Re: [asa] Richard Dawkins, atheism, and religious liberty

On Apr 27, 2007, at 5:55 PM, PvM wrote:

>
> On 4/27/07, Rich Blinne <rich.blinne@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I heard a radio interview first hand that gives credence to Ted's
>> interpretation.
>
> I'd love to get a reference to that interview.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6210151

Arianna from Anchorage: Hi, there are some kids at my school whose
parents don't let them go to science class because the teacher
teaches extensively in evolution and I wonder if you have a comment
on that.

Richard Dawkins: Well, I better restrain myself I suppose. I think
that it is a form of mental child abuse by the parents on the
children. I think parents don't own their children and there are
limits of the rights that parents have over their children's minds. I
think to really echo something I said to the last question. I think
it would be equivalent to not allowing their kids to go to geography
class because the geography teacher taught that the world was round.
I do think it's a very bad thing and I think there are limits to the
freedom of the parents to brainwash their children.

Joe Palka: Uh, Arianna thank you for that call.

Arianna: You're welcome.

Joe Palka: Yes, uh, very interesting, right, [stammering] Let's take
another call...

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Received on Fri Apr 27 20:26:23 2007