Does this man want to abolish Religion or all belief in a supernatural creator? Sounds like he wants to do both. He wants to end belief in God and have everyone believe in science. Yet he admits he was WRONG in thinking “science was rolling back religious belief”. Well, anyone could have told him that. Brilliant! Maybe Dawkins should ponder WHY he was wrong, and he might gain some real wisdom about something. Until then, he should just stick to discussing evolution.
Why is it that it's hard to accept that the earth is only 50,000 years old when carbon dating is used to carbon date up to 50,000 years? I don't know, the earth, land, weather, technology, etc... has changed so much within 20+ years, why not in thousands? The reason would be because the thousand year concept doesn't support many scientific theories. As for Dawkins saying kids are taught religion, it's the same as children are taught science since they are little.
Ok first of all carbon dating isnt the only type of dating available. There are other means that date things way older than 50,000 years old. Second point, earth has changed A LOT in the past 20 years. Third point religion shouldn't be teached to children because, like politics, it depends on personnal beliefs and values. Science is not based on beliefs nor value but on evidence.
@Adleist Just because there are different datings available, doesn't make them all correct! It's like me saying, there are different religions out there, so there must be a creator. The earth has changed a lot in 20 years showing we quickly evolved and adapted disproving darwins slow phase of evolution. As for personal beliefs, theists and athiests have the morality code in common, the only difference is we believe in the creator, you deny it.
@Adleist As for theism being a personal belief, you are true in some point, but it's not all correct by saying that. Science is presumed to be correct and in return is based on a personal belief as well and not completely on evidence. Making a guess and having some people agree with you is not evidence for me. I prefer to rely on evidence from history more than anything, because it has taken place and doesn't change.
@coach8401 Look I made my research, about evolution, dating and faith. I propose you just try to drop your dogmas and your preconceived ideas and you research too. You'll probably come to the same conclusion as me but I know I cant convince you on that point, especially not over youtube.
With that said I suppose that if you're a peaceful person and you take joy in religion there's nothing wrong in believing something thats not necessarly true.
@yourtreat2 .....and the only candidate so far who had the gumption to stand up against the NDAA that threatens your freedom and Constitutional rights.
BUDDHA IS NO VIOLENCE AT ALL IN ALL ITS HISTORY,NO RELIGION CAN COMPARE TO BUDDHA.I KNOW IT DOESN'T INCLUDE BUDDHA IN THIS MOVIE.I LOVE MOVIES LIKE THIS,IT TALKS TRUELY TO CRAZY TRUSTS
that's why the became waste and emptiness... and in between verse 1 God created the heaven.... and verse 2 but the earth became... there was a huge time gap, and that's where your doubt issued from ,
Please read Earth's Earliest Ages by G. H. Pember, I think it will help you to have a better knowledge of the scientific fact about Bible, I hope this helps answer your questioning, I believe you are a man searching for the truth, and I pray for you, that you will find the truth.
creatures living on the earth who joined Satan in his rebellion, and on the heavens and the earth themselves. See Isa. 14:12-15 and notes of the Recovery Version Bible; Ezek 28:12-19 and notes of the Recovery Version Bible.
Other translation versions doesn't have a "but" here on verse 2.
Ask yourself: why would God created a heaven and earth that is waste and emptiness, it didn't make sense, it happened because Satan's rebellion and God's following judgment, that's why the earth became waste
The earth was created much earlier, which is the eternity past, just like the knowledge you know from archaeology.
God created the earth in in a good order(Job 38:4-7; Isa 45:18) "But" here and "became" later in this verse indicate that something happened to cause God's creation to become "waste and emptiness" This cataclysmic event was God's judgment on the preadamic universe following Satan's rebellion. This judgment was executed on Satan, on the angels and the preadamic creatures living.
at 8:50, you mentioned : "the age of the earth, 5000 years, that's ridiculous" according to your limited knowledge of Bible.
The history of the Jews maybe about 5000 years, but that't not the age of the earth, if you read carefully Genesis 1:1, it says, in the begining, God created the heavens and the earth. and then verse 2 says: BUT the earth became waste and emptiness, and darkness was on the surface of the deep,
I am really glad that a few of these guys are making it a point to highlight that children are indeed being indoctrinated. They don't know any better, and their parents telling them whats what is nothing they will question at a young age. Any adult pushing thier beliefs on kids like this is a problem IMO. Until kids learn how to critically think for themselves they are defenseless against such horrors that religion tells them they will face if they don't believe.
Dead-to-the-spirit deluded "God Delusion" author & blithering fool scientist goon Richard Dawkins another "leader" given 2 the profane masses is another useful idiot 4 Jesuit machinations
Jesuitical; pertaining to the Jesuits or their principals; designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating
The Jesuit Order completely altered the education system 2 suit their Evo-Hoax Agenda to discredit the Bible
Papal Rome cant have their Counter Reformation 2nd Dark Age DESPOTISM until Bible is destroyed
RICHARD DAWKINS - "OUR COLLECTIVE FREE TIME NEEDS TO SHIFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO EDUCATION. WHETHER YOU'RE A YOUNG STUDENT OR FINISHED SCHOOL LONG AGO, GET OUT TO THE LIBRARY WHENEVER YOU CAN AND WORK HARD TO LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THIS WORLD. EACH INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. EDUCATION IS AN AMAZING DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT REPAYS US ENDLESSLY."
Religion was used to explain the unexplainable and phenomenal. Now science along with human progression can answer all these things. Some followers of religion know this well, but their goal is to use religion for their ideals, ambitions and wants. A form of control you see a lot these days from religious leaders. It's an addiction that needs extensive rehabilitation to be rid of.
Hey Dawkins, I'm so grateful of your well intentioned non biased documentary. After watching this masterpiece I plan to sue my parents, church and every other non scientific person in my life. Can you believe the nerve that these uneducated GOD loving people? Dawkins knows my prior remarks are sarcastic but do you? Hell, you're not a scientist what do you know? Dawkins: You cannot comprehend the existence of god because you do not allow it within. Are you connected with Ale Gore?
Time is an abstract concept. Many people have devised many different systems to measure it. Seven days could be 70 million years depending on which systems we're talking about. I love it when "scholars" ignore these ancient systems of measurement. I'm not an expert on this subject, but I can almost guarantee ancient peoples in 3,000 BC weren't looking at their watches and saying, "it's a quarter to two dear chap." WTF.
@riptiki You're right about that, how we measure time has changed over time, one might conclude that time is more a concept and less a dimension, after all we measure time with devices which are effected by gravity or the lack of it and this is the reason why, time seems to speed up in space.
Love how British accents are still being prestigiously touted as the voice of reason. If you ask me, I'd like to hear a nice thick Arab accent ringing with golden words of wisdom. Just saying.
@riptiki It seems to have allowed them to conquer the know world, something about the sun never setting on the british empire. Arabs seem to spend too much time spouting words of wisdom like, allah akbar and death to america or some such nonsense.
dawkins act of reason is seen as some act of treason on the rational. i think we can safely suspect that its mainly 99% of the religious that feel like this. then theirs certain posters that hide behind their accounts for fear of exposure, not surprising when most of such accounts are angry christians. i hope they get even angryer and walk upon the earth forever. cristians are like little children that refuse to go to school on their first day. kids, you gotta love em .
@kram83au Someone's "reasoning" is not the same as anothers. Dawkins "reasoning" that the planet was seeded by aliens is his own reasoning. Making ad hominem attacks on a group by stereotyping and insulting is simply someone with nothing substantive to say, just weak rhetorical criticism.
@kram83au Making up your own "stats" is pretty lame too. Further, I don't have a spam account. I recently opened my first Youtube account and will probably spend more time watching music videos than responding to someone who can't even spell.
Lastly, anyone who has really followed his career (and I have had fans admit this)--he has flip-flopped on issues and reworded his statements based entirely on his audience. Sure, he's not the first to do that, but he's not the first to come and go. Dawkins wants his name remembered. Basically, he will just go to ground someday. I have plenty of friends that have no religious beliefs and they all agree he's a loudmouth and a media whore.
@kram83au Of course I don't like Dawkins, but I have had atheist friends and had no problem with them. I think Dawkins is an insufferable polemicist and most atheists would agree (except, of course for his sheep and Youtube atheists.) Youtube atheists don't do to hell, they go and apparently LIVE on Youtube.
Dawkins can't make a huge name for himself in Science, so he's become a notorious controversial wannabe who only stirs up enmity between theists and non-theists. Dawkins practices propaganda, rhetoric and ad hominem attacks, and his fans are brain-washed followers that see no flaw and become irate if one even observes how he's wearing out his impact the more he whores himself! His fans are as loyal and blind as Oprah Winfrey fans. They claim to be scientific. Most of them are not.
Dawkins is an insufferable polemicist that gives atheists a bad name. He's a media whore, pandering to low brow debates with television actors, going on Bill O'Reilly, engaging in low brow debates, railing against religion by deceitfully portraying Christians all as fundamentalists when the vast majority are not. He's contradicted himself, his scientific contribution is speculative and nothing major. The only articulate debate he's had that I could take seriously was with Francis Collins.
Science has not steadily proven anything about creation, however, that' s the problem... Just saying so boldly does not make it so.... Ok, the religious take on things is stupid.... absurd....to be laughed at and mocked but the evolutionist idea is just as absurd... more so, in my opinion, really..... Why be so arrogant to think we must have all the answers... what's wrong with a little mystery? If you insist man-kind is destined to know everything then KEEP LOOKING because we aren't there yet!
There is a reason Richard Dawkins never goes toe to toe against Pantheist and Panentheist, he would loose, I think he is rather pathetic, so caught up with the material world and empirical proofs, that he cannot see beyond it. Blinded by science, just as most are blinded by religion. I feel sorry for him
WAKE UP MORONS! Religion does three things quite effectively:divides people, controls people, deludes people.
You believe in a book that has sticks turning into snakes, and you say we are the ones that need help? Are you a lunatic?Face it. Chimpanzees are our closest relatives. Humans are in the animal kingdom. We are not special.
Atheism is the way to world peace. Only terrorists believe in religious garbage.
All religious people are brainwashed sheep!Religion is nonsense! God does not exist!
I always wonder why are people so sure that animals just die and cease their existance while human beings necessarily have to be transmutated beyond their death
@yourtreat2 why was that directed to me? I am completely correct in stating that the definition of "theory" within the scientific community is radically different then the one amongst general society.
I have no idea why @2paacalipse mentioned the illuminati, because theyre completely irrelevant.
@Superfifthwheel I strongly recommend you to watch the Zeitgeist movie. I know you won´'t tolerate the first moments of the film as it is very disruptive and noisy, but if you have an open mind and pay some dedication, you will understand some very unstable points of the religious idiosincracy. For example there are some 40 or more prophets before jesus that have the exact same procedure (date of birth, born of a virgin, begun his job at 30, died and resurrected in 3 days).
So hes here to keep an open mind? This guy is the most ignorant of the ignorant. The rabbi is right, it is just a theory and even if it were to be true it does not contradict creation. Whether it is through a cell or directly through a human there is no denying the fact that forces far more powerful than you or I govern and dictate the laws of the Universe. Is it then too far-fetched to suggest that because it is this very force that created us, it could surpass us in knowledge and ability?
If someone were to write the bible today they would be considered(and rightfully so) a racist, mysogynist, child abuser... among so many other things.
@linzzyy just because of some pretty jesus words and a promise to the afterlife. If there was no afterlife promised to them,do you think they would follow it?
Evil does not exist and hate only exists because people believe in evil. Please stop calling and thinking of things that are bad as "evil". It doesn't exist. I really wish that this thought comes through to as many people as possible. I don't want to see more unnecessary hate and suffering in the world.
Even though I am a staunch left wing, I believe that other peoples points of views, such as right wing politics, need to be explored and argued. I think that more right wing atheist should get out of the closet. We need them to fight the right wing religious nut cases, especially in the US. Even though I don't live there, I live in a country that is moderately right wing with current government and we have quite a lot of irreligious right wing people.
I think what is most tragic is that neither side is listening to the other, and no matter what the affiliation of the religious individual you are speaking with, "atheist" is still a pejorative term. Obviously neither will convince the other, but why not agree to simply refrain from the persecution of one another instead? I'm not you; you aren't me; why can't we just start there and leave the rest of it alone?
The root of all evil lies in the choices we make, not our religion. I actually think that those jewish children are lucky, you don't see these children with all body tattoos, drug addiction and terrorisem. they all grow to be law keeping citizens. I am sure the church does not encorage their children to be mass christian murderers. Faith is a wonderfull way to connect to our earth, nature. The danger is not having faith as Richard Dwkins tries to put it but the individuals/groups that lack moral
@TheFinalParadox7 ALL religions (NB: philosophically based 'religions', like Buddhism or Taosim, are not precept or deity centric belief systems & thus aren't religions per se) are defunct & dangerous.
Religion is a remnant of a bygone era (before guns) where humans needed systems of control to avert anarchic behaviour. They needed rules & incentives (e.g., commandments and heaven / hell) to keep their lives on something resembling civilized course. Today, these 'fairy tales' are redundant.
@Sablicious You cannot put all religions in the same category. There are many in connection with which this statement is perfectly true, and a few in connection with which it is not at all.
Religions systematically brainwash their adherents at an early, neurological impressionable age because they know full well their inane fictitious beliefs will die out quicker than Betamax tapes if it were left to rational, educated, clear-thinking adults to choose their belief system, or not.
Indoctrination of children with ANY religion is tantamount to child molestation and should be punishable by the removal of the offenders' children from their custody, as with any other form of child abuse
I am religious, but I not only respect Richard Dawkins' but agree with him on science itself. I believe that faith and science can coexist and that religion can be used easily to cause hate and destruction. He and I may have many different beliefs, but this doesn't mean I dislike the man. He is simply an intellectual seeking truth which is something I admire immensely.
i was thinking about what i would raise my children to beleive. My motto as a scientist is: "beleive nothing, but theorize about everything.". I fully beleive nothing because nothing can be definitivly proven. But that is exhuasting, and i cant imagine a child taking that mindset in the same way thay can grasp the simplicity of creationism that is layed out right in front of them, and communicated as being absolutely true.
relgiong arose to explain what was at the time unexplainable. It was the best theory at the time, and if i was born 2000 years ago, i probably would have beleived in it. But out of religion grew these superstitions that people became so attached to. And now, even when we CAN explain with science what was then unexplainable, religion survives because people find giving up beleifs they have held dear for thousands of years. Thats why religion survives.
If faith is a virus, my opinions aside, why are we so conducive to the concept. By extending his view to the extremist nature of faith he fails the fundamental normality test of humanity.
Pick on extremists because it's an easy target.
Dawkins see's the world as Us Vs Them, just as bad as the people he is degrading.
Such a simple flaw in logic illustrates him for what he is.
the beginning of the world is a human creation. for some reason everyone thinks the world MUST have come into existence at some point... maybe it just always existed... it never came into being coz it was always there, why is this such a difficult thing to understand where in all the laws of physics or anything state that everything has a definite beginning and end? nothing that happens now ever begins because it is the result of what happened before it! so there is no such thing as a begining
In the past the only way each leader was able to keep tight grip over the masses to force the people under their control to believe they were the only supreme ruler and all mother nature was there weapon. They could of use mother nature against them if they disobey. How possible most of people on earth still delusional about religion still want to believe someone created them! creation has nothing to do with our existence!
If you know the truth of islam you were not say this.
Islam is from god and there is the quran ,and god say we must follow it, if you want to enter to paradise .
There is no human being can make like the book of god "red it" And we are not terrorist iam musulman I HATE terrorist and islam hate terrorist oki
I believe Christianity and Judaism and all prophets Because they are from God ,But people distorted the religion, then Allah has sent down Islam to be corrected
@younesky It came as an offspring of religion, people who found the need of proof of stuff in the holy books (or disagreed with the holy books) but they found out much more than what that had to do about religion and they also found out that religion had a bunch of false stuff and it was written by men who had the thought an average human being will have about morals and such.
@younesky Wrong. The Greek and the Romans, and the Egypcians are the source of science, that was long before Islam even existed, hell, it was before Christianity existed.
Islam also contains many errors, so do all religions.
Islam is a religion of violence, no matter how often you claim it's a religion of peace, it's not.
@younesky Actually no. I don't really care about the media, I don't watch TV anyway. However, I've read the Quran, and I'm fairly certain it's a religion of violence. And so is christianity. If you want a religion of peace, Buddhism is your way to go.
"I swear to you that Islam is the religion that must be followed and you have faith in God"
I'd rather not follow any religion to be honest. I don't need a magic book to dictate my life and morals, I can do that by myself.
@younesky I never said anything about mistakes, it's however been several years since I last read the quran, and I don't have one myself, so I cannot directly quote anything.
There is one I clearly remember tho: Sura72:15 “The disbelievers are the firewood of hell.”
Which I as an atheist can only interpret as a rallying against anyone who doesn't believe in Allah.
And finally the reason I am an Atheist: Religion is irrational, supersitious and delusional in every possible way.
Don't stop and look more in Islam-The Pillars of Islam-Testimonies, prayer, fasting, Zakat and Hajj,Islam does not incite violence, Islam prohibits and hate violence and all that is bad Muslim fanatics are not a true Muslims
I know that all people are defending their religion but Islam is the last religion,and Muslims believe in all the previous divine religions, but Christians and Jews they believe just they religion
@younesky Then stop trying to convert me to Islam, it's not going to happen.
The Quran tells men to beat their wifes, I do consider than violence. And once again: I will never join any religion, because they are completelly irrational.
@younesky "I just invite you to Islam and told you the truth In order not to receive punishment in the day of reckoning"
...which by definition is an attempt to convert me to Islam. It won't happen. There won't be any punishment after death either, just nothing. I have no problem with that however, because eternal life is the greatest torture I can imagine, even if it's a pleasant eternal life.
@younesky There is no point in sending me copied Quran/Bible/Torah texts, I really don't give a damn about theese books, they don't matter to me, at all.
I'm as happy as I can be, I don't need religion for that. In fact, I'd be rather depressed if I was religious.
@younesky I know what faith is, I used to have be christian, but I'm not anymore. Why? Because relgion doesn't make sense and is internally inconsistent. And I'm happier than ever before currently.
If you want me to be happy, then simply keep your religion to yourself.
"I believe that, if people drop religion, they will feel a sort of relief." (Not exact quote, but it comes pretty close to what he said during an interview with Ben Stein.)
Répondre à cette vidéo... You know Islam only from the media, Islam is not a religion of violence,What is happening in the Middle East caused by Israel andsome of corrupt America.
I really have to say ... I immensely admire Richard Dawkins, probably even more than any other outspoken atheists... I think his left-leaning politics are very consistent with his stance on the charade that is religion, and I just have unending respect and admiration for his wisdom, intelligence and great mind. I do admire others like Christopher Hitchens, however I really disagree with Hitchen's political opinions..I think Dawkins embodies consistent atheism with politics..he's my hero
People indoctrinate their children because they know that if they don´t, there will be no reason for those children to become religious, for the simple fact that there is zero evidence for the existence of a God. The way I see religious people IN GENERAL, is that they are naive, narrowly minded, and above all, cowardly, because they force their ridiculous fairytale on those still developing children minds.
@baph777 I think what you're talking about is theocracy, where religion is mixed with politics. I just said it's ok to raise children in a religion, because if the parents don't do it who will? The state? I didn't mean to imply that it's ok for religion to get political & bully and persecute others. I think religion has the freedom to hate anyone they want but not the freedom to harm anyone at all. As I said I was raised a Christian, I didn't say I was one now. I abandoned it at 17.
God is gravity. God is time. God is the Void. He is the force that holds us and everything else together. He is the hug that make you feel better. He is the love between man,wife and their offspring. Through Him you're created. Without Him you're nothing. Refuse Him, then nothing will you become, like the emptiness of space and eternity of time. He is then, now, and forever...
Mr. Dawkins was not very polite or respectful when he said "Why should children be victims of their particular tradition in which they happen to be born?" I was raised a Christian and was given a brief overview of evolution. I bet most athiest parents would give there children a similarly brief overview of a few of the major religions. IMHO it doesn't matter much as long as they aren't being taught to hurt others. The most important thing is to teach your children that you love them.
@amalt37 Well, I think what he meant by "victims" is the fact that there are certain ideas in religion that are flat-out lies: creation, the flood, miracles, to name a few. When children are told that these things are factual, and told that they cannot question them, THAT is (i think) the kind of victimization that Richard was talking about... Just for the record, I was raised in evangelical christianity, but renounced the faith (and all others) when I realized they WERE lying to me...
Buddhism, atheism, hinduism, mormonism, christianity, islamic, jewish, etc,etc, are like the color of our skin. There will never be an end to racism and prejudice because it is in the human nature. Everyone is too proud of who they are, that is what causes conflicts or wars amongst us.
@MageAtYou Vietnam was ruled by a Buddhist tyrant king, known as the Trans dynasty, ordered to torture thousands of Vietnamese Catholic to the death if they won't agree to be converted to Buddhism. I don't know much about Hinduism, but some where down the line in history, Im sure there is.
@MageAtYou I heard that Hindu in India and Islam in Pakistan are mortal enemies. The only reason why you heard alot about Christianity is because ur either from Europe or America, right? If ur from Asia, it is another story.
@MageAtYou The reason why the majority of the Vietnamese people are Buddhist is because the Chinese ruled Vietnam for one-thouand years. Chinese men raped Vietnamese women so that they would have offspring with them and raise their offspring to become the elite to rule over Vietnam for one-thousand year.
@crickerplague Because of Buddhism? In the name of Buddha? To make Vietnamese Buddhists? Source? I know nothing about it but it sounds like it is about political power and not Buddhism.
Buddhism is the least unfriendly religion, you can't compare it to Christianity, Judaism, Islam.
@MageAtYou I'm a Christian and I haven't done anything out of my moral to harm anyone or any living the thing. I pay my taxes to the last peny to support my budies, who are Buddhist, to cheat off of the government for welfare, and child support or whatever the way they do it.
@MageAtYou Buddhist Chinese are making toxic toys for childrens all around the world, if u don't believe me, take a sip of Chinese green tea and you'll find out.
@ragna06 hey rick! --its mike again....explain the fistula....oh, i mean ...the 'flagellum' and the second law of thermodynamics.' call stephen hawking he needs a diaper change. (by the way youre all man made tools.) you tool. the tool of industry and goverment too. destined to be regulated and told what to think. cant take life on face value? explain evil and how to eliminate it. (floride? serotonin? eat more turkey bacon??)
@Trinitysx I think religion was inevitable. Most people need to believe there´s more than this, there must be a reason I´m going through this. Something bad happens..."well there must have been a reason"
That in itself is ok. But the idea began smoking crack and taking steroids.
@ragna06 "Religion is a man made tool" -so is science. I don't suppose you remember when atheist scientist delivered us weapons of mass destruction? Oppenheimer and Eintein ring a bell? Oh lets not forget that science itself was responsible for the industrial revolution(which polluted the planet), weapons, and lets not forget that science is a tool for all the EVIL eugenics programs of Hitler and the U.S. who used it to cleanse the millions of weak (dumb) people from society.
@SuperFifthwheel And the order to use the bomb was given by FDR (an episcopalian), the industrial revolution was in Victorian age, a very pious time if I recall, where no one cared about the effective slavery of the workers, the final solution was done by people with "Gott mit uns" on their belt buckles and headed by a man who thought he was doing the Lords work in killing the Jews.
@TomFynn FDR worked for a secular government. The U.S. is secular. You can not prove that his religion had anything to do with hiroshima. The idea was to win the war (A VERY secular notion). Peace out.
@SuperFifthwheel Yes a Christian, who did not mind incinerating tens of thousands of civilians simply to one up the Russians.
Weird. I thought winning the was was a very religious idea: As with the crusades, the thirty year war, the civil war (Deo vindici), the first world war and even the second world war in which Hitler thought he was doing the Lords work...
@TomFynn Incorrect, he was not a Christian. Thou shalt not kill, thall shalt not covet thy neighbor, thou shalt not steal.. .Adolf Hitler did not believe the book, he USED the book, it did not mean he was a Christian. You are arguing that somewhere in the bible that God comanded Adolf Hitler to kill Gypsies, Jews, Polish, Soviets, Americans, and the like. Your arguement is that if religion did not exist, that he wouldnt have done it, I beg to differ, he wouldve used any excuse for power
@SuperFifthwheel In the first chapter of "Mein Kampf" Hitler writes how he is doing the Lords word in destroying the the Jews, the oath of the soldiers (whose belt buckles had "Gott mit uns", (God with us) on it) to him was done in the name of god, , all churches praised him and his achievements in war, the catholic church fell over it self to do a deal with him...
@SuperFifthwheel Oh you mean that line from the old testament that was generally only applied to those people god approved of? He obviously did not mean that command to include the Lachish, the Eglonites, the Hebronites, the Debirites, the Canaanites, the Moabites, the Midianites, the Amalekites, the Edomites, the Syrians...
@TomFynn "Oh you mean that line from the old testament that was generally only applied to those people god approved of?" -Oh, so you finally display the point made by the bible, that if you disobey the word of god, then you are not a worshipper of god. And BTW Caananites and etc were pagans, Israelites were not pagans (thats why they were chosen) because pagans were not ready to drop their belief in multitheism as demonstrated by moses with the egyptians, nice try, but another red herring..
@SuperFifthwheel I note that - with the "logic" of the bible, "Thou shalt not kill" is meaningless, if the command can be relaxed at the whim of the celestial dictator.
Does this man want to abolish Religion or all belief in a supernatural creator? Sounds like he wants to do both. He wants to end belief in God and have everyone believe in science. Yet he admits he was WRONG in thinking “science was rolling back religious belief”. Well, anyone could have told him that. Brilliant! Maybe Dawkins should ponder WHY he was wrong, and he might gain some real wisdom about something. Until then, he should just stick to discussing evolution.
kenleycloud 1 day ago
Why is it that it's hard to accept that the earth is only 50,000 years old when carbon dating is used to carbon date up to 50,000 years? I don't know, the earth, land, weather, technology, etc... has changed so much within 20+ years, why not in thousands? The reason would be because the thousand year concept doesn't support many scientific theories. As for Dawkins saying kids are taught religion, it's the same as children are taught science since they are little.
coach8401 2 weeks ago
@coach8401 Wow
Ok first of all carbon dating isnt the only type of dating available. There are other means that date things way older than 50,000 years old. Second point, earth has changed A LOT in the past 20 years. Third point religion shouldn't be teached to children because, like politics, it depends on personnal beliefs and values. Science is not based on beliefs nor value but on evidence.
Adleist 1 week ago
@Adleist Just because there are different datings available, doesn't make them all correct! It's like me saying, there are different religions out there, so there must be a creator. The earth has changed a lot in 20 years showing we quickly evolved and adapted disproving darwins slow phase of evolution. As for personal beliefs, theists and athiests have the morality code in common, the only difference is we believe in the creator, you deny it.
coach8401 1 week ago
@Adleist As for theism being a personal belief, you are true in some point, but it's not all correct by saying that. Science is presumed to be correct and in return is based on a personal belief as well and not completely on evidence. Making a guess and having some people agree with you is not evidence for me. I prefer to rely on evidence from history more than anything, because it has taken place and doesn't change.
coach8401 1 week ago
@coach8401 Look I made my research, about evolution, dating and faith. I propose you just try to drop your dogmas and your preconceived ideas and you research too. You'll probably come to the same conclusion as me but I know I cant convince you on that point, especially not over youtube.
With that said I suppose that if you're a peaceful person and you take joy in religion there's nothing wrong in believing something thats not necessarly true.
Have a good life friend
Adleist 1 week ago
RON PAUL: THE CREATIONIST MORON!!!
yourtreat2 3 weeks ago
@yourtreat2 .....and the only candidate so far who had the gumption to stand up against the NDAA that threatens your freedom and Constitutional rights.
kenleycloud 1 day ago
'ww.facebook.com/groups/No.Religion.Required/'
dguilliams 1 month ago
BUDDHA IS NO VIOLENCE AT ALL IN ALL ITS HISTORY,NO RELIGION CAN COMPARE TO BUDDHA.I KNOW IT DOESN'T INCLUDE BUDDHA IN THIS MOVIE.I LOVE MOVIES LIKE THIS,IT TALKS TRUELY TO CRAZY TRUSTS
asialotus2011 1 month ago
@asialotus2011
Buddhism is more of a philosophy of life than a religion. As you said, the video doesn't include it, and that's probably why.
TheChouse27 1 month ago
that's why the became waste and emptiness... and in between verse 1 God created the heaven.... and verse 2 but the earth became... there was a huge time gap, and that's where your doubt issued from ,
Please read Earth's Earliest Ages by G. H. Pember, I think it will help you to have a better knowledge of the scientific fact about Bible, I hope this helps answer your questioning, I believe you are a man searching for the truth, and I pray for you, that you will find the truth.
Bless you!
orangeweldingholland 2 months ago
creatures living on the earth who joined Satan in his rebellion, and on the heavens and the earth themselves. See Isa. 14:12-15 and notes of the Recovery Version Bible; Ezek 28:12-19 and notes of the Recovery Version Bible.
Other translation versions doesn't have a "but" here on verse 2.
Ask yourself: why would God created a heaven and earth that is waste and emptiness, it didn't make sense, it happened because Satan's rebellion and God's following judgment, that's why the earth became waste
orangeweldingholland 2 months ago
The earth was created much earlier, which is the eternity past, just like the knowledge you know from archaeology.
God created the earth in in a good order(Job 38:4-7; Isa 45:18) "But" here and "became" later in this verse indicate that something happened to cause God's creation to become "waste and emptiness" This cataclysmic event was God's judgment on the preadamic universe following Satan's rebellion. This judgment was executed on Satan, on the angels and the preadamic creatures living.
orangeweldingholland 2 months ago
Mr. Richard Dawkins
you are wrong about one thing,
at 8:50, you mentioned : "the age of the earth, 5000 years, that's ridiculous" according to your limited knowledge of Bible.
The history of the Jews maybe about 5000 years, but that't not the age of the earth, if you read carefully Genesis 1:1, it says, in the begining, God created the heavens and the earth. and then verse 2 says: BUT the earth became waste and emptiness, and darkness was on the surface of the deep,
orangeweldingholland 2 months ago
We're having a project about evolution in school right now. We watched this in class. I fucking love Sweden.
Twewy13 2 months ago
I am really glad that a few of these guys are making it a point to highlight that children are indeed being indoctrinated. They don't know any better, and their parents telling them whats what is nothing they will question at a young age. Any adult pushing thier beliefs on kids like this is a problem IMO. Until kids learn how to critically think for themselves they are defenseless against such horrors that religion tells them they will face if they don't believe.
Reip187 2 months ago in playlist richard dawkins
I just don't get the question mark in the title.
aldensusa 2 months ago
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Dart93325 3 months ago
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Dead-to-the-spirit deluded "God Delusion" author & blithering fool scientist goon Richard Dawkins another "leader" given 2 the profane masses is another useful idiot 4 Jesuit machinations
Jesuitical; pertaining to the Jesuits or their principals; designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricating
The Jesuit Order completely altered the education system 2 suit their Evo-Hoax Agenda to discredit the Bible
Papal Rome cant have their Counter Reformation 2nd Dark Age DESPOTISM until Bible is destroyed
SpencerBenedict2nd 3 months ago
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RICHARD DAWKINS - "OUR COLLECTIVE FREE TIME NEEDS TO SHIFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO EDUCATION. WHETHER YOU'RE A YOUNG STUDENT OR FINISHED SCHOOL LONG AGO, GET OUT TO THE LIBRARY WHENEVER YOU CAN AND WORK HARD TO LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN ABOUT THIS WORLD. EACH INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY WILL BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO SOLVE MORE PROBLEMS AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. EDUCATION IS AN AMAZING DISCOVERY PROCESS THAT REPAYS US ENDLESSLY."
TheLogicalBrain 3 months ago
I was expecting to listen to some kick-ass Dream Theater music, and this is what I got.
feras33727 3 months ago
"It's called the THEORY of evolution"
I raged all over the floor.
lusteraliaszero 3 months ago
Religion was used to explain the unexplainable and phenomenal. Now science along with human progression can answer all these things. Some followers of religion know this well, but their goal is to use religion for their ideals, ambitions and wants. A form of control you see a lot these days from religious leaders. It's an addiction that needs extensive rehabilitation to be rid of.
AncientTempler 4 months ago
@AncientTempler Thats Greek mythology dumbass...
sonyboy39 3 months ago
@sonyboy39
Greek mythology is the same as any other religion garbage dump.
AncientTempler 3 months ago
Hey Dawkins, I'm so grateful of your well intentioned non biased documentary. After watching this masterpiece I plan to sue my parents, church and every other non scientific person in my life. Can you believe the nerve that these uneducated GOD loving people? Dawkins knows my prior remarks are sarcastic but do you? Hell, you're not a scientist what do you know? Dawkins: You cannot comprehend the existence of god because you do not allow it within. Are you connected with Ale Gore?
MrMobileGuy 4 months ago
Time is an abstract concept. Many people have devised many different systems to measure it. Seven days could be 70 million years depending on which systems we're talking about. I love it when "scholars" ignore these ancient systems of measurement. I'm not an expert on this subject, but I can almost guarantee ancient peoples in 3,000 BC weren't looking at their watches and saying, "it's a quarter to two dear chap." WTF.
riptiki 4 months ago
@riptiki You're right about that, how we measure time has changed over time, one might conclude that time is more a concept and less a dimension, after all we measure time with devices which are effected by gravity or the lack of it and this is the reason why, time seems to speed up in space.
TheDano1947 4 months ago
Love how British accents are still being prestigiously touted as the voice of reason. If you ask me, I'd like to hear a nice thick Arab accent ringing with golden words of wisdom. Just saying.
riptiki 4 months ago
@riptiki It seems to have allowed them to conquer the know world, something about the sun never setting on the british empire. Arabs seem to spend too much time spouting words of wisdom like, allah akbar and death to america or some such nonsense.
TheDano1947 4 months ago
a mervelous film. i thoroughly enjoyed this.
TAYLORHWALL 4 months ago
this should be broadcast every hour in america on all cable channels on sunday!
roachrip 4 months ago 3
athiest !!
Shammar1Wolf 5 months ago
@Shammar1Wolf That's like calling him a secular humanist !! Sooooooo....
Or call him an evolutionary biologist too.
gregrutz 4 months ago
dawkins act of reason is seen as some act of treason on the rational. i think we can safely suspect that its mainly 99% of the religious that feel like this. then theirs certain posters that hide behind their accounts for fear of exposure, not surprising when most of such accounts are angry christians. i hope they get even angryer and walk upon the earth forever. cristians are like little children that refuse to go to school on their first day. kids, you gotta love em .
kram83au 5 months ago
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@kram83au Someone's "reasoning" is not the same as anothers. Dawkins "reasoning" that the planet was seeded by aliens is his own reasoning. Making ad hominem attacks on a group by stereotyping and insulting is simply someone with nothing substantive to say, just weak rhetorical criticism.
1105Chance 5 months ago
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@kram83au Making up your own "stats" is pretty lame too. Further, I don't have a spam account. I recently opened my first Youtube account and will probably spend more time watching music videos than responding to someone who can't even spell.
1105Chance 5 months ago
Lastly, anyone who has really followed his career (and I have had fans admit this)--he has flip-flopped on issues and reworded his statements based entirely on his audience. Sure, he's not the first to do that, but he's not the first to come and go. Dawkins wants his name remembered. Basically, he will just go to ground someday. I have plenty of friends that have no religious beliefs and they all agree he's a loudmouth and a media whore.
1105Chance 5 months ago
@1105Chance so we take it, you dont have any issues with dawkins. oh how it hurts. LMAO.
kram83au 5 months ago
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@kram83au Of course I don't like Dawkins, but I have had atheist friends and had no problem with them. I think Dawkins is an insufferable polemicist and most atheists would agree (except, of course for his sheep and Youtube atheists.) Youtube atheists don't do to hell, they go and apparently LIVE on Youtube.
1105Chance 5 months ago
Dawkins can't make a huge name for himself in Science, so he's become a notorious controversial wannabe who only stirs up enmity between theists and non-theists. Dawkins practices propaganda, rhetoric and ad hominem attacks, and his fans are brain-washed followers that see no flaw and become irate if one even observes how he's wearing out his impact the more he whores himself! His fans are as loyal and blind as Oprah Winfrey fans. They claim to be scientific. Most of them are not.
1105Chance 5 months ago
Dawkins is an insufferable polemicist that gives atheists a bad name. He's a media whore, pandering to low brow debates with television actors, going on Bill O'Reilly, engaging in low brow debates, railing against religion by deceitfully portraying Christians all as fundamentalists when the vast majority are not. He's contradicted himself, his scientific contribution is speculative and nothing major. The only articulate debate he's had that I could take seriously was with Francis Collins.
1105Chance 5 months ago
Science has not steadily proven anything about creation, however, that' s the problem... Just saying so boldly does not make it so.... Ok, the religious take on things is stupid.... absurd....to be laughed at and mocked but the evolutionist idea is just as absurd... more so, in my opinion, really..... Why be so arrogant to think we must have all the answers... what's wrong with a little mystery? If you insist man-kind is destined to know everything then KEEP LOOKING because we aren't there yet!
rhivideo 5 months ago
There is a reason Richard Dawkins never goes toe to toe against Pantheist and Panentheist, he would loose, I think he is rather pathetic, so caught up with the material world and empirical proofs, that he cannot see beyond it. Blinded by science, just as most are blinded by religion. I feel sorry for him
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TheQuiggz 5 months ago
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WAKE UP MORONS! Religion does three things quite effectively:divides people, controls people, deludes people.
You believe in a book that has sticks turning into snakes, and you say we are the ones that need help? Are you a lunatic?Face it. Chimpanzees are our closest relatives. Humans are in the animal kingdom. We are not special.
Atheism is the way to world peace. Only terrorists believe in religious garbage.
All religious people are brainwashed sheep!Religion is nonsense! God does not exist!
atheist382 5 months ago
Is it just me, or are all of Dawkins interviews with other people filmed standing up?
wordwreck 6 months ago
Dawkins <3
lockwyn 6 months ago
I always wonder why are people so sure that animals just die and cease their existance while human beings necessarily have to be transmutated beyond their death
maroon011 6 months ago 58
@maroon011 Because we are sentient beings and god whispers in our ears LOL.
TheDano1947 4 months ago
@maroon011 you never heard of doggy heaven? then where did Rex go? huh
eastbaybochat 4 months ago
@maroon011 cause people are human beings, it's nice to think you're special...just like little children do
dieghettozz 1 month ago
@maroon011
concept of evolution was created by a eaugnisyst Darwin and its just a theory not proven
2paacalipse 1 month ago
@2paacalipse double-check the definition of "theory" in the scientific community. youll be surprised.
yamammiwammi 1 month ago
@yamammiwammi they are not members of the iluminati are they ? :D hahaha
2paacalipse 3 weeks ago
@2paacalipse The only morons obsessed with "iluminati" are religious assholes, like yourself.
yourtreat2 3 weeks ago
@yourtreat2 the only religious assholes are the illuminati hahah
2paacalipse 3 weeks ago
@yamammiwammi Crawl out from your cave and get an education.
yourtreat2 3 weeks ago
@yourtreat2 why was that directed to me? I am completely correct in stating that the definition of "theory" within the scientific community is radically different then the one amongst general society.
I have no idea why @2paacalipse mentioned the illuminati, because theyre completely irrelevant.
yamammiwammi 3 weeks ago
@maroon011 Mostly in Abrahamic religions, not in Hinduism and Sikhism and maybe Buddishm I believe and other Dharmic religions.
PSNDaSingh 8 hours ago
@Superfifthwheel I strongly recommend you to watch the Zeitgeist movie. I know you won´'t tolerate the first moments of the film as it is very disruptive and noisy, but if you have an open mind and pay some dedication, you will understand some very unstable points of the religious idiosincracy. For example there are some 40 or more prophets before jesus that have the exact same procedure (date of birth, born of a virgin, begun his job at 30, died and resurrected in 3 days).
maroon011 6 months ago
can we prove ANYTHING in this endless and infinite existence? I often ask myself this question.
ParanormalMetalMan 6 months ago
So hes here to keep an open mind? This guy is the most ignorant of the ignorant. The rabbi is right, it is just a theory and even if it were to be true it does not contradict creation. Whether it is through a cell or directly through a human there is no denying the fact that forces far more powerful than you or I govern and dictate the laws of the Universe. Is it then too far-fetched to suggest that because it is this very force that created us, it could surpass us in knowledge and ability?
zdohan 6 months ago
If someone were to write the bible today they would be considered(and rightfully so) a racist, mysogynist, child abuser... among so many other things.
How can society still want to follow it?
linzzyy 6 months ago 33
@linzzyy just because of some pretty jesus words and a promise to the afterlife. If there was no afterlife promised to them,do you think they would follow it?
melovetorun 6 months ago
@melovetorun excellent point
linzzyy 6 months ago
Evil does not exist and hate only exists because people believe in evil. Please stop calling and thinking of things that are bad as "evil". It doesn't exist. I really wish that this thought comes through to as many people as possible. I don't want to see more unnecessary hate and suffering in the world.
mamikodis 6 months ago
@mamikodis GOOD ONE FAG. sorry, it was tempting.
ant1ph0n 6 months ago
Why do all people say: But it's still just a theory.
So what? Your religion is still just a delusion.
17thSHIT 6 months ago
Even though I am a staunch left wing, I believe that other peoples points of views, such as right wing politics, need to be explored and argued. I think that more right wing atheist should get out of the closet. We need them to fight the right wing religious nut cases, especially in the US. Even though I don't live there, I live in a country that is moderately right wing with current government and we have quite a lot of irreligious right wing people.
17thSHIT 6 months ago
I think what is most tragic is that neither side is listening to the other, and no matter what the affiliation of the religious individual you are speaking with, "atheist" is still a pejorative term. Obviously neither will convince the other, but why not agree to simply refrain from the persecution of one another instead? I'm not you; you aren't me; why can't we just start there and leave the rest of it alone?
BoyAsVenus 6 months ago
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@BoyAsVenus Why should anyone listen to theists? They have no evidence whatsoever.
TomFynn 6 months ago
God loves Dawkins too. Just humble yourself, freely admit you are not perfect and turn away from your sinful life Mr Dawkins. God loves you all.
imbiased 6 months ago
@imbiased Did u have a private chat with ur god?
Misslulelulu 6 months ago
@Misslulelulu everyday
imbiased 6 months ago
@imbiased No doubt about that now
Misslulelulu 6 months ago
this is entertaining
cheatdath 6 months ago
He is so smart and everything he says is so logical and brilliant that I must say... he is the closest thing to a god for an atheist like me :)
toni8675 7 months ago
The root of all evil lies in the choices we make, not our religion. I actually think that those jewish children are lucky, you don't see these children with all body tattoos, drug addiction and terrorisem. they all grow to be law keeping citizens. I am sure the church does not encorage their children to be mass christian murderers. Faith is a wonderfull way to connect to our earth, nature. The danger is not having faith as Richard Dwkins tries to put it but the individuals/groups that lack moral
Maliw4321 7 months ago
@Maliw4321 Weird. And there are all those religions going on about how they are the one and only source of morals...
Faith is a wonderful way to justify any atrocities, and to make people commit those atrocities with a clean conscience.
There is nothing more dangerous than faith.
TomFynn 7 months ago
'If one person is delusional, we call it insanity. If millions are, it's a religion.'
Sablicious 7 months ago 74
@Sablicious Love it.
TheFinalParadox7 4 months ago
@TheFinalParadox7 Hate it.
Sablicious 4 months ago
@Sablicious Okay????
TheFinalParadox7 4 months ago
@TheFinalParadox7 ALL religions (NB: philosophically based 'religions', like Buddhism or Taosim, are not precept or deity centric belief systems & thus aren't religions per se) are defunct & dangerous.
Religion is a remnant of a bygone era (before guns) where humans needed systems of control to avert anarchic behaviour. They needed rules & incentives (e.g., commandments and heaven / hell) to keep their lives on something resembling civilized course. Today, these 'fairy tales' are redundant.
Sablicious 3 months ago
@Sablicious I just was saying I liked the quote? lol.
TheFinalParadox7 3 months ago
@Sablicious You cannot put all religions in the same category. There are many in connection with which this statement is perfectly true, and a few in connection with which it is not at all.
faradyeva 3 months ago
Id like to see the FULL interview with the rabbi..and not the 10% that is cherry picked by Dawkins
dude16kh 7 months ago
@dude16kh What would be the difference? They're all stark, raving mad to varying degrees.
You'd have to to think you were some chosen race by The Flying Spaghetti Monster - lol!
Sablicious 7 months ago
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Sablicious 7 months ago
Religions systematically brainwash their adherents at an early, neurological impressionable age because they know full well their inane fictitious beliefs will die out quicker than Betamax tapes if it were left to rational, educated, clear-thinking adults to choose their belief system, or not.
Indoctrination of children with ANY religion is tantamount to child molestation and should be punishable by the removal of the offenders' children from their custody, as with any other form of child abuse
Sablicious 7 months ago
I am religious, but I not only respect Richard Dawkins' but agree with him on science itself. I believe that faith and science can coexist and that religion can be used easily to cause hate and destruction. He and I may have many different beliefs, but this doesn't mean I dislike the man. He is simply an intellectual seeking truth which is something I admire immensely.
DarkAnderebu 7 months ago
regarding raising children...
i was thinking about what i would raise my children to beleive. My motto as a scientist is: "beleive nothing, but theorize about everything.". I fully beleive nothing because nothing can be definitivly proven. But that is exhuasting, and i cant imagine a child taking that mindset in the same way thay can grasp the simplicity of creationism that is layed out right in front of them, and communicated as being absolutely true.
Windspirit21 7 months ago
relgiong arose to explain what was at the time unexplainable. It was the best theory at the time, and if i was born 2000 years ago, i probably would have beleived in it. But out of religion grew these superstitions that people became so attached to. And now, even when we CAN explain with science what was then unexplainable, religion survives because people find giving up beleifs they have held dear for thousands of years. Thats why religion survives.
Windspirit21 7 months ago
If faith is a virus, my opinions aside, why are we so conducive to the concept. By extending his view to the extremist nature of faith he fails the fundamental normality test of humanity.
Pick on extremists because it's an easy target.
Dawkins see's the world as Us Vs Them, just as bad as the people he is degrading.
Such a simple flaw in logic illustrates him for what he is.
spd6978 7 months ago
the beginning of the world is a human creation. for some reason everyone thinks the world MUST have come into existence at some point... maybe it just always existed... it never came into being coz it was always there, why is this such a difficult thing to understand where in all the laws of physics or anything state that everything has a definite beginning and end? nothing that happens now ever begins because it is the result of what happened before it! so there is no such thing as a begining
TheShadowmeow 7 months ago
People it's time for all you religious nutter to stick your head out of God ass and SMELL the fresh air.
Zodist 7 months ago
i do most agree that religion CANNOT explain the beginning of time but neither can science ....
RJkiaser0916 7 months ago
In the past the only way each leader was able to keep tight grip over the masses to force the people under their control to believe they were the only supreme ruler and all mother nature was there weapon. They could of use mother nature against them if they disobey. How possible most of people on earth still delusional about religion still want to believe someone created them! creation has nothing to do with our existence!
Levon9404 7 months ago in playlist atheist debate
Islam = truth and peace
younesky 8 months ago
@younesky Islam is still a man made tool it created terrorist ect.
heisenfeis 7 months ago
@heisenfeis
If you know the truth of islam you were not say this.
Islam is from god and there is the quran ,and god say we must follow it, if you want to enter to paradise .
There is no human being can make like the book of god "red it" And we are not terrorist iam musulman I HATE terrorist and islam hate terrorist oki
I believe Christianity and Judaism and all prophets Because they are from God ,But people distorted the religion, then Allah has sent down Islam to be corrected
religion
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky Religion is bullshit believe science :O
heisenfeis 7 months ago
@heisenfeis
yeeees
I agree with you
Can tell me whats the source of science
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky It came as an offspring of religion, people who found the need of proof of stuff in the holy books (or disagreed with the holy books) but they found out much more than what that had to do about religion and they also found out that religion had a bunch of false stuff and it was written by men who had the thought an average human being will have about morals and such.
heisenfeis 7 months ago
@younesky
Islam and Muslims are the source of science, look at history and you'll find the answer :D
You say this because the religion that you know contains many errors can you tell me what you know about Islamic law ????
And what is Islam ???
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky Wrong. The Greek and the Romans, and the Egypcians are the source of science, that was long before Islam even existed, hell, it was before Christianity existed.
Islam also contains many errors, so do all religions.
Islam is a religion of violence, no matter how often you claim it's a religion of peace, it's not.
Helge129 7 months ago
@Helge129
Unfortunately
You believe the media too much, they want to distort the true image of Islam.
Tell me where are the mistakes that you found in Islam ??
"why you don't looking just a little on Islam before say anything !!!! "
I swear to you that Islam is the religion that must be followed and you have faith in God
Muslims believe in Jesus and Moses and all the prophets, because the Koran interpreted to muslims everything .
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky Actually no. I don't really care about the media, I don't watch TV anyway. However, I've read the Quran, and I'm fairly certain it's a religion of violence. And so is christianity. If you want a religion of peace, Buddhism is your way to go.
"I swear to you that Islam is the religion that must be followed and you have faith in God"
I'd rather not follow any religion to be honest. I don't need a magic book to dictate my life and morals, I can do that by myself.
Helge129 7 months ago
@Helge129
What are the mistakes that you found in Islam ????
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky I never said anything about mistakes, it's however been several years since I last read the quran, and I don't have one myself, so I cannot directly quote anything.
There is one I clearly remember tho: Sura72:15 “The disbelievers are the firewood of hell.”
Which I as an atheist can only interpret as a rallying against anyone who doesn't believe in Allah.
And finally the reason I am an Atheist: Religion is irrational, supersitious and delusional in every possible way.
Helge129 7 months ago
@Helge129 Helge I just want good for u my brother
Don't stop and look more in Islam-The Pillars of Islam-Testimonies, prayer, fasting, Zakat and Hajj,Islam does not incite violence, Islam prohibits and hate violence and all that is bad Muslim fanatics are not a true Muslims
I know that all people are defending their religion but Islam is the last religion,and Muslims believe in all the previous divine religions, but Christians and Jews they believe just they religion
if u want we can be friend
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky Then stop trying to convert me to Islam, it's not going to happen.
The Quran tells men to beat their wifes, I do consider than violence. And once again: I will never join any religion, because they are completelly irrational.
Helge129 7 months ago
@Helge129
who tell you that i try to convert you to islam
I just invite you to Islam and told you the truth In order not to receive punishment in the day of reckoning
"Brother, you are wrong you should be looking for the path of truth"
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky "I just invite you to Islam and told you the truth In order not to receive punishment in the day of reckoning"
...which by definition is an attempt to convert me to Islam. It won't happen. There won't be any punishment after death either, just nothing. I have no problem with that however, because eternal life is the greatest torture I can imagine, even if it's a pleasant eternal life.
Helge129 7 months ago
@Helge129
There is torment after death, will remember this when you die
When you ask from your Lord, and of religion
Alamudall God for the blessing of Islam
Can not be happy more than me because HE Islam better happiness in life
And, God willing, we will enter Paradise
Ask God to open your heart to Islam
Why not look at the topic you will not lose anything
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky There is no point in sending me copied Quran/Bible/Torah texts, I really don't give a damn about theese books, they don't matter to me, at all.
I'm as happy as I can be, I don't need religion for that. In fact, I'd be rather depressed if I was religious.
Helge129 7 months ago
@Helge129
This means that you do not know true happiness
Why you don't want to search, you will lose not anything
I'm afraid for you and I want you to know the sweetness of faith
I did not win something that you believe in God
I just love the good of all people and I'm trying for you to see the happiness that you haven't seen before.
younesky 7 months ago
@younesky I know what faith is, I used to have be christian, but I'm not anymore. Why? Because relgion doesn't make sense and is internally inconsistent. And I'm happier than ever before currently.
If you want me to be happy, then simply keep your religion to yourself.
Helge129 7 months ago
@Helge129
That's exactly what Dawkins says:
"I believe that, if people drop religion, they will feel a sort of relief." (Not exact quote, but it comes pretty close to what he said during an interview with Ben Stein.)
xaviervandepoll 7 months ago
@Helge129
Looking for a way beating women in Islam
And cases where women should be beaten
younesky 7 months ago
Répondre à cette vidéo... You know Islam only from the media, Islam is not a religion of violence,What is happening in the Middle East caused by Israel andsome of corrupt America.
younesky 7 months ago
believing in god is one thing, but religion separates people
RJkiaser0916 8 months ago
@RJkiaser0916
agree
chesster423 8 months ago
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noodlesmealey 8 months ago
religion breeds intolerance.
BigCM06 8 months ago
he only speaks of extremist, Catholics believe in Evolution
docterx2 8 months ago
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docterx2 8 months ago
I really have to say ... I immensely admire Richard Dawkins, probably even more than any other outspoken atheists... I think his left-leaning politics are very consistent with his stance on the charade that is religion, and I just have unending respect and admiration for his wisdom, intelligence and great mind. I do admire others like Christopher Hitchens, however I really disagree with Hitchen's political opinions..I think Dawkins embodies consistent atheism with politics..he's my hero
ammarios 8 months ago 23
@ammarios agreed. I adore this man as someone who speaks the truth.
totara1000 8 months ago 2
@totara1000 I know, eh?? Sigh , what I wouldn't give to meet him...
ammarios 8 months ago
People indoctrinate their children because they know that if they don´t, there will be no reason for those children to become religious, for the simple fact that there is zero evidence for the existence of a God. The way I see religious people IN GENERAL, is that they are naive, narrowly minded, and above all, cowardly, because they force their ridiculous fairytale on those still developing children minds.
nymusnymus85 8 months ago 3
@baph777 I think what you're talking about is theocracy, where religion is mixed with politics. I just said it's ok to raise children in a religion, because if the parents don't do it who will? The state? I didn't mean to imply that it's ok for religion to get political & bully and persecute others. I think religion has the freedom to hate anyone they want but not the freedom to harm anyone at all. As I said I was raised a Christian, I didn't say I was one now. I abandoned it at 17.
amalt37 8 months ago
God is gravity. God is time. God is the Void. He is the force that holds us and everything else together. He is the hug that make you feel better. He is the love between man,wife and their offspring. Through Him you're created. Without Him you're nothing. Refuse Him, then nothing will you become, like the emptiness of space and eternity of time. He is then, now, and forever...
crickerplague 8 months ago
@crickerplague A M E N
antoniostarlizos 8 months ago
@crickerplague
just.... no
SilentCritic 8 months ago
I was once an indoctrinated Catholic, until I came to the age of reason, twelve.
Boogers32150 8 months ago
@Boogers32150
same...born and raised in a Roman Catholic Diocese and am actually thankful of it since now I know the mentality of that which plagues
JBTGD 8 months ago
Mr. Dawkins was not very polite or respectful when he said "Why should children be victims of their particular tradition in which they happen to be born?" I was raised a Christian and was given a brief overview of evolution. I bet most athiest parents would give there children a similarly brief overview of a few of the major religions. IMHO it doesn't matter much as long as they aren't being taught to hurt others. The most important thing is to teach your children that you love them.
amalt37 8 months ago
@amalt37 Well, I think what he meant by "victims" is the fact that there are certain ideas in religion that are flat-out lies: creation, the flood, miracles, to name a few. When children are told that these things are factual, and told that they cannot question them, THAT is (i think) the kind of victimization that Richard was talking about... Just for the record, I was raised in evangelical christianity, but renounced the faith (and all others) when I realized they WERE lying to me...
RandyJ007 8 months ago
Buddhism, atheism, hinduism, mormonism, christianity, islamic, jewish, etc,etc, are like the color of our skin. There will never be an end to racism and prejudice because it is in the human nature. Everyone is too proud of who they are, that is what causes conflicts or wars amongst us.
crickerplague 9 months ago
@crickerplague Could you give an example of conflicts caused by followers of Buddhism or Hinduism? I mean, have they started any wars?
MageAtYou 8 months ago
@MageAtYou Vietnam was ruled by a Buddhist tyrant king, known as the Trans dynasty, ordered to torture thousands of Vietnamese Catholic to the death if they won't agree to be converted to Buddhism. I don't know much about Hinduism, but some where down the line in history, Im sure there is.
crickerplague 8 months ago
@MageAtYou I heard that Hindu in India and Islam in Pakistan are mortal enemies. The only reason why you heard alot about Christianity is because ur either from Europe or America, right? If ur from Asia, it is another story.
crickerplague 8 months ago
@MageAtYou The reason why the majority of the Vietnamese people are Buddhist is because the Chinese ruled Vietnam for one-thouand years. Chinese men raped Vietnamese women so that they would have offspring with them and raise their offspring to become the elite to rule over Vietnam for one-thousand year.
crickerplague 8 months ago
@crickerplague Because of Buddhism? In the name of Buddha? To make Vietnamese Buddhists? Source? I know nothing about it but it sounds like it is about political power and not Buddhism.
Buddhism is the least unfriendly religion, you can't compare it to Christianity, Judaism, Islam.
MageAtYou 8 months ago
@MageAtYou Go to the library and check out a book on the history of Vietnam and read the entire book, thankyou.
crickerplague 8 months ago
@MageAtYou I'm a Christian and I haven't done anything out of my moral to harm anyone or any living the thing. I pay my taxes to the last peny to support my budies, who are Buddhist, to cheat off of the government for welfare, and child support or whatever the way they do it.
crickerplague 8 months ago
@MageAtYou Buddhist Chinese are making toxic toys for childrens all around the world, if u don't believe me, take a sip of Chinese green tea and you'll find out.
crickerplague 8 months ago
@crickerplague Nice try troll, you're ignored from now.
Anyone else is free to reply me.
MageAtYou 8 months ago
@MageAtYou sore looser
crickerplague 8 months ago
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crickerplague 9 months ago
Doesn´t he have cancer ? :)
misswillingtolearn 9 months ago
@misswillingtolearn No.
dchains 9 months ago
Religion is a man made tool
ragna06 9 months ago 57
@ragna06 hey rick! --its mike again....explain the fistula....oh, i mean ...the 'flagellum' and the second law of thermodynamics.' call stephen hawking he needs a diaper change. (by the way youre all man made tools.) you tool. the tool of industry and goverment too. destined to be regulated and told what to think. cant take life on face value? explain evil and how to eliminate it. (floride? serotonin? eat more turkey bacon??)
noodlesmealey 8 months ago
@noodlesmealey
You seem like a stupidhead
SilentCritic 8 months ago
@ragna06 false cause all humans are born ready to believe in religion until we are freed from it.
Trinitysx 7 months ago
@Trinitysx I think religion was inevitable. Most people need to believe there´s more than this, there must be a reason I´m going through this. Something bad happens..."well there must have been a reason"
That in itself is ok. But the idea began smoking crack and taking steroids.
hoghash78 7 months ago
@ragna06 you are a intellegent human made by god , who used his intellect to be a fool .
magicalgold010 7 months ago
@ragna06 "Religion is a man made tool" -so is science. I don't suppose you remember when atheist scientist delivered us weapons of mass destruction? Oppenheimer and Eintein ring a bell? Oh lets not forget that science itself was responsible for the industrial revolution(which polluted the planet), weapons, and lets not forget that science is a tool for all the EVIL eugenics programs of Hitler and the U.S. who used it to cleanse the millions of weak (dumb) people from society.
SuperFifthwheel 7 months ago
@SuperFifthwheel And the order to use the bomb was given by FDR (an episcopalian), the industrial revolution was in Victorian age, a very pious time if I recall, where no one cared about the effective slavery of the workers, the final solution was done by people with "Gott mit uns" on their belt buckles and headed by a man who thought he was doing the Lords work in killing the Jews.
TomFynn 7 months ago
@TomFynn FDR worked for a secular government. The U.S. is secular. You can not prove that his religion had anything to do with hiroshima. The idea was to win the war (A VERY secular notion). Peace out.
SuperFifthwheel 7 months ago
@SuperFifthwheel Yes a Christian, who did not mind incinerating tens of thousands of civilians simply to one up the Russians.
Weird. I thought winning the was was a very religious idea: As with the crusades, the thirty year war, the civil war (Deo vindici), the first world war and even the second world war in which Hitler thought he was doing the Lords work...
TomFynn 7 months ago
@TomFynn Incorrect, he was not a Christian. Thou shalt not kill, thall shalt not covet thy neighbor, thou shalt not steal.. .Adolf Hitler did not believe the book, he USED the book, it did not mean he was a Christian. You are arguing that somewhere in the bible that God comanded Adolf Hitler to kill Gypsies, Jews, Polish, Soviets, Americans, and the like. Your arguement is that if religion did not exist, that he wouldnt have done it, I beg to differ, he wouldve used any excuse for power
SuperFifthwheel 7 months ago
@SuperFifthwheel In the first chapter of "Mein Kampf" Hitler writes how he is doing the Lords word in destroying the the Jews, the oath of the soldiers (whose belt buckles had "Gott mit uns", (God with us) on it) to him was done in the name of god, , all churches praised him and his achievements in war, the catholic church fell over it self to do a deal with him...
TomFynn 7 months ago
@TomFynn Is Mein Kampf the bible? Quit throwing out red herrings. Read the line "THOU SHALT NOT KILL" Hitler was not religious.
SuperFifthwheel 7 months ago
@SuperFifthwheel Oh you mean that line from the old testament that was generally only applied to those people god approved of? He obviously did not mean that command to include the Lachish, the Eglonites, the Hebronites, the Debirites, the Canaanites, the Moabites, the Midianites, the Amalekites, the Edomites, the Syrians...
TomFynn 7 months ago
@TomFynn "Oh you mean that line from the old testament that was generally only applied to those people god approved of?" -Oh, so you finally display the point made by the bible, that if you disobey the word of god, then you are not a worshipper of god. And BTW Caananites and etc were pagans, Israelites were not pagans (thats why they were chosen) because pagans were not ready to drop their belief in multitheism as demonstrated by moses with the egyptians, nice try, but another red herring..
SuperFifthwheel 7 months ago
@SuperFifthwheel I note that - with the "logic" of the bible, "Thou shalt not kill" is meaningless, if the command can be relaxed at the whim of the celestial dictator.
TomFynn 7 months ago