- Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:13 pm
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My favourite quote:
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life can be seen on BBC One on Sunday 1 February at 2100 GMT. Judging by everything else Attenborough has done, it will probably be a worthwhile watch.
Veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough says he has received hate mail from viewers for not crediting God in his nature programmes.
"They tell me to burn in hell and good riddance," he said in an interview with the Radio Times.
My favourite quote:
In the interview, Sir David said that people asked why his documentaries did not give "credit" to God for the creation of life.
"They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds."
"I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in East Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball."
"The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs."
"I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life can be seen on BBC One on Sunday 1 February at 2100 GMT. Judging by everything else Attenborough has done, it will probably be a worthwhile watch.