Douglas Murray Douglas Murray

Atheists vs Dawkins

My fellow atheists, it’s time we admitted that religion has some points in its favour

issue 09 February 2013

Sometimes a perfectly good argument can be stretched too far. I heard the resulting snapping noise last week in Cambridge during a debate with Richard Dawkins. We were meant to be on the same side at the Union. But over some months the motion hardened and eventually became ‘This House believes religion should have no place in the 21st century.’

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