{"id":5234,"date":"2006-10-17T11:15:42","date_gmt":"2006-10-17T11:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/debating-dawkins.html"},"modified":"2006-10-17T11:15:42","modified_gmt":"2006-10-17T11:15:42","slug":"debating-dawkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/10\/debating-dawkins.html","title":{"rendered":"Debating Dawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/radio1\/thetubridyshow\/1109112.html\">Pat Kenny sends along this linK;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span><em>Your readers may be interested in the following\u2026 David Quinn, a well known Catholic commentator and journalist here in Ireland debated Richard Dawkins on Irish radio last week on the reasonableness of religious belief. Dawkins is a formidable debater, but David Quinn absolutely embarrassed him \u2013 he had Dawkins on the ropes from the outset. It is a rare moment when Dawkins is left speechless and is well worth listening to.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span><em><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span><em>The debate can be downloaded by going <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/radio1\/thetubridyshow\/1109112.html\"><em>here <\/em><\/a><em>and downloading the programme for October 9<sup>th<\/sup>. The debate starts at 7min 57 seconds into the programme and lasts for about 18 minutes.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Kenny sends along this linK; Your readers may be interested in the following\u2026 David Quinn, a well known Catholic commentator and journalist here in Ireland debated Richard Dawkins on Irish radio last week on the reasonableness of religious belief. 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