Atheism outside the US - First hand perspectives invited

[Humanist_Activist]

8. Only been to Mexico and Canada briefly, so I can't really comment on the cultures there...

However, I wanted to mention that it seems to me that Dawkins doesn't seem nearly as controversial in Britain, and indeed is quite a popular scientist whose job was to popularize and communicate science to the public at large. My impression comes from some shows he hosted in Britain, and some he has an ancillary part in, such as "Inside Nature's Giants", where his specialty as an evolutionary scientist comes in. Indeed, I think its this background that makes him a staunch critic of religion, because many religions and religious people, directly challenge scientific research he has studied all his life with misinformation and ignorance.

This, I believe, explains much of his passion against the influence of religion in education, his rants against faith schools in Britain that teach creationism is rather noteworthy, particularly Evangelical and Muslim schools.