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What were Richard Dawkins's criticisms of creationism?
He has described the Young Earth creationist view that the Earth is only a few thousand years old as "a preposterous, mind-shrinking falsehood".
How were his criticisms received?
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Did he have anything else to say about creationism?
Dawkins stated that "evolution has been observed.
It's just that it hasn't been observed while it's happening..
Has he ever debated anyone about creationism?
Dawkins and biologist John Maynard Smith participated in an Oxford Union debate against A.
E.
Wilder-Smith (a Young Earth creationist) and Edgar Andrews (president of the Biblical Creation Society).
Who won the debate?
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Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
He has been referred to in the media as "Darwin's Rottweiler", a reference to English biologist T.
H.
Huxley, who was known as "Darwin's Bulldog.

Question: Why was he referred to as Darwin's Rottweiler?
Self-contained rewrite: Why was Richard Dawkins referred to as Darwin's Rottweiler?