Dawkins and Rowen Williams get it on..

[Rum]

From the Beeb at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ca ... e-21220007

Richard Dawkins and Rowan Williams booked for Cambridge debate


Richard Dawkins and Rowan Williams are to discuss the role of religion at a Cambridge Union debate.

Prominent atheist Prof Dawkins and the former Archbishop of Canterbury will discuss whether "religion has no place in the 21st Century" on Thursday.

They were involved in a public discussion at Oxford University last year.

Ben Kentish, president of the union, said it should be a highlight of the debating society's 200-year history.

"Our speakers are the most renowned commentators on this subject," he said.

In Cambridge, about 1,000 students will be in the audience.

"The prospect of seeing Professor Dawkins and the former Archbishop of Canterbury debate the subject is particularly exciting for our members," Mr Kentish said.

"It has all the makings of an excellent debate."

Professor Tariq Ramadan, Andrew Copson, the chief executive of the British Humanist Association, and Douglas Murray, founder of the Centre for Social Cohesion, will also take part.

The debate will be filmed and made available soon after on the union's website.

Previous speakers at the debating society include Sir Winston Churchill, Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama.

[Audley Strange]

Well there's a waste of time and money. Next Week Neil DeGrasse Tyson debates Credo Murtwa on "are interdimensional alien energy reptiles problematic in Government."

[Svartalf]

Isn't Williams rumoured to be a closet atheist?

[cronus]

They are both self-publicists and are out to
1) flog a new book.

2)a dead horse.

[Rum]

I think it is rather a good thing.

[cronus]

I think it is rather a good thing.

Is it ethical though?

[Audley Strange]

They are both self-publicists and are out to
1) flog a new book.

2)a dead horse.

Well to be fair one is flogging a really really old book.

[Rum]

They are both self-publicists and are out to
1) flog a new book.

2)a dead horse.

Well to be fair one is flogging a really really old book.

[Red Celt]

I saw the event listed on the BBC News site. I also got sent a link on Facebook as Andrew Copson (British Humanist Association) will also be there. It will be made available online shortly afterwards. I'll certainly watch it, however it isn't as (potentially) controversial as debates between Dawkins and other religious figures. Dawkins has included interviews with Williams in his own Channel 4 documentaries... and they certainly weren't at each other's throats.

The CofE is such a toothless monster, these days. Christianity-Lite, indeed.

[fretmeister]

That's the thing, delusions aside the Arch Bish of Hogwarts seems to be a decent chap.

I doubt it will be as entertaining as Hitch & Fry -v- Widdecombe & nobhead (whatever he was called).

[Coito ergo sum]

This discussion is always good.

Chokes me up a bit, though, to think that the Hitch might well have been involved in this, were he still with us.

[Rum]

That's the thing, delusions aside the Arch Bish of Hogwarts seems to be a decent chap.

I doubt it will be as entertaining as Hitch & Fry -v- Widdecombe & nobhead (whatever he was called).

..always had a soft spot for nobhead...

[rachelbean]

Evidently, "get it on" means something really different in the UK than it does in the US...

[Bella Fortuna]

Evidently, "get it on" means something really different in the UK than it does in the US...

I know, right?

[Rum]

I can just see it..'The Dawk Does the Bish'