To begin in the video “Bill O’Reilly SCARED by Richard Dawkins” you see Bill O’ Reilly and Richard Dawkins going back in forth over the belief and evidence for god to exist. In the video you can see clearly that Richard Dawkins does not believe in a god and also tries to present facts to Bill as to why. Vice-versa you can clearly see that Bill O’ Reilly does belive in god and tries to convince Dawkins that god does exist. Now to go on to the main point‚ in my opion if W.K Clifford the famous English
Premium Religion God Faith
Richard Dawkins idea of a meme was not created to explain religion. It was an idea that spread within a group of individuals. A meme is the cultural equivalent of a gene‚ hence the similar name‚ and it was meant to describe the way ideas are created and propagated throughout society. Ideas replicate themselves just like genes; that was the idea. He did use the religion or God as examples of successful memes‚ but the idea was much more than simply attacking religion. Dawkins wasn’t as much an advocate
Premium Gene Evolution
Richard Dawkins main idea is that‚ we as ‘survival machines’ are designed to preserve and also designed by selfish genes (Dawkins‚1989). In the book he described selfishness as altruism and unconscious purposive behavior. This means that there is no thought behind a gene’s action is just genetic. He also describes selfishness as as a behaviour that increases another person’s survival of genes in one person at the expense of another (Dawkins‚1989). So therefore the genes behavior increases and/or
Premium Evolution Gene Altruism
Evolutionary biologist‚ Richard Dawkins once said‚ “Faith is the great cop-out‚ the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.” What needs to be understood today is that many Christians have put on blinders to the world and the only answer they have for such proponents of evolution such as Mr. Dawkins is their faith and their faith alone. While faith is very important to the Christian it is also necessary that they are able to defend that same faith. The reason that you must be
Premium Evolution Creationism Charles Darwin
In an excerpt from his book The God Delusion (2006)‚ Richard Dawkins argues that scientific evidence is fundamental to the establishment that a scientific theory‚ such as the idea of creationism and theory of evolution‚ can become a scientific fact. Dawkins states that "if all evidence in the universe turned in favor of creationism." As an ethologist and biologist himself‚ the plethora of evidence regarding a certain theory would allow him to safely conclude that the argument in question is in fact
Premium Science Scientific method Creationism
Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins is an Oxford biologist and well respected speaker who believes there is no such thing as God or anything supernatural. He adopted the theory of natural selection as an "adequate explanation for the beauty and complexity of life" (Dawkins‚ 2009‚ p. 23). Richard Dawkins’ feelings about family‚ social issues and the nature of God is represented in his worldview. I will compare and contrast the values and actions of Richard Dawkins with my own. Richard Dawkins
Premium God Atheism Morality
Evolution is a fact…” (Jacobs). This also shows how biologists think that the evolutionary theory is the only way of how life was created. Richard Dawkins also clams that “…if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution‚ that person is ignorant‚ stupid or insane (or wicked by I’d rather not consider that)”. He is saying that all people should believe in evolution and that religion
Premium Evolution Universe Creationism
Clinton Richard Dawkins the author of the book The God Delusions. This book aims to give wisdom to the reader that there are a scientific explanation about the unfeasible things that happened around the world. On pages 157 and 158 of the God Delusion‚ Richard Dawkins encapsulates the central argument of his books. Another assertions that can be made regarding to the subsistence of God is
Premium Human Religion Thought
THE SELFISH GENE Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Born in Nairobi of British parents‚ he was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel-prize winning ethologist Niko Tinbergen. From 1967 to 1969 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkeley‚ returning as University Lecturer and later Reader in Zoology at New College‚ Oxford‚ before becoming the first holder of the Simonyi Chair in
Premium Science Evolution Gene
There has always been a fascination with finding the answers to all of the ultimate questions‚ whether it is the origin or the purpose and destiny of an individual. However‚ majority of religious and non-religious groups believe that they hold the answers to such questions. But sometimes the answers given are not enough and the individual will turn to other beliefs until they are satisfied with the given answer. Some Catholics convert to a cult and turn to Science or Atheism for their answers to
Premium Religion God Ontology