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Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Nobody: 2:07pm On Oct 08, 2011
Richard Dawkins has attacked Muslim faith schools, saying that they teach students 'alien rubbish'.

The noted atheist claimed that pupils were being taught to ignore scientific evidence in favour of following the Koran.

He said that he had even met a science teacher who believed that the earth was only 6,000 years old.

Mr Dawkins, a former Oxford professor who found fame as an evolutionary biologist before becoming a vocal opponent of religion, is a longstanding critic of all faith schools.

But he has said that Islamic schools are worse than others, as their teaching is more likely to be influenced by a religious agenda.

Talking to the Times Educational Supplement, he described a trip he made to an 'utterly deplorable' Muslim school in Leicester.

According to the Daily Telegraph, he said: 'Every person I met believes if there is any disagreement between the Koran and science, then the Koran wins.
'It's just utterly deplorable. These are now British children who are having their minds stuffed with alien rubbish.'

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Mr Dawkins added that the influence of faith schools often continues when their ex-pupils continue to university.

'Occasionally, my colleagues lecturing in universities lament having undergraduate students walk out of their classes when they talk about evolution,' he said. 'This is almost entirely Muslims.'

The bestselling author of The God Delusion said he had considered setting up an atheist school.

However, he also believes that it is important for children to learn about religious stories and traditions in order to understand cultural backgrounds and literary traditions.

His new book, The Magic of Reality, is intended to make children enthusiastic about the wonders of science.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046715/Richard-Dawkins-attacks-alien-rubbish-taught-Muslim-faith-schools.html#ixzz1aCARi68A
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Nobody: 2:13pm On Oct 08, 2011
Richard Dawkins is an arrogant bigoted evangelistic atheist.

This is why atheism is very dangerous, it starts off as an innocent choice to believe that there is no GOD , and concludes with intrusion into the lives of others and their choices. In many cases like Chairman Mao's China and Stalin's Russia , their quest for domination ends in blood shed and the banishing of religion altogether.

Richard , far from some sort of great scientist is an intellectual fool. He has been proven many times to be candidly wrong by many Christian scientists who have drubbed his silly fallacies.

Yet he never shuts up but carries on with the goal of all godless atheists which is to mislead god fearing people and make them lead pointless, aimless and empty lives.

I am no Islam supporter, but I could care less what anyone teaches their children , it is their children after all, so what the heck is his business trying to dictate what we teach our own kids.

I repeat atheism is a personal vendetta against GOD by arrogant , conceited and confused souls.
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by philip0906(m): 2:26pm On Oct 08, 2011
frosbel:

Richard Dawkins has attacked Muslim faith schools, saying that they teach students 'alien rubbish'.

The noted atheist claimed that pupils were being taught to ignore scientific evidence in favour of following the Koran.

He said that he had even met a science teacher who believed that the earth was only 6,000 years old.

Mr Dawkins, a former Oxford professor who found fame as an evolutionary biologist before becoming a vocal opponent of religion, is a longstanding critic of all faith schools.

But he has said that Islamic schools are worse than others, as their teaching is more likely to be influenced by a religious agenda.

Talking to the Times Educational Supplement, he described a trip he made to an 'utterly deplorable' Muslim school in Leicester.

According to the Daily Telegraph, he said: 'Every person I met believes if there is any disagreement between the Koran and science, then the Koran wins.
'It's just utterly deplorable. These are now British children who are having their minds stuffed with alien rubbish.'

Oh no, no, no, no, no! Teenage pupils 'believe Winston Churchill is TV advert dog'

Mr Dawkins added that the influence of faith schools often continues when their ex-pupils continue to university.

'Occasionally, my colleagues lecturing in universities lament having undergraduate students walk out of their classes when they talk about evolution,' he said. 'This is almost entirely Muslims.'

The bestselling author of The God Delusion said he had considered setting up an atheist school.

However, he also believes that it is important for children to learn about religious stories and traditions in order to understand cultural backgrounds and literary traditions.

His new book, The Magic of Reality, is intended to make children enthusiastic about the wonders of science.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046715/Richard-Dawkins-attacks-alien-rubbish-taught-Muslim-faith-schools.html#ixzz1aCARi68A

dude is now taking his campaign to a whole new level. . .next would be to ask parliament to outlaw religious studies grin grin I don't actually take his words serious,cos I know he is mentally ill.This same dude who said earth would not contain mankind,that we would soon begin to live in other planets.Atheism is indeed a disease
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Nobody: 2:36pm On Oct 08, 2011
These are now British children who are having their minds stuffed with alien rubbish.'

Consider this bolded sentence made by Richard Dawkins and then listen carefully to the mid to end part of the video (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q5vgYseEqo ) and tell me why this guys is not a self-contradictory haughty confusionist.

In the video the man actually says he believes some civilisation may have existed on another planet somewhere , but then also made himself sound so foolish by stating that the same civilisation evolved via a slow process . hahaha  grin grin grin

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Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Sweetnecta: 2:45pm On Oct 08, 2011
has it started snowing badly in London, considering that we can't be sure of the weather these days?
I will not want the frost to get you or you get a frostbite.
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Nobody: 2:52pm On Oct 08, 2011
Please[b] do  not derail[/b] this thread. Kindly go the children's section - grin
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by zataxs: 2:55pm On Oct 08, 2011
@frosbel Stalins, what not, set up Religion-Like systems, they basically copied God. Of course they have not killed as many people as God yet, but maybe given a lifetime of forever you never know,
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by zataxs: 2:57pm On Oct 08, 2011
@philip0906 outlaw religious school is great, children don't need to be inundated with myths masquerading as the truth.
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by zataxs: 2:58pm On Oct 08, 2011
@frosbel religion serves its own purpose, you need to find a human purpose, for humans, hence science.
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Nobody: 3:07pm On Oct 08, 2011
zataxs:

@frosbel Stalins,  what not,  set up Religion-Like systems, they basically copied God. Of course they have not killed as many people as God yet,  but maybe given a lifetime of forever you never know,

Is the bolded a joke.

Jozef Stalin  was responsible for the massacre of 23,000,000 during the 1932-39 purges and we have not even started talking about world war 2.
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Nobody: 3:08pm On Oct 08, 2011
zataxs:

@frosbel religion serves its own purpose,  you need to find a human purpose,  for humans,  hence science.

What on earth are you talking about  undecided

Science and GOD are intertwined , some of the greatest scientific minds were ardent believers in GOD.
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Nobody: 3:11pm On Oct 08, 2011
zataxs:

@philip0906 outlaw religious school is great,  children don't need to be inundated with myths masquerading as the truth.

The greatest myth  is to tell others that they believe in a myth while also believing in a more unbelievable myth such as life started 1 trillion years ago by the splitting of a molecule  grin
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by zataxs: 8:50pm On Oct 08, 2011
@frosbel that's the problem of sleeping in the science class, if you paid attention you will less surprised.
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by philip0906(m): 11:34pm On Oct 08, 2011
frosbel:

The greatest myth is to tell others that they believe in a myth while also believing in a more unbelievable myth such as life started 1 trillion years ago by the splitting of a molecule grin
grin grin grin
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by zataxs: 11:16pm On Oct 09, 2011
Leviticus 11:20 All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you, get all fours,
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by Nobody: 11:33pm On Oct 09, 2011
^^

most creeping things that fly have six feet, as the locusts themselves, reckoning their leaping legs into the number; though it may be observed, that those creatures that have six feet have but four equal ones, on which they walk or creep; and the two foremost, which are longer, are as hands to them to wipe their eyes with, and protect them from anything that may fall into them and hurt them; they not being able to see clearly because of the hardness of their eyes, as Aristotle (a) observes, and particularly it may be remarked of the fly, as it is by Lucian (b), that though it has six feet it only goes on four, using the other two foremost as hands; and therefore you may see it walking on four feet, with something eatable in its hands, lifting them up on high, just after the manner of men: now all such creatures that have four feet or more, excepting the above:


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Re: Richard Dawkins Attacks 'alien Rubbish' Taught In Muslim Faith Schools by zataxs: 12:02am On Oct 10, 2011
@frosbel
only a blind, dumb or deluded man can say a fly has four feet or a moth or butterfly or gnat. or a grasshopper, come on, it is funny that God himself, thinks legs are hands. my cat uses its legs to clean its eyes so does it have four hands, ? please, unlike an invisible God, there is no way you can convince anyone that an incest has four feet. four feet who hands, maybe centaurs? it is not only wrong , it is immoral to say this and declare it as perfect
lucky for science though, revisions are allowed, and from Aristotle a lot more has been discovered to date.

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