Richard Dawkins interviewed by Alan Colmes Wednesday

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Not by any means an in-depth interview, and yeah, Alan Colmes works for Fox News Talk Radio, among others, but it's always a pleasure to hear Dawkins speak. Something about that British accent.

The interview is 14:05 in length. The audio is at either link below.

PR'ish snip from Liberaland link:

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins appeared on my radio show Wednesday night to discuss his memoir, A Brief Candle in the Dark.

Dawkins told me he thinks it is disgraceful that most of the candidates running for the GOP nomination for President are creationists, even though molecular genetics can prove that evolution is scientific fact. We also discussed whether Dawkins would ever change his views on the existence of God, some of the great minds Dawkins has worked with, and why he gets a positive reaction in the Bible Belt despite his views on religion.

The Blaze had a story, linked here, and it was a bit more ... inflammatory. The Blaze, you know?

Dawkins repeatedly waded into controversial territory throughout the exchange, with Colmes at one point asking if the biologist believes that religious people are “mentally ill.”

“It’s hard to use the word ‘mentally ill’ when there are so many of them,” Dawkins responded. “If they believed what they did and they were the only one they would undoubtedly be called mentally ill.”

As for whether the atheist leader would ever change his mind about God, he said that he’s open to the idea. “Just show me some evidence and I’ll change,” Dawkins said.

Colmes also asked if there’s a religious culture that’s “sicker than another” — and Dawkins held little back. “I don’t think it’s unfair to say that, if we’re looking for the maximum toxicity in religions in the world, it’s got to be Islam,” he said. “It’s partly that they are taught to believe that the Koran is literally true.”

Dawkins continued, ”The Bible itself is as toxic as the Koran, but most Christians are not taught to believe it literally.”

That last point is what saves our bacon in the west, eh? 500 years ago and we are toast.