He is smug but,
The thing to remember is, not all points of view have the same validitity.
When Dawkins is head to head with the bishop of fundements, he has the experience of years of research and study behind him. The bishop just believes. It is quite wrong for the other party to think his own point of view has the same weight as the Dawkins.

Its the Astronomers against the Astrologers (who really are cunts) or the Eco-warriors against the pro-nuclears. Me against everybody else. No amount of education, no matter how gentle or demonstative, can shake a person's belief, no matter how irrational it seems to others.

So why does Dawkins bother? He likes winding them up, must be the answer. So long as he knows he is doing this he will not explode in an all engulfing splatter of frustration.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 15:37, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

This is my favourite answer so far
Have this biscuit. It's a bit soggy, sorry.
( chart cat has an itch, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 15:54, Reply)

Thanks
That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

Up yours Roosta
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 15:59, Reply)