{"id":36961,"date":"2006-11-06T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idthefuture.net\/podcast\/is-richard-dawkins-contradicting-himself-by-taking-credit-for-writing-his-own-book\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:08:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:08:59","slug":"55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idthefuture.com\/55\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Richard Dawkins Contradicting Himself by Taking Credit for Writing His Own Book?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this episode of ID The Future CSC\u2019s Logan Gage asks, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20061222182904\/http:\/\/www.evolutionnews.org\/2006\/10\/who_wrote_richard_dawkinss_new.html\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who wrote Richard Dawkins\u2019 latest book<\/a>, <i>The God Delusion<\/i>? Gage interviews AEI\u2019s Joe Manzari who questioned Dawkins about this at a recent event promoting the book. 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