Doubting Dawkinses another breed of fanatic

[muriel_volestrangler]

28. He made his reputation off his science

You have heard of The Selfish Gene, haven't you? Over a million copies sold, and it got "30th anniversary" articles written about it. He wrote several bestselling books about evolution after that too. He was Oxford Professor for the Public Understanding of Science for 13 years (a post that was explicitly created for him, in 1995).

"It would be like people linking your average christian with the most vocal leaders of the religious right". You're comparing him with right wingers. The ones who are homophobic, and support right wing causes. But that's the comparison you choose, because you want to make him look bad. His 'sexism' is nowhere near as extreme as all the popes we've had, for instance - he has been dismissive of the argument among atheists about behaviour at conferences, but he did so by saying some women face far worse problems; not a friendly way to put it, and not a good argument (you shouldn't say "ignore all problems apart from the biggest of all&quot , but it pales in comparison to the official Vatican line of no contraception, no abortion, no female priests, and any time women try to organise as a force in the RC church, they are kicked down like the American nuns.

Dawkins could, again, be compared with an Archbishop of Canterbury - who still haven't got their act together on women bishops, but have a relatively liberal view about women, compared with many religious sects. But you compare him to the religious right.