Richard Dawkins' Faith In Free Will Is As Blind As A Christians To God

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Hello.

Firstly, Richard Dawkins is great. I love reading his books and find him for the most part a very fascinating and charming man. If I was forced by some supernatural creature to criticise Dawkins personality or else die, all I would say is that his choice of pose for most photographs is a tad too 'Brent'.

I'd put a ponytail on him, since his hairstyle is the only thing about him I'm not fond of (reminds me of one that someone else has, who I don't like much), but his hairstyle preferences are probably a really superficial and minor personality point to disagree with. He's one of the few people I can listen to a long talk from without getting bored, and I can't think of anything to criticize about what I've heard/read him say so far.

A lot of people criticize his voice as being shrill. I don't get it. I find the opposite, that it's got a pleasant sound. Someone else on youtube commented about his voice being melodic. I agree. Listen to his part in Symphony of Science. He puts the others to shame.
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That said, I will now like to express as thriftily as I can what I consider to be the criticism to which Dawkins has no answer, regarding his philosophy.

Evolution: All animals are as they are because this is how they have adapted to survive.

Humans (also animals) have developed religious belief.

Richard Dawkins says this is because the humans have been poisoned by religious ideas, or religious 'memes' as he puts it.

Now, regardless of the fact that there is not the slightest bit of evidence today for memes, what he is saying is that human free-will has been exploited by religious crazies, and what he hopes is that human free-will can one day overcome this through education and we will all one day be enlightened athiests.

Did he really say that human free will has been exploited? Or is that a paraphrasing of something he worded differently?