I have a few heros. These are people that I look up to and who have served as a guide in my life. Some of these people I know, my grandmother for example, others are people who I have yet to meet. One of these people that I know by name only, but who has served as a guiding force is Biologist, Richard Dawkins.As a Panthiest and a Premedical Molecular Biology and BioInformatics student, I find Dawkins' contributions to the scientific community and to society to be some of the most important of our day.
Dr. Dawkins seeks the rational and testable explanations to questions in science and philosophy. He is a wonderfully eloquent speaker, to whom I could for hours listen. He is also very controversial. As an example, he once said "I think a case can be made that faith is one of the world's great evils." I think there are many with this line of thinking who would agree .
One of my favorite of his quotes is, "We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
If you haven't heard of Richard Dawkins, please listen to NPR's Dawkins interview, "A Case For Athiesm."
