Richard Dawkins

In Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks’ video “Science versus Religion,” Rabbi Sacks talks to three different atheist scientists who are working on the frontline of scientific breakthrough. He talks to them to see if science and religion can agree on certain topics or if they will forever be in conflict. (add more) Neuroscientist, Baroness Susan Greenfield was the first person Rabbi Sacks conversed with. She is a professor at Oxford, currently researching the human conscience and (attempting) to…

Religion is very controversial subject to talk about, let alone to argue about. Richard Dawkins, author of Viruses of the Mind, does that exact thing he takes religion and in terms dissects it. While most people will be terribly offended by what Dawkins has written about, he is essentially laying out the facts about religion. Many “extremists” of a religion would say that Dawkins has malicious intentions since he is going against what their beliefs are. Religion has been a part of the human…

although many of them can be considered offensive or even disturbing to some viewers. The word “meme” was first introduced by Richard Dawkins in his 1989 book The Selfish Gene, and his intentions included spreading an element of a culture or system of behavior that is to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means or imitation (Dawkins, 1989, p.1). Dawkins hit the jackpot with the development of the term we know as “meme”, which is now used in the form of a humorous image,…

Perpetually Malicious Author Stephen Kendrick once stated in his book The Love Dare,“Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves.” Almost every iniquity in the world has been caused by narcissism. Selfishness thrives in humans, feeding off of their evilness. People forget that evil exists within themselves as well, not just their peers. Evil is a very loose term, however the most clear denotation…

The practice of worship to a higher power has been present since the dawn of mankind. Human civilizations have always prayed to a greater being. However as time has gone by, new gods and forms of worship have disappeared and changed, but the practice of praying to a higher power, whilst also following the rules or guidelines set by this higher power has remained constant. That being said, America is no different. The Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, may not have been the first to discover…

May 28th, 2016 the 17 year old Gorilla Harambe was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after picking up and dragging a 4 year old who climbed into the Gorilla’s enclosure. Footage of the incident surfaced online and sparked outrage by some over the alleged negligence of the parents and the zoo’s decision to shoot and kill Harambe. But most recognized it as an unfortunate tragedy. What should have been a temporary news story turned into a collection of memes and hashtags that have continued to…

Based from the first two chapters of River Out of Eden, Richard Dawkins lays out the foundation about the concepts of ancestry, genes, reproduction and evolution. He highlighted on many key factors such as from Chapter 1 that our ancestry is composed by the river of DNA, and that the concept of the Mitochondrial Eve is considered as more poetic than the mythology of Genesis from Chapter 2. Specifically, Dawkins makes his point by explaining that the purpose of our existence is primarily based on…

Essay Structure For the statement to be evaluated: William Paley’s Watchmaker Argument St. Thomas Aquinas’ Fifth Way The Anthropic Principle (including Richard Swinburne’s Anthropic Coincidences) Graham Priests Version Against the statement to be evaluated: Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution David Hume’s Criticisms Richard Dawkins Introduction For my E.P.Q, I decided to base it on a question which has enamored the world for the entirety of its existence. “Does God exist?”. I will be…

In the middle of the 17th century, thinkers in the enlightenment began to question how belief in the existence of a monotheistic God could be rationally supported. A number of arguments for and against the existence of God emerged at this time, and while the philosophical debate on the existence of God is still in session, the initial dust has settled. At this point in time, it is abundantly clear that a the cosmological argument is untenable at both a metaphysical and empirical level, and that…

science trumps faith”. (pp159) Chapter 7 discusses evolution in the most literal sense possible: the creation of earth and life without any assistance from God. As one might imagine, it is centered on the teachings of Dawkins, whose stance on evolution is clear and unforgiving. Dawkins starts out with the argument that “evolution fully accounts for biological complexity and the origins of humankind, so there is no more need for God.” (pp163) I enjoyed Collins’ quick and cunning response: “it…