Richard Dawkins: I'm a Cultural Christian

Famous atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins joins Rachel Johnson to reflect on Easter and the role of Christianity in British life.

A self-proclaimed 'Cultural Christian,' Professor Dawkins tells LBC that he is 'slightly horrified' to see lights celebrating Ramadan in central London during Easter and worries about a 'replacement' in this regard.

He says the construction of mosques across Europe concerns him, and that if offered the choice between Christianity and Islam, he'd choose Christianity "every day."

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[danielhorton]

My friend Shawn put it best.
Dawkins want the fruit but not the tree.

[frkafkaz]

Her two year old son asked that question? Does this family think everyone is an idiot.

[dc]

Two year olds can barely speak. Her kid apparently has theological discussions. This family has lies running through their veins.

[aion]

How very bizarre. Dawkins has spent most of his adult life regaling against Christianity but now makes the rather awkward shift towards being a 'cultural Christian'. If Christianity didn't exist there would be no 'cultural' context. For a person who worships at the altar of rationality that bit of reasoning seems to have escaped him.

[mucro]

What is Christian culture worth without faith? Where will it get its strength from? Christian culture without faith is like a garden without a gardener.

[stephenreeds]

He loves Christmas carols but is glad that Christianity is fading away? What inspired carols/ hymns etc? Happy that tenets like love thy neighbour, serve not be served etc etc. are no longer considered as meaningful! There's sth wrong with that bloke.

[fauziafarrukh]

He is hurting Christianity more than anyone else could. Taking spirituality out of religion!! What is left then? Alcohol?

[Lazyormy]

Her 2 year old son also asked Stephen Hawking if every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center.

[anwaralisayed]

Asking an atheist to comment on Easter is like asking a blind person what the colours of a rainbow look like. Journalism in the UK is absolutely on the floor.

[mavi]

"Behold the irony of fate's cruel jest, For what I once scorned, I now confess. Mocked by destiny's unyielding hand, I embrace the creed I once did reprimand."

[niemand]

Yea right, your two year old asked about the difference between knowing and believing 🙄

[mosmanya]

April Fools .. Dawkins is actually observing Ramadan

[jboomhauer]

Dawkins gone from renting billboards with antireligion messages to identifying as culturally Christian. Dude has lost his mind.

[NickSlingerland-ydhy]

He thinks that the things Christians believe are nonsense.. yet it is these very things which caused the society he loves to flourish.

[Gerald-said]

Professor Dawkins is waffling . If he doesn't believe in the Christian faith, I don't see what the boy is whining about. A Muslim is as free to believe and practice theirs faith just as he's free to disbelief and not practice . He's a male Karen

[MrBell-iqsm]

Dawkins has come the full right wing circle.
From atheist idol to Christian cultural warrior.

[nickmeadows]

“I’m on team Christian” - Richard Dawkins 2024

[tomharney]

If he doesn’t believe in Christianity why does it matter what his views are?

[richardhunter]

it's a weird position he's got. if no one goes to church, there's no need for church buildings to exist, and inevitably they will go to ruin or be repurposed; and if people aren't Christians then there's no cultural Christianity. I think he figures that he'll be long gone before it ever becomes an issue

[margaretmckay-ossz]

I think Rachel is as mendacious as her brother.