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  • hahaha dawkins @5:59

  • There'll always be angsty, neurotic, weak-minded half-wits who live out their lives in complete denial of the most obvious things, because that's the only way they'll ever manage to cope. Throwing evidence at them is a waste of time and effort.

  • I don't think I can watch this whole show... it just makes me too angry. Angry at the mind-numbing stupidity of people in the 21st century, still clinging to their stone-age voodoo belief systems. I wish they'd all wake the f**k up.

  • @jq747 That's not the right attitude brother, keep your eyes open, inform yourself. That's how you fight ignorance!

  • ever heard of hindsight, idiot

  • I didn't know there was a sequel to "The Root of All Evil?".

  • charles darwin did not strugle with religion ,, he strugled with his inherited non sense

    

  • god damn it , i belive in god and belive in the evolution what does this make me ,, ?

  • @MegaYiwen Almost to the point where you can think for yourself.

  • @ehandkz talking about free thinking , i wonder what your thinking would be if it wasnt for people such as dawkins ? would you think for yourself or just be a lost sheep in need of a shepherd ,

  • @MegaYiwen I actually just recently starting listening to Dawkins, I've been an atheist probably since about half way through my first year as an undergraduate.

  • @MegaYiwen Dawkins supports and articulates a nonbelief that many share and struggle with. Unfortunately, not everyone is as simple-minded as you in needing a messiah for every viewpoint.

  • @MegaYiwen Pretty retarded.

  • @MegaYiwen A seemingly reasonable person who's been indoctrinated.

  • SINCE THE ADVENT OF PENICILLIN DURING WWII, MICROORGANISMS HAVE BEEN EVOLVING TO AVOID THE HOLOCAUST THAT SCIENCE HAS LAID UPON THEM.

    THAT'S WHY WE ARE CONSTRUCTING NEW DRUGS TO MAINTAIN

    OUR LEAD IN THE ARMS RACE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.

    THAT'S NOT A RACE WE WOULD WANT TO LOOSE.

    SO WOULDN'T THAT BE A CASE OF VISIBLE EVOLUTION????

    AND THE MISSING LINK IN PLAIN SIGHT.

  • Truth has always been opposed,Resented & neglected by people most of the time despite all the evidence & facts it carries.Yet its the truth that has always prevailed and with the power of evidence it forced people to believe in it no matter how bitter and surprising it is.When galileo & other scientists Challenged and rejected the church's belief of sun revolving around earth then it took hundred of years to separate religion from state and getting the church to accept and apologize.

  • 6:05 Oh and now we have proof angels exist... Wow.

  • 3:41 Hahahah don't know why but the gazelle getting owned in slow-mo cracks me up

  • hahah dawkins looks funny in 6:01

  • @DDrogba113 Haha. this is the first comment i saw. Just had to check it out and i went down laughing.

  • @KayVaughn11 I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D

  • there might be a creator that is biger than the multiverse itelf but belive in it with no evidence is just wrong.

  • "...know that many times I have kissed and cried over this."

    Call me dumb, but what exactly did "kissing" over something mean in Darwin's time?

  • So far, the "science" that Dawkins claims to be able to "explain everything" can't even explain where this Universe came from in the first place.

  • @ChicagoFusion Well.. neither can anyone else.. so your point is... what?

  • @ChicagoFusion It doesn't have the answer yet, but it can find the true answer!

  • @EBTcraft15 Perhaps. Unfortunately, you and I will be long dead by that time and it won't do either of us any good. We're just going to have to be okay with not knowing what the fuck is going on in this illusory hologram. Do you find this fact disturbing? Richard Feynman certainly didn't.

  • @ChicagoFusion please overlook my terrible spelling

  • @ChicagoFusion he was explaining how humans came to be, which in-turn is "factual" comparing it to religion... Judging by your comment, I'm going to asusme you are a religious person and thats fine, I respect that. However, me being an atheist. Religion is a comfort factor for people when they die.so how do you take the scariness out of death? make up a myth called "god" and "heaven" this makes death a lot easier for people.. even though its a load of crap..

  • @thesopranosrules The challenge you're having is that you 'judged' my comment, much like you judge in many other aspects of life - and do so erroneously. I am neither 'religious' nor 'atheist'. I am an individual - one who seeks identity in neither of the two aforementioned fallacies. Those of us who understand human psychology see atheism for what it is - a reactionary fraud which is as baseless a religion as that which it seeks to depose.

  • @ChicagoFusion so your agnostic. case settled. one of those people who doesent believe, but doesent want to say he doesent just incase there is something... let me ruin your day by saying.. THERES NOTHING. science has proved this. Dawkins isnt making up theories. he is using factual evidence through observation and research to show people that religion is what religion is " A BELIEF" NOT factual.

  • @thesopranosrules And I never judged your comment, and even If I did, how do come up with an accusation that I "judge many aspects of life" off the basis I may or may have not judged a comment on youtube? for someone who's trying to sound like an intellectual... your not very.. how do i put it... intellectual...

  • So Dawkins was indoctrinated by his father, not at all unlike children of faith are indoctrinated. Both sides operate via unconscious identification with an egoic viewpoint which has been hard-wired to their identitites. Neither operates with free will. The fact is, Mr. Dawkins - you and your clueless religion are no more capable of proving the non-existence of a creator as the other fools are of proving "he" does. Your ego is your God, Dawkins. That's what all this nonsense is about, afterall.

  • "you are a teacher of science and you think the earth is less than 10,000 years old?" hahahaha i lold. Seriously, the tone he says that with is just priceless. What a guy.

  • On behalf of all Australians. I'm sorry.

  • Sure. He finished his genetics course.

    He's either a liar that he finished the course or he's lying to his congregation about what he believes.

  • Bacteria evolve to become resistant to antibiotics, evolution in the making.

  • @FailARN100 By telling that, you can just expect the "oh, but that is micro-evolution" coming, followed by the "a cat cannot give birth to a dog" statement, which is enough to make even Dawkins ragequit.

  • @Nidair Yeah i guess it's pointless...

  • The animal kingdom is based on a food chain. This alone disproves Darwin. He overlooked this aspect. These so called intellects like Dawkins who I wouldn't even let change the flat tire on my car out of fear the tire may come off at high speed and kill me on the highway.

  • @Frank289100 LOL wow that is really naive mate sorry. The food chain does not disprove evolution it strengthens the case. Answer this for me, how could we have so many different races of humans if evolution did not exist. Does this not prove that environment, even with humans, leads to different skin types and body types...adapted for their environments? If god created man in his own image why are there so many different skin types?

  • @DJDangerHouse01 Millions of species and man is the only one who posses knowledge to create nuclear weapons that can wipe out life as we know it. There is not a single specie that can compete with him. You better believe GOD made man in his image.

  • @Frank289100 HAHAHA ahhhh you crazy religious folk make me laugh. You still didn't answer my question though....which is also typical of you religious folk....

  • @DJDangerHouse01 HoHoHo Merry Christmas One specie amongst millions

  • @Frank289100 And yet, a naked man has no advantage over any species in the african savannah. Our intelligence gives us as much of an edge over other animals as all of the other animals have over us. Everything can compete with us. We are not special in that regard. And yet that is what makes us humans fascinating. For me, It would be a dreadful thought if we would not be a part of nature.

  • @Nidair Early man was naked lived in Africa which they claim man originated in and still from his intelligence he survived. He made a fur coat for his wife out of that lion and the rest of him steaks for the wedding.

  • @Frank289100 You have no idea what you are talking about, so you just pull an answer out of your ass. That is fine.

  • @Nidair Have a wonderful day. Nice talking to you.

  • @Frank289100 No, we learned from the 3 previous homo genus's before us. Homo erectus and cro magnun etc etc. They all were living on the earth millions of years. By comparison we are just babies. We've only been around for @ 200,000 years

  • @splicedenergy SEX SELLS and always will. There was no entertainment back then sex was the NO.1 commodity. In modern day in a few thousand years man has reached 6 billion in population, If Homo homo genus was around for millions of years then how come he never populated the earth to a tune of billions or for arguments sake millions.That term they pulled the wool over your eyes believe it. Its about CASH.

  • @Frank289100 No darling, we've reached this bigger population because of the gradual trial and error medicine to keep people from dying. If we didn't acquire that knowledge we'd still have a small population. It's not about sex at all

  • @splicedenergy i agree with you but it does have a good bit to do with sex too. sex has become more of a passtime over these few thousand years

  • @splicedenergy Its all conjecture based on someone's opinion. In other word BullSHIT.

  • @Frank289100 When empirical evidence backs it up the conjecture and bullshit is coming from you

  • @splicedenergy WOW scientist have just discovered that everything is held together by strings. When is the next harry potter movie coming out.

  • @Frank289100 You are talking about string theory and it's not actual strings. You have no basic scientific application knowledge. No wonder you are so daft. Science has also discovered the speed of light isn't the speed limit after all and that quarks pop in and out of existence. Everything is made up of 5 basic chemicals and held together by atoms. There is no such thing as solid matter it just appears that way

  • @splicedenergy I gave you a simple explanation. They are guessing.

  • @Frank289100 No you just don't understand. So instead of learning you would rather assume they are and be lazy instead

  • @Frank289100 That's ridiculous. No one believes nukes were a smart idea. Also, we are extremely far from the top of the food chain. Those at the top of the pyramid is those that you need a microscope to see. They have dominion over us and everything else. Use your brain for christ sakes. The bible did not say stupidity is a virtue

  • I made the same face at 7:09

  • What is god?

    A man created and based on ideals by man......Thousands of years ago!

  • Many species have evolved quickly enough to notice extreme evolutionary changes. Lizards have been placed in new habitats and they evolve, ie. heads grow large, bite strength increases and digestive system changes. Some have evolved so much, they can no longer reproduce with the Lizards in the old habitat making a new species.The evidence is as overwhelming as the creationists' ignorance.It won't be long before the creationists can no longer procreate with atheists giving rise to a new species.

  • I just want to scream at the Aussie guy "Fossil record, you idiot!"

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  • It was also a majority belief at one time if you sailed out far enough in the ocean you would fall off the edge of the planet. The majority also believed the sun rotated around the earth. I love these time old arguments from theists. What next a nice argument from ignorance? "Well shit we know god did it - cause who else could have gone and done it?" (Insert hillbilly accent - exit stage left) Wake you superstitious fools your beliefs are the only things that are going to fall off the planet.

  • "That's ridiculous, but thank you very much." I LOVE HIM.

  • The funny thing is, if Dawkins actually looked at 20th century history, he'd realize that more people are willing to embrace rationalism today than ever before. It's just that, now, science and rationalism have become significant enough that the irrational feel the need to fight back. The world's not falling into idiocracy, but crawling out of it.

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  • which light is Darwin shining off..observation on observation takes more time..Could creationist just be extension of their very own egos??? Then again man has difficult times realizing his own _______..never mind that of others..

  • ATHIESM - SO UTTERLY CONVINCING ONLY 8% OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION BELIVE IN IT !

    adherentscom

  • @MrMaxTruth Majority rule doesn't apply to matters of truth. Nice try, though. 

  • @nachtfee957 Quite true, but neither does minority rule ! Most people however tend to go with majority rule.

  • @MrMaxTruth

    Theism - So easy that 92% of the global population prefer it to the truth.

  • @MrMaxTruth, Nope only 8% have guts to come out and said so.

  • What a complete idiot!

  • Hearing Richard Dawkins curse is pretty weird! :P

  • Most of the interviewees on the video are prime subjects of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

  • @7:24 he says that "The refusal to believe in to believe in anything you can't see is absurd; Think about it, I never Napoleon with my own eyes but that doesn't mean Napoleon didn't exist, John Mckay didn't see a cell or atom or weather systems on the other side of the world does that mean they don't exist?".. now my question is "He haven't seen god, does that mean God didn't exist?..

  • Something wrong with his argument right? no offense intended though..I'm a christian and yeah I do believe in God and Christ..and I also do have respect for others. I can't force other people to believe in whatever I believe in.,its free world we all have our minds to make that choice..

  • @hello83558 create jobs and then crime rate will drop down.

  • at 6;50 i feel sorry for the guy that he didn't realize who he was talking with i.e a professor at the world's prestigious university. Did he even deserve the chance to talk with dr. dawkins?

  • in the u.s, crime has gone up 600% since the bible was taken out of schools

  • @hello83558 haahahahahhahahahaahhahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah­ahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahah­ahahhahaa

  • dawkins says that anyone who believes in what they can't see is absurd. then why does he bash christians so much?

  • As it says in the Atheist Bible, only a thinking person is an Atheist. Isn't it great to be above average in intelligence? I actually want to have a Pastafarian wedding and invite Professor Dawkins to act as the minister! I want him to dress like Emperor Palpatine while I dress like Data from Star Trek and my wife dresses like Lal(Data's daughter) to show that us humans have no soul.

  • Did I hear Dawkins fucking swear. Fuck me I never thought I'd see the day.

  • @zepbach1 I wait for the day where he starts beating these stupid people.

  • @ToXedVirus1 Why? What would that solve? Anger in such profuse forms would never amount to valid reason to assault someone who is a bit less there. That would be like punching a handicapped person for not being able to gauge stuff as critically.

  • 2:07 Dawkins was a hot teenager, even though his hair was silly.

  • that australian is a big bully but a bigger IDIOT

  • That australian man can go kindly fuck himself.

  • I never seen George Washington but he did exist I never seen Martin Luther King Jr. but he did exist I never seen God our Father but he do exist I never seen Jesus Christ our Savior but he do exist I never seen Mary our mother but she do exist This is from the Nicene Creed "I believe in one God, the Father almighty, MAKER of heaven and earth, of all things VISIBLE and INVISIBLE." Dawkins your reasons are very invalid.
  • @thientexas This has got to be the dumbest thing I've ever read. You've never seen unicorns, fairies, etc.

  • @thientexas I never seen Zeus but he do exist, I never seen Buddha but he do exist, I never seen the hundreds of thousands of gods invented by man throughout history and before but he do exist. I never seen Spiderman but I know he exist. Moron !!!

  • @keenwilk There a difference between Spiderman and Jesus.

    Spiderman is fantasy and man made. Jesus Christ is not he is the Son of God.

  • 39 Creationists disliked this.

  • I admire Dawkins but we have a problem here. He says just bec We cant see it, It doesnt mean this and that dont exist...Well then its the same with God isnt it? Just bec We cant see Him it doesnt mean He doesnt Exist

  • @Megapolable he doesnt argue like that, there are plenty of forces we cant see but can understand how they affect the world and can calculate and trace how things are connected. There is no evidence or trace of a being such as God especially of the Christian faith and all the claims attached to him.

  • I love that statement: "If science can explain something so apparently so explicable as life, who knows what' the limit might be on what science can explain generally without any recourse to the supernatura" - 2:33

  • a lot of creationists are so utterly stupid i just wanna... *mutter mutter mutter

  • Dawkins is more intelligent than all these shitheads put together but he seems to have a hard time with the face to face interviews, probably because his mind is blown at the level of ignorance and brainwashing he's encountering.

  • Creationists are like little kids who put their fingers in their ears and go "Nah, nah, nah, nan" continually so they won't hear what they don't want to hear. It's time to grow up and face the facts of evolution and your ultimate death.

  • america used to not give a fuck about religion

  • @USMarineRifleman0311

    Are you in the military?

  • Since when did we not care about religion Constitution was based on Christian Values. Research your findings thouroughly man. Seriously and dont go looking at stupid opinion blogs for it. Actually do your research and you'll find yourself looking like an idiot just like Dawkins.

  • See Stephen Knapp, "Reinkarnation and karma" for a very good start on an alternative view, which doesn´t proclaim the age of the earth to be in conflict with modern science. isbn 0-595-34199-3. Reinkarnation in Christianity, Free will and choice, The modes of nature, Karma of a nation, Life in the womb, Description of heaven and hell, Avoiding bad karma etc. Quite important questions, if you atheists are wrong. Or The_Science_of_the_Soul.pdf. The metaphysical aspects of consciousness.

  • "that's ridiculous but anyway thank you very much." haha

    Dawkins - 1

    Mr. Jesus - 0

  • LOL peeple used to live to 1000. Wow; creationists are dumber than I thought; and thats saying something.

  • dawkins has some serious emotional problems..

  • @darkfur35 you'll find those who have discovered religion are also in that camp

  • @MsOneiroi77 You agree....dawkins is a nut.

  • @darkfur35 no I said those who discovereed religion are

  • @MsOneiroi77 dawkins believes in the religion of evolution.....so you agree

  • @darkfur35 lol nice try show me the dogma, church, holy text and god of evolution and proof Darwin a prophet like Muhammad. Evolution is a scientific term just like gravity. You religious unhinged types see religion in everything and ignore cold hard facts to insert a god or your god into the gaps.

  • @MsOneiroi77 Richard Dawkins is venerating Charles Darwin like a god or a prophet in the first few minutes of this video man. Try watching it again and picking up on the propaganda.

    And please notice-- I'm not even saying anything bad about Darwin! I'm just talking about how Dawkins views Darwin. He's got a good theory and it had some interesting speculation. Also, I believe there's 100% proof for species developing into different sub-species, the Galapagos are a great examp.

  • religion of evolution...REALLY?!?.... please if you don't know anything about the processes of science don't pass judgments on them, and don't bother saying the same can be said for religion, i know a lot about religion and have realized that it is nothing more than peoples fear of the unknown getting the better of them, especially fear of death, and so they make up stories to put their minds at ease.

  • Teach evoloution as philosophy or atheism (wtf)..Richard Dawkin "That's ridiculous" LOLOL...

  • We actually have observed evolution. In microbes and other quickly reproducing organisms, we have seen it in domestication, where we can create other subspecies in 1 mans lifetime. And we cant imagine natural selection doing it with more time?

    Sheesh.

  • @waltermh111 key word there is Subspecies. I guess you can imagine what you like.

  • "The refusal to believe in anything you can't see yourself is absurd"

    Hmmmm... ;)

  • If there is any proof..of evolution, ie bones, genetic, seeing is irrelevent, as seeing can be decieved, but quite frankly I would have slapped the man and said, "Did you see the earth being created, 6,000 years ago bro?"

  • Wow, have you noticed that all the intelligent comments come from atheists? or maybe, the only religious people leaving comments on this channel are morons?

    I cant judge the ones i havent met...

  • @xTheuglytruthx Actually yes, and one more thing

    Leaving comments and/or likes is banned for most anti-atheism vids on youtube

    While the atheists have no problem with others' opinion

    Ain't that weird

  • @CatMan094 Yeah, i've noticed that. I had one bloke go off at me (on a christian vid) so i replied back and he went NUTS, he went on and on and on over a few days and when i read all his comments i tried to reply!....he banned me from commenting on his video,lol. trying to make me look like i had no reply.

    well, i made a NEW account after that, he wasnt inpressed, calling me a stalker and a narcissist, all because i wanted to be heard, lol.

    jesus freaks can be fucking morons.

  • I'm an atheist who doesn't "yet" believe in macroevolution. Biologists still don't have an explanation of how this works. As soon as they get it, I'll believe in it. Even more disturbing is the origin of life -- how do we go from inorganic matter to organic matter? No understanding at all about this. I guess this would be one of the greatest jumps in our biological understanding. I hope to see this in my lifetime, but I'm dubious.

  • LOL 5:58 at troll face XD

  • @hyperstone6 LOL I SAW TROLL FACE AT 5:58

    LOLOLOL

    Richard is so awesome

  • Dawkins has the patience of a saint... an... atheist... saint?

  • John Mackay made me furious watching this, how can anyone be so arrogant and stupid? If there ever was a Hell, he's the kind of person I would like to see get sent there. I hate it when idiots make me angry, I hope one day that I might be able to ignore such stupidity.

  • As one brought up in the Jehovah's Witlesses cult, I am so ready to come out of the closet on this issue, but I am still afraid of losing my livelihood and even some of my friends. I'm sick and tired of humoring the religious brainwashed masses though. These documentaries help get me through the day.

  • @wardka I feel for you. May you find peace and love in your life, away from the evil doctrines of faith.

  • @wardka Im glad you found your way out of that nonsense cult bro.

    I hope you have a happy and fulfilled life without having to let god take all the credit for it.

  • I applaud Dawkins ability to not extend his hand and bitch slap these morons until they see sense.

    Religion on a certain level could be good, but the way it is established, run and taught in modern times is making people ignorant with their only argument being, "I believe in him, so he must be true". It makes me want to tone the back of my open hand so it's perfect for backhanding these idiots..

  • religious faith is fucking sick and evil also retarded and stinky

  • @eatingtacos000 AND UGLY

  • Thanks this video made me LOL!! :) You monkey, me a child of God the Creator.

  • @savana906

    Not sure if trolling, or just stupid >_>

  • RuffusMD being a Medical Doctor, a man of science/medicine, as well as religion is more educated in these areas than most. That being said, until others show their credentials tI believe he is far more read and superior in his thought processes and statements.

  • @joliDVM we have a right to question him, because his peers question him. I may not be a scientist, but I care about the truth. If RuffusMD was questioning the validity of the evidence available and had peer reviewed sources that backed him up I would give his claims more merit. Instead he claims there is no evidence which shows he either knows little to nothing on the subject or that he is being knowingly deceptive. I've met a doctor who believes in psychic healing. Doctors can be wrong

  • IF SOMEONE disagrees with what i just posted , my only reply is , if evolution had proof , any proof what so ever , it would be in a textbook . I have 5 college biology textbooks here . not one of them offers any evolution proof past micro evolution . and even that is strained and dated . if it a bankrupt philosophy , whose only purpose is to give those atheist s a quiet conscience so they can sleep at nite .

  • @TheRuffusMD Macro and Micro evolution are made up terms that don't exist in real science, but trans-species evolution is not only shown threw fossil evidence, but there has actually been a species of mosquitos that were secluded from the rest of the population that has changed enough so that can not bread with other mosquitos and have formed a species of insect of their own. There is tons of evidence, if you refuse to look at it, or acknowlege it, that is your own fault no one elses.

  • @nextdooratheist I need to correct myself, I looked it up and Macro and Micro evolution our actually scientific terms. I get annoyed when people make up crap to support their claim and I should have check more sources before posting that. That being said I doubt TheRuffusMD or ButcherWing would retract their statements when shown their many errors.

  • MACRO evolution has lost just about all of its scientific support . the universe is so finely tuned , that astronomers cannot deny that there had to be a hand in its creation . the trees of life have been chopped down by evolutionist themselves . texts books still contain photos of , moths , embryos and horses . all of which have been rejected . BUT THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE . if there was something , anything that could be brought forth , it would be , BUT THERE IS NOTHING FOR EVOLUTIONIST

  • Evolutiontheory is a believe/fait/religion system. All religions/believes/faits are wrong. Fact is a fact.

  • @ButcherWing please back that up, They are using the word theory in the scientific meaning of the word, in the same way they say the Theory of Gravity. It does not mean a guess, or even one possibility out of many, it refers to a scientific model based on solid evidence. Faith is belief with out evidence and therefore has nothing to do with scientific theory. Simply saying a theory is a religion is like saying an apple is a bike, you need evidence and unlike evolution you don't have any.

  • @nextdooratheist Once there where theory by Mr. Darwin. But somebody changed it with "new evidence". And it happend again. And again, and again... another change, and another... Evolutiontheory is not same today as it was 150 years ago. It's changes like religions has. In science fact is 100% truth. I does not change.

  • @ButcherWing You clearly don't understand what science is (or really religion for that matter) it's system that is self correcting, it's not like the changes have been major jumps across the board, it's been fine tuned as new information has been found. every correction making it more accurate, and gives us even more info, but the basic framework has stayed the same. Between the fossils and DNA evidence there is no intelligent rational reason to deny evolution.

  • Fact is a fact. In todays science has theories and those theories are like religions. Theory=religion. Fact is a fact. So let's get the fact and say the missing link is a religion. All religions are wrong. All theories are wrong. Fact is a fact.

  • John Mackay can't see his own brain, so obviously it doesn't exist

  • Dawkins face at 5:58, my expression exactly

  • With all due respect, John Mackay is a typical example of a fixed minded incurable individual. Inflexible as glass.

  • 'You don't die because you get old. You die because you are a sinner'. What a txxt.

    Does anyone know how to get off this planet?

  • @kcaj123456 Then you will only have Islam to worry about, and you'll find they are way, way more fanatical than the Christians. Take a look Westward to get a taste of whats to come. Good Luck.

  • its stupid to actually attack science with faith im sick of religous nutters giving every sane and rational man/woman/other a bad name

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  • @Americanjazzlady The myth that Darwin had a death-bed conversion is based on ONE old story, and has been universally discredited, including by Darwin's children. He was an atheist till the end, and never retracted the theory of evolution. The deathbed conversion myth is mostly only spread among Christians who like to feel like they won in the end.

  • As an American, I am embarrassed and saddened by the state of many people in my country. We are a nation founded on principles like individuality, freethought, secularism, art and science, and yet so many of us willfully and proudly reject reason and progress in favor of Bronze Age myth, dressed in the clothing of the crassness and vulgarity of the huckster. How did we get here? And how can we convince our nation to retrace its steps and get back on track?

  • @Ashiman12 I think it's a matter of valuing science. The generation at the beginning of the 20th century could see in their own lifetimes lifespans increase, previous death sentences be destroyed by new medicine, new electronics bringing news infinitely faster into their homes, horses replaced by cars, people flying for the first time. People today are spoiled. The difference is that our videogames are better, phones smaller, and lifespans marginally increased. They forget without inspiriation.

  • @Ashiman12 But then again, there are nations today that embrace science. Japan, China, much of Europe, they're doing something right. India's moving to the right direction, though they still have a lot of woomeisters like Deepak. It certainly warrants a good look to see what they're doing. Funding for science education needs to increase. But our political system has players that have a vested interest in quashing scientific education. They're the largest hurdle.

  • Dawkins is out of his depth. He is not a theologian nor is he educated in philosophy. Anything he says about God or metaphysics is embarrassing.

  • Brilliant! I haven't seen this one yet! I'm a huge fan of Dawkins, but I wonder why he doesn't understand why people cling to religion. 7:04 I'm learning about evolution every day the same way I'm learning about religion in college, and both fail to make sense at time. I'm a Christian, but I think it's stupid to fight science. Both science, and religion should be experienced. Otherwise you end up believing anything.

  • I love how Dawkins face just looks truly horrified when people are spouting stupidity.

  • Go Rick. Fucking go get em