Apparently, Richard Dawkins and other atheists agree to be in a documentary without full knowledge of the intent of the film–or with incorrect knowledge because the film makers did not level with them. They say they were told it was a film on the debate between Darwinism and creationism, but it appears it was actually a film on the shut-out of professors who endorse Intelligent Design. (via Books, Inq.)
Hopefully, Dawkins is fully aware of what he’s debating tonight at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He is scheduled to debate John Lennox on the question of God. Both men work at Oxford, so it will be an peer argument in a sense. The debate is hosted by Fixed Point Foundation.
The hypocrisy of people like Dawkins amuses me. I thought we were all just animals. (In the case of Dawkins he believes man is just a slave of his ‘selfish’ genes.) Evolution theory destroys any concept of morality and ethics, so what then does an evolutionist have to complain about? If these people believe what they say (that e. is true) why don’t they take it (and its obvious implications) seriously?
– you can listen to a couple lectures by Lennox online at Bethinking.org I wasn’t impressed; as (in my opinion) liberal theology really has no way to refute Dawkins… believing as it does in some version of theistic evolution.