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On Faith and the Evidence- How Should we respond to the Challenge of Richard Dawkins

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Wednesday June 6th 

Venue- Hall and Kitchen Friends Meeting House
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7.45-8 pm refreshments- bring and share cake and biscuits with hot drinks provided.

 

" Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. " Richard Dawkins

Tom Woodman

Speaker

Dr Tom Woodman 

A former Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Reading.  He has published widely on the topic of Literature and Theology and has recently produced a short pamphlet on the work of Richard Dawkins.  He is a parishioner at St James' Catholic Church,

Questions which may be covered include

What is the purpose of Richard Dawkins work?

Is it possible to provide a fair and balanced view?

How should those of a religious background respond to Dawkins work?

Do all non religious people agree with Dawkins?

Is there another way?


 

 Richard dawkins through Flickr by Shane Pope

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