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Question 1

Richard Dawkins claims what about religious beliefs

Answer 1

it is dangerous, out of date and ridiculous

Question 2

3 of Dawkins objects to religious belief

Answer 2

• the fact that humans exist at all is a remarkable enough coincidence of biology without looking for any grater significance
• evolution is the explanation for all living things

Question 3

Dawkins claims religion can lead to what

Answer 3

evil, a virus which affects the human mind

Question 4

he uses the beliefs and practices of fundamental Islam and evangelical as examples to show what
- hint 4 things

Answer 4

• misleading education
• prejudice and ignorance
• form of child abuse
• religious motivated terrorism

Question 5

Criticisms, how does Dawkins explain his belief about religion and what is a problem with this

Answer 5

• by reference to memes

- but if religious belief is a meme, passed through infection form one to another, so is atheism too

Question 6

Criticism, what could Dawkins meme’s be

Answer 6

Blik’s - ways of looking at the world that cannot be verified