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When I first heard he was going to be on The Colbert Report, I was a bit worried. Most of what I’ve seen of Richard Dawkins (like The Root of All Evil? and The War on Science) has shown him to be a bit… crotchety when discussing religion. I was worried that he’d come across on what’s really a comedy show as confrontational and unfunny. He hasn’t been called “Darwin’s Rotweiller” for nothing!
I was quite happy that he did really well. He was pleasant and laughed at Colbert’s jokes and also managed to get in some excellent points that I’m glad America has now heard.
Did you know that 44% of Americans believe that Jesus will return within 50 years?
Is it 44%? Youch!
Now, add that to the world’s most powerful economy, and you can start to see why there is an astonishing lack of interest in ecological protection. If Jesus is coming back in 50 years, who gives a shit if there’s no ozone and we’ve driven half of living species extinct through global warming?
I’ve known Christians who believed that trashing the planet (they’d call it “having dominion over the earth”) actually *hastens* the return of Christ, so let’s get out there and smash open all the transformers to spill PCB’s everywhere!
Transformers have PCB’s in them? I thought it was Energon…