Dawkins biggest flaw is this. He believes in evolution, which places homo sapiens on the earth for 30,000+ years. He claims that religion has been the cause of most wars.
Christianity has been around for 2 thousand years, and Judaism has been around for 5,000 years. (6000 years since Adam)
Apparently, for 25,000 years, there was nothing but peace among men. According to all historical record, before Christianity and Judaism, there has been conflict.
He could argue that there were more primitive religions before that. I would submit atheism existed first, if man did not come from Adam and Eve, because if God is the invention of man, then there was a time that the concept of God did not exist.
So then, either atheism is the originator of conflict, and responsible for more years of conflict, or man has only been around for a few thousand years, and there is another reason for conflict.
I submit that wars are caused by weak leaders instilling fear in the ignorant for personal benefit, and strong leaders responding to that poor manipulation. Religion has been used to give the follower the hope of justification.
However, there have been times when the godly have been motivated to destroy evil. I suspect though, that hte number of holy challenges are fewer than human self-centered conflict.
Brilliant observation; wish I had it during my History of Science class.