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rug

(82,333 posts) Fri Jul 20, 2012, 01:46 PM Jul 2012

Chief Rabbi and Athiest Dawkins to Take Part in BBC Religion Debate

July 20, 2012 10:55 am

A leading Jewish voice will take part in a September debate on religion with famed atheist Richard Dawkings, and it will be televised on the BBC.

Jonathan Sacks, the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, and Dawkins, one of the world’s most notable atheist voices, will join other leading religious (and anti-religion) philosopher, during a two-day event entitled ‘Re:think 2012‘.

“It’s an exciting development and something that fills a gaping hole in the understanding of religion in the world today,” said Aaqil Ahmed, head of BBC religion and ethics.

Dawkins’ ruffled some feathers in a 2007 interview given to The Guardian, claiming that Jews “more or less” control American foreign policy

http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/07/20/chief-rabbi-and-athiest-dawkins-take-part-in-bbc-religion-debate/

Gee, I wonder what they'll say.

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Chief Rabbi and Athiest Dawkins to Take Part in BBC Religion Debate (Original Post) rug Jul 2012 OP

Too bad they misspelled atheist in their title HarveyDarkey Jul 2012 #1

Maybe Dawkins will take the time to correct it. rug Jul 2012 #2

Have a nice day. 2ndAmForComputers Jul 2012 #3

They misspelled Dawkins' name in the first line of the article, too Rob H. Jul 2012 #4

Maybe they conflated Dawkins and Hawking? cbayer Jul 2012 #6

Too bad they did not address Dawkins... rexcat Jul 2012 #7

Should be an interesting conference all the way around. cbayer Jul 2012 #5

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)

1. Too bad they misspelled atheist in their title

Reply to rug (Original post)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 02:01 PM

Jul 2012

at least they got it right in the article.

rug

(82,333 posts)

2. Maybe Dawkins will take the time to correct it.

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 02:07 PM

Jul 2012

I'm on tenterhooks.

2ndAmForComputers

(3,527 posts)

3. Have a nice day.

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 02:44 PM

Jul 2012

Rob H.

(5,352 posts)

4. They misspelled Dawkins' name in the first line of the article, too

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 20, 2012, 02:56 PM

Jul 2012

Seriously, "Dawkings"? The man has numerous books and film and TV appearances to his credit, and they still got it wrong. (It isn't as if his name is that hard to spell, either.)