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(82,333 posts) Fri Nov 2, 2012, 11:02 AM Nov 2012

Dawkins opens the door for the Christian Church, says Free Church minister

Published on Thursday 1 November 2012 09:47

One of Professor Richard Dawkins’ most famous books has presented the Christian Church with an open door to share its message with the world, according to a Free Church of Scotland minister.

Rev David Robertson, one of Scotland’s leading Christian thinkers, believes that ‘The God Delusion’ is not a threat, but an opportunity because millions of people had never seriously thought about God and the Bible.

Both men are appearing at the Faclan Book Festival on the Isle of Lewis this week.

Mr Robertson said: “Richard Dawkins has done us a big favour.

http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/lifestyle/lifestyle-leisure/dawkins-opens-the-door-for-the-christian-church-says-free-church-minister-1-2609204

Hegelian dialectics at work. Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis

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