Dawkins stopped from presenting one of his anti religion rants.

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Then I guess Dawkins' book, The Selfish Gene, is irrelevant to whatever point you're trying to make.
Osama bin Laden was more successful passing on his genes than 9 famous atheist combined. Muslims as of now are the best at producing offspring so by simple math if things continue as they are now Muslims will dominate the world spreads their genes as they go.
Thus Dawkins selfish gene theory favors Muslims more than atheist. It's not there is a "Muslim gene" but Muslims are more successful at spreading their genes. Yet Dawkins wants to claim the group that's the most successful at spreading their genes as evil.
 
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Osama bin Laden was more successful passing on his genes than 9 famous atheist combined. Muslims as of now are the best at producing offspring so by simple math if things continue as they are now Muslims will dominate the world spreads their genes as they go.
Thus Dawkins selfish gene theory favors Muslims more than atheist. It's not there is a "Muslim gene" but Muslims are more successful at spreading their genes. Yet Dawkins wants to claim the group that's the most successful at spreading their genes as evil.

You are ignoring the point that atheism grows more through education than through procreation. As the computer age makes education more available to all beliefs such as Islam will have an uphill battle growing in the future.
 
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Osama bin Laden was more successful passing on his genes than 9 famous atheist combined. Muslims as of now are the best at producing offspring so by simple math if things continue as they are now Muslims will dominate the world spreads their genes as they go.
Thus Dawkins selfish gene theory favors Muslims more than atheist. It's not there is a "Muslim gene" but Muslims are more successful at spreading their genes. Yet Dawkins wants to claim the group that's the most successful at spreading their genes as evil.

And now we're back to square one.

For the sake of argument, let's say your description is correct and sensible.

It still is a non sequitur to say that the most successful genes are 'good'. Science is not about determining good and evil; it is about determining how the world works.

Gravity makes things fall down. This does not make me a hypocritical physicist to think it would be a bad thing for my airplane to fall down.
 
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You are ignoring the point that atheism grows more through education than through procreation. As the computer age makes education more available to all beliefs such as Islam will have an uphill battle growing in the future.
Again the study didn't leave those figures out and in spite of those becoming atheist in Europe and USA doesn't make a dent in the number of offspring Islamic countries are producing. While the atheist numbers are growing but the percentage of the world population they are shrinking. Muslims are producing children and converts a lot faster than atheist.
 
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And now we're back to square one.

For the sake of argument, let's say your description is correct and sensible.

It still is a non sequitur to say that the most successful genes are 'good'. Science is not about determining good and evil; it is about determining how the world works.

Gravity makes things fall down. This does not make me a hypocritical physicist to think it would be a bad thing for my airplane to fall down.
Evolution favors Islam more than atheist. That's how the world works. :)
 
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Again the study didn't leave those figures out and in spite of those becoming atheist in Europe and USA doesn't make a dent in the number of offspring Islamic countries are producing. While the atheist numbers are growing but the percentage of the world population they are shrinking. Muslims are producing children and converts a lot faster than atheist.

Yes, but the site assumed a steady rate of growth. That is not how education spreads. Education tends to spread faster and faster as time goes on.

Unless the Muslim countries keep themselves cut off from the rest of the world the truth will penetrate. Technology is more and more pervasive in our world today. Smart phones are everywhere. Education and the freedom that it brings will not be stopped.
 
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Evolution favors Islam more than atheist. That's how the world works. :)

Supposing that is the case, it is not hypocritical for Dawkins to criticize Islam.
 
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Supposing that is the case, it is not hypocritical for Dawkins to criticize Islam.
Dawkins probably knows deep down there is more to live than what evolution can explain. There is something greater than "survival of the fittest."
This is a blind atheist running wide open into the tree of reality.
 
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Dawkins probably knows deep down there is more to [life] than what evolution can explain.

No, I'm sure he admits openly the uncontroversial fact that evolution does not explain everything.

There is something greater than "survival of the fittest."

Nachos.

This is a blind atheist running wide open into the tree of reality.

No, it is just your poorly stuffed strawman argument slumped in a corn field.
 
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No, I'm sure he admits openly the uncontroversial fact that evolution does not explain everything.



Nachos.



No, it is just your poorly stuffed strawman argument slumped in a corn field.
This deserves a "Winner" rating too. But you killed me with "Nachos".
 
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