11.05.09
Dawkins on religion and science in schools
Evolutionist Richard Dawkins warns Bristol audience of ‘general ignorance of science’
Controverial evolutionist Richard Dawkins warned of the “growing Islamic presence in British schools” when he spoke at a sell-out event in Bristol.
In an answer to a question from the audience, he said he was disturbed by the number of people who think the world has only been around for 6,000 years which is an “astonishing error”.
He said: “The number of people who reject evolution is disturbingly high. Teachers and lecturers, even at university level, are finding students shut up their ears when they hear evolution mentioned. They just don’t listen.”
He said he was concerned about the growing Islamic presence in British schools which made the teaching of science more difficult.
“There seems to be a general ignorance of science,” he said. “Twenty-eight per cent of Britons think that people co-existed with dinosaurs.”