Dawkins vs Madeline Bunting

[dogjones]

Quite a good little mini-debate between Dawkins and Bunting (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/audio/2008/feb/14/richard.dawkins). It's fun - they acknowledge each other's position (Dawkins concerned with scientific, factual truth; Bunting concerned with intuitive human morality as a form of truth), and yet they each think the other is missing the point.

I think they both come across really well - they admit to their shortcomings but stick to their guns. Check it out!

Dog

[Mr. Scott]

Good, stuff. Thanks!

I noticed Bunting interrupted Dawkins many times, to the point that Dawkins had to finally say "Let me finish." Dawkins also called her on her evasions on religious superstitions, and she declined to deny evading.

I've seen advocates of religion exhibit this behavior often when debating atheists. My hypothesis is it's an external manifestation of their internal interruption of their own cognitive dissonance.