Winner of £1m Templeton prize attacks ‘fundamentalism’ of Dawkins

The Times ^ | 3/26/10 | Hannah Devlin

[LibWhacker]

The “scientific fundamentalism” promoted by the atheist Richard Dawkins was criticised yesterday by the winner of a prize he had attacked.

Professor Francisco Ayala, who won the £1 million Templeton Prize for scientific thought, said that attacking religion and ridiculing believers provided ammunition for religious leaders who insisted that followers had to choose between God and Darwin. “Richard Dawkins has been a friend for more than 20 years, but it is unfortunate that he goes beyond the boundaries of science in making statements that antagonise believers,” he said.

[Julia H.]

I am a theistic evolutionist, even though both “sides” tend to have a very off-putting way of imposing their ideas.

[Spudx7]

Dawkins is proof that “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge...” Proverbs 1:7a.

The man is irrational and sometimes quite silly.

[Zeneta]

Dawkins is the Locomotive Breath.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=embimweuYU4

In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath,
Runs the all-time loser,
Headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping —
Steam breaking on his brow —
Old Charlie stole the handle and
The train won’t stop going —
No way to slow down.
He sees his children jumping off
At the stations — one by one.
His woman and his best friend —
In bed and having fun.
He’s crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees —
Old Charlie stole the handle and
The train won’t stop going —
No way to slow down.
He hears the silence howling —
Catches angels as they fall.
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls.
He picks up Gideon’s Bible —
Open at page one —
God stole the handle and
The train won’t stop going —
No way to slow down.

[Da Coyote]

“...The man is irrational and sometimes quite silly....”

Nice summary. He can disbelieve what he wants - but it’s interesting that he’s never really done anything useful in life.

Sort of like a liberal democrat.