Dawkins and Determinism

[Mister Agenda]

I had considered this, but Wiki explains:

Dawkins describes his childhood as "a normal Anglican upbringing". He was confirmed, and embraced Christianity until his mid-teens, at which point he concluded that the theory of evolution was a better explanation for life's complexity, and ceased believing in a god. Dawkins states: "the main residual reason why I was religious was from being so impressed with the complexity of life and feeling that it had to have a designer, and I think it was when I realised that Darwinism was a far superior explanation that pulled the rug out from under the argument of design. And that left me with nothing."

I just don't understand why a man left with nothing is motivated to spread nothing.

He's spreading rational skepticism, a respect for science, and not believing strange things without a good reason. He's one of the premier voices against creationism encroaching into science curricula. That's not nothing. Have you considered that the 'nothing he's referring to in that paragraph is merely his belief in God?

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If he was motivated by truth he would focus on his work as a scientist, not as an atheist. He explained the theory of evolution led to his conclusion of atheism, so why try and spread atheism at all? Just spread the theory of evolution.

Because it doesn't matter if non-scientists are never exposed to the truth? Because you're basically criticizing him for writing books about what he thinks is true, and for some reason you think he should keep that to himself. Why do you think he should not share whatever truths he thinks he has discovered? He's primarily an educator, not a field scientist.