Richard Dawkins on Atheism at TED Talks
Mar 8, 2008
Richard Dawkins’ talk from the 2002 TED Talks was recently posted on the web (ok, it was a year ago, but I just saw it) and it’s a very good summary of his views militant atheism. Now, Dawkins isn’t advocating violence in support of atheism, unlike that done by so many religious groups, but rather supporting of strong atheism and an end to religion.
In my view, not only is science is corrosive to religion and religion is corrosive to science. It teaches people to be satisfied with trivial, supernatural non-explanations and blinds them to the wonderful real explanations we have within our grasp. It teaches them to accept authority, revelation and faith instead of always insisting on evidence.