The world’s most famous atheist, Richard Dawkins, sits down to talk with the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams in the very first episode of Uncommon Ground, hosted by Justin Brierley.

In a wide-ranging conversation on atheism, faith, poetry, music, meaning, love, complexity, suffering, evolution and survival they discuss whether God or science makes best sense of ‘the poetry of reality’.

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00:00 – Trailer
01:22 Intros
04:00 Whats changed since New Atheism?
07:41 Why religion spoils the poetry of reality
12:19 How do you reconcile evolution & Genesis?
20:21 Is God just an extra explanation?
27:13 Whats behind poetry & the mystical?
35:45 Why should consciousness survive death?
39:01 Dawkins reads ChatGPT poems!
47:58 Empirical evidence for God from creativity?
59:27 What about the cruelty of evolution?
01:06:19 Is humanity too small for God to care?
01:09:09 Does God undermine science?
01:10:53 Is God simple or complex?
01:24:38 Is God an interfering engineer?
01:32:19 What would change your mind about God?
01:36:32 Final reflections