It's a pity that people like Dawkins can't stand back and observe themselves from an objective distance. Perhaps after a long life crusading against what he perceives as baseless superstition, he will have the awful but truthful epiphany that the thing he really despised the most was right in front of him the whole time.
People like Dawkins seem to suffer from what is certainly one of the most peculiar manifestations of self-loathing around.
If they ever actually manage to prove or disprove anything then I will most definitely sit up and take notice. Otherwise, he is just one more preacher amongst the crowd trying to convince us of his own personal beliefs using the negative tactics of sarcasm, demonisation and doubt. They seem to rely on tactics which people like Plato attacked in the ancient Sophists - that they concentrated on what sounded most probable in order to persuade people, when what they should be doing is trying to uncover the truth instead.
Dawkins should stick to what he is qualified in - his own narrow scientific field.
Subjects such as philosophy, theology and metaphysics already have a pantheon of greats and I'm afraid Dawkins doesn't compare favourably with the likes of Aristotle or Aquinas.