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I agree. As much as I dislike Bill O'Reilly he made some excellent points here. He isn't saying that Dawkins is wrong; he's saying that Dawkins' statement that he is wrong (which is in the book in case you were wondering) is a double standard because atheism is currently as unproven as the existence of God. You can't prove one way or the other and until then it's a matter of which you have more faith in: religion or science. Personally I'd lean more towards science because I think someday, through scientific means, we will be able to answer that debate once and for all. For now, though, O'Reilly was just requesting that Dawkins respect his views.


We've been over the separation of church and state thing before. Basically, "separation of church and state" is a much more literal term than people think these days. It means that the church and the state are two separate entities - in other words, no religious organization runs the government and the government doesn't dictate the policies of religion to religious groups. It does not mean that people with religious backgrounds should be barred from public service. People seem to think that separating church and state means separating spirituality and state, and that just isn't the way it works, now or ever.


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