Richard Dawkins is an obviously brilliant biologist who has a flare for communication. No matter how much one knows or understands about the issues he discusses, he leaves little room for doubt in the readers mind as to whether they agree with him or not. I personally find his accounts of evolution to be inspiring, to put it mildly, despite his occasional gratuitous “pot shots” at theists which I have usually considered to be unnecessary side tracks from an otherwise persuasive argument. (more…)