Category: Atheist
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Richard Dawkins: Faith School Menace?
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Aired August 18, 2010
The number of faith schools in Britain is rising. Around 7,000 publicly funded schools – one in three – now has a religious affiliation.
As the coalition government paves the way for more faith-based education by promoting ‘free schools’, the renowned atheist and evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins says enough is enough.
In this passionately argued film, Dawkins calls on us to reconsider the consequences of faith education, which, he argues, bamboozles parents and indoctrinates and divides children.
The film features robust exchanges with former Secretary of State for Education Charles Clarke, Head of the Church of England Education Service Reverend Janina Ainsworth, and the Chair of the Association of Muslim Schools, Dr Mohammed Mukadam.
It also features insights from child psychologists and key players in faith education as well as insights from both parents and pupils.
Dawkins also draws on his own personal history as a father, arguing that the government must stop funding new faith schools, and urges society to respect a child’s right to freedom of belief.
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Chemical Basis of Love
Sometimes we need to remove the romanticism from the love subject, not that it makes it any easier when love-related things don’t go the way one would want them to, but at least the next time you feel like you’re in love, and start suffering from its effects, you will also know what is really going on in your brain. Science is awesome!