It is nearly midnight and I can hardly believe that I am sitting here at the computer, but I have been glued to it for the last three hours, looking at The Edge and the reviews of the Beyond Belief conference. I started to read The God Delusion because I attended an Alpha Course here in Bury St...
Dear Richard,
I am writing to thank you for your brilliant book, The God Delusion. I had been an atheist for some time, but could never really clarify my thoughts on the matter or defend my opinions effectively. Your book said what I did not have the eloquence to say. Thank you for giving me the...
I can't say I was converted rather reinforced by your book(s). Knowing little about the subject of genetics or Darwinism beyond what Time magazine might have to say, I have to believe that you know what you are talking about in those areas. It certainly makes as much or more sense than the...
Dear Dr. Dawkins:
I wish that I could say I was always an atheist. Raised with very benign Christianity - Christmas, weddings etc. Religion wasn't really discussed or debated, we were allowed to believe what we wanted but left to figure it out on our own. I remember going to church and...
Professor Dawkins,
I'd like to be able to credit you with my conversion from Roman Catholicism to Atheism, but that honour lies with the late, great, Douglas Adams. I distinctly remember reading one of the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy novels (I think it was The Restaurant At The End Of...
Richard Dawkins, I want to thank you.
I was wrong for the first 25 years of my life.
My religious education had placed blinders over my sense of reason and if I hadn't read your books, I'd probably have gone on as a faithful lemming until my death.
The strength of my former conviction...
Mr. Dawkins,
I have just finished reading your book, "The God Delusion" and watching some of your videos as well. The gratitude I have for your unwavering stance based upon truth and reason is immesaurable. I must say that since my evolutionary de-conversion over the last year, I have grown...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
I am a piano teacher from Southampton, mother of two, ex-roman catholic. I had already taken the painful journey of denouncing my religion as a result of much reflection after studying Philosophy at college. I have since moved through Agnosticism to proud Atheism. I am...
Good afternoon,
By now you certainly should recognize the immense impact of your work in raising the public's consciousness about religious falsehoods. Thanks for helping me step out of the atheism closet. I love your work, and appreciate your effort to improve scientific literacy (much...
Dear Dr Dawkins
I was once a committed 'born again' christian.
I had always believed that creation was far too intricate and wonderful to have just occurred. Evolution was not a problem for me, my beliefs ultimately rested on the existence of god not on the details of how he arranged...
Dear Professor Dawkins, or may we call you Richard?
Your influence via the God Delusion, lecture talks posted on this site and the various RDF forums have been a great help and have boosted our psychological well being.
I will be brief, our tale is no longer a cause of pain, guilt and deceipt. ...
I was a Catholic school boy, indoctrinated and imbued with Christian theology and dogma. I do have to say I enjoyed the old Catholic mass, the chanting, the gorgeous vestments, the incense, the candles, the warm, fuzzy feeling coming from familiarity. During the long, tedious sermons my mind...