Tag: Richard Dawkins

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HeavyWater
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Richard Dawkins has a new book out, guaranteed to continue the debate going on in the western world, and even the entire world, over the value of religious belief. Some think that religious belief is essential to healthy societies and happy lives. There is also the debate over whether a particular religious claim is, in […]

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After what Donald Trump posted last week, and the absolute insanity that came from CNN in the aftermath, many people were forced to learn what many in the culture are referring to when we use the word ‘meme’. To most people who use the internet, a meme is this: It’s a picture with some writing […]

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Richard Dawkins, Eugenics, Conflicting Principles, and Political Reality

Shawn Buell, Jeopardy Champ!
By Shawn Buell, Jeopardy Champ!
Shawn Buell, Jeopardy Champ! Contributor
Husband. Father to three. Senior Civil Engineer. Licensed PE. Colorado School of Mines grad of '02. Ricochet Contributor.
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With a tweet that spawned a thousand Ricochet threads, Richard Dawkins really stepped in it last week.

The would-be avatar of all things atheist then issued an “It’s-not-me-it’s-you” style apology soon thereafter; this said more about the man’s venal nature than his underlying argument. Unfortunately, people’s first instinct seemed to be to prove Godwin’s Law in the first iteration of the argument in their haste to denounce Dawkins and his admittedly tactless 140 characters.

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Contributor Post Created with Sketch. Richard Dawkins Is the Best Argument for Religion

Jon Gabriel, Ed.
By Jon Gabriel, Ed.
Jon Gabriel, Ed. King
Jon Gabriel (a.k.a., @ExJon on Twitter) is the Editor-in-Chief of Ricochet. He is a political writer and marketing consultant, contributing articles to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and USA Today among others. Until 2012, he served as Director of Marketing for the free-market Goldwater Institute, where he converted policy initiatives into compelling stories. In the private sector, Jon led marketing efforts for Cold Stone Creamery, Honeywell, and several technology companies. In his… [more]
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Atheist Pope Richard Dawkins has bared his barren soul yet again, this time on Twitter.

Earlier today, someone mused how they would handle a pregnancy if the fetus was found to have Down syndrome, calling it a serious ethical dilemma. Pish posh! Matters of life and death are dead simple to Professor Dawkins.

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