The Problem with God: Interview with Richard Dawkins
http://beliefnet.com/story/178/story_17889_1.html
"What do you wish people knew about evolution?
They need to understand what evolution is about. Many of them don't. I was truly shocked to be told by two separate religious leaders in this country [the U.S.] a few weeks ago--they both said something to the effect that, “I’ll believe in evolution when I see a tailed monkey give birth to a human.”
That is staggering ignorance of what evolutionary science is about; if they think that's what evolutionists believe, no wonder they’re skeptical of it. How can a civilized country have adult people in positions of leadership who know so stunningly little about the leading biological concept?"
Amen, brother. That is exactly what annoys me the most about this whole evolution "debate", the people who argue the most against it are the people who know the least about it. So little that what they think would be evidence for evolution, would actually completely disproof evolution as it is currently understood. Saying that you'll believe evolution when you "see a tailed monkey give birth to a human" is the equivalent of me saying "I'll believe in Christianity when I see Jesus Christ's corpse."
There are also audio clips from a recent speech he gave that are probably worth listening to.
"What do you wish people knew about evolution?
They need to understand what evolution is about. Many of them don't. I was truly shocked to be told by two separate religious leaders in this country [the U.S.] a few weeks ago--they both said something to the effect that, “I’ll believe in evolution when I see a tailed monkey give birth to a human.”
That is staggering ignorance of what evolutionary science is about; if they think that's what evolutionists believe, no wonder they’re skeptical of it. How can a civilized country have adult people in positions of leadership who know so stunningly little about the leading biological concept?"
Amen, brother. That is exactly what annoys me the most about this whole evolution "debate", the people who argue the most against it are the people who know the least about it. So little that what they think would be evidence for evolution, would actually completely disproof evolution as it is currently understood. Saying that you'll believe evolution when you "see a tailed monkey give birth to a human" is the equivalent of me saying "I'll believe in Christianity when I see Jesus Christ's corpse."
There are also audio clips from a recent speech he gave that are probably worth listening to.