Richard Dawkins, 'Darwin's Rottweiler,' in town tonight

Richard Dawkins, a science professor/atheist/author, appears tonight at the University of Washington's Hec Ed Pavilion.

Richard Dawkins, a famous atheist known as "Darwin's Rottweiler," has a new book extolling the evidence of evolutionary biology. "The Greatest Show on Earth" (Free Press, $30) challenges creationists by outlining the scientific case for evolution in this, the bicenntenial year of Darwin's birth. Never one to shy from controversy, Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion" and a retired Oxford University science professor, likens creationists to Holocaust-deniers in his latest book, contending the evidence is as strong for evolution as it is for the Holocaust.

Dawkins is on a book tour around the country and appears at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the University of Washington's Hec Edmundson Pavilion, 3870 Montlake Blvd. N.E. Sponsored by Seattle Science Lectures. Free; for more information contact the University Book Store (206-634-3400; www.ubookstore.com).

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I really don't understand why he bothered to write this book, other than perhaps to make some cash. Dawkins full well knows that this issue... Posted on October 8, 2009 at 8:55 PM by troutbagger. Jump to comment

"Am I missing something? Darwin's theory of evolution does not prove the non-existence of God. God could make Man any way he pleases.... Posted on October 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM by Johnny Stine. Jump to comment

That's funny stuff. How about, Atheist Attack Dog, or Defamer of the Deity, or something like that? Posted on October 8, 2009 at 11:44 PM by Robert Loblaw. Jump to comment

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