Fundamentalist Religion and Science
In his new book, The God Delusion, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins says fundamentalist religion "subverts science and saps the intellect." Dawkins discusses religion, the teaching of evolution and creationism in science class, and his call for atheists to "out" themselves.
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Richard Dawkins, Author, The God Delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006), Charles Simonyi Professor of Public Understanding of Science, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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