Just watched the 3rd part of The Genius of Charles Darwin (presented by Richard Dawkins) and I must say that this was Richard's best TV performance yet.The tone and pace of the programme was perfect. I'm now getting less frustrated by the collection of ignorant creationists, as Richard's technique of letting them talk their way into deeper and deeper holes just makes them look like the idiots they are.
I was not impressed by the wishy-washy science teachers who didn't want to offend the feelings of their students by emphasizing the truth of scientific evidence over the 'evidence' of their religious beliefs.
I thought the segment with the Archbish of C was quite funny. He really was squirming when Richard pushed him on whether he thought that the virgin birth was a scientific fact and all but admitted that his views were a bit silly and didn't make any sense as a truthful representation of the world. It was good of him to appear on the programme, but if he is the top guy in the C of E, then we don't have much to worry about!
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