Richard Dawkins, Cultural Christian

by Paul Shakeshaft

It seems that Dawkins is beginning to wonder whether the high of New Atheism was worth the consequences. Continue Reading »

2 Jul 2024

Coming to Faith Through Dawkins

by Mark Bauerlein

Alister McGrath joins the podcast to discuss his book Coming to Faith Through Dawkins: 12 Essays on the Pathway from New Atheism to Christianity. 
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5 Jan 2024

​Even Materialists Crave Religion

by Wesley J. Smith

Even materialists crave religion. The need to believe—to locate ultimate meaning in the universe—is deeply embedded in our natures. Atheists seek to deflect attention from this deeply human yearning. Thus, Richard Dawkins famously wrote that Darwin made it possible “to be an intellectually . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Jun 2015

An Open Letter to Richard Dawkins

by J. D. Flynn

You have a platform, Dr. Dawkins, an audience, and in some real way I’m very grateful that you drew attention to the pre-natal eradication of people with Down syndrome. But you made your point about the ubiquity of Down syndrome abortion in order to defend a terrible assertion. Continue Reading »

22 Aug 2014

Richard Dawkins’ "Clear Thinking Oasis" is Getting a Bit Muddy

by Wesley J. Smith

Biologist/atheist polemicist Richard Dawkins, whose WEB site is self-described as “a clear thinking oasis,” seems to be having trouble in that department of late. First, in an interview with Ben Stein in Expelled, he claimed that it is an “intriguing possibility” that life on . . . . Continue Reading »

7 Nov 2008

Is Richard Dawkins a Raelian?

by Wesley J. Smith

This is rich: Richard Dawkins—whose official website claims modestly to be “a clear thinking oasis”—made an incredible statement in the new movie Expelled, asserting that it is “an intriguing possibility” that space aliens “seeded” life here on Planet . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Apr 2008

The Prophet Of Pointlessness

by Stephen M. Barr

Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder.By Richard Dawkins.Houghton Mifflin.  337 pp. $26.In reading Richard Dawkins I am reminded of an anecdote told by Werner Heisenberg. Heisenberg and several other great physicists were sitting around one evening talking about . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1999