LuckyDonkey

Dawkins continues his tour of the USA talking about his book The God Delusion. The Richard Dawkins site has put up a video of the event. It's quite long but worth watching. What is most striking about the event compared to the one I attended is the questioning from the audience. The majority of the questions come from theists making the lecture a lot more interesting. I think Dawkins conducted himself well as did the audience.

It shows a striking difference between the UK and the USA. In the UK it is acceptable to be an atheist where as in the USA it is still seen as a bad thing. At the UK meeting the statements Dawkins made were more matter of fact then matters for debate. Dawkins himself seems to address the audience with more care then in the UK. Despite his reputation for being out spoken I think Dawkins genuinely doesn't want to needlessly offend people. He tries to be direct and honest but refuses to tip toe around the issue at hand.

If you've seen Dawkins read from The God Delusion before it's still worth watching, just skip the first third of the video.