During the Christmas season of 2006/07, as I pondered some of the more illogical arguments with which the supposed "rational thinkers" and other BCSE-supporting atheists assaulted my inbox, I eventually came up with this, which became a minor Internet hit - getting several thousand reads and being translated into three different languages:
Then, towards the end of January, I was sent an MP3 inspired by the parable. I told the author I thought it was brilliant, and encouraged him to publish it: "Does Richard Dawkins Exist? A radio interview with Dr. Tommyrot." Here's the link to the YouTube version, which has had over 100,000 listens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QERyh9YYEis. Or a Windows Media Audio (WMA) file for downloading: http://www.uncommondescent.com/audios/Dawkins_Delusion.wma
A number of people have asked me - is the interviewer William Hague? I asked this question myself when I listened to the preview... the answer is, "loosely, yes".
Here are a couple of amusing quotes I received from the proprietor of a website devoted to G. K. Chesterton:
Last time I checked, a Google for "Dawkins" turned up my parable in around 10th spot; it still gets read pretty frequently.
David Anderson