Dawkins is fighting an uphill battle in the U.S. I'm glad to see he keeps his cool during these interviews because O'Reilly makes some moot points.

I can't believe it. O'Reilly didn't tell him to shut up, he didn't raise his voice. But really cluthing at straws by stating that Stalin and Hitler were atheists and because of they did the terrible things that they did. Bin Laden is religious (well he says he does things for Allah) and he does terrible things too.

I really thought this was going to infuriate me, but Billo didn't seem his usual bat-shit insane self here...subdued.

I am glad Mr. Dawkins is such a well spoken intelligent and calm advocate of atheism as well. I appreciate the work he does to open peoples eyes around the world, however little it may work. But more so he serves as a good rally point for those who already share his beliefs(nonbeliefs?).

Cheers to Dawkins

When i clicked on this link i thought this was going to horrible O'rly again.

Very surprised he was calm, and he actualy put up the best points for religion there was and he was very tolerant of Dawkins' veiws. Dawkins was on the offense and o'rly on the defense/evasion. Wow.

Yes, Bill wasn't a crazy freak for this interview, but it's still more like he asked Dawkins on his show so that he could spout his own beliefs instead of letting his guest actually make their point. Someone out there has to have a ratio of how much Bill actually talks more in these interviews than his guests.

so... shouldnt you be able to finish your line or something? oreilly never held back and interupted him all the time.

Bill-O has his facts wrong, as always. In the judeo-christian belief, Jesus isn't god, he's the son of god.

God, I hate that twat

You guys should see the interview ol' Bill conducted with Kirk Cameron, in which Bill refers to this Dawkins interview and says:

"You know I had Richard Dawkins on, he's the best seller of the, you know, God Delusion, and I think I beat him in the debate because I basically said 'Look you cannot explain to me how... um, the world, the earth got here. You just don't have it, you can blather all day long, but you don't have it, so you know to me I'm throwin' in with an oversight, a-a-a higher power that made everything happen."

Bill is just too contentious and instigative to be taken seriously when discussing such matters. Take away his viewer base and he wouldn't say half the things he does.

Here's a link to that interview with Cameron:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5J0cSnYnFg

The clip has been edited by a user but it's the only one I could find.

Maybe this is why Bill is sort of easy on Dawkins:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdSyhlzBPg

Truly, most of the intelligent people in media and politics are secretly at LEAST skeptics, if not atheists. They just use religion to keep the rabble in tow.

Sorry I called Bill intelligent, but of course he is. Hitler was intelligent too, and Karl Rove and Charles Manson and Walt Disney. Evil, all, but intelligent.

When in an arguement it is always best to call the other person a Nazi.

a lot of people mentioning how calm o'rly was in this. he then later on declares victory. i guess he sees debating dawkins the same way as bullriding in that if you survive for a good amount of time you win.

i see o'rly trying to debate someone like dawkins as close to a quadrapalegic 8 year old fighting chuck lidell.

I too was surprised that O'Reilly wasn't his usual loudmouth, insulting self. However, I think that showed that he wasn't as confident in his position. He usually does not hesitate to shout down and attack anyone who disagrees with him.

Cheers to Dawkins for putting up w/ O'Reilly even though it seems like hell has frozen over if he really didnt tell him to shut up of get off his show.

now if only pure Anarchists had one such as Dawkins

O'Reilly figures it's only logical that the universe requires a creator. So why doesn't the creator require a creator, ad infinitum? Dawkins should have demanded a logical explanation, and persisted through O'Reilly's inevitable evasions and interruptions until he got one.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.

- Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, Vol. 1 Chapter 2

Hitler was NOT an atheist. There are countless references to his faith in a christian god in Mein Kampf. His christian beliefs were his main reason for killing Jews.