A scientist's case against God
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Dr Dawkins, reader in Zoology at Oxford University, divides religious people into three groups: the know-nothings, the know-alls and the no-contests. The no-contests think that science and religion do not compete because they are about different things. The know-alls think of religion as a social good. The know-nothings are fundamentalists who think that the existence of the world is explained by a god. Although there are hundreds of religious sects most people adopt their parents' religion. Faith is given as the reason for not evaluating evidence. Darwin's theory of evolution explains how complex things could have arisen step by step so the theory of a supernatural creator is improbable.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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Dolly and the cloth-heads
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Representatives of religious lobby groups are often included in public debates about sensitive moral issues. Most recently, this has been seen in discussions about the cloning of a sheep. Including the views of religious lobby groups generally tends to lower the level of expertise and intelligence in the debate, as their representatives have no specific knowledge of the issue under discussion. There seems to be little justification for the privileged access which religious lobby groups often have to the media and influential communities such as the House of Lords.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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Who needs a euphemism for Christmas?
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There is currently a strong trend in the US towards removing the religious element from Christmas festivities. The phrase 'Happy Christmas' has been replaced with 'Happy Holiday Season,' and great efforts are made to ensure that no offence is caused to non-Christians by celebrating Christmas. The result of this new approach is that Christmas is being robbed of a great deal of its meaning, even for atheists.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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