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Atheist Richard Dawkins: God Might Exist

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:37:05 CST

World-famous atheist Richard Dawkins said in a debate this week that he's at least a little bit agnostic, the Telegraph reports. Sharing an Oxford University stage with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, Dawkins said he was “6.9 out of seven” certain of his atheism. “I think the...

Atheist Richard Dawkins: Slavery Profiteer?

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:38:32 CST

Renowned atheist Richard Dawkins fired back at the Telegraph today after the paper accused him of profiting—albeit indirectly—from slavery, the Guardian reports. The Telegraph 's article notes that Dawkins' great great great great great grandfather, Henry Dawkins, owned 1,013 Jamaican slaves before he died in 1744. Dawkins...

Hitchens Slammed Vatican in Final Interview

Mark Russell — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:22:00 CST

With barely two months left to live, Christopher Hitchens gave one last interview, to fellow atheist Richard Dawkins, taking the opportunity to bash the Catholic Church and totalitarianism. In the New Statesman interview, Hitchens' harshest words were for the Catholic Church, saying that every fascist government in Europe in the...

Atheist Academic Wants to Arrest the Pope

John Johnson — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:22:08 CDT

A prominent atheist campaigner is working on a plan to have the pope arrested when he visits the UK in September. British academic Richard Dawkins tells the Times of London he's enlisted human rights lawyers to help prove a case of "crimes against humanity." If his plan works, Pope Benedict...

2,500 Atheists Gather in Melbourne

Harry Kimball — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:26:00 CST

If ever there was a group unafraid of a vengeful lightning bolt, it's the 2,500 atheists converging on Melbourne—likely the largest concentration of godless thinkers ever. The Global Atheist Convention says it doesn't intend to proselytize, and in fact discourages any “missionary zeal." Still, the convention plans to...

Pat Robertson Fallout Shows Hypocrisy of Christianity

Harry Kimball — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:19:25 CST

Christians who try to distance themselves from Pat Robertson’s assertion that the recent earthquake is payback for a pact with the devil are practicing the height of hypocrisy, Richard Dawkins writes. “Dear modern, enlightened, theologically sophisticated Christian, your entire religion is founded on an obsession with 'sin', with punishment and...

Dawkins to Battle the Harry Potter 'Delusion'

Rob Quinn — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:30:12 CDT

Evengelical atheist Richard Dawkins will take on Harry Potter in his next book, the Daily Telegraph reports. The God Delusion author is working on a book aimed at teaching children not to put their faith in "anti-scientific" fairytales. The professor plans to examine what effect raising children on stories of...