational and intelligent men on the planet, Richard Dawkins, is seeing his latest book on Darwinian evolution being blown away by Sarah Palins ode to random nonsense. Palin cant even construct a simple declarative sentence, but her book which isnt even published yet is on top the best-seller list, and all because she shoots moose while staring intently at Russia. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Proud to be Pagans Oct 7, 2009
Books by Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins fill his shelf, but so do a Bible, a Quran and the Egyptian Book of the Dead. "Pagans are often portrayed as airy, fairy, new-age types," he said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Daily television listings Oct 7, 2009
Real Time With Bill Maher at 11:05 p.m. on HBO. Biologist Richard Dawkins and EPA administrator Lisa Jackson are interview guests. Panelists: journalist Thomas L. Friedman; actor-comic Janeane Garofalo; Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). (Boston Globe)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers Oct 1 / Oct 5, 2009
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: A The Evidence for Evolution, by Richard Dawkins (Free Press; 480 pages; $30). . (San Francisco Chronicle)
10 hot news items you might've missed Damned atheists, quivering seamen... Oct 4, 2009
3) Acclaimed scholar, atheist, documentary film star, and godless hell-bound demonspawn Richard Dawkins has a new book, just in time for Christmas over at your religiously severe parents' house in Kansas, the one with the animated manger scene and the fervent prayers that Jesus will reappear riding on the back of a dinosaur to smite the heathens with a flaming sword and then have a beer and watch some NASCAR. ... She also wrote an article championing creationism, Richard Dawkins be damned, and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Recommended: The Age of Empathy Oct 3, 2009
Scientific American also suggests The Sibley Guide to Trees. More from the Magazine. (Scientific American)
Minchin waltzes with Matilda Oct 1, 2009
The Richard Dawkins of funny, he also performs a nine-minute poem called Storm, a broadside against new-age credulity. Yet Minchin doesn't see himself as a comic. (The Age, Australia)
Will the Manhattan Project Always Exist? by Sam Kean, 3 Quarks Daily Oct 1, 2009
"I have placed 3 Quarks Daily at the head of my list of web bookmarks." Richard Dawkins, Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. "Just wanted you to know Im one of many who reads and enjoys 3 Quarks....almost daily." David Byrne, musician, former lead-singer of the Talking Heads, artist, intellectual. (Harper's Magazine)
Newsweek: Why do women really have sex? Sep 30, 2009
Atheist Richard Dawkins is angry that more Americans don't believe in evolution. Discuss. (MSNBC -- Health)
TV Host Ray Comfort and Actor Kirk Cameron Announce 'Big Give' of 100,000 Copies of Darwin's Origin of Species, as Nothing Created Everything Releases Sept. 22 Sep 23, 2009
It debunks a popular view introduced by contemporary atheist Richard Dawkins, who, in 2004, wrote in his book The Ancestor's Tale, "The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved literally out of nothing--is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.". Comfort sums up his thoughts about Dawkins' theory in Nothing Created Everything. (PR Newswire)
Why I do not believe in God Sep 12, 2009
If atheism is known for its doctrinaire ideologues such as Richard Dawkins, I represent the wishy washy strain. There are so many consoling and uplifting aspects of faith, belief is a beguiling prospect. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Petition forces No 10 apology to WWII code breaker Alan Turing Sep 11, 2009
The campaign was backed by Ian McEwan, scientist Richard Dawkins and gay-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. The petition posted on the Downing Street website attracted thousands of signatures. (BBC News -- UK)
Churches put their faith in advertising Jesus Sep 10, 2009
Until we meet to debate your central tenets, might I suggest you read a Good Book or two: Dr Richard Dawkins "The God Delusion" and Christopher Hitchens "God is NOT Great". In the interim, stop trying to poison our children with your piffle. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Leaves and pages turn in the fall books preview Sep 7, 2009
Writers with new nonfiction works include Richard Dawkins, Malcolm Gladwell and Zadie Smith ... by Richard Dawkins (Free Press). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Australian art takes evolutionary turn Sep 2, 2009
The outspoken critic of creationism and intelligent design Richard Dawkins has added his voice to the Darwin year with a back-to-basics book. The Greatest Show on Earth sets out to prove evolution, again. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Thousands call for Turing apology Aug 31, 2009
Writer Ian McEwan has just backed the campaign, which already has the support of scientist Richard Dawkins. In 1952 he was prosecuted under the gross indecency act after admitting to a sexual relationship with a man. (BBC News -- UK)
New Fall Books Penned by Prizewinners Aug 28, 2009
A leading atheist, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, takes on creationism in "The Greatest Show on Earth.". For younger readers, Jeff Kinney continues the travails of Greg Heffley in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series and a sixth installment is coming from Scholastic's "39 Clues" adventure, this one written by Jude Watson. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
James Wood: A don defends the Supreme Being from the new atheists. Aug 24, 2009
For Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, among others, the God most worth fighting against seems to be a hybrid of a cheaply understood Old Testament, a prejudicially scanned Koran, and the sentimentalities of contemporary evangelicalism ... It makes a sharp, limited case against Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, better than any previous book of its kind has. (New Yorker)
Better is One Day in Your Courts Aug 20, 2009
The next student came by to compare notes on some recent books he read books by authors like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. We talked about the reasons why Christians often read the works of atheists and why atheists are often afraid to read the works of Christians. (Townhall.com)
Religion and science not mutually exclusive Aug 20, 2009
Having more fun, I hope, than the English kids who marched off to Camp Quest, a five-day atheist camp supported in part by Oxford scientist Richard Dawkins ... Having more fun, I hope, than the English kids who marched off to Camp Quest, a five-day atheist camp supported in part by Oxford scientist Richard Dawkins. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Author argues for the morality of nonbelief and temperance toward belief Aug 19, 2009
No wonder Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins are grouchy. Sinnott-Armstrong is a big improvement on those two atheist authors: Though he variously calls himself agnostic and atheist, he s no grouch, and he s actually versed in the thinking of religious believers, both as a philosopher and former evangelical Christian. (Boston Globe)
Wanted: Somebody With An African Sensibility Steeped In Controversy Aug 16, 2009
Yet, the Economics professor, who is listed among the 100 public intellectuals in the world, a group that includes Umberto Eco, Noam Chomsky, Richard Dawkins etc, says he doesnt take kindly to the controversy label. He is not afraid to be called controversial, but he worries why being truthful could be misconstrued as being controversial. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Opinion00004000 Aug 16, 2009
This spring, evolutionary biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins - most recently famous for his public exhortation to atheism, The God Delusion - returns to writing about science. PETER HARTCHER. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Atheism's Holy War Aug 13, 2009
Richard Dawkins has another book coming out about evolution, The Greatest Show on Earth, but his fight against religion seems tired ... This fall, evolutionary biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins -- most recently famous for his public exhortation to atheism, "The God Delusion" -- returns to writing about science. (The American Conservative)
Advertising push reaches out to atheists Aug 9, 2009
Best-selling books like Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion" and Christopher Hitchens' "God is Not Great" have popularized the idea of atheism as a cause rather than simply a stance. And polls show that fewer Americans are embracing religion. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Cloud ships 'to deflect sun's rays and stop global warming'... Aug 8, 2009
However, in the stratosphere, the contribution is about 80% from carbon dioxide and about 20% from water vapor" Therefore water vapor in the stratosphere is not the dominante green house gas and could be used to reflect sunlight. At least there is a grain of truth in this idea, kind of like a urban myth. The quote is from JunkScience.com. It is very important to know all the science behind the debate or it is easy to be dismissed as a sceptic. Jason on August 07, 2009 at 11:23 PM Who cares... (The Drudge Report)
Bagging religion is hardly dangerous Aug 4, 2009
Yet, it is the atheists who dominate in most Western nations other than the US. That is why it is a fallacy to suggest that atheists such as Hitchens and Richard Dawkins are bold, challenging thinkers. Theyre not. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Newsweek: Should faith disqualify NIH nominee? Jul 31, 2009
But his public expression of his religion in debate with atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris puts into question whether he can keep his very public religious beliefs separate from his job. Collins seems to have a very interesting and intelligent perspective of religion that is greatly welcomed in the debates over religion. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Atheist camp Jul 29, 2009
A prize - a 10 note signed by Professor Richard Dawkins - is offered to any child who can disprove the existence of the unicorns. Outside the camp gates, a single lonely demonstrator criticised both Professor Dawkins and the camp he supports. (BBC News -- UK)
Cops Release 911 Call in Gates Arrest Jul 28, 2009
What makes you think that liberal atheists who worship Richard Dawkins can honestly do any better. Bush did all he could & Obama basically copied what he did. (CBS News)
* [HARDCOVER: UK] Religion, stuck between a rock and a hard place Jul 26, 2009
Her targets are religious fundamentalism on the one hand and militant atheism on the other: in other words, al-Qaeda as well as Richard Dawkins. In plain language, and nowhere more eloquently than in this new book, Armstrong accuses both factions of misunderstanding the nature of God and, interestingly, of doing so in similar ways. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Ready, aim, miss Jul 25, 2009
Richard Dawkins under fire ... The Selfish Genius: How Richard Dawkins Rewrote Darwin s Legacy ... IN THE year of Charles Darwin s double anniversary 200 years since his birth and 150 since the publication of his masterwork, On the Origin of Species taking a potshot in print at Richard Dawkins must have looked like an irresistible idea. (The Economist)
Science: Theists Need Not Apply Jul 19, 2009
Prominent atheists like Richard Dawkins go on late-night TV talk shows to the ridiculous notion that any intelligent person, let alone a scientist, could actually embrace the fantastic teachings of the Bible. Believing that the world is the result of an intentional act of creation on the part of a benevolent and loving God is likened to believing in unicorns or the tooth fairyPeter Pan fantasies embraced by those too young or too dumb to cope with the cold hard facts of reality. (Townhall.com)
The Properties of Life Jul 19, 2009
"The essence of life is a statistical improbability on a colossal scale." (Richard Dawkins). Throughout time, humankind has raised and pondered questions of life and death. (Suite101.com)
Newsweek opinion: We need more religious scientists Jul 15, 2009
The poster boy for the so-called New Atheist movement today is biologist Richard Dawkins, author of the bestselling book, The God Delusion. He and other New Atheists attack faith without quarter, and insist that science and religion are fundamentally irreconcilable. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Stephen Hawking on a new phase in human evolution Jul 7, 2009
Great, maybe now society will pay more attention to the theory of Memetics - the evolutionary model applied to replicatable information where "memes" are the data version of "genes" -- that Richard Dawkins came up with back in 1976. Posted by. (Harper's Magazine)
A Christian Marxist spars with atheists Jun 3, 2009
"Eagleton, who has churned out 40-plus books in his career, admits he's no theologian. Yet that's also true of the fundamentalists whose ignorant religion he rightly criticizes; true, too, of the main targets of his ire, the atheist authors Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, whom he frequently lumps together as "Ditchkins. " Of the two, he has some admiration for Hitchens - Dawkins he writes off as a theological imbecile - but even Hitchens is witheringly likened to "an indignant bank... (Boston Globe)
LETTER: Preachers should stick to God's love and mercy May 27, 2009
7X6Z9 wrote on May 25, 2009 11:40 PM:" Richard Dawkins: We know the sort of event that must have happened for the origin of life.Ben Stein: And what was that?Richard Dawkins: It was the origin of the first self replicating molecule.Ben Stein: Right, and how did that happen?Richard Dawkins: I've told you, we don't know.Ben Stein: So you have no idea how it started.Richard Dawkins: No, no. Nor has anyone.(Note: Dawkins is positive that the origin of life was not the result of God. Even though he... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Nurturing nonbelief: Parents gather to talk about raising kids without religion May 27, 2009
Best-selling books such as Christopher Hitchens God is Not Great and Richard Dawkins The God Delusion have lent some respectability to nonbelievers, and at the least made their existence better known ... Disciple wrote on May 26, 2009 5:34 PM:" God is Not Great and Richard Dawkins The God Delusion have lent some respectability to nonbelievers, and at the least made their existence better known". (Winona Daily News, MN)
Wood on Words: What does 'meme' mean, and other lesser subjects May 24, 2009
Webster s tells us that meme, which rhymes with seem, is short for mimeme, and that both terms were coined by Richard Dawkins, a British biologist who was born in 1941. The dictionary s definition: A meme is a unit of cultural information, as a concept, belief or practice, that spreads from person to person in a way analogous to the transmission of genes. (Medfield Press, MA)
Parents gather to nurture nonbelief May 18, 2009
Best-selling books such as Christopher Hitchens' "God is Not Great" and Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion" have lent some respectability to nonbelievers, and at the least made their existence better known. But members of the parenting group said they are not as strident as these writers. (News & Observer)
'Eternity would be awful' May 17, 2009
Five minutes with: Richard Dawkins ... This week, evolutionary biologist, atheist and author Richard Dawkins talks about death, being good and the point of life. (BBC News)
David Attenborough worries about overpopulation (9.1 billion by 2050) May 16, 2009
"I'm not, because, with due respect to Richard Dawkins who is a friend and who I admire, that doesn't seem to me a scientific statement. Often when I open a termite's nest and see thousands of blind organisms working away that lack the sense mechanism to see me, I can't help thinking maybe there's a sense mechanism I'm missing, that there's someone around who created this. We cannot discount that. But I don't know.". Continue reading page 1. (Harper's Magazine)
Hanks Returns In "Angels & Demons" May 12, 2009
It's from Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens and other bestselling atheists. "Angels s" is the work of a man who believes the Church is vital (even if scarily imperfect). (CBS News)
Child Geniuses And Adult Nincompoops May 10, 2009
Of course, there were times you were confronted with real ingenuity when you listened to debates by Prof Richard Dawkins, one of the top three intellectuals in the world. Otherwise, it seemed the word nincompoop gave a very apt definition to popular adult behaviour, including faking orgasm and all forms of addiction. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Web of laughs May 9, 2009
"The alternative is so ludicrous to me. I don't want to dignify the idea of religion by saying that. The burden of proof should be on their side, not mine. I feel like saying to Richard Dawkins: 'Don't bother. Not worth it.' I know there is no God more than I know anything else in this world.". Gervais became an atheist at the age of eight when Bob, his older brother by 11 years, asked him why he believed in God. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
> read more May 3, 2009
In an atmosphere that might be described as a Woodstock of Science, some of the best-known researchers and popular science communicators familiar names like Brian Greene, Steven Weinberg, Richard Dawkins, Paul Davies, Craig Venter, and Steven Pinker explored topics from the Big Bang to string theory, from human origins to the roots of consciousness, from evolution to astrobiology ... "If the human race is to continue for another million years, well have to boldly go where no one has... (SkyAndTelescope.com)
Palestinians: Israel Must Back 2 States Apr 12, 2009
Kind of like one of your lost atheist souls Richard Dawkins, who writes of his hate of God in his blasphemous book, "The God Delusion". Posted by Hyptnotized_Liberals at 10:11 PM : Apr 11, 2009. (CBS News)
* SUNDAY PROFILE: Bill Maher is going straight to hell Apr 5, 2009
He is a ruder, less intellectual, far more foul-mouthed and much funnier teammate of Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. This week sees the release of Mahers own atheist manifesto, the effervescent and provocative documentary feature film Religulous. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Comedy: Tim Minchin Apr 4, 2009
and while taking shots at marketing hyperbole and religious conservatism isn't original, he sets about it with the zeal of a Richard Dawkins, ending in a ferocious, hillbilly send-up of Bible literalism, The Good Book. Funnier still is If I Didn't Have You (Somebody Else Would Do), a deft pop ballad parody (performed with an enticing shimmy at every chorus) that takes the big mathematical probability stick to the cliches of made-for-each-other romance. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
British Author: Pope's Condom Comments 'Stupid' Apr 2, 2009
Richard Dawkins, popularly known for his controversial views on atheism and Darwinism, said Pope Benedict XVI could be responsible for millions of deaths if people took his remarks seriously, the U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper reported Wednesday. "The Pope is either stupid, ignorant or just dim," Dawkins told the newspaper. (Fox News)
Speaker asks pastors to listen more deeply Mar 24, 2009
Disciple wrote on Mar 23, 2009 8:55 PM:" Just finished reading the "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. It really shows at what lengths atheists will go to push their agenda. It is riddled with lies, mis-quotes and misleading information. Here is just a tasteHe quotes John Adams as saying "This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it. " But the entire quote is "Twenty times in the course of my late reading have I been on the point of breaking out, 'This would... (Winona Daily News, MN)
Paradox Was His Doxy Mar 24, 2009
Most people, by contrast, experience only vague and evanescent hints of the numinous, while some, such as Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, are completely bereft of the religious instinct, rather as the tone deaf might discern merely a meaningless jangle in the St. Matthew Passion or the Goldberg Variations. The tone deaf, however, would have to be crazed with arrogance if they therefore deduced that Johann Sebastian Bach was a fraud. (The American Conservative)
Griffin: British bus ads debate Gods existence Mar 19, 2009
She enlisted moral and financial support from Richard Dawkins, well known in Britain for his work in science and for championing atheism. In 2006, Dawkins published a book on the subject, titled. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Islamic Creationist Stirs New Darwinian Struggle Mar 19, 2009
"He is a complete and utter ignoramus," says Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist and Oxford University professor. The physical weight of Mr. Oktar's work, however, is considerable. (Fox News)
The Fairness Doctrine: Coming to a Campus Near You Mar 17, 2009
Students in that class are being asked to read texts by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. In these books, the authors explain why they hate a God that doesnt exist. (Townhall.com)
Scientists Locate 'God Spot' in Human Brain Mar 10, 2009
Britain's controversial evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins contends that religion is essentially a cultural virus, spread from brain to brain. Others argue that it arises from the structure of the brain itself. (Fox News)
All this over faith (14) Mar 8, 2009
Maybe religion is just a virus of the mind as Richard Dawkins suggests in his book The God Delusion, which I recommend everyone should read. I for one consider all religions cults and believe there should be laws preventing the brainwashing/indoctrination of our children with this nonsense. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Darwin worship Mar 6, 2009
Richard Dawkins wrote an excellent book, Unweaving the Rainbow, about this. But aren't there also dangers in trying to replace religion with a secular equivalent. (BBC News -- Science)
Poll reveals UK's reading secrets Mar 6, 2009
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins (6%). A total of 1,342 people took part in the online survey in January and February this year. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Most Britons have lied about the books they read Mar 5, 2009
The Selfish Gene - Richard Dawkins (6). (Reporting by Mike Collett-White). (Yahoo News)
