Richard Dawkins
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Outspoken author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins has made it his mission in life to preach genetics to the masses and root out religious dogma wherever he finds it. He is a fellow of New College, Oxford, and former Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science
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Richard Dawkins calls for evolution to be taught to children from age five
1 Sep 2011:Dawkins says evolution – 'the explanation for our existence' – should be a compulsory part of the primary school curriculum
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He sold 1.5m copies of The God Delusion. So why does Richard Dawkins think science is losing its war with religion?
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"We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes."
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15 Dec 2011: Alexander Chancellor: Richard Dawkins has described David Cameron as a 'believer in belief', who thinks faith is good for other people -
11 Dec 2011:
Evolutionary biologist whose innovative work has become mainstream
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9 Dec 2011:
Ruth Padel: Both depend on metaphor, which is as crucial to scientific discovery as it is to lyric
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25 Nov 2011:
From Piers Morgan to Polly Toynbee, Jemima Khan to Jarvis Cocker – David Cameron takes questions from public figures who want answers
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25 Nov 2011:
Why should the public pay for the excesses of the banking sector, and did you go clubbing when you were in Ibiza? Hear David Cameron's answers to these and a host of other questions
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25 Nov 2011:
Tomorrow, in Guardian Weekend magazine, the prime minister takes questions from public figures who want answers… Here's a taste of what to expect
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9 Nov 2011: Andrew Brown: Whatever Lane Craig's failings, it cannot be wrong to believe the suffering of innocents will be redeemed by going to heaven
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24 Oct 2011:
In John Harris's latest interview in his National Conversations series, he challenges Richard Dawkins on his view that religious belief is comparable to a pernicious virus
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22 Oct 2011:
Daniel Came: Using William Lane Craig's remarks as an excuse not to engage in reasoned debate is typical of New Atheist polemic
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20 Oct 2011:
Richard Dawkins: This Christian 'philosopher' is an apologist for genocide. I would rather leave an empty chair than share a platform with him
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18 Oct 2011: Andrew Brown: The answers to all your questions on the front page redesign, plus thoughts on Richard Dawkins' extended phenotype
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7 Oct 2011: To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron, The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins and Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
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26 Sep 2011:
Victoria Bekiempis: Is it that female intellectuals are less rational and contrarian than male secularists? Or just that society prefers lionising men?
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25 Sep 2011:
Andrew Brown: You can believe in a Creator without being a 'scientific creationist'. The distinction is important and needs preserving
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23 Sep 2011:
The conversation: Britain's most famous atheist and scourge of the creationists Richard Dawkins debates faith, science and education with Catholic writer Cristina Odone
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