Dawkins’s attempt to test the existence of God is as silly as using logic to tear down Santa Claus in the eyes of a child, says Henry Gee.

In his book Unweaving The Rainbow, Richard Dawkins boasts (boasts!) that he told a six-year-old that Father Christmas doesn’t exist. His logic was purely scientific – there wouldn’t be time for Santa to reach the homes of all the good children in the world in one night.

Read the column here.

Dawkins’s attempt to test the existence of God is as silly as using logic to tear down Santa Claus in the eyes of a child, says Henry Gee.

In his book Unweaving The Rainbow, Richard Dawkins boasts (boasts!) that he told a six-year-old that Father Christmas doesn’t exist. His logic was purely scientific – there wouldn’t be time for Santa to reach the homes of all the good children in the world in one night.

Read the column here.