Was stumbling around, came across some web pages that had links, with more links and ended up wanting to Google this dude after viewing him reading his hate mail on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxdxZ47JouU Funny stuff. He's an interesting fellow, never herd of him before but since politics, and religion WON'T be talked about at Thanksgiving dinner, figured I'd start a topic here ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins Dawkins has a large set of reasons for his anti-religious stance. Dawkins is well-known for his contempt for religious extremism, from Islamist terrorism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamist_terrorism>to Christian fundamentalism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism>; but he has argued with liberal believers and religious scientists, from biologists Kenneth Miller <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_R._Miller>and Francis Collins <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins_%28geneticist%29> to theologians Alister McGrath <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alister_McGrath>and Richard Harries<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harries,_Baron_Harries_of_Pentregarth> .[53] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-52> Dawkins has described himself as a "cultural Christian<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Christian>", even proposing the slogan "Atheists for Jesus", but that his opposition to religion <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antireligion> is twofold, claiming it to be both a source of conflict and a justification for belief without evidence.[54] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-53>[55 ] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-54>[56]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-55>Following the September 11, 2001 attacks <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks>, he pointed to the incident as evidence of religion as dangerous nonsense that was undeserving of respect.[57]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-56> [58] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-57> He argued that atheists should be proud, not apologetic, because atheism is evidence of a healthy, independent mind.[59]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-The_God_Delusion.2C_3-58>He argues that the existence of God is a scientific hypothesis. In January 2006, he presented a two-part television documentary entitled *The Root of All Evil? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Root_of_All_Evil%3F>*, addressing what he sees as the malignant influence of religion on society. The title itself is one with which he has repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction.[60]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-59>Critics have said that the programme gave too much time to marginal figures and extremists, and that his confrontational style did not help his cause; Dawkins rejected these claims, citing the number of moderate religious broadcasts in everyday media as providing a suitable balance to the extremists in the programmes. He further remarked that someone who is deemed an "extremist" in a religiously moderate country may well be considered "mainstream" in a religiously conservative one. Dawkins has said that the publication of *The God Delusion* is "probably the culmination" of his campaign against religion.[61]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-60> [62] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-61>[63]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-62> [64] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins#cite_note-63> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308247 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
