Anyone else notice the medium shaking his head "no" at 25:20 ish? He clearly doesn't believe a word he just said. For a cold reader, he's a really shitty liar.
@prezoftheworld Does Dawkins realize that in the name of reason, hundreds or thousands of people were killrd during the French revolution. Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao thought it reasonable to kill millions to further their goals. Reason, untempered by faith is just as dangerous as faith without reason.
And an angel appeared to Noob who dwelt in the house of b'Ush. Travel to the land of Sol and there thou wilt find Scholars and harlots. Thou shalt fill the harlots tabernacles with molten bronze that they be sealed from the seed of men. Harken not to their screams or tears for just is the lord. Leave them to rot upon the earth for a day and half a day. Those of tender years shall not be left but after a time have their vaults cleaved and be hang upon the branches.
"If you give a dog food, shelter and love he will think that you are god, If you give a cat the same things she will draw the conclusion that she is god"
February of 2010 I went w/a friend to see a 'psychic.'
When I entered the room had the same skepticism as most people thinking the psychic would just give me general readings, but she told me very specific things. She said in May I would be in a relationship with a girl whose name starts with "N," and that in August I would get a promotion, and that I would get in a car accident in 2011. I left and completely forgot about all those predictions, only to remember them when they had all come true.
@SpaceWineTV I am not in anyway saying that what Dawkins claims is b.s., although, from my experience, I do believe that out of all the obviously fraudulent psychics and astrologers, there might be some legitimate fortune tellers out there.
@SpaceWineTV Ask that psychic how to unite quantum phys and general relativity? You can blow up the world of physics by this revolutionary knowledge. Next year noble prize would be yours too. Ask him if you really are convinced that in your case his foretelling was correct not a coincidence.
"Dead-to-the-spirit deluded "God Delusion" author & blithering fool scientist goon Richard Dawkins another "leader" given to the profane masses is another useful idiot for Jesuit machinations"-C.O.
Jesuitical: pertaining to the Jesuits or their principals; designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating
The Jesuits completely altered the education system to suit their evolution agenda to discredit the Bible. They cant have a Satanic society of 'Do as Thou Wilt' if people still follow the Bible.
"Dead-to-the-spirit deluded "God Delusion" author & blithering fool scientist goon Richard Dawkins another "leader" given to the profane masses is another useful idiot for Jesuit machinations"-C.O.
Jesuitical: pertaining to the Jesuits or their principals; designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating
The Jesuits completely altered the education system to suit their evolution agenda to discredit the Bible. They cant have a Satanic society of 'Do as Thou Wilt' if people still follow the Bible.
it seems that this episode raises more questions than answers primarily because it's hard to explain to people things like reason, science and critical thinking since their "mind set" is such that they can not clearly distinguish between rational and irrational. And in my opinion the best way to spread reason and critical thinking is education, which desperately needs improvements and changes nowadays.
@TheScienceFoundation No, he means thumbs down. Because the people who NEED to see this are the ones most likely to disagree with it (or feel threatened by it).
@TheScienceFoundation People who find this out of their view would be more likely to dislike the video. That is why I wish there to be more thumbs down. I want people who doesn't hold these ideas to watch this so that there are a bigger proportion who actually realize their faults and like the video instead. That's how I reason. =) But I also wish this video and videos like this had way more views. The only way to convert anyone to atheism is to allow them to realize reason themselves.
@TheScienceFoundation People who find this out of their view would be more likely to dislike the video. That is why I wish there to be more thumbs down. I want people who doesn't hold these ideas to watch this so that there are a bigger proportion who actually realize their faults and like the video instead. That's how I reason. =) But I also wish this video and videos like this had way more views. The only way to convert anyone to atheism is to allow them to realize reason themselves.
Thats the thing isnt it... Nobody needs to be TOLD there is no god. Most of us dont need to be told this and those that do will never listen. Its obviously futile to tell the pope there is no god. What makes us watch it is the odd freakshow moment and the fanaticism of certain individuals.
Its also very disconcerting that 2 british people... are now making big names for themselves and presumably get paid quite well to travel across america, telling flagwaving, bewildered americans there is no god.
Back in England or indeed across all of Europe, that business venture would simply not work.
Americans have a kind of pathologic aversion towards any foreign influence. Their attitude is often extreme such as their foreign policy "you are either with us or against us". Anything which isnt american is anti american, anything which isnt christian is anti christian. Its really about nationalism tho. With their "Gods own country!!" and their constant "God bless America" Its about their unshakable belief in their own superiority that no amount of bankruptcies and "reality" can shake.
@Janusha So I suppose you have never heard of Sam Harris or Daniel Dennett. They are atheists doing the same thing and are both Americans. Believe it or not, the whole world doesn't revolve around the United States.
@Janusha Too bad, they are worth reading. Read Sam Harris' book "The End of Faith." It's very enlightening. Daniel Dennet is also a philosopher and his books are a lot harder to get through, but worth the effort.
Imi not really a person that struggles with the end of faith in any shape. Im more concerned with the amount of people that actually do. As such its freakshow weird to see how 2 enlightened, educated and intellectual british people make a good living and a healthy career out of travelling around USA telling people there is no god. I mean... do we REALLY need to be told this ?
@Janusha There are more religious believer in the US than in any other first-world country. And other countries do not want the US run by religious bigots looking for the end times. Hitchens (until his death) was living in the US and is an American citizen. Both he and Dawkins are continually invited onto news shows, debates and college campuses to speak. People in the US want to hear what they have to say.
@DarknessUnresolved I want people who would dislike this video to watch it so that a small part of them might be convinced otherwise :P It was a bit of a stretch, I know, I didn't make myself clear. Atheists don't need to watch this, religious people do.
when a stupid cat video gets 20,000,000 views and great shows like this gets only 13,081 views by it self show in what kind of society we live in. we live in a society that jersey shore is the most popular show and people go to church on Friday to pray to become more and more richer from their Superstition and our cat videos are the most viewed clips.
@mhr88 OMG thank you i love you so much!!!!!!!! :) although i would disagree with the cat part, sure it doesn't deserve as much views and popularity as Dawkins, but it's not stupid ;)
@ScottBrown666 Religion might be similar to science for they both propose an explanation over things, but that's about it. Religion is not a science because it isn't based on facts. Fact.
@strafer I have OCD as well, but we are not slaves to superstition in the same way as those in the video. We understand the nature of our anxiety disorder, however much we give in the irrationality of our obsessions. We understand the distress that the thoughts and behaviours cause us. Those in the video embrace their superstitious beliefs without understanding the psychological side.
I would prefer to say, "Those who doubt often have greater understanding."
However, we all march to different tom toms. Some people see most of the truth; some people see part of the truth; and some people see none of the truth.
There should, in my view, be more understanding of why we perceive things as we do. The subject of perception is quite revealing.
"those who cannot understand, doubt" is quite possibly the most ignorant argument about religion or lack thereof. If that's your logic, then why don't you just say "I read that God exists in a book, owned"
This is a subject you can't take seriously, because neither side can prove anything. Sure science has proven a lot but until it can explain how the hell that big bang happened im not gonna say there isn't a God. Same with religion, until we have a visit from "God" im not believing a damn thing.
@jnashification I'm glad you dont blindly believe things until they are presented to you but buddy the whole point of the big bang "theory" was to figure out how it happened and astrophysics has gone a long way to do so. Search up some documentaries on the big bang and you'll realize that many pieces of this puzzle was found decades ago and recently put together. However since the ideas of separate dimensions came to be the big bang is nothing more than one of the infinite possibilities.
@jerjerjason My point was meant to say that science has not proven there is no diety, neither has religion, simple as that. Therefore im not an atheist nor a religious person.
Firstly, no one has to disprove any ridiculous claim. It's up to the believers to prove that what they believe in actually exists and that it is a rational and reasonable thing to believe in.
Secondly, agnosticism is not an answer to a question about belief. If someone asks "Do you believe in God?" and you say "I'm an agnostic.", you've answered nothing. You just avoided the question.
Agnosticism is all about knowing. It's got nothing to do with belief at all.
@gnawershreth Exactly, it is about knowing, but when I say im agnostic im saying that I gotta see it to believe it right? I don't think im necessarily avoiding the question.
What I mean to say is I have to know its 100% proven to side with a point of view, and since neither religion nor science has fully proven if theres a diety or non diety, I really don't believe in much.
That's not how belief works though. If someone asks you about belief in God, you will never be undecided, since that doesn't make any sense when talking about belief.
Like, if I told you that I can jump over a volleyball net. Either you believe me or you don't. You may not KNOW for a fact that I can or can't, but you will still either believe or disbelieve my statement.
Most "normal" people are agnostic when it comes to faith, but you're either agnostic atheist or theist.
I also have to know it's 100% proven if I'm to believe any claim about a god. But that's exactly what makes me an atheist. Since it hasn't been proven, I don't believe it. So I'm an agnostic atheist. I don't claim to know for a fact that there isn't a god (The agnostic part - Not knowing for a fact.), but I don't believe in one until I see proof. (The atheist part - Not believing.)
I pretty much gave up caring for this topic even though its a very interesting and thought provoking subject. I gave up caring because I do not believe I have the right to try and change peoples opinions when I have very little evidence on my side. Sure science has proven quite a bit but it hasn't proven there is no God, and quite frankly, probably never will, religion probably will never either unless there comes a day a diety of some sort visits earth. This subject is pointless arguing IMO.
the psychic says most people come there for closure or for a very personal reason....that alone right there says to me that those people are emotionally distraught in some form and will most likely believe anything that jackoff has to say. People like that slow down the progress of human kind, and I completely agree with Richard throughout this entire program. I don't think he's trying to bash peoples beliefs in anyway he's simply trying to make you think about what you believe in.
If there is nothing greater than us, how is there anything at all? Science is logical, being so, it proves there must be a start to everything. How could the "big bang" happen at random? At a time where nothing existed? God is not a bearded man in the sky, God is a greater unfathomable force.
@Luckster360 at some point there had to be nothing. If there is a god then where did he/she/it come from? just like you say with the big bang, your god was just created at random? they could not create themselves if they did not excist by your logic. At the time when nothing excisted that would include your god. So if your god could have apeared from nothing, then why couldnt the universe?
i seriously cant understand why people go out of their way to prove religion wrong
maybe some people just want something to believe in nd find solice in their god/gods
how does believing in a deity make you 'irrational' in any way shape or form?
in no way would i ever force christianity on to a non believer but to say that im irrational for believing in it makes me think that free speech is abused way too much sometimes
@bigjosh36 Dawkins stated why he goes out of his way to prove religion wrong. He believes it to be detrimental to humanity. Also if you believed something so truly, that in your mind it was the truth, wouldn't you want to convince others of this? Something you yourself see so obviously, which others may not have even delved into or thought about. Disregarding whether Creationists or whatever is right or wrong.
@realllylongame its because hes literally going out his way to prove people with strong beliefs wrong but instead it should just be accepted. Instead its being scrutinised for being 'wrong'. Its just a belief it doesnt have to be fact
But i do agree with him exploiting the liers and the cheaters who take advantage of people with strong beliefs for financial gain. But my problem is that hes saying cause i believe in someone who 'doesnt exist' im an idiot basiaclly
@bigjosh36 science = reason. faith is the complete antythesis of reason and logic. It's not always a bad thing; but to answer your question, atheists struggle to convince religious people to forsake their faith because they see the world in a broader, richer way than a religious person would and wish others to understand that; atheists see religious people as not reaching their potential because of God.
physics are stupid... now that I read that, I'm starting to wonder if u were worth my time.
Religon is a bunch of babbling bullshit, you actually think some ass munch in the sky is "magical". Example: some old jackass said the world was going to end May 21st 2011 and what do you know its not true. Waste of fucking time.
@Marshallmathers9 why would you even bother putting this comment? your comment has absolutely no effect on anything and just makes yourself look like an ignorant human being. i realize you dont believe in God and thats your choice but dont sit here and try to bash people of have faith in him it just makes you look bad and creates more hatred.
There is one thing you can do to improve your odds with slot machines and the like... hack into them and change the programing so that they pay out every time you play.
That's weird. I had a grand mother named Esther who hated cats... well not exactly hated, she was afraid of them. It had something to do with their eyes.
@TFLOfficial Oh, the fact that they take in any and all light and therefore appear to glow in the dark. Apparently, one night a cat jumped on my grand mother waking her up and she just saw two glowing orbs in the darkness. I think that scarred her for life.
“Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing. The mind of a child accepts them, and only through great pain, perhaps even tragedy, can the child be relieved of them.” Hypotia of Alexandria.
If he's a scientist why bother trying to rationalize the common person. There is little sense to what a lot of people believe. It doesn't take a renown scientist to figure this out.
I'm like Hutch's doppelganger. A skinny whiteboy who plays too many video games and whos intellectual heros include Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, and Stephen Hawking.
I love how when "spirits" reach out from the dead, they can only manage to give their initials and a vague statement about "don't worry about the money."
Am I the only one who thinks Dawkins is kinda cute...?
Interesting interviews, but I'm not sure what to think about him. He always talks about the evidence he has, but never shows us anything. I've read his books and never found anything really convincing or infallible. I actually came to see him as rather ignorant, never "open" as he claimed to be... (atleast when he comes to talk about things less bullshit than this ;D)
@JoshuasBooks I understand where you are coming from, but I have a question. What would you accept convincing or infallible? The use of infallible is that which isn't false. Well, these interviews he pokes holes in their arguments. This doesn't make them infallible in which they claim. Science is the process of elimination where you remove that which is false and what is left is generally accepted truth becoming theory or law. This is convincing; infallible is improbable in our infant species.
I enjoy a good bit of reason and i love science - in fact, i study Physics at university. It's fantastic. But I'm willing to hear what people of various religions and cultures have to say, and just accept the fact that they're different to me. It's not worth piping up over, or it just makes science look worse.
@TheNimbusMan You may only want to hear what other religions have to say, but the believers want you to believe what they believe and if you don't they are prepared to make you. The Muslim faith (and the Koran) is dedicated to world domination. Non-believers must convert or die. Christians in the States want to force their beliefs into your schools and government. And some cultures have disgusting traditions like genital mutilation. It is not a perfect world of love and understanding.
A good documentary, up to the point he started on 'Conspiracy Theories' vaccines etc. What do crackpot psychics have to do with medical 'accidents' and big pharma profiteering? It just makes me wonder. Why are these being lumped together? It reminds me of propaganda. Sure, there are crackpots out there, but a lot of media tells lies to the public, as does big pharma, big tobacco, asbestos, polio vaccines, thalidomide, the list goes on. These things are real, public is right to be wary.
Well, this video gives me at least some small comfort. I thought that we Americans had pretty much cornered the market on this type of idiocy, though I guess it's not exactly a good thing that it's so prevalent in the UK as well.
@dgumbrecht We're all still humans and all on the same planet, I'd rather the "idiocy" you speak of be confined to one country, and one country only, whether it'd be the US or the UK, however, it doesn't give me comfort at all knowing that these "Enemies of reason" are so widespread among our communities and day to day lives!
Just some food for thought, but less us assume hypothetically that everything we know about science is COMPLETELY wrong and misinterpreted, now Mr. Dawkins, would you be so quick to agree on it or would you still believe in what you have for the past 40 years? I agree 100% with you and what you're doing but I also believe that you can't change the mind of people so easily, and you above everyone else should know this! This is referring to the dowsing portion of the video!
Hehe, well put. It reminds me of a line in Richard's latest book where he talks about feeling "pathetically consoled" by the fact that about 19% of British respondents to a Eurobarometer poll didn't know that it takes the Earth a year to orbit the Sun.
His "pathetic consolation" stems from the fact that the poll seems to indicate a general ignorance of science rather than a specific ignorance of biology. An unsurprisingly more eloquent take on what I meant to convey.
@dgumbrecht Yeah, don't be fooled. The whole world is infested with these cretins. As much as people beat the drum about how obnoxiously religious America is, and it is, believe me, the rest of the world is actually comparatively worse in many cases. Just take a look at that dark age time-warp we call the Middle-East.
Anyone else notice the medium shaking his head "no" at 25:20 ish? He clearly doesn't believe a word he just said. For a cold reader, he's a really shitty liar.
TheStarsAreWatching1 5 days ago
I'm amazed that he can keep a straight face while talking to some of these people.
prezoftheworld 2 weeks ago
@prezoftheworld i know, how does he do it?!
spockck 2 weeks ago
@prezoftheworld Does Dawkins realize that in the name of reason, hundreds or thousands of people were killrd during the French revolution. Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao thought it reasonable to kill millions to further their goals. Reason, untempered by faith is just as dangerous as faith without reason.
logicnreason1 2 days ago
From the book of n'Brith.
And an angel appeared to Noob who dwelt in the house of b'Ush. Travel to the land of Sol and there thou wilt find Scholars and harlots. Thou shalt fill the harlots tabernacles with molten bronze that they be sealed from the seed of men. Harken not to their screams or tears for just is the lord. Leave them to rot upon the earth for a day and half a day. Those of tender years shall not be left but after a time have their vaults cleaved and be hang upon the branches.
Amen.
papwalker99 1 month ago
I don't like cats...
"If you give a dog food, shelter and love he will think that you are god, If you give a cat the same things she will draw the conclusion that she is god"
ItIsBadForU 1 month ago
February of 2010 I went w/a friend to see a 'psychic.'
When I entered the room had the same skepticism as most people thinking the psychic would just give me general readings, but she told me very specific things. She said in May I would be in a relationship with a girl whose name starts with "N," and that in August I would get a promotion, and that I would get in a car accident in 2011. I left and completely forgot about all those predictions, only to remember them when they had all come true.
SpaceWineTV 2 months ago
@SpaceWineTV I am not in anyway saying that what Dawkins claims is b.s., although, from my experience, I do believe that out of all the obviously fraudulent psychics and astrologers, there might be some legitimate fortune tellers out there.
SpaceWineTV 2 months ago
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@SpaceWineTV Ask that psychic how to unite quantum phys and general relativity? You can blow up the world of physics by this revolutionary knowledge. Next year noble prize would be yours too. Ask him if you really are convinced that in your case his foretelling was correct not a coincidence.
tensorbundle 1 month ago
"Astronomy is a triumph of the human intellect, a real science constantly enriched by new evidence." YES!
discolemonade66 4 months ago in playlist The Enemies of Reason (2007)
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ZOMbyNE 4 months ago
this is so true and funny lol :D
greenhuggz 4 months ago
0:00 numb your hole, gang rape you, numb your hole, gang rape you
DeekyDicawdo 5 months ago
and I thought Gob was just a character on Arrested Development..41:58
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"Dead-to-the-spirit deluded "God Delusion" author & blithering fool scientist goon Richard Dawkins another "leader" given to the profane masses is another useful idiot for Jesuit machinations"-C.O.
Jesuitical: pertaining to the Jesuits or their principals; designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating
The Jesuits completely altered the education system to suit their evolution agenda to discredit the Bible. They cant have a Satanic society of 'Do as Thou Wilt' if people still follow the Bible.
SpencerBenedict2nd 5 months ago
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"Dead-to-the-spirit deluded "God Delusion" author & blithering fool scientist goon Richard Dawkins another "leader" given to the profane masses is another useful idiot for Jesuit machinations"-C.O.
Jesuitical: pertaining to the Jesuits or their principals; designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating
The Jesuits completely altered the education system to suit their evolution agenda to discredit the Bible. They cant have a Satanic society of 'Do as Thou Wilt' if people still follow the Bible.
SpencerBenedict2nd 5 months ago
I love Richard Dawkin's body of work. I wonder if he took himself out of his comfort zone making The Enemies of Reason.
elche2133 5 months ago
it seems that this episode raises more questions than answers primarily because it's hard to explain to people things like reason, science and critical thinking since their "mind set" is such that they can not clearly distinguish between rational and irrational. And in my opinion the best way to spread reason and critical thinking is education, which desperately needs improvements and changes nowadays.
Demodrus 5 months ago
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I wish this video had more thumbs down. :( Few who watch this has a need to do so. Including me.
SB9101 6 months ago
@SB9101 I think you mean more thumbs up
TheScienceFoundation 6 months ago 23
@TheScienceFoundation No, he means thumbs down. Because the people who NEED to see this are the ones most likely to disagree with it (or feel threatened by it).
Xenophile9 3 months ago 2
@SB9101 I think you mean more thumbs up
TheScienceFoundation 6 months ago 9
@TheScienceFoundation People who find this out of their view would be more likely to dislike the video. That is why I wish there to be more thumbs down. I want people who doesn't hold these ideas to watch this so that there are a bigger proportion who actually realize their faults and like the video instead. That's how I reason. =) But I also wish this video and videos like this had way more views. The only way to convert anyone to atheism is to allow them to realize reason themselves.
SB9101 6 months ago
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@TheScienceFoundation People who find this out of their view would be more likely to dislike the video. That is why I wish there to be more thumbs down. I want people who doesn't hold these ideas to watch this so that there are a bigger proportion who actually realize their faults and like the video instead. That's how I reason. =) But I also wish this video and videos like this had way more views. The only way to convert anyone to atheism is to allow them to realize reason themselves.
SB9101 6 months ago
@SB9101
Thats the thing isnt it... Nobody needs to be TOLD there is no god. Most of us dont need to be told this and those that do will never listen. Its obviously futile to tell the pope there is no god. What makes us watch it is the odd freakshow moment and the fanaticism of certain individuals.
Janusha 5 months ago
@Janusha That's actually pretty accurate. Still some people can be convinced. Eventually religion will fade away. :)
SB9101 3 months ago
@SB9101
Its also very disconcerting that 2 british people... are now making big names for themselves and presumably get paid quite well to travel across america, telling flagwaving, bewildered americans there is no god.
Back in England or indeed across all of Europe, that business venture would simply not work.
Janusha 3 months ago
@Janusha I guess so, but then europe are less religious or at least they keep religion in their homes and melt in with tradition.
SB9101 3 months ago
@SB9101
Americans have a kind of pathologic aversion towards any foreign influence. Their attitude is often extreme such as their foreign policy "you are either with us or against us". Anything which isnt american is anti american, anything which isnt christian is anti christian. Its really about nationalism tho. With their "Gods own country!!" and their constant "God bless America" Its about their unshakable belief in their own superiority that no amount of bankruptcies and "reality" can shake.
Janusha 3 months ago
@Janusha So I suppose you have never heard of Sam Harris or Daniel Dennett. They are atheists doing the same thing and are both Americans. Believe it or not, the whole world doesn't revolve around the United States.
ghostframer 2 months ago
@ghostframer
Nope.. never heard of those.
Janusha 2 months ago
@Janusha Too bad, they are worth reading. Read Sam Harris' book "The End of Faith." It's very enlightening. Daniel Dennet is also a philosopher and his books are a lot harder to get through, but worth the effort.
ghostframer 2 months ago
@ghostframer
Imi not really a person that struggles with the end of faith in any shape. Im more concerned with the amount of people that actually do. As such its freakshow weird to see how 2 enlightened, educated and intellectual british people make a good living and a healthy career out of travelling around USA telling people there is no god. I mean... do we REALLY need to be told this ?
Janusha 2 months ago
@Janusha There are more religious believer in the US than in any other first-world country. And other countries do not want the US run by religious bigots looking for the end times. Hitchens (until his death) was living in the US and is an American citizen. Both he and Dawkins are continually invited onto news shows, debates and college campuses to speak. People in the US want to hear what they have to say.
ghostframer 2 months ago
@SB9101 Well then clearly, you're still enslaved.
DarknessUnresolved 4 months ago
@DarknessUnresolved what do you mean?
SB9101 3 months ago
@SB9101 Well this docu. makes perfect sense in every way. So why would you wish it had more "thumbs down"?
DarknessUnresolved 3 months ago
@DarknessUnresolved I want people who would dislike this video to watch it so that a small part of them might be convinced otherwise :P It was a bit of a stretch, I know, I didn't make myself clear. Atheists don't need to watch this, religious people do.
SB9101 3 months ago
@SB9101 OOOH, i see what you meant now. My apolygies.
DarknessUnresolved 3 months ago
@DarknessUnresolved No worries, it is easaly misunderstood. I wasn't very clear on the matter.
SB9101 3 months ago
when a stupid cat video gets 20,000,000 views and great shows like this gets only 13,081 views by it self show in what kind of society we live in. we live in a society that jersey shore is the most popular show and people go to church on Friday to pray to become more and more richer from their Superstition and our cat videos are the most viewed clips.
mhr88 6 months ago 38
@mhr88 OMG thank you i love you so much!!!!!!!! :) although i would disagree with the cat part, sure it doesn't deserve as much views and popularity as Dawkins, but it's not stupid ;)
SpaceWineTV 2 months ago
@mhr88 Most people can't understand Mr. Dawkins. Too many people are amazingly stupid. The cat is about as much as they can handle.
mike112769 2 months ago 8
Lucky us we have someone like mr. Dawkins. So purifying and liberating.
vvtor 6 months ago 2
brilliant, thanks a lot.
mail2vpsinghh 6 months ago
Oh, Richard, how I love you! Greetings from Scandinavia.
Eirikofs 6 months ago 2
Sounds like Donnie Darko music starting around 06:50
Daphuhnuh 7 months ago
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Daphuhnuh 7 months ago
Science isn't a new religion, religion is an old science.
ScottBrown666 8 months ago
@ScottBrown666 Religion might be similar to science for they both propose an explanation over things, but that's about it. Religion is not a science because it isn't based on facts. Fact.
Alkhoren 7 months ago
orbiters to neptune?
RTyp06 9 months ago
Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there.
DarkHeart135 9 months ago
I am a slave to superstition. I have ocd.
strafer 9 months ago
@strafer I have OCD as well, but we are not slaves to superstition in the same way as those in the video. We understand the nature of our anxiety disorder, however much we give in the irrationality of our obsessions. We understand the distress that the thoughts and behaviours cause us. Those in the video embrace their superstitious beliefs without understanding the psychological side.
fredler01 8 months ago
@fredler01 That's a good way of putting it.
strafer 8 months ago
DarkHeart135 said, "Those who cannot understand, doubt."
I would prefer to say, "Those who doubt often have greater understanding."
However, we all march to different tom toms. Some people see most of the truth; some people see part of the truth; and some people see none of the truth.
There should, in my view, be more understanding of why we perceive things as we do. The subject of perception is quite revealing.
Trust me; I use sun screen.
Truthinessly,
Stan Kossen
Stantheskeptic 9 months ago
"those who cannot understand, doubt" is quite possibly the most ignorant argument about religion or lack thereof. If that's your logic, then why don't you just say "I read that God exists in a book, owned"
scottyrica 9 months ago
lol proving christ fags wrong every day
misterhalo3 9 months ago
Those who cannot understand, doubt.
DarkHeart135 9 months ago
This is a subject you can't take seriously, because neither side can prove anything. Sure science has proven a lot but until it can explain how the hell that big bang happened im not gonna say there isn't a God. Same with religion, until we have a visit from "God" im not believing a damn thing.
Hurray for agnostism.
jnashification 9 months ago
@jnashification
Yes, it can. We've recreated it under simulated conditions.
ThisIsAGreatName 9 months ago
@ThisIsAGreatName How does a simulation prove anything?
jnashification 9 months ago
@jnashification Are you kidding me? A simulation is one of the best ways to prove anything. Of course it proves something.
SPAS12beast 9 months ago
@SPAS12beast Simulations can prove something but they do not prove there is no diety.
I did not mean to make it sound like simulations are useless.
jnashification 9 months ago
@jnashification
Your completely right. Simulations prove nothing, thus we should stop making them and send our military out into the field without training.
ThisIsAGreatName 9 months ago
@ThisIsAGreatName What I mean to say is that while simulations are a valid tool to get insight on something they still do not 100% prove something.
Did not mean to make it sound like simulations are completely useless.
jnashification 9 months ago
@jnashification I'm glad you dont blindly believe things until they are presented to you but buddy the whole point of the big bang "theory" was to figure out how it happened and astrophysics has gone a long way to do so. Search up some documentaries on the big bang and you'll realize that many pieces of this puzzle was found decades ago and recently put together. However since the ideas of separate dimensions came to be the big bang is nothing more than one of the infinite possibilities.
jerjerjason 9 months ago
@jerjerjason My point was meant to say that science has not proven there is no diety, neither has religion, simple as that. Therefore im not an atheist nor a religious person.
jnashification 9 months ago
@jnashification
Firstly, no one has to disprove any ridiculous claim. It's up to the believers to prove that what they believe in actually exists and that it is a rational and reasonable thing to believe in.
Secondly, agnosticism is not an answer to a question about belief. If someone asks "Do you believe in God?" and you say "I'm an agnostic.", you've answered nothing. You just avoided the question.
Agnosticism is all about knowing. It's got nothing to do with belief at all.
gnawershreth 9 months ago
@gnawershreth Exactly, it is about knowing, but when I say im agnostic im saying that I gotta see it to believe it right? I don't think im necessarily avoiding the question.
What I mean to say is I have to know its 100% proven to side with a point of view, and since neither religion nor science has fully proven if theres a diety or non diety, I really don't believe in much.
jnashification 9 months ago
@jnashification
That's not how belief works though. If someone asks you about belief in God, you will never be undecided, since that doesn't make any sense when talking about belief.
Like, if I told you that I can jump over a volleyball net. Either you believe me or you don't. You may not KNOW for a fact that I can or can't, but you will still either believe or disbelieve my statement.
Most "normal" people are agnostic when it comes to faith, but you're either agnostic atheist or theist.
gnawershreth 9 months ago
@jnashification
I also have to know it's 100% proven if I'm to believe any claim about a god. But that's exactly what makes me an atheist. Since it hasn't been proven, I don't believe it. So I'm an agnostic atheist. I don't claim to know for a fact that there isn't a god (The agnostic part - Not knowing for a fact.), but I don't believe in one until I see proof. (The atheist part - Not believing.)
gnawershreth 9 months ago
I pretty much gave up caring for this topic even though its a very interesting and thought provoking subject. I gave up caring because I do not believe I have the right to try and change peoples opinions when I have very little evidence on my side. Sure science has proven quite a bit but it hasn't proven there is no God, and quite frankly, probably never will, religion probably will never either unless there comes a day a diety of some sort visits earth. This subject is pointless arguing IMO.
jnashification 9 months ago
the psychic says most people come there for closure or for a very personal reason....that alone right there says to me that those people are emotionally distraught in some form and will most likely believe anything that jackoff has to say. People like that slow down the progress of human kind, and I completely agree with Richard throughout this entire program. I don't think he's trying to bash peoples beliefs in anyway he's simply trying to make you think about what you believe in.
rawbert91 9 months ago
If there is nothing greater than us, how is there anything at all? Science is logical, being so, it proves there must be a start to everything. How could the "big bang" happen at random? At a time where nothing existed? God is not a bearded man in the sky, God is a greater unfathomable force.
Luckster360 9 months ago
@Luckster360 at some point there had to be nothing. If there is a god then where did he/she/it come from? just like you say with the big bang, your god was just created at random? they could not create themselves if they did not excist by your logic. At the time when nothing excisted that would include your god. So if your god could have apeared from nothing, then why couldnt the universe?
wolf109899 9 months ago
@Luckster360 If there is a God I think that he never had a beginning nor will have an end.
jnashification 9 months ago
20:11
TheJurreB 9 months ago 4
@TheJurreB lol
Johnis001 9 months ago
i seriously cant understand why people go out of their way to prove religion wrong
maybe some people just want something to believe in nd find solice in their god/gods
how does believing in a deity make you 'irrational' in any way shape or form?
in no way would i ever force christianity on to a non believer but to say that im irrational for believing in it makes me think that free speech is abused way too much sometimes
but screw physics theyre stupid lol
bigjosh36 9 months ago
@bigjosh36 Dawkins stated why he goes out of his way to prove religion wrong. He believes it to be detrimental to humanity. Also if you believed something so truly, that in your mind it was the truth, wouldn't you want to convince others of this? Something you yourself see so obviously, which others may not have even delved into or thought about. Disregarding whether Creationists or whatever is right or wrong.
realllylongame 9 months ago
@realllylongame its because hes literally going out his way to prove people with strong beliefs wrong but instead it should just be accepted. Instead its being scrutinised for being 'wrong'. Its just a belief it doesnt have to be fact
But i do agree with him exploiting the liers and the cheaters who take advantage of people with strong beliefs for financial gain. But my problem is that hes saying cause i believe in someone who 'doesnt exist' im an idiot basiaclly
bigjosh36 9 months ago
@bigjosh36 Because people shouldn't be lied to, and if you're a good person, you'll try and help them. That's what he's trying to do.
bennyboy6761 9 months ago
@bigjosh36 science = reason. faith is the complete antythesis of reason and logic. It's not always a bad thing; but to answer your question, atheists struggle to convince religious people to forsake their faith because they see the world in a broader, richer way than a religious person would and wish others to understand that; atheists see religious people as not reaching their potential because of God.
physics are stupid... now that I read that, I'm starting to wonder if u were worth my time.
branahawk 8 months ago
They would open with Nichiren Buddhism.
xBeastSyndrome 9 months ago
15:30 win, pure win
TecnoWizard 9 months ago
If was interviewing these people i would just give up, call them a retard, give them a good slap on the face and leave.
lovemyredguitar1 9 months ago 3
Where's your god now?
EricTheSnazzy 9 months ago
please better quality love this just cant stand at looking at blocks
Estebon7bon 9 months ago
This is the main reason I have no faith in humanity people are so stupid holding onto illusions that are non-existent.
jimmygott 9 months ago
THIS
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VIEWS
OmJarr 9 months ago
what the hell is muzza watching?\
mightsnipe 9 months ago
11:30 - 12:30
Goes to show just how bullshit astrology is. The Capricorn didn't even believe her own horoscope!
kkleites 9 months ago
hahahaha, the card guy, bloody hell hes stupid :P
Hugebull 9 months ago
"Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
Its really laughable.
Nabzey 9 months ago
Hutch sent me
lizzuke3 9 months ago
like if Hutch brought u here...
piratefan96 9 months ago
Gods actually Chuck noris! wait no It's just hutch in a robe lol!!!!
NeoDarkReconing 9 months ago
holy shit, these people are fucking crazy
TangyTangoJuice 9 months ago
Don't flood the comment section with mindless Hutch comments. Leave the comment section for relevant discussion.
dragster178 9 months ago
hutch sent me
Canawiwi 9 months ago 5
God is a flying spaghetti monster.
mminor15 9 months ago 4
Religon is a bunch of babbling bullshit, you actually think some ass munch in the sky is "magical". Example: some old jackass said the world was going to end May 21st 2011 and what do you know its not true. Waste of fucking time.
Marshallmathers9 9 months ago
@Marshallmathers9 why would you even bother putting this comment? your comment has absolutely no effect on anything and just makes yourself look like an ignorant human being. i realize you dont believe in God and thats your choice but dont sit here and try to bash people of have faith in him it just makes you look bad and creates more hatred.
MrTPM1015 9 months ago
Here comes the Hutch comments!
MarcSavard91 9 months ago
Sent by Hutch
cartrr96 9 months ago
@cartrr96 Faggot. Go fuck yourself with a cactus cunt.
mminor15 9 months ago
Hutch brought me!
ymerej135 9 months ago
@ymerej135 nobody cares..
xKonvey 9 months ago 8
I thought there were 117 elements to the world.
Jonstern1983 9 months ago
There is one thing you can do to improve your odds with slot machines and the like... hack into them and change the programing so that they pay out every time you play.
Jonstern1983 9 months ago
That's weird. I had a grand mother named Esther who hated cats... well not exactly hated, she was afraid of them. It had something to do with their eyes.
Jonstern1983 9 months ago
@Jonstern1983 lol wtf?
TFLOfficial 9 months ago
@TFLOfficial Which comment are you referring to?
Jonstern1983 9 months ago
@Jonstern1983 The one where you said your grand mother is afraid of cat eyes lol.
TFLOfficial 9 months ago
@TFLOfficial Oh, the fact that they take in any and all light and therefore appear to glow in the dark. Apparently, one night a cat jumped on my grand mother waking her up and she just saw two glowing orbs in the darkness. I think that scarred her for life.
Jonstern1983 9 months ago
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“Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing. The mind of a child accepts them, and only through great pain, perhaps even tragedy, can the child be relieved of them.” Hypotia of Alexandria.
Jonstern1983 9 months ago
I thought his name was Richard Hawkins, Stephen Hawkins brother, guess I was misled.
Revanchist12 9 months ago
If anyone hasn't seen all of the Derren Brown documentaries you need to stop everything and watch them
samgledhill 9 months ago
I'm listening to this at work and keep drifting off! his voice is so comforting
samgledhill 9 months ago
If he's a scientist why bother trying to rationalize the common person. There is little sense to what a lot of people believe. It doesn't take a renown scientist to figure this out.
strafer 9 months ago 2
buddha once said
ignorance is the caused of all suffering
WhatDehFish 9 months ago
I'm like Hutch's doppelganger. A skinny whiteboy who plays too many video games and whos intellectual heros include Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, and Stephen Hawking.
TheBrindleBoxer 9 months ago
Religion is not the enemy of reason, rather an explanation of how things happen....much like that of scientific reasonings.
xStachsOnDeckx 9 months ago
@xStachsOnDeckx lol, but it makes no sense whatsoever.
ZTOID 9 months ago
Hutch = Spock?
Dude1337jeeb 9 months ago
I love how when "spirits" reach out from the dead, they can only manage to give their initials and a vague statement about "don't worry about the money."
TenTonNuke 9 months ago
hutch, your such a philosophical person.
8887588 9 months ago
I looked over and seen The Enemies of Reason 5 of 5 and decided to throw in the towel.
AchillesSmile 9 months ago
first
mohdban 9 months ago
4:18 Great Pun concerning the "rockness" of the rock as well as it sounding as the "lochness" monster which is also superstition!
KingGoomba19 9 months ago
@KingGoomba19 i don't think that was an intentional pun though
Whats1337 9 months ago
@Whats1337 Oh, I know! :P
KingGoomba19 9 months ago
lol at Richard Dawkins calling out the simon guy at 15 min
ofpzify 9 months ago
Am I the only one who thinks Dawkins is kinda cute...?
Interesting interviews, but I'm not sure what to think about him. He always talks about the evidence he has, but never shows us anything. I've read his books and never found anything really convincing or infallible. I actually came to see him as rather ignorant, never "open" as he claimed to be... (atleast when he comes to talk about things less bullshit than this ;D)
JoshuasBooks 9 months ago
@JoshuasBooks I understand where you are coming from, but I have a question. What would you accept convincing or infallible? The use of infallible is that which isn't false. Well, these interviews he pokes holes in their arguments. This doesn't make them infallible in which they claim. Science is the process of elimination where you remove that which is false and what is left is generally accepted truth becoming theory or law. This is convincing; infallible is improbable in our infant species.
Garrick89 9 months ago
He should have come to the US and hung out the Pentecostals.
ejnorton225 9 months ago
gay
ilovetejbz1 9 months ago
Richard Dawkins is my God.
kiljaedyn 9 months ago
thank you Hutch for bringing me here
FunkyDouch3000 9 months ago 38
But there is a rock quality in the rock! :D ....Lol 40:34
HHSW99HC 9 months ago
WHY THE ISLAMIPHOBIA AT TH END?!?!
Was a good video until I saw that.
WizzleThump 9 months ago
@WizzleThump Because it is the most violent religion?
iRobii 9 months ago
huuutch..... nawh this vid poped up in my recomended videos
opo736 9 months ago
HUTCH!
WeaselWJ 9 months ago 6
too long cbf dislike :)
WhosAyden 9 months ago
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hutch send me:)
cajum24 9 months ago 2
i cant say i agree with this guy, but i understand what hes saying
NavYblu99 9 months ago
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hutch send me:)
cajum24 9 months ago
Wth, Hutch is watching something worthwhile. Daniel Dennett next.
Wofaze 9 months ago
I enjoy a good bit of reason and i love science - in fact, i study Physics at university. It's fantastic. But I'm willing to hear what people of various religions and cultures have to say, and just accept the fact that they're different to me. It's not worth piping up over, or it just makes science look worse.
TheNimbusMan 9 months ago
@TheNimbusMan You may only want to hear what other religions have to say, but the believers want you to believe what they believe and if you don't they are prepared to make you. The Muslim faith (and the Koran) is dedicated to world domination. Non-believers must convert or die. Christians in the States want to force their beliefs into your schools and government. And some cultures have disgusting traditions like genital mutilation. It is not a perfect world of love and understanding.
ghostframer 2 months ago
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hutch!!
EcstaticPickles 9 months ago 4
those spiritual reading people that took the photo are always very general...
VelocitaLucido 9 months ago
"sth in your life changing" and "somebody really really close to you" what the fucking dick, that can be said about any human being
modest123 9 months ago
Why doesn't this video have more views?
Tamerleen 10 months ago 2
@Tamerleen It's too long. Just like my penis.
WeaselWJ 9 months ago
A good documentary, up to the point he started on 'Conspiracy Theories' vaccines etc. What do crackpot psychics have to do with medical 'accidents' and big pharma profiteering? It just makes me wonder. Why are these being lumped together? It reminds me of propaganda. Sure, there are crackpots out there, but a lot of media tells lies to the public, as does big pharma, big tobacco, asbestos, polio vaccines, thalidomide, the list goes on. These things are real, public is right to be wary.
jtking2504 1 year ago
Richard Dawkins for world president!
randomcrapist 1 year ago 5
guy @ 10:00 is such a fucking idiot... Richard Dawkins is the man.
TranceTechnoSucks 1 year ago
So very true. What a unique documantary
rebel7332 1 year ago
Well, this video gives me at least some small comfort. I thought that we Americans had pretty much cornered the market on this type of idiocy, though I guess it's not exactly a good thing that it's so prevalent in the UK as well.
dgumbrecht 1 year ago 37
@dgumbrecht We're all still humans and all on the same planet, I'd rather the "idiocy" you speak of be confined to one country, and one country only, whether it'd be the US or the UK, however, it doesn't give me comfort at all knowing that these "Enemies of reason" are so widespread among our communities and day to day lives!
KingGoomba19 9 months ago
Just some food for thought, but less us assume hypothetically that everything we know about science is COMPLETELY wrong and misinterpreted, now Mr. Dawkins, would you be so quick to agree on it or would you still believe in what you have for the past 40 years? I agree 100% with you and what you're doing but I also believe that you can't change the mind of people so easily, and you above everyone else should know this! This is referring to the dowsing portion of the video!
KingGoomba19 9 months ago
@dgumbrecht Its not country spesific, the human race is stupid, its a wonder we didnt kill ourself when we first discovered fire :P
Or killed ourself when we discovered the wheel :P
Hugebull 9 months ago
@Hugebull
Hehe, well put. It reminds me of a line in Richard's latest book where he talks about feeling "pathetically consoled" by the fact that about 19% of British respondents to a Eurobarometer poll didn't know that it takes the Earth a year to orbit the Sun.
His "pathetic consolation" stems from the fact that the poll seems to indicate a general ignorance of science rather than a specific ignorance of biology. An unsurprisingly more eloquent take on what I meant to convey.
Cheers!
dgumbrecht 9 months ago
@dgumbrecht Yeah, don't be fooled. The whole world is infested with these cretins. As much as people beat the drum about how obnoxiously religious America is, and it is, believe me, the rest of the world is actually comparatively worse in many cases. Just take a look at that dark age time-warp we call the Middle-East.
MrUnicorn1995 9 months ago