I love the questions smug people ask him, absolutely sure they've got the final nail for the rickety coffin of his world view.

"What if... you're wrong?!" Checkmate!

What I love is why would Jesus, or anyone else or anything walk by/appear to him but not other people of his faith? What exactly is he doing so much better that got him the answer or the certainty of which he proclaims his view/belief system.

I love how he shuts him down with what is quite obvious, hes fucking delusional. simple and to the point.

I would pay SO much money to see that.

Cruel is you taunting us with such hilarious imagery, knowing full well that we will never be able to see such a thing.

There's always the wonderful films of Lloyd Kaufman.

Yeah but that would still not hurt the guy as much as proving to him Jesus doesn't exist. That will fuck that guys world up, might even kill him. You have to break that shit gently, some people just need religion to make their brains function. Dawkins knows that, but Dawkins is an asshole about it.

You need someone like Sagan to explain it in a nice way, a way that lets you have God and science and that feeling of wonder if you want, instead of "Hmm yes but you see, there is no God. lol pwnt n00b"

Yes, quite.

I think I know where you're going with this, and it's arousing me.

Well I would guess that it is kind of like watching wrestling or something. You can't go around in your daily life suplexing every jerk you run into, so it's satisfying to just watch this other guy who is really good at it.

It's gets pretty tiresome hearing this kind of thing.

Exactly at what point do secular people earn the right to be dismissive and exhausted by the religious and what they are doing/have done to the world? It's not like Dawkins is standing at a pulpit saying gays should be put to death or that people who are not Christians are "enemies of god." Why is it religion always brings out the white knights who want everyone to be nice and respectful of religion, but when someone expresses their disdain of the church with polite but focused, curt intelligence they act as if they're doing something horrible wrong?
The old guy is confronting him and he's giving him an honest response, but being dismissive for good reason. Then he gets death threats at his home for doing so. Exactly WHY is Dawkins the bad guy again?

I say Dawkins gave a perfectly fair and respectful answer. "I think you're wrong" is never easy to say, but Dawkins does his best to not make it a personal attack.

If this guy hadn't actually considered the possibility that he may be delusional, it's long overdue. Anyone who believes in God (myself included) really owes it to himself to do a lot of doubting and secong-guessing, just to keep himself honest. There are worse things than to say "I believe in God for reasons that I concede are not objective, and I need to keep that in mind lest I impose my possible delusions on others".