Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science

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The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (RDFRS or RDF) is a non-profit organization founded by biologist Richard Dawkins in 2006. It is trusteed by Dawkins and Claire Enders in the United Kingdom along with Karen Owens in the United States.^[1] As of November 2006, RDFRS has not been approved for non-profit status in the United States following its application 6 months prior. On this fact, Dawkins commented "I don't know too much about these things, but what’s annoying is how religious organizations get such an easy ride, while we really have to argue for it."^[2]

Among its planned activities, RDFRS will finance research into the psychology of belief and religion, finance scientific education programs and materials, and publicize and support secular charitable organizations.^[1]

[edit] Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. Our Mission. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.
2. ^ Lejtenyi, Patrick. "Holy baloney", Montreal Mirror, 2006-11-02. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.

[edit] External links

• Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science – Official website
• Dawkins' video introduction to RDFRS at YouTube
• RDFRS at MySpace

Richard Dawkins

Books: The Selfish Gene • The Extended Phenotype • The Blind Watchmaker • River out of Eden • Climbing Mount Improbable • Unweaving the Rainbow • A Devil's Chaplain • The Ancestor's Tale • The God Delusion Related works: The Atheism Tapes • Beyond Belief • The Root of All Evil? • How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think See also: Foundation for Reason and Science  • In popular culture  • Meme  • Lalla Ward

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