Richard Dawkins in the Lion's Den

I found these clips at Throw Away Your TV. He gave this reading of The God Delusion at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia on October 23, 2006. Many of the students in the audience are from Jerry Falwell's Liberty "University." I was quite surprised to find that Dawkins was speaking there -- both that he would agree to go into the lion's den, as it were, and that they would invite him.

The first segment is of Dawkins reading from his new book.



The second segment is where it gets really interesting -- Dawkins takes questions from the audience. They are politely dismissive and he responds seriously and clearly.



If nothing else, it's good to see that Dawkins is not simply speaking to the choir and is actually taking his message to the people who are most likely to disagree with him.

Tags: Richard Dawkins, Liberty University, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Jerry Falwell, religion, atheism, Throw Away Your TV, Sam Harris, The God Delusion, secularism