Debating Religion

by Richard Dawkins

Formats: PDF

Published: 2011 Oct

Date: 2011 Oct 03

Modified: 2022 Nov 15

Rating: 5

Languages: eng
Tags: Atheism

Summary

Richard Dawkins, well-known for his books on evolution, took part in a debate with the Archbishop of York, Dr John Habgood, on the existence of God at the Edinburgh science festival last Easter. [Easter '92 ed.] The science correspondent of The Observer reported that the "withering" Richard Dawkins clearly believed the "God should be spoken of in the same way as Father Christmas or the Tooth Fairy". He [the correspondent] overheard a gloomy cleric comment on the debate: "That was easy to sum up. Lions 10, Christians nil"