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Richard Dawkins' Root of All Evil?

15th Jun
2008

richard_dawkins.jpgI've been meaning to check this out for a while and where torrents for TV programmes fail, YouTube wins. Sort of.

The programme is a two-parter from Richard Dawkins discussing "how religious faith is gaining ground in the face of rational, scientific truth. The program takes you to some of the world's religious hot-spots... to examine the power of religion. Interviews with former Pastor Ted Haggard, the novelist Ian McEwan, the former Bishop of Oxford, and others offer valuable insights into the global impact and consequences of faith in the 21st century."

Dawkins himself claims the title of the programme wasn't quite right and insists he "fought it hard", but this programme along with his bestseller The God Delusion has helped inspire people of reason worldwide to stay guided by the power of science and reason, to avoid abandoning the endeavour toward progress and knowledge for faith and superstition instead: a move which Dawkins believes puts humanity in great peril.

(Edit: There was originally a link to an on-line version of The God Delusion on Scribd... I wondered whether it was legal, turns out it totally wasn't and has since been removed along with all the comments. Which is a bit of a shame, as one of them was the enlightened: "This is rubbish. I feel that this is very contridictory.")