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The purpose of Richard Dawkins

L to Dawkins' work is located within a stream of protest and rebellion against the established religion, experienced by many as dogmatic, intolerant and domineering, and at the same time, the current assertion of the right of atheists to be recognized and respected as people with a serious and responsible choice. In this current sprout purposes Dawkins in his book "The God Delusion", namely:

1. Improving the awareness of society "to the point of view that being an atheist is a realistic aspiration, and also brave and splendid. It can be an atheist happy, balanced, moral and intellectually fulfilled."

2. Open the possibility of recognizing and valuing "explanations such as natural selection," according to Darwin.
3. Having a proper understanding of the magnificence of the real world "without becoming
religion."
4. Proclaiming "the pride of atheism. Being an atheist is not at all, something to be ashamed."
5. Demand respect for the position agnostic. There is nothing wrong with being agnostic, when there is no evidence one way or another. Book is really right to have trial evidence.
6. Removing the distinction between science teachers (which refers to ground empirical) and religious teachers (which refers to the essential meaning and moral value.)

For a fruitful dialogue between science and faith, should calmly discuss the existing barriers on both sides. We present two barriers: The first type of barriers have been placed without a doubt for believers and it is absolutely necessary to recognize and remove it. The second type of barriers is the place to be raised primarily academic and scientific dialogue.

Referring to the first type, historical and social barriers, we must assume those presented by Dawkins himself. First, the undeserved respect, he said, religion has become in our society, the pretense of having ideas "sacred" and unquestionable ethical and political issue, the alleged "superiority" of religion on other attitudes, disciplines and non-religious institutions, the exaggerated respect for religion as something untouchable, excessive privileges of religion and its representatives, the hypersensitivity of religion against the insults and attacks that can be subjected; hubris and arrogance of religious figures in ideological debates, and his inability to question seriously address the real problems, going to instances "unquestionable" as dogma and faith.

Second, the distance that produces the religion in relation to men of science (as Dawkins calls the "supernatural") and the world of immaterial beings, without adequate basis, supported and sanctioned by religious leaders.

Third, religious motivated violence: the Crusades, the Inquisition, religious wars, the "holy wars" and all abuses in the name of God.

Fourth, the "fundamentalism" religious and condemnation of science, as in the case of Galileo and others. For Dawkins, religion has the dark side of absolutism and have misconceptions about fundamental aspects of human life, such as about homosexuality, abortion, euthanasia, the use of human embryos, etc.. And finally, the belief that faith is not questioned is considered a virtue.

Javeriana Based on the Journal of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Colombia