Dawkins autobiography

[sandwiches]

Apparently Dawkins is making more money has published an autobiography (part one apparently)

www.newstatesman.com/2013/10/evolution-head

"Clinton Richard Dawkins had a privileged upbringing in a family with a strong tradition in the colonial service. Born in Kenya, he attended a series of public schools: a boarding school in Southern Rhodesia (“now the sick dictatorship of Zimbabwe”); St Anne’s School in Chelmsford, where he was bullied by some big girls; then another boarding school, Chafyn Grove in Salisbury. It was perhaps here that the seeds of his atheism were sown: the then headmaster, Mr Galloway, “truly believed all that stuff, unlike many educators who pretend to do so out of duty, and politicians who pretend to do so because they are under the . . . impression that it wins votes”.

Dawkins credits his mother with telling him, when he was nine, that Christianity wasn’t the only religion and that they all contradicted each other."

A privileged upbringing, though bullied by some big girls, indoctrinated by his mother and attending a public school (fee-paying school for the offspring of the well-to-do) with a headmaster who really believed in Christianity?

Still, thank the Lord that he turned out to be so well-adjusted with such objective and rational views.

[elephantchang51]

Oct 19, 2013 20:28:54 GMT sandwiches said:

Apparently Dawkins is making more money has published an autobiography (part one apparently)

www.newstatesman.com/2013/10/evolution-head

"Clinton Richard Dawkins had a privileged upbringing in a family with a strong tradition in the colonial service. Born in Kenya, he attended a series of public schools: a boarding school in Southern Rhodesia (“now the sick dictatorship of Zimbabwe”); St Anne’s School in Chelmsford, where he was bullied by some big girls; then another boarding school, Chafyn Grove in Salisbury. It was perhaps here that the seeds of his atheism were sown: the then headmaster, Mr Galloway, “truly believed all that stuff, unlike many educators who pretend to do so out of duty, and politicians who pretend to do so because they are under the . . . impression that it wins votes”.

Dawkins credits his mother with telling him, when he was nine, that Christianity wasn’t the only religion and that they all contradicted each other."

A privileged upbringing, though bullied by some big girls, indoctrinated by his mother and attending a public school (fee-paying school for the offspring of the well-to-do) with a headmaster who really believed in Christianity?

Still, thank the Lord that he turned out to be so well-adjusted with such objective and rational views.

As opposed to the legion of petty,spiteful detractors he has acquired?

[jamierobertson]

Oct 23, 2013 12:08:17 GMT elephantchang51 said:

As opposed to the legion of petty,spiteful detractors he has acquired?

Well... yes, frankly. There are smart Christians and daft Christians - both kinds have made responses to Dawkins' work. There are smart atheists and daft atheists - Dawkins and a good number of his proponents, in my experience, fall firmly into the latter category.

[sandwiches]

Oh, and here's another successful entrepeneur:

www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/professor-a-c-grayling-whatever-happened-to-the-most-hated-man-in-academia-8894704.html

Professor A C Grayling: Whatever happened to the most hated man in academia?
Having survived eggs and even smoke bombs, AC Grayling is as passionate as ever about his university. He tells Richard Garner about donors, scholarships and getting what you pay for in an education

Now, though, an undaunted Professor AC Grayling is seeing the controversial New College of the Humanities, the independent university he founded which charges students a hefty £18,000 a year in fees, begin its second year of operation


At least he has a sense of humour:

* He has described himself as “a man of the left” and is a director and contributor to Prospect magazine.