It takes quite a lot to make Richard Dawkins look like a charitable, kindly injured innocent, but the trick has been managed by a ghastly group calling themselves the Pilgrim Baptist Church, who run a funeral oration site and (though the Prof is in robust health) have announced Dawkins’ memorial service for Friday, pronouncing “Richard Dawkins has proven to be one of the most wicked human beings to ever walk the earth” (hard luck, Hitler).

Faith Central – Times Online – WBLG: Dawkins ghouls.

It all depends how you define “wickedness”, doesn’t it? Prof Dawkins has used the word “wicked” in entirely different contexts, such as describing parents who claim their very young children on behalf of their own religion, before they’re old enough to understand what religion is. I prefer Dawkins’ definitions.

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