Dinesh D'Souza on Richard Dawkins:

"I've been trying to to debate Dawkins, but the man won't come out from under his desk.

"A group actually offered him $20,000 to debate me, but he refused...

"...saying he would only do it for $100,000.

"Dawkins only wants to compete against weak competition..."


Another snippet from Dinesh D'Souza's interview with Benjamin Wiker in The Catholic World Report, January 2010.


Part of a question asked of Mr. D'Souza:


"...Wouldn't someone like Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary atheist, simply dismiss your argument?

"Doesn't he argue that evolution shows that the human mind is a mere accident of evolution?


Mr. D'Souza's partial answer:


"I have been trying to debate Dawkins -- he is about the only leading atheist I haven't debated -- but the man won't come out from under his desk.

"A group actually offered him $20,000 to debate me, but he refused, saying he would only do it for $100,000.

"Since this is an absurd number, I assume it's a way to refuse without looking like a coward.

"Dawkins only wants to compete against weak competition.

"He loves to take a camera and chase around televangelists, because this way he looks smart, but he won't take on people who can expose his arguments..."