There is grandeur in this view of life

Richard Dawkins’ talk at the 2009 Atheist Alliance International Conference in Burbank, California. He expands the last paragraph of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” as a framework for the talk. This is also the framework for the last chapter of Dawkins’ new book “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution”.

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in her new memoir, Going Rogue, Palin apparently writes that Sarah Palin doesn’t believe in evolution. New York Times reviewer Michiko Kakutani writes:

Elsewhere in this volume, she talks about creationism, saying she “didn’t believe in the theory that human beings — thinking, loving beings — originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea” or from “monkeys who eventually swung down from the trees.” In everything that happens to her, from meeting Todd to her selection by Mr. McCain for the Republican ticket, she sees the hand of God: “My life is in His hands. I encourage readers to do what I did many years ago, invite Him in to take over.”

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In her memoir, Palin says she doesn’t believe in evolution.

Think Progress

Becoming Human

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“In the United States some 40% of the population doesn’t believe in evolution, believes that the world was created within the last 10,000 years. That’s an educational disgrace and those people, a majority of them, couldn’t possibly believe that if they were exposed to the evidence.”

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins gives an introduction to his new book “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.” He explains why this book was necessary, and what readers can expect from this highly-anticipated work. The book is available now in the UK, and will be released in the US on September 22nd!

Read the first chapter here: RichardDawkins.net

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The longest thread evolves by Roger Ebert

A week or so ago I began to receive feedback that posts weren’t being displayed on my entry “Win Ben Stein’s Mind,” from Dec. 3, 2008. That was my attack on Stein’s film “Expelled,” which supported Creationism against the Theory of Evolution. I consulted the web gods at the Sun-Times. I was told…uh…ahem…perhaps the thread was growing a tad long,…

Continue reading  RichardDawkins.net