AN OXFORD professor brought out Christian protesters and an audience of 1,600 to hear his latest attack on religious faith.
Best-selling author Prof Richard Dawkins hugely exceeded expectations of The University of Liverpool for the second in its series of four lectures to tie in with European Capital of Culture 2008.
The demand for his The God Delusion talk was so great organisers had to move from the university’s own 600-seater auditorium to the 1,600 capacity Philharmonic Hall. A second date has sold out with more requests for tickets raining in.
Outside, Christians held banners urging people not to “Let Dawkins Make a Monkey Out of You”. Pastors from the Zion Tabernacle, Chester, and Belvedere Baptist, Toxteth, handed out creationist leaflets.
Inside, Prof Dawkins, dubbed the high priest of atheism, said: “It is a remarkable coincidence that almost everyone has the same religion as their parents and it always just so happens they’re the right religion.”
Besides Christianity, he lambasted Islam, Judaism and all forms of faith.
