Tag: Richard Dawkins

Friday the 13th: watch Richard Dawkins’ 2007 documentary ‘The Enemies of Reason’ expose how superstition “impoverishes our culture”.

Earlier this year, Andrew Zak Williams asked public figures why they believe in God. Now it’s the turn of the atheists – from A C Grayling to P Z Myers – to explain why they don’t.

Richard Dawkins called him a “compliant quisling” for accepting the Templeton Prize. Here, Martin Rees explains his decision.

A description of a talk Richard Dawkins gave at the University of Maryland.

Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, writes a belated book review of Dawkins’s book “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution”.

Martin Rees, one of Britain’s most eminent scientists sparked controversy overnight by accepting a $1.63 million prize for contributions to life’s spiritual dimension.

An event for atheists at a military base, which had been previously scuttled by commanders, prompting charges of discrimination against atheism, is now being re-considered.

Renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins addressed hundreds at Nova Southeastern University.

A settlement has been reached in the case of creationist astronomer Martin Gaskell, who was passed over as the director of the new observatory for the University of Kentucky, and who sued the university for religious discrimination.

An homage to Christopher Hitchens by Richard Dawkins.

Richard Dawkins answers questions submitted by Reddit.

During the “Protest the Pope” rally in London on Sep. 18, 2010, Richard Dawkins condemned Pope Ratzinger for wrongly calling Hitler an atheist and blaming the Holocaust on atheism.

It’s irrelevant whether Barack Obama is a Christian or a Muslim — as long as he governs like he’s neither.

Gutting tries to back up his assertion that Richard Dawkins’s assertions in The God Delusion are “demonstrably false”.

A group of scientists, including Richard Dawkins, have called upon the U.K.‘s new government to make it compulsory to teach evolution in school.

Sam Harris has launched an appeal to fund a legal bid to have the Pope arrested when he visits Britain.

Atheists say that the National Academy of Sciences should not lend its prestige to the Templeton Prize by hosting the award ceremony.

Article criticizes “Non-Believers Giving Aid,” Richard Dawkins’s efforts to promote secular giving, as grounded in a “self-serving ethos”.

Richard Dawkins calls for atheists to come out of hiding and cease being timid about their convictions.  He highlights and rejects stereotypes associated with atheism, and notes that only when they organize, will they have a voice loud enough to hear.

Atheist convention in Melbourne forced to smaller venues because of lack of government support.