Student Resource Sheet 8B: Newspaper Article 10

2c: Media portrayal of S&R

Student Resource Sheet 8b: Newspaper Article 10

Below is the beginning of an article from the Electronic Telegraph filed on the 16th March 2002

God knows what Professor Dawkins is talking about
by Tom Utley

I WORRY about Professor Richard Dawkins, and his crackpot theory that the universe evolved from some kind of accidental explosion at the dawn of time. It is not that I am against far-fetched theories in general. Who knows, the professor may even be right - although it seems much more plausible that all life and matter were created by a supreme and intelligent deity, as most of the cleverest men have believed for many thousands of years.

It may even be that we are both right - that God created the universe, and that He did so by means of an explosion, followed by a process of evolution, which He did not see fit to tell us about in the Book of Genesis …

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Science and Religion in Schools Project - Unit 2c: Media Portrayal of S & R