I love watching Richard Dawkins documentaries. The naivety of the man is supreme. He cracks me up. Richard brought his kids up to be questioning, skeptical, fully-rounded human beings. He believes that children have the right not to be indoctrinated by their parents or teachers. He believes in a right that doesn't exist. Just like the "enemies of reason" believe in gods that don't exist. How does a young child stand up for their right not to be indoctrinated by religious parents? And if the child can't, who will? Do we have an army of questioning, skeptical, fully-rounded humanist social workers watching CCTV footage of a parent's every interaction with their child? Does a questioning, skeptical, fully-rounded SWAT team storm the home and arrest the brain-washing mum or dad?
Young minds are open to the possibilities of the supernatural, things that go bump in the night. Mums and dads are there to protect their kids from evil ghosts, monsters and carnivorous wallpaper. They're there to cuddle and suffocate with their overbearing love. And if they have a god to help banish the evil from the home and protect the child, they will call upon him.
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Well said Geoff. Although I thought this post was going to be about Dickie Davies.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see Dawkins present World of Sport. All those sportsmen/women crossing themselves!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see him go 12 rounds with Amir Khan. That should prove the existence of God one way or another.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Amir would hold back if he saw this documentary.
ReplyDeleteAnd he's still famous for beginning a lecture 'I wasn't put here on this earth to blah blah blah' (sorry, I can't remember what the rant in question was) as if acknowledging a higher power!
ReplyDeleteThe fact he is such a zealot about his own lack of zealotry is also hilarious. Why can't he just chill and have a bit of a laugh?
Carnivorous wallpaper?!
ReplyDeleteIs it the design that gets you or the paper itself?
*worries*
Laura - I don't think humour is on his radar.
ReplyDeleteZig - The design. It comes atcha!