Many people are rightly concerned about the growth of religious violence and extremism in the modern world. With this in mind Professor Richard Dawkins of Oxford University has taken the opportunity to air his own extremist atheistic views in a two-part Channel 4 documentary.
In the programme, entitled The Root of all Evil, he dismisses all religious faith as ‘an indulgence of irrationality that is nourishing extremism, division and terror’ (Radio Times) across our planet. How is the Christian to respond to this?
Professor Dawkins has written many books and usually seeks to argue his case on four basic fronts.
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