Interesting question, as Richard Dawkins has stated, “It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that).”
Yet, he has stated the following of David Berlinski:
Are there, then, any examples of anti-evolution poseurs who are not ignorant, stupid or insane, and who might be genuine candidates for the wicked category? I once shared a platform with someone called David Berlinski, who is certainly not ignorant, stupid or insane. He denies that he is a creationist, but claims strong scientific arguments against evolution…As I said, he is certainly not ignorant, stupid or insane.
So, in Richard Dawkins’ estimation David Berlinski is not ignorant, stupid or insane—just wicked.
He is wicked, by default, for daring to question the dogmatheism of Dawkins’ god; Darwin. Now, Dawkins has stated that if you doubt, yes even doubt, that human beings are related to bananas and turnips you are to be likened to a Holocaust denier. Yet, David Berlinski—the agnostic Jew—dares to doubt it and his parents escaped from Germany to escape from the Nazis, to escape the Holocaust. What grotesque results ensue from Richard Dawkins’ constant attention getting and emotive remarks.
Well, Richard Dawkins cannot use his catch all (so he thinks) reason (aka excuse) for not debating worthy opponents such as William Lane Craig and Stephen Meyer (see here and here) by stating that he will not debate creationists (a category under which he includes Intelligent Design proponents and any other inconvenient challengers).
David Berlinski is an agnostic and Dawkins can dance around claiming that he is, nonetheless, an Intelligent Design proponent whose arguments Dawkins likens to those of Creationists yet, he cannot simply play the same old evasion game.
