The Root of All Evil
Part 1
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Richard
Dawkins is astounded that religious faith is gaining ground in the face
of rational, scientific truth based on hard evidence.
Professor Richard Dawkins challenges what he describes as 'a process of
non-thinking called faith'. Dawkins is well known for bringing to a
wide audience the complex scientific concepts that underpin evolution.
His first book, The Selfish Gene was an international bestseller.
Truth lies and faith
He describes his astonishment that, at the start of the 21st century,
religious faith is gaining ground in the face of rational, scientific
truth. Science, based on scepticism, investigation and evidence, must
continuously test its own concepts and claims. Faith, by definition,
defies evidence: it is untested and unshakeable, and is therefore in
direct contradiction with science.
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