Posts Tagged ‘Richard Dawkins’

To defend the Church’s role is to defend faith as a whole

Friday, February 24th, 2012

The Queen is right – our national religion is a force for unity and a channel of peace. William Blake famously asked “And did those feet, in ancient time, / Walk upon England’s mountains green?” The short, factual answer is, almost certainly, “No.” There is no evidence that Jesus ever made it to these shores. If Read more

For once, Richard Dawkins is lost for words

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Atheists’ arrogance is their Achilles’ heel, as a cringemaking radio performance has proved. Which of us hasn’t groaned when the Rev Giles Fraser, former canon of St Paul’s, pops up with his Thought for the Day on Radio 4? Dr Fraser is the archetypal 21st-century vicar, as predictably Lefty as he is drearily on-trend. That Read more

Archbishop Rowan Williams says Atheism is cool

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Dr Rowan Williams argued it has become difficult for the Church to convey its message because of the popularity of non-believers such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens.

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