Richard Dawkins suffers stroke.

[Brian37]

I am hearing though through some sources that his mental capacity is still in tact.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016...aland-tour

[Jackalope]

Smote by Yahweh, no doubt.

[ApeNotKillApe]

Meanwhile Pat Robertson remains unmauled by a gorilla.

[Brian37]

Smote by Yahweh, no doubt.

Bullshit, everyone knows Allah smote or smitten him. Cant be that age thing.

He is a bit of a stuff shirt, but still, hope he gets as well as he can. Great contributor to understanding science.

[Aroura]

Oh, I'm glad to hear it was minor. My mother had a minor one a few years back, and talking to her today you would never know it. I hope Mr. Dawkins makes a full recovery quickly! But none of us are getting out of here alive, and he's no spring chicken.

Still, watch all the fundies go on about how god really did smite him, even though he's 74. Just like asshats saying that is why Hawking is in a wheelchair (even though he's lived longer than anyone else with his condition).

[Excited Penguin]

I hope he'll be allright.

This article is interesting.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/no...rds-prayer

The Church of England has received unlikely backing from the biologist and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins after the UK’s three leading cinema chains refused to screen its advert featuring the Lord’s Prayer.

The 60-second advert was due to be shown before Star Wars: the Force Awakens, released on 18 December, which would have guaranteed it a huge cinema audience in the run-up to Christmas.

But the Odeon, Cineworld and Vue chains, which control 80% of screens around the country, have refused to allow it because of a policy not to allow political or religious advertising.

I take the cinemas' side on this. It's not a matter of free speech. It's a matter of their own freedom to choose what advertisements they show. And I fully agree that they shouldn't show religious advertisement of any sort.

[Minimalist]

Smote by Yahweh, no doubt.

Fucking old fart can't even do that right.  Some 'god.'

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Best bit from the linked article:

'He also coined the term “meme” to describe a self-replicating unit that transmits cultural ideas, a rather loftier description than its current manifestation as an infinite cascade of sad frogs named Pepe.'

Boru

[Excited Penguin]

Best bit from the linked article:

'He also coined the term “meme” to describe a self-replicating unit that transmits cultural ideas, a rather loftier description than its current manifestation as an infinite cascade of sad frogs named Pepe.'

Boru

I'm no Richard Dawkins, or biologist for that matter, but it always seemed to me like the internet memes would classify as classic memes as well.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.