i wonder how many of us remember christmas at school and feeling that magic in the air.
men make mistakes - they do terrible things to one another and to the innocent. Who is to blame for that?
It certainly seems unfair to blame God and Jesus for things men have done. Remember it was the religious zealots themselves who sought Jesus' destruction more than any other group.
God is love. Think how much children hope and yearn for love. Don't turn away because of what men have done.
@telemetry9 God's own book would disagree with most of what you have said. God is vindictive, petty, tyrannical, racist, homophobic, chauvinistic... etc. The best thing god has going for him is the complete lack of evidence that he exists.
I suggest you take a look at what rationality is doing to our world. Faith is key - that's why there is no physical evidence. Neon lights in the sky wouldn't be enough - a parlour trick. God doesn't operate in that way.
Children know the importance of love.
God's own book? Which book would that be? The old or new testament? They are words but it is what is in peoples' hearts that matter and you don't need a book to know God's love.
@telemetry9 I like the part where you said a whole bunch of stuff but didn't really say anything at all. "God is love", "faith is key", "children know the importance", just a bunch of religious psychobabble that we've all heard before. What are you trying to say exactly?
perhaps leuren moret or dr helen caldicott would interest you guys. They are sharing about what technology is doing to our planet is here on youtube. very rational - and scientific. just type : leuren moret and you'll find her. she's a geologist and nuclear scientist.
it's probably been a while since you heard the truth about our planet - so be prepared to be shocked.
and yes - children do hope and yearn for love. God is love.
@telemetry9 aww. my imaginary friends were loving also! then i turned 4 and realized that imaginary friends were sort of stupid. do you know what I mean?
@telemetry9 God does not exist and therefore is not the answer.
I suggest you actually make a point instead of making hollow statements regarding rationality. Rationality is what fuels intelligent discourse and societal advancement. Religion is what saps all desire intellect from the people and, in general, either encourages or actively hinders the progression of society as a whole.
@telemetry9 Rationality is ruining the world and faith is what is required to fix it? The problem with this idea is that both creationists and 911 hijackers completely agree with you. Most of what you said has no substance what-so-ever, just the jingling of lovey-dovey buzzwords.
When your loved ones require medical attention do you rely on "love and faith"? I'm willing to wager you don't. When it really counts, you will put your chips on the same rationality you claim is ruining society.
Even the Creator has a message for the scientifically illiterate religious teachers.
The Creator has posted a video on YouTube. The message comes to you directly, without the need for transcription or interpretation by bronze-age scribes, or analysis by Stephen Hawking.
The video tells you how you came to be here, outlines the meaning and purpose of your life, and gives you an insight into the future of humankind.
I don't understand, isn't the reasoning behind saying there could not be dinosaurs on the ark was because they were too big?... Don't archaeologists say dinosaurs were on average the size of chickens?
@knowwaie Some might have been the size of chickens, but we know that a lot of them were much bigger (think t-rex size).
Secondly, where does a carnivore of that size get the food it needs for a year, if not from the other animals on the ark? Trex on a boat didn't work out so well in Jurassic Park 2, and they didn't even have other animals.
Also, If we assume the fossil record is true (and we have little reason to deny it), dinosaurs predate man by 65 million years.
@allrequiredfields this has more to do with evidence. It is wildly evident that creation stories are mythological. With the scientific method gaining evidence, it proves that evolution is objectively true because of its evidence. The probability of creationism is very low.
@allrequiredfields creationism, is mythology. creationism didnt happen. Thats why its not science, Its as legitimate as any other creation myth from any culture.
So if it did happen, it was a myth? Keen reasoning skills you've got there. Unless of course you were there to see it. My concern is objectivity, not scientism or religion.
@ericpao81 Is not science western civilization's creation myth? Not to defend often ignorant creationists, saying that one group of people believing based on what they see is wrong and saying another group believing based on what they see is right is not fact; it is opinion.
@lyceroch The difference between western civilizations creation myth and science, is that the creation myths assert things and then don't back it up. They don't understand that because something is written down it doesn't make it true. Science gather data and find evidence for things, then they make the claim. Their claims are backed up by real things you can measure. On top of that, they can then test their claim even further. It is impossible to test creation myths without proving them wrong.
@allrequiredfields evolution is science because it is supported by scientific evidence from several fields of science. creation is religion because its claims come only from a religious book written by bronze age shepherds and farmers, and it has no scientific evidence backing it up (but evidence against a literal interpretation of the creation story abounds).
Scientists don't go knocking on other sunday school doors because they know that, even if they don't, it doesn't change the facts that back up Science.
That's a good point because even if that teacher would have kept his foolish beliefs to himself, anyone who is foolish enough to believe such things is intellectually unqualified to be teaching.
Religious people (in the United States) should be glad that religion is not taught in schools. If it were, it would be a decidedly secular take on religion. Instead children hear religion from the church and their families. Most people hear a prescriptive take on religion. Returning religion to the schools will allow children to hear a descriptive take on the subject.
schools should be privately run..that way parents can send their kids to schools that teach what they approve of...and i wont have to pay for any kids schooling, because i dont have kids
@longfootbuddy no ...they shouldn't. i went to a Christian private school growing up and my parents had to pay alot extra to go there. To the tune of 4 grand a year. + The school literally teaches whatever the fuck they want too. This is VERY bad because you end up with and country full of non intellectual scientifically illiterate children and people who dont Understand simple biology and completely misguided historical teaching. "hey kids there was a boat with this guy named Noah....."
@longfootbuddy Also not to mention the fact that once they go to a real University they will have to either take all that science and history over again , because it didn't count. Or, there entire world will be shattered when they learn the truth and there early onset misfortune of having to going to a brainwashing school as an adolescent. Trust me most of our parents and there parents aren't always right, especailly if they were brought up in a similar manner.
@ericpao81 being a tyrant and thief isnt virtuous either, yet you want to force me to pay for the schooling of your kids...and what if i had kids, would you force me to send them to public schools, rather than a school of my choosing? why not take people's kids directly from the womb, to brainwash them into thinking youre virtuous?
@longfootbuddy Your missing the point. and trust me , nobody is being tyrannical by wanting to provide your child with a just and solid and critical mind. I gladly pay my taxes and do so on the understanding that it is for the greater good and helps my fellow countrymen. This has largely been a lost value in the american society. Our grandparents had it and then something around the time of the 80's happened is it shifted a great deal.
@longfootbuddy You don't have to send you kids anywhere. You can send your kids to a private school now if you like. But i am not willing to pay for your child to go to a place where they are going to bread a pile of ignorant drones to do the bidding of the church and the delusional set of people stuck on Ayn Rand philosophy of economics. There are plenty of great secular private schools that create alot of smart kids. yeah they cost alot , but you get what you pay for.
@longfootbuddy Well...not always. My parents had paid alot for me to go to a Baptist high-school and lets say it was largely inadequate and had to spend thousands more relearning the things that were "left out" of my curriculum. Kids are not Born Christian, or Muslim, or democrat or republican. They are clean slate. The objective of a good school is to give the child correct and testable information in order for them to make correct decisions, while utilizing critical thinking skills.
@longfootbuddy alot of "private" Theology schools don't provide this atmosphere they provide a haven of thought control that is very similar to Iranian schools. These are done through a theocracy not a democracy. and are largely considered to be a form of child ABUSE.
@longfootbuddy also, i understand you don't have kids was just using the language as an example as if say ...you did have kids, as one day you might. My daughter will be born soon and i cant wait to help her learn. Besides don't worry most of your tax dollars are not going to the schools, if anything you may give like 10 bucks. most of what you pay usually goes to the military. But then again may be you enjoy that money going to kill rather than to educate? I dont see people bitching about that
@longfootbuddy Well cry me a river. You live in a society, get over it its been a Capitalist socialist democracy for a really long time now. If you want a country were your not forced to do a damn thing then go live in a country were the government doesn't do shit about anything. its called Somalia. A tea Partier's wet dream.
@ericpao81 yes, im used to people mocking ideas of liberty and freedom that americans once held dear...your love it or leave it mentality goes nicely with the majority of american tyrants...and ive been told to go to africa a great number of times now...i know you love the government we have, it benefits you at the expense of the rest of us...i can only hope that you will be defeated, either by brave americans, or god...you may shrug off and justify slavery, but i dont
@longfootbuddy Your ignorance astounds me. Yes we have liberty and freedom, something which religion does not offer and thats why we left it out of our constitution. You sit there as if you are not benefited by living in american society at all. I pay taxes and its a good thing. Although you seem to have no understanding of what it takes to run a stable society. The world in which you envision would crumble underneath your feet.
@longfootbuddy Do you drive on american highways? Do you cross bridges? Are you protected by law enforcement? Are you able to give a justifiable case to a court of law? Are you saved by firemen? Do you drink clean water? Do you breath clean air? Are you allowed to worship what religion you want? Have you ever called 911? Do traffic laws and enforcement keep you safe? Do you get plowed out of snow? Is the government there to back you if you find yourself completely crippled and bankrupt?
@longfootbuddy This is just a small list. But I would also assume that you will take full advantage of Medicare and social security when you come of age. You sir have a very simple understanding of the world and your case is intellectually dishonest. I would highly suggest education, or find a better argument than repeating mantras of Fox news. You take for granted alot. oh and btw. I have never justified slavery. Corporations enslave you. Oh and the bible condones it on a number of occasions.
@longfootbuddy Yes slavery was one facet of what they were fighting for. The right for the states to decide weather or not they would allow it. Slaves were very economical for the south during this time period. Most of all their wealth was in Tabacco and cotton, they liked (cheap labor). The south didnt want a centralized government to tell them what they could do. Well guess what ...they lost. You know why? Because there ideas don't work and they were deemed "archaic" non progressive.
@ericpao81 Funny enough we have more blacks in prison today than there were blacks in slavery, only now they aren't doing a damn thing for us. They have cost us more money than they every made us. HAHAHAHAHA I have no opinion on what to do.
@longfootbuddy But you prefer to live in the past, not only that you have a horrible take on history. Who the hell taught you that shit? Were you home schooled or something?
@ericpao81 i went through our government run brainwashing factories, but i chose to search for the truth instead of being like the rest of you, and accepting such horseshit..i expected replies from fools like yourself, but im done talking to your stupid, self righteous ass..fuck ya
Religion is nothing but the spewing of falsehoods by crooks and shysters throughout the centuries. They get away with it because they indoctrinate children before they can acquire the critical thinking skills neccessary to fend off their propaganda. By the time their minds are fully formed, these kids are intellectually hobbled.
Religion is demonic for the simple reason that it is the primary destroyer of faith because it makes us believe in things that are false.
Faith is false. Faith is to believe something in the absence of evidence or reliable inference. In other words, faith is to not want to know what is true.
@hardheadteacher That comment isn't even worthy of a response, but I must say, that it sounds like someone is happy with their level of ignorance. Have fun failing at life.
@hardheadteacher You are a dumbass. But you are correct that Tyson is correct in asserting that Noah's ark did not carry dinosaurs, BECAUSE Noah's ark never freaking existed in the first place.
@hardheadteacher - No one was calling you a name. They were asserting a proper label on you. You've been classified & you've been found intellectually wanting .
The internal inconsistency, violence, and unlikely supernatural claims of any holy text are in no way related to the question of religions social utility.
It's ironic how USA is a prime example of a country where religions are kept out of schools (kids don't learn of their own religion or other religions and their customs), and yet it feels like one of the most religious (Christian) countries. "In God we trust", it even says so in the monies!
If we teach Genesis in Science Class when do we teach the creation stories from the Greco-Roman, Buddhist and Native American religions?
We need to realize that the story of Adam and Eve was not a story about the origin of humanity but was about the justification of a patriarchal world view. Independent minded woman meets weak willed man.
@1tabligh Do you know anything of biochemisty, molecular biology, atomic physics, particle physics? If the answer is yes to any of those, and you're still asking such a question, I'd say that it is you who may be the delusional one here.
@StopConfusion He's talking about Al-Ghazali, a Muslim scholar who codified the Qu'ran to say that mathematics and free exchange were evil. He talks about it in a video called "The Effect of Islam on Science in the Middle East- 9th-12th century.
He's referring to the fact that the arab world was the high of all knowledge and science in the 11th-12th century. It then fell into ignorance and religion because of some crazy religious folk (Al-Ghazali). He's worried the same will happen to the US. He does appear to have legitimate fears when you look at the difference it's made to the modern world!
i will admit, i follow a religion. but i get just as outraged as the rest of u when some religious fundamentalists who think they're right go around telling people that science is wrong. HOW THE FUCK DID U THINK CIVILIZATION BECAME THIS ADVANCED SO QUICKLY? geez if u dont believe in science then DONT SHOVE IT ONTO OTHER PEOPLE
The example of Islam and Algazel scares me too. We see people like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck preaching scientific ignorance and reliance on faith just like he did. The flame has no effect on the cotton... bah!
before religion got banned from USA public shools the "mindbenders" used to brainwash schoolchildren daily to believe in the hebrew bible fairytales. Over time people became educated enough to see that the hebrew bible is a crudely designed slave manual that jews wrote for their evil tribe to study and implement. History attests that all people who defend themselves against the serpent-seed jews will have violence and slander directed at them non-stop such as exhibited in the hebrew bible.
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Its always good to see an intelligent, articulate black man with a passion for something other than obsession over his own perceived historical victimization.
You're doing that thing that a whole lot of people do in this country. Oh hey, that black guy doesn't fit my stereotypical understanding of black people, good for him! If you really examine what you're saying you'll realize that you always compare black people to their lowest common denominator and then pass judgment. Are you surprised when a white person doesn't live in a trailer park? Of course not.
Well, no I'm not in "this country". And the international image of black american men is of illiterate, inarticulate gansta rappers. This is an image that black men WANT to perpetuate because its so profitable in selling clothes jewellery and music. Many Africans (non-American) are making a lot of money exploiting this fad. Go outside America and you'll see what I mean.
You're doing it again. "that's what black men want.." Which black men? The handful of rapers you know of? You're talking about musicians. Since when are rock stars of any race a good example? You see what you want to to see. Responsible, educated black people are not the exception, not that people like you would notice.
I'm talking about NON-american black men, you facile retard.
I'm talking in global terms. I don't know if you're black or what, but youre definitely showing the standard american arrogance by assuming the whole world revolves around you.
I'm not sure about that, I think you're projecting and a little prone to anger as well. Sad. Is everything a stereotype and cliches with you? You Americans are arrogant and black people are exactly how I picture them. Whatever you say, kid.
My point has already been clearly stated. The previous comment blames religion as though that were the point of the video. But the problem isn't the institution of religion, it's simply the ignorance of some who claim to believe in it and are in positions of authority like teachers.
Btw, if you're trying to start a fight, I'll warn you now that I'm not a Christian so don't bother.
Religion, allegorically speaking, is like a store selling a product that may not exist and never has to be delivered, and if something goes wrong there's no one to blame because there's no one running the store. It's a scam and the further the basis of the scam is from reality, the less likely it will be found out to be a scam. The thing is, of course you can't blame the religion. There's nothing REAL about religion to blame. It's all imaginary.
It isn't religion that is imaginary, as you can see it. Religion is a people thing. Religion is what people do. I think God and all his pretences are what you are calling imaginary.
God is a concept unworthy of discussion. It would not matter if the universe always existed in some form, was created by a god, or was created along with all your memories five minutes ago. There's no evidence for any of it and you have to act in accordance with observable evidence and memories of evidence that has been observed. To do otherwise serves no meaningful purpose. You have no evidence for a god. I have no evidence against a god. It's meaningless for discussion.
Under what evidence do you call religion a good thing? Is it just because of the way you were taught that you believe religion good? What is the good from living a life based on a fairy tale devoid of reality? If it's for placebo effect, there is plenty of evidence that there is no ethical or logical reason for the use of placebos outside of clinical trials.
God is imaginary. Religion is a fairytale based upon the character. Regardless, where is your proof, outside of your local sphere of influence, where any good derived from religion redeems it's evils of the debasement of reality? If you can't present evidence beyond you believing it good because of the happy feeling it gives you to believe it good, then what is the difference between the religious and drug addicts?
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This world needs more great minds like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Michio Kaku. This place would be such a better place!
teabaginyoureyes 3 days ago
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teabaginyoureyes 3 days ago
I love tyson, but with his intellect he doesn't need to waste his time debating creationism.
gibememoni 3 days ago
I love ths guy... :-)
cmard96 1 week ago
Preach it, science-man! =D
potsmokindino 1 week ago
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I like how he ignored the part of Jesus being the Savior
SuperMetalMike 3 weeks ago
@SuperMetalMike what? lol.
ericpao81 2 weeks ago 10
@SuperMetalMike Not my savior.
whpr0 1 week ago
@SuperMetalMike - Dude, you're kidding right? That was supposed to be "meta" and I didn't get it, right. I pray to Tebow I hope I'm right...
jcsmith2 1 week ago
@SuperMetalMike Typical ignorant christian response.
CrownStarcraft 5 days ago
i love this guy, and i'm really not that gay.
peace.
lardo444 1 month ago
I really need to go to the Amazing Meeting!
ilovelani69 1 month ago
What a fucking LEGEND!
Orangemongoose1 2 months ago
Dude owns.
xlegionx 3 months ago
@thecubs2103 that wasnt a facepalm but nice try...*facepalm* gah people are retarded
unicefMC 3 months ago
notice the face palm at 3:17 lol
thecubs2103 3 months ago
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dude jesus died for our sins like a hundred years ago *derp*
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This guy my hero
apollotreatingyou 3 months ago
@telemety9. Athiesm is for those who fear nothing.
komkast22 3 months ago
could anyone link me to a video of that teacher/student incident?
FoxxNightingale 3 months ago
RIP Headphone Users.
bennycee 3 months ago 10
Dat mic.....
GodRMK 3 months ago 3
@GodRMK Dat Tyson. Guy is a great public speaker.
YoonaNeomuYeppeoSeo 3 months ago 2
Next time try recording this when the volume isn't at 11, sir.
derivativedeli 3 months ago
This is what talking in CAPS sounds like...
MikeSolow 3 months ago
I <3 Neil!
sysop3 3 months ago
Jesus titty fucking christ. I love listening to Neil as much as the next guy, but not when it blows out my speakers, eardrums, and brain.
Valcorr 3 months ago
i wonder how many of us remember christmas at school and feeling that magic in the air.
men make mistakes - they do terrible things to one another and to the innocent. Who is to blame for that?
It certainly seems unfair to blame God and Jesus for things men have done. Remember it was the religious zealots themselves who sought Jesus' destruction more than any other group.
God is love. Think how much children hope and yearn for love. Don't turn away because of what men have done.
telemetry9 3 months ago
@telemetry9 God's own book would disagree with most of what you have said. God is vindictive, petty, tyrannical, racist, homophobic, chauvinistic... etc. The best thing god has going for him is the complete lack of evidence that he exists.
scooped13 3 months ago
God is love and love is the answer.
I suggest you take a look at what rationality is doing to our world. Faith is key - that's why there is no physical evidence. Neon lights in the sky wouldn't be enough - a parlour trick. God doesn't operate in that way.
Children know the importance of love.
God's own book? Which book would that be? The old or new testament? They are words but it is what is in peoples' hearts that matter and you don't need a book to know God's love.
telemetry9 3 months ago
@telemetry9 um what...? "god is love"? thats what they taught me in like second grade..this also had nothing to do with the video..
gogopirogo 3 months ago
@telemetry9 I like the part where you said a whole bunch of stuff but didn't really say anything at all. "God is love", "faith is key", "children know the importance", just a bunch of religious psychobabble that we've all heard before. What are you trying to say exactly?
Skwigelf100 3 months ago
perhaps leuren moret or dr helen caldicott would interest you guys. They are sharing about what technology is doing to our planet is here on youtube. very rational - and scientific. just type : leuren moret and you'll find her. she's a geologist and nuclear scientist.
it's probably been a while since you heard the truth about our planet - so be prepared to be shocked.
and yes - children do hope and yearn for love. God is love.
telemetry9 3 months ago
@telemetry9 aww. my imaginary friends were loving also! then i turned 4 and realized that imaginary friends were sort of stupid. do you know what I mean?
FatherofMan25 3 months ago
@telemetry9 God does not exist and therefore is not the answer.
I suggest you actually make a point instead of making hollow statements regarding rationality. Rationality is what fuels intelligent discourse and societal advancement. Religion is what saps all desire intellect from the people and, in general, either encourages or actively hinders the progression of society as a whole.
yanging 3 months ago
@telemetry9 Rationality is ruining the world and faith is what is required to fix it? The problem with this idea is that both creationists and 911 hijackers completely agree with you. Most of what you said has no substance what-so-ever, just the jingling of lovey-dovey buzzwords.
When your loved ones require medical attention do you rely on "love and faith"? I'm willing to wager you don't. When it really counts, you will put your chips on the same rationality you claim is ruining society.
scooped13 3 months ago
@telemetry9 That had nothing to do with the talk. Typical Christian.
Atrain009 3 months ago
"religion is for people who are afraid to go to hell - spirituality is for those who have already been there."
telemetry9 3 months ago
If you don't use a Macbook Pro like Neil, you suck. Macbooks are the only true computer. All other computers suck.
lofye 3 months ago
Sweet jesus turn down the gain for the audio mix
HerbertTheSchnervert 3 months ago 6
i've never seen Mr. Tyson this hyped up! go him! :D
wvb93 3 months ago
Even the Creator has a message for the scientifically illiterate religious teachers.
The Creator has posted a video on YouTube. The message comes to you directly, without the need for transcription or interpretation by bronze-age scribes, or analysis by Stephen Hawking.
The video tells you how you came to be here, outlines the meaning and purpose of your life, and gives you an insight into the future of humankind.
See ' God says sorry. '
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I don't understand, isn't the reasoning behind saying there could not be dinosaurs on the ark was because they were too big?... Don't archaeologists say dinosaurs were on average the size of chickens?
knowwaie 3 months ago
@knowwaie *facepalm* Guess that one went wayyy over your head. You miss the point.
ericpao81 3 months ago 48
How did i miss the point?.. Isn't it true that this was the reason it was mocked?
knowwaie 3 months ago
@knowwaie the point is that IT DIDN'T FUCKING HAPPEN.
StephanieRoze 3 months ago
@ericpao81 Pretty sure you got trolled. Just a thought.
TheHamishbatten1995 3 months ago
@knowwaie Some might have been the size of chickens, but we know that a lot of them were much bigger (think t-rex size).
Secondly, where does a carnivore of that size get the food it needs for a year, if not from the other animals on the ark? Trex on a boat didn't work out so well in Jurassic Park 2, and they didn't even have other animals.
Also, If we assume the fossil record is true (and we have little reason to deny it), dinosaurs predate man by 65 million years.
TheMaskedUgly 3 months ago
@knowwaie HAHAHAHAHAHA
itsazy 3 months ago
@allrequiredfields this has more to do with evidence. It is wildly evident that creation stories are mythological. With the scientific method gaining evidence, it proves that evolution is objectively true because of its evidence. The probability of creationism is very low.
ericpao81 3 months ago 19
@ericpao81 Very low is an understatement.
The probability of speculation alone (as in: void of evidence) is infinitely small.
This can be shown through logic.
2Jax 2 months ago
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If evolution is true, it's science; if creation is true, it's... religion?
allrequiredfields 3 months ago
@allrequiredfields creationism, is mythology. creationism didnt happen. Thats why its not science, Its as legitimate as any other creation myth from any culture.
ericpao81 3 months ago 50
@ericpao81
So if it did happen, it was a myth? Keen reasoning skills you've got there. Unless of course you were there to see it. My concern is objectivity, not scientism or religion.
allrequiredfields 3 months ago
@ericpao81 Is not science western civilization's creation myth? Not to defend often ignorant creationists, saying that one group of people believing based on what they see is wrong and saying another group believing based on what they see is right is not fact; it is opinion.
lyceroch 3 months ago
@lyceroch The difference between western civilizations creation myth and science, is that the creation myths assert things and then don't back it up. They don't understand that because something is written down it doesn't make it true. Science gather data and find evidence for things, then they make the claim. Their claims are backed up by real things you can measure. On top of that, they can then test their claim even further. It is impossible to test creation myths without proving them wrong.
vicksoma 3 months ago
@allrequiredfields evolution is science because it is supported by scientific evidence from several fields of science. creation is religion because its claims come only from a religious book written by bronze age shepherds and farmers, and it has no scientific evidence backing it up (but evidence against a literal interpretation of the creation story abounds).
sasnsatx 3 months ago
@allrequiredfields If creationism is proven true, it's science. If it has absolutely no kind of valid proof whatsoever, it's religion.
maplesyrupgl 3 months ago
@allrequiredfields Religion is based in faith , Science is based in FACTS.
mapdark 1 week ago
Does he have to go to the bathroom?
rcguy69 4 months ago
Scientists don't go knocking on other sunday school doors because they know that, even if they don't, it doesn't change the facts that back up Science.
ComradeMagnum 4 months ago
god is not real.
stupid humans
impsick 5 months ago 4
Does he need to go to the bathroom or what?
FW00RD 5 months ago
To be honest I think if Science was as powerful in the US religion is scientists would picket and tell churches can teach.
gandj19 6 months ago
This man needs his own show. Fucking awesome. So well spoken.
gandj19 6 months ago 8
@gandj19 He's going to be hosting the sequel to Carl Sagan's Cosmos, some time in 2013.
AfexNine 3 months ago
That's a good point because even if that teacher would have kept his foolish beliefs to himself, anyone who is foolish enough to believe such things is intellectually unqualified to be teaching.
Setzer 6 months ago 15
Does anyone have any links to the case with the student being herassed? What was the name?
farmandmao 7 months ago
@farmandmao which case?
ericpao81 7 months ago
@ericpao81 The one he mentions, of a creationist teatcher herrassing a muslim student and such?
farmandmao 7 months ago
@ericpao81 The one he talks about in the video....
supermanalexk 5 months ago
Religious people (in the United States) should be glad that religion is not taught in schools. If it were, it would be a decidedly secular take on religion. Instead children hear religion from the church and their families. Most people hear a prescriptive take on religion. Returning religion to the schools will allow children to hear a descriptive take on the subject.
Keysteeze 8 months ago 2
He is great
SensibleInnovations 10 months ago
schools should be privately run..that way parents can send their kids to schools that teach what they approve of...and i wont have to pay for any kids schooling, because i dont have kids
longfootbuddy 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy no ...they shouldn't. i went to a Christian private school growing up and my parents had to pay alot extra to go there. To the tune of 4 grand a year. + The school literally teaches whatever the fuck they want too. This is VERY bad because you end up with and country full of non intellectual scientifically illiterate children and people who dont Understand simple biology and completely misguided historical teaching. "hey kids there was a boat with this guy named Noah....."
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Also not to mention the fact that once they go to a real University they will have to either take all that science and history over again , because it didn't count. Or, there entire world will be shattered when they learn the truth and there early onset misfortune of having to going to a brainwashing school as an adolescent. Trust me most of our parents and there parents aren't always right, especailly if they were brought up in a similar manner.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Faith and ignorance are not virtues.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@ericpao81 being a tyrant and thief isnt virtuous either, yet you want to force me to pay for the schooling of your kids...and what if i had kids, would you force me to send them to public schools, rather than a school of my choosing? why not take people's kids directly from the womb, to brainwash them into thinking youre virtuous?
longfootbuddy 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Your missing the point. and trust me , nobody is being tyrannical by wanting to provide your child with a just and solid and critical mind. I gladly pay my taxes and do so on the understanding that it is for the greater good and helps my fellow countrymen. This has largely been a lost value in the american society. Our grandparents had it and then something around the time of the 80's happened is it shifted a great deal.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy You don't have to send you kids anywhere. You can send your kids to a private school now if you like. But i am not willing to pay for your child to go to a place where they are going to bread a pile of ignorant drones to do the bidding of the church and the delusional set of people stuck on Ayn Rand philosophy of economics. There are plenty of great secular private schools that create alot of smart kids. yeah they cost alot , but you get what you pay for.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Well...not always. My parents had paid alot for me to go to a Baptist high-school and lets say it was largely inadequate and had to spend thousands more relearning the things that were "left out" of my curriculum. Kids are not Born Christian, or Muslim, or democrat or republican. They are clean slate. The objective of a good school is to give the child correct and testable information in order for them to make correct decisions, while utilizing critical thinking skills.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy alot of "private" Theology schools don't provide this atmosphere they provide a haven of thought control that is very similar to Iranian schools. These are done through a theocracy not a democracy. and are largely considered to be a form of child ABUSE.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy also, i understand you don't have kids was just using the language as an example as if say ...you did have kids, as one day you might. My daughter will be born soon and i cant wait to help her learn. Besides don't worry most of your tax dollars are not going to the schools, if anything you may give like 10 bucks. most of what you pay usually goes to the military. But then again may be you enjoy that money going to kill rather than to educate? I dont see people bitching about that
ericpao81 10 months ago
@ericpao81 ill take this opportunity to bitch about my forced funding of both education and military
longfootbuddy 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Well cry me a river. You live in a society, get over it its been a Capitalist socialist democracy for a really long time now. If you want a country were your not forced to do a damn thing then go live in a country were the government doesn't do shit about anything. its called Somalia. A tea Partier's wet dream.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@ericpao81 yes, im used to people mocking ideas of liberty and freedom that americans once held dear...your love it or leave it mentality goes nicely with the majority of american tyrants...and ive been told to go to africa a great number of times now...i know you love the government we have, it benefits you at the expense of the rest of us...i can only hope that you will be defeated, either by brave americans, or god...you may shrug off and justify slavery, but i dont
longfootbuddy 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Your ignorance astounds me. Yes we have liberty and freedom, something which religion does not offer and thats why we left it out of our constitution. You sit there as if you are not benefited by living in american society at all. I pay taxes and its a good thing. Although you seem to have no understanding of what it takes to run a stable society. The world in which you envision would crumble underneath your feet.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Do you drive on american highways? Do you cross bridges? Are you protected by law enforcement? Are you able to give a justifiable case to a court of law? Are you saved by firemen? Do you drink clean water? Do you breath clean air? Are you allowed to worship what religion you want? Have you ever called 911? Do traffic laws and enforcement keep you safe? Do you get plowed out of snow? Is the government there to back you if you find yourself completely crippled and bankrupt?
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy This is just a small list. But I would also assume that you will take full advantage of Medicare and social security when you come of age. You sir have a very simple understanding of the world and your case is intellectually dishonest. I would highly suggest education, or find a better argument than repeating mantras of Fox news. You take for granted alot. oh and btw. I have never justified slavery. Corporations enslave you. Oh and the bible condones it on a number of occasions.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Alot of slavery justification came right from the bible and used as an excuse from the Confederate states.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@ericpao81 alot of confederates fought for their freedom from a tyrannical union, but youre brainwashed to think they fought for black slavery
longfootbuddy 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy Yes slavery was one facet of what they were fighting for. The right for the states to decide weather or not they would allow it. Slaves were very economical for the south during this time period. Most of all their wealth was in Tabacco and cotton, they liked (cheap labor). The south didnt want a centralized government to tell them what they could do. Well guess what ...they lost. You know why? Because there ideas don't work and they were deemed "archaic" non progressive.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@ericpao81 Funny enough we have more blacks in prison today than there were blacks in slavery, only now they aren't doing a damn thing for us. They have cost us more money than they every made us. HAHAHAHAHA I have no opinion on what to do.
Khyrid 9 months ago
@longfootbuddy But you prefer to live in the past, not only that you have a horrible take on history. Who the hell taught you that shit? Were you home schooled or something?
ericpao81 10 months ago
@ericpao81 i went through our government run brainwashing factories, but i chose to search for the truth instead of being like the rest of you, and accepting such horseshit..i expected replies from fools like yourself, but im done talking to your stupid, self righteous ass..fuck ya
longfootbuddy 10 months ago
@longfootbuddy ////government run brainwashing factories///// - LOL! okay redneck. I guss you gave up and dont have anything more intelligent to say.
ericpao81 10 months ago
What kind of person didn't like that?
Cosmospeanuts 10 months ago
man, mr tyson is awesome, like a black preacher but one with facts and knowledge who loves the sky not sky-daddy fairy tales.
fourbabies1 1 year ago
@fourbabies1 he's black? no way, Captain obvious. thanks for seeing him for what he only and truly is.
mike7743 10 months ago
@mike7743 "Captain obvious."
i didn't refer to mr tyson as black. read the comment properly.
fourbabies1 10 months ago
Religion is nothing but the spewing of falsehoods by crooks and shysters throughout the centuries. They get away with it because they indoctrinate children before they can acquire the critical thinking skills neccessary to fend off their propaganda. By the time their minds are fully formed, these kids are intellectually hobbled.
Religion is demonic for the simple reason that it is the primary destroyer of faith because it makes us believe in things that are false.
jpfrssnv 1 year ago
@jpfrssnv
Faith is false. Faith is to believe something in the absence of evidence or reliable inference. In other words, faith is to not want to know what is true.
mellowmark1 1 year ago
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Tyson is a dumbass, but he is correct in asserting that Noah's ark did not carry dinosaurs.
hardheadteacher 1 year ago
@hardheadteacher That comment isn't even worthy of a response, but I must say, that it sounds like someone is happy with their level of ignorance. Have fun failing at life.
ericpao81 1 year ago 28
@ericpao81 -He's right about the Noah's flood thing. It didn't carry dinosaurs, because IT DIDN'T EXIST.
pandapalace11 10 months ago
@pandapalace11 I know this. Did i say it did? lol. Most of the bible if bull.
ericpao81 10 months ago
@hardheadteacher You are a dumbass. But you are correct that Tyson is correct in asserting that Noah's ark did not carry dinosaurs, BECAUSE Noah's ark never freaking existed in the first place.
bbsonjohn 1 year ago
@bbsonjohn
You must be a very old man to know that for certain. Name calling is the province of the intellectually deficient.
hardheadteacher 1 year ago
@hardheadteacher - No one was calling you a name. They were asserting a proper label on you. You've been classified & you've been found intellectually wanting .
MaitreyaRocket 10 months ago
The internal inconsistency, violence, and unlikely supernatural claims of any holy text are in no way related to the question of religions social utility.
Keysteeze 1 year ago
It's ironic how USA is a prime example of a country where religions are kept out of schools (kids don't learn of their own religion or other religions and their customs), and yet it feels like one of the most religious (Christian) countries. "In God we trust", it even says so in the monies!
patu8010 1 year ago
excellent.
illusionstateofmind 1 year ago
If we teach Genesis in Science Class when do we teach the creation stories from the Greco-Roman, Buddhist and Native American religions?
We need to realize that the story of Adam and Eve was not a story about the origin of humanity but was about the justification of a patriarchal world view. Independent minded woman meets weak willed man.
rdsanchez1966 1 year ago
Damn, 5 people actually sided with dinosaurs on a boat with cows and pigs etc.
Sad.
geradical 1 year ago
@1tabligh Do you know anything of biochemisty, molecular biology, atomic physics, particle physics? If the answer is yes to any of those, and you're still asking such a question, I'd say that it is you who may be the delusional one here.
hollyspry 1 year ago
Also does anyone know the real Title of this video?
StopConfusion 1 year ago
What is he talking about when he says the 12th century and the intellectual fallout?
StopConfusion 1 year ago
@StopConfusion He's talking about Al-Ghazali, a Muslim scholar who codified the Qu'ran to say that mathematics and free exchange were evil. He talks about it in a video called "The Effect of Islam on Science in the Middle East- 9th-12th century.
GuardofLiberty 1 year ago
@StopConfusion
He's referring to the fact that the arab world was the high of all knowledge and science in the 11th-12th century. It then fell into ignorance and religion because of some crazy religious folk (Al-Ghazali). He's worried the same will happen to the US. He does appear to have legitimate fears when you look at the difference it's made to the modern world!
matthewjhaywood 1 year ago
My favorite sciantist :)
spacegeeks3 1 year ago
Where can we find the recording from that middle school?
lulumousie 1 year ago
i will admit, i follow a religion. but i get just as outraged as the rest of u when some religious fundamentalists who think they're right go around telling people that science is wrong. HOW THE FUCK DID U THINK CIVILIZATION BECAME THIS ADVANCED SO QUICKLY? geez if u dont believe in science then DONT SHOVE IT ONTO OTHER PEOPLE
50RpJ 1 year ago 3
tyson always right :D !!!
klaidus 1 year ago
Yeah, but it's also about separation of church and state....
ChuckyJesus666 1 year ago
I bet no one is going to bother sharing this to get it to the front page... please prove me wrong.
fegu 1 year ago
Oh if somebody tells me to teach "both" I would do it....but in my fashion...
"Evolution tells us we find fossils in this order ... according to the invisible pink unicorn we find them randomly ... and what do we find? ORDER"
RazielKain 1 year ago
Tyson for President
natzeeejesus 1 year ago
One of the most awesomest dude ever bitches.
azmegladon 1 year ago 3
Very good I agree
ooglebydoogleby 1 year ago
The example of Islam and Algazel scares me too. We see people like Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck preaching scientific ignorance and reliance on faith just like he did. The flame has no effect on the cotton... bah!
Asylumer 1 year ago
I have a giant lifelong boy-crush on Tyson the way I did on Sagan.
ChaseKittens 1 year ago
Religion has no place in schools, just like facts have no place in religion.
jacynm 1 year ago 22
@jacynm superintendent chalmers lol
pistolpete667 1 year ago
Neil is greattt!!!!
ABHINAVNR 1 year ago
Love this guy
Negrodamus89 1 year ago 3
go neil.
UniverseOfAdventures 2 years ago 6
the sound quality on this video is shit
MutantBamHammer 2 years ago 8
sounds fine on my end check you computer. Besides its not the quality of the sound the point of the video is the content.
ericpao81 2 years ago 8
before religion got banned from USA public shools the "mindbenders" used to brainwash schoolchildren daily to believe in the hebrew bible fairytales. Over time people became educated enough to see that the hebrew bible is a crudely designed slave manual that jews wrote for their evil tribe to study and implement. History attests that all people who defend themselves against the serpent-seed jews will have violence and slander directed at them non-stop such as exhibited in the hebrew bible.
MultipleProfiles 2 years ago 3
Trina bubalicious coke!
mirandatuga 2 years ago
Thanks for the swine flu btw, god!
What an adorable man this is.
Aonsaithya 2 years ago
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Its always good to see an intelligent, articulate black man with a passion for something other than obsession over his own perceived historical victimization.
yexey 2 years ago
I down voted you because people are people.
You're doing that thing that a whole lot of people do in this country. Oh hey, that black guy doesn't fit my stereotypical understanding of black people, good for him! If you really examine what you're saying you'll realize that you always compare black people to their lowest common denominator and then pass judgment. Are you surprised when a white person doesn't live in a trailer park? Of course not.
parttimehuman 2 years ago 3
Well, no I'm not in "this country". And the international image of black american men is of illiterate, inarticulate gansta rappers. This is an image that black men WANT to perpetuate because its so profitable in selling clothes jewellery and music. Many Africans (non-American) are making a lot of money exploiting this fad. Go outside America and you'll see what I mean.
yexey 2 years ago
You're doing it again. "that's what black men want.." Which black men? The handful of rapers you know of? You're talking about musicians. Since when are rock stars of any race a good example? You see what you want to to see. Responsible, educated black people are not the exception, not that people like you would notice.
parttimehuman 2 years ago
I'm talking about NON-american black men, you facile retard.
I'm talking in global terms. I don't know if you're black or what, but youre definitely showing the standard american arrogance by assuming the whole world revolves around you.
Also, "rappers" has a double "p"
"rapers" sounds like "people who rape"
yexey 2 years ago
I'm not sure about that, I think you're projecting and a little prone to anger as well. Sad. Is everything a stereotype and cliches with you? You Americans are arrogant and black people are exactly how I picture them. Whatever you say, kid.
parttimehuman 2 years ago
Wow, what a crappy reply. The general standard of American education really is quite low.
yexey 2 years ago
Nice ad hominem attack. I guess you have nothing of value to add.
parttimehuman 2 years ago
@yexey
1/10
playingxboxtoday 2 years ago
@yexey u need to getout more dude
jeremyhillaryboobphd 2 years ago
I would be scared as well if I lived in America.
I just hope this doesn't spread any further (shit... it's already in the UK isn't is?)
Baldurpet 2 years ago 4
Cool, despite for the "shcools" in the title.
spelunkerman 2 years ago 4
Awesome video
Shitty audio, though.
Mark73 2 years ago 3
imaginary friend in the sky bless the ACLU
andrew1zy 2 years ago 6
to me it shows how week their religion is when they have to pretend it's science when anyone with half a brain knows it's not.
brandtaylor93 2 years ago 13
My point has already been clearly stated. The previous comment blames religion as though that were the point of the video. But the problem isn't the institution of religion, it's simply the ignorance of some who claim to believe in it and are in positions of authority like teachers.
Btw, if you're trying to start a fight, I'll warn you now that I'm not a Christian so don't bother.
audesperare 2 years ago
Religion, allegorically speaking, is like a store selling a product that may not exist and never has to be delivered, and if something goes wrong there's no one to blame because there's no one running the store. It's a scam and the further the basis of the scam is from reality, the less likely it will be found out to be a scam. The thing is, of course you can't blame the religion. There's nothing REAL about religion to blame. It's all imaginary.
gotrootdude 2 years ago 2
It is we humans collectively who are God, to have the power to make the imaginary so horridly real.
robitfuel 2 years ago 5
It isn't religion that is imaginary, as you can see it. Religion is a people thing. Religion is what people do. I think God and all his pretences are what you are calling imaginary.
audesperare 2 years ago 3
God is a concept unworthy of discussion. It would not matter if the universe always existed in some form, was created by a god, or was created along with all your memories five minutes ago. There's no evidence for any of it and you have to act in accordance with observable evidence and memories of evidence that has been observed. To do otherwise serves no meaningful purpose. You have no evidence for a god. I have no evidence against a god. It's meaningless for discussion.
gotrootdude 2 years ago
Under what evidence do you call religion a good thing? Is it just because of the way you were taught that you believe religion good? What is the good from living a life based on a fairy tale devoid of reality? If it's for placebo effect, there is plenty of evidence that there is no ethical or logical reason for the use of placebos outside of clinical trials.
gotrootdude 2 years ago
One should not confuse the two.
audesperare 2 years ago
God is imaginary. Religion is a fairytale based upon the character. Regardless, where is your proof, outside of your local sphere of influence, where any good derived from religion redeems it's evils of the debasement of reality? If you can't present evidence beyond you believing it good because of the happy feeling it gives you to believe it good, then what is the difference between the religious and drug addicts?
gotrootdude 2 years ago 40
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religion doesnt kill people
abdurezzak 1 year ago
@abdurezzak No religious people kill people. Mostly when their holy book tells them its ok to do it and be rewarded for it when they die.
ericpao81 1 year ago 17
@ericpao81 holy book tells them to kill who? if the answer doesnt make sense than it is not the right religion.
abdurezzak 1 year ago