In this lecture, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that belief in a personal god qualifies as a delusion, which he defines as a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory evidence. He is sympathetic to Robert Pirsig’s statement that when one person suffers from a delusion it is called “insanity.” When many people suffer from a delusion it is called “religion.”
PART 1: Richard Dawkins reads excerpts from The God Delusion and answers questions at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia on October 23, 2006. This Q&A features many questions from Jerry Falwell's Liberty "University" students.
PART 2: Richard Dawkins continues reading excerpts from The God Delusion and answers more questions at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia on October 23, 2006.