I must say, Mr. Dawkins, that your work has inspired me to become more outspoken about my antitheistic viewpoint, which has been with me since the age of six- perhaps that is the age at which I learned to think for myself. I am merely thirteen years of age, but I am absolutely fascinated with...
Dear Prof. Dawkins,
I have a lump in my throat. I was brought here by a book I am reading right now, and the stories in Converts' Corner have moved me to tears. It is truly an honour to be able to relate to those people who have shunned the 'clouds, crowds and smokescreens' of religion - those who can now...
Professor Dawkins,
I received your book from my son for Christmas. Kind of funny when you think of it. I was raised Catholic, but never really took it seriously. I guess I was of the ‘hedge my bets’ variety. I’ve always been perturbed at the violence perpetrated in the name of religion. I don’t really know why...
This is been one hell of a year for me.
I am a 28 year old man who has spent 27 years of my life as a devout mormon in the jaws of Utah. I successfully met all the proverbial notches (served a two year mormon mission, came home and was married by 22, and started having children the following...
Richard,
I have for several years been a fan and advocate of your work, and for several more an Atheist, however on reading the God Delusion and The Selfish Gene I have affirmed life choices and found that I am not alone with those choices. I feel a warmth from knowing there are people like you out there...
Dear Mr. Dawkins,
I am a 27 old woman living in central South- Africa. Now if you know anything about South-Africa you will know that that the Free State is probably the most conservative part of the country. South-Africa, especially the white Afrikaans speaking South-Africans are very, very religious, and in my...
Dear Mr Dawkins,
I am now fifty years old. I was raised in the beliefs of the Protestant Dutch Reformed church as practised by Afrikaans-speaking descendants of the 17th C Dutch and French Hugenot immigrants of South Africa. My first suspicions that religion was the source of tremendous human suffering and...
Dear Richard Dawkins,
This is my second letter to your forum after reading your thought provoking book *The God Delusion*. Recently I have been watching the God channel on TV and have on occasion laughed out loud on hearing some of the absolutey nonsensical rubbish that is spouted by just about every speaker. About...
Dear Prof. Dawkins,
I don’t know if you will read this, but I thought this a proper place to express my gratitude. It is not too much to say, that your books have indeed changed my life.
Though the works of F. Nietzsche made me a critic of the Catholic Church early on, when I read them at age 17, I have to say...
Dear Mr Dawkins
I'm a South African musician and, although I was raised in the Anglican church ( Sunday school, confirmation, the works!) I was fortunate enough to have an agnostic mother who encouraged me not to blindly believe anything I learned in the church but to question all the information they passed...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
I have never believed in god from the moment I was able to think for myself ( 11yrs). I remember long arduous hours in church where I was forced to attend 'once a month' as a child - my duty was to appear on the first Sunday of every month as a 'brownie' (and after that as a ''guide') as was...
Mr. Dawkins,
Your book “ The God Delusion” came up in a wonderfully interesting discussion with an Aussie friend of mine ofa Polish father and a Jewish mother (or was it the other way around, John ?). Needless to say that Polish here could easily be understood something like Royalist in Irish context.
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