Richard Dawkins redefined what it means to be a Christian via some survey results taken by his Richard Dawkins Foundation (never mind the fact that the Bible has been telling us the answer for the last 2,000 years… 3,500 for the really keen). Rev. Giles Fraser then took issue with some of Dawkins’ conclusions in a radio interview. What ensues is a rather comical exchange where Rev. Fraser turns the tables on Dawkins.
If Richard Dawkins imagines that Christians are Christian by means of knowing the first book of the New Testament (or any of the other questions on the survey) then he would be wise to read at least a handful of actual passages of the Bible. Granted it is a sad state for professing Christians in the developed world to be in, but it has nothing to do with whether or not they actually believe Jesus to be the Son of God who died as a ransom for their sins.
What makes the exchange comical isn’t that fact that Dawkins doesn’t know the subtitle to Darwin’s On The Origin Of Species. It’s that he just finished telling Fraser he does and Fraser calls him on it. Dawkins turns into a sloppy mess in a matter of a couple seconds.
Anyone taking Dawkins with any sort of sincerity should probably rethink their position. Over the last year, in particular, the man has seemingly been on a quest to demonstrate just how intellectually naive he really is. Audio of the exchange is here.