world's most militant atheist

We all tie for that spot, with zero militance.

a pot-stirring, ignorant bigot

If he’s stirring the pot, presumably it was fine before, right? If he’s ignorant, refute his claims with evidence.

Dawkins has written any number of books fanning heated debate between believers of any faith and non-believers

Only one of his books was about religion.

he's at it* again in ... The Greatest Show on Earth

At what? Not religion bashing, as it happens. (* Absent in the transcript but said in reality.)

Negus caught up with Richard Dawkins in, of all places, his quite God-fearing home town

That’s not surprising, is it?

Is there a danger that you could become an extremist yourself?

Extreme how? You either believe or you don’t. Only belief comes in degrees.

you're questioning the very basis of their existence by questioning the existence of God as their creator

How dare he question it! (At least he doesn’t outright contradict it with the same confident hypocritical assertion of alternate dogmas seen when the members of one faith critique another.) Do these people’s lives really lose all meaning if God is as imaginary as the Santa Claus who joyously animated their early Christmases?

Very interested to hear what you think ... when there has been a natural disaster

It’s due to natural laws. Duh.

The latest thing I thought I would throw at you ... is this whole Mossad situation where you have, people who are, I imagine, of the Jewish religious faith, who are secretly killing people in the name of God.

I wonder if maybe he’ll ... oh, I don’t know ... disapprove of it?

an atheist NGO is what we're talking about

Better an atheist non – governmental organisation than an atheist governmental organisation, which any secularist knows would be as wrong as a religious governmental organisation. What’s so wrong with organising anyway? That’s certainly not what’s wrong with religion. There are many special interest groups. Who are atheists the only ones teased for it?

He's giving atheists a bad name. Atheists are becoming as annoying as the believers used to be.

Atheists in not shutting up remain far less annoying than believers have been at any time in the past or are now. Name one religion feared the world over for nothing more than trying to persuade others it’s on to something.

You have such a strong antagonism towards other people who have faith and religion

Well, he thinks religion is a mistaken path, but that’s not the same as being antagonistic to every individual practitioner.

if that doesn't spark some pretty fiery dinner party carry-on, I don't know what will!

How about someone spouting religious bigotry?