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Editor of The Times meets Richard Dawkins

This video shows James Harding, editor of The Times, in conversation with the atheist Richard Dawkins at the Institute of Education. Mark Henderson has blogged it at Science Central. 

Get off the bus - 'there is no God'

Richard Dawkins is helping fund a campaign by the British Humanist Association to persuade people that God does not exist. Posters are to be placed on 30 bendy buses in London in January with the slogan: 'There's probably no God. So stop worrying and enjoy your life.' The campaign is the idea of comedy writer Ariane Sherine, who suggested it on a blog after hearing about a Christian campaign promoting the concept of everlasting flames in hell for unbelievers. The Atheist Bus Campaign will come shortly after the annual church campaign promoting Christianity during the festive Christmas season. My colleague Adam Sherwin broke the story first in The Times. As Ekklesia reports, the Methodists were among the first to welcome this. Read more about it on the JustGiving blog.

Dawkins transcendent

Richard Dawkins had requested no photographer for our interview at his Oxford home last week, so instead artist Paul Winner came along and produced this numinous illustration. The results of the interview appeared in T2 today, as the cover, which was thrilling for me. Bloggers are already following it up, with one describing it as "refreshing". There's also a lively debate going on Dawkins' own site. More links to Dawkins copy on the TimesOnline Faith Page. (Updated: If you go here and scroll down, you will see a videolink. Dr Dawkins has written a defence of his own in The Times, and William Rees-Mogg has replied.)

'We'd be better off without religion'

Richard Dawkins was among the speakers at the debate sponsored by The Times and organised by Intelligence Squared at Westminster Central Hall in London last night. More details on The Times Faith Page, and you can also listen to the podcast. There is also an entertaining blog just up, summarising this post and some of the comments.