1. Richard Dawkins on Doctor Who

Comment #202144 by donny on July 1, 2008 at 12:18 am

Richard probably thought along these lines...
1. His affection for Douglas Adams (who was involved in a few episodes of Dr Who way back
2.Russell T Davies (head writer and series producer of the renewed Dr Who series) has a strong atheistic element in his writing (see 'The Second Coming' with Christopher Eccleston)
3.Dr Who whether you like it or not is a wonderful and entertaining piece of nonsense for which many have a warm and genuine affection and has generated (re-generated even !!) a whole new audience of all ages.

Although I suspect that Richard won't be receiving a BAFTA for his performance it brought a smile to my face. We should all have a sense of fun about these things.

2. Expelled Overview

Comment #155005 by donny on April 4, 2008 at 4:16 am

Another waste of human effort by the God Squad - better investing their time effort and money in REAL enlightened education

3. The Future Forum Presents: Christopher Hitchens and Marvin Olasky

Comment #49931 by donny on June 14, 2007 at 6:27 am

Having read Christopher Hitchens book and just finished watching the debate it seems to me that Olasky has missed the entire point. By continuously sprouting the "Religion poisons everything" line he is dodging the main argument. (At one point he even misquotes by saying "Christianity" poisons everything). He could reel off a telephone book full of people who do good deeds for others and claim to have done so because they are religious, this still would not validate his argument. Do they require religious belief in order to carry out these good deeds - I think not - shame on them if they do.