I don't get religious people. They get mad when we educate them on atheism AND give evidence, yet it's okay for them to preach to us about following Jesus. They go all over the world spreading christianity and don't get any shit like we do.
Atheism is not a 'belief system'. All it is is saying you don't believe in any of the man-made bullshit Gods that have been created- i.e. being atheist in one God more than a religious person.
yeah its not like there is an "atheist book" which has the explicit words in it "kill all non-atheists", and we tell people "you dont have to do this, but, believe in this and dont question it." that is a MAJOR difference, and OBVIOUSLY a worry for people, how is that hard to understand?? especially as many religious people are very irrational, even when it comes to very basic things.
@halflifeproductionz Richard is more badass than Hitchens, since he has the total yet understated intellectual superiority over pretty much anyone he argues with, and subtly shatters the others' arguments without ever losing his temper.
aliens will one day arrive on planet earth and find that a vast amount of homo sapiens believe in sky people who can suspend reality's laws in their own favor. this will be a very amusing day indeed.
Religion works because because of the paradox of desire for respect vs laziness. All people desire respect but most people are fundamentally lazy. Religion offers a way to gain respect from others by doing next to nothing constructive or difficult.
I like this interviewer - he gets the best out of Dawkins. I have seen RD in too many interviews either tearing his hair out because of obnoxious theists or rolling his eyes at ignorant creationists. Not here, I think he is relishing the challenge which is good to see!
I love the videos you've collected, and like your channel, but if I could make one small suggestion: Your opening music is very creepy. Maybe something a little more "happy-go-lucky"? Maybe it's just me....
It's funny after 9/11 how all democrats were squealing about how Christianity means forgive everybody for everything while they're still doing it and laughing about it because they wanted their fellow democrats to get away with it.
Now they're back to their old lie that Christianity means kill kill kill.
This interviewer wont stop interupting dawkins and is a narrow minded idiot, religion offers people a reasurance that there life will never end, and if someone challenges that they put there guard up.
@LuckyIzzy659 Even if that were the case, it does not render the case against religion useless, we could still decrease the harm such that an inquisition may be avoided.
@LuckyIzzy659 I don't think Dawkins is about extinguishing religion. He has certainly talked very positively about the nicer trappings of religion, e.g. art, music, architecture, etc. He simply can't abide by myth and superstition posing as fact. Who can?
@Tapiola2007 He has said in other videos he wants to turn everybody into an atheist. He does not like religion. He does not like the idea of worshipping 'something' you cannot see, hear, feel, ect.
And I dont blame him for that, but its comforting to some people. And there are plenty of religious people who don't do any harm to others, and keep it to their selves.
@LuckyIzzy659 Well, that's as maybe and whatever his true agenda is, the fact of the matter is that he addresses most of his strongest critique at the fundamentalists. I think he's quite happy to co-exist with moderate people of faith so long as they stay out of the public realm as much as possible.
For me it's all about live and let live. I'm OK if people find solace in mythical concepts and gods. I don't feel superior as an atheist, just more enlightened.
@ptriton You do not have a problem with telling little children that if they do not believe in what the church and bible says to do that they will be tortured for all enternity in the worst way by demons??? Or that once your in the muslim religion that penalty for leaving is death? That people will live their lives and vote bc of what their holy men brainwash them to believe instead of coming up with rational thought processes of their own. Its not OK for people to believe BS for no reason.
@party489 The penalty for leaving Christianity is Death as well, read the old testament. And it isn't any different in Judaism. Its not exclusive to Muslims. I think its a tradition in Abrahamic religions.
@efrancesco So umm I guess if there is anyone out there that wants to kill me and I know there is a few you can know Kill this ex-christian. Wow it amazes me to see the how much control is involved in religion. Believe this do as I say cause god says and if you dont want to fall in line prepare to get stoned in the non fun way. Hmmm act I think this ex-christian is about to take his dog for a walk and have a weird feeling I may get stoned within the next hour.
@akatsu24 Did god explicitly say that the old testament is not to be used as a moral standard? If he did, then why would he contradict himself in the new testament?
i wouldn't say he doesnt speak to religious people with disrespect. Richard keeps his etiquette . he does have an aggressive tone ,but only because it's usually needed .
@akatsu24 he was born a roman catholic and died one he never was excommuincated only one nazi was excommuincated...only one top work pope way to stand up for what is right
if faith did not exist,science would not develop. if newton did not believe that there was a higher force pulling things down he wouldn't discover gravity would he? all great scientists believed in a god!
and i do not like how mr dawkings make his own interpretations of what einstein meant when he mentioned god.and god is indeed everywhere,i mean,think about it,we are all parts of the big one universe,like mollicules in an infinite body,it's everywhere.and it's very godlike the fact that infinite seems to be in both macrocosmos and microcosmos.science does nothing more than exploring god's creations and the how's.
@KYRIAKARAS religious morons have been railing against science for thousands of years, but it is slowly coming to an end all religion ever gave us was the dark ages thank god( lol )light is begining to be shone on the lies and the fatuousness of the bible and all religoins !
@MrDasmaster organised religion is one thing,faith is another.faith has to do with a person's own views about the world and the way it works.and as i said before,faith is the motivating power of science.experiments are made based on what a scientists expects to measure based on what he believes will be measured,if his beliefs do not get verified thank he is disapointed and tryes again with a different experiment in order to verify his beliefs or he modifies his beliefs in order to fit them.
@KYRIAKARAS faith has nothing to do with science......... the word you where looking for is not faith it is hypothesis ! faith is belief i spite of any evidence to the contrary. a hypothesis is an educated guess ! waiting for proof or an experiment to prove it ! faith is at best just a guess, at its worst an uneducated one!
@MrDasmaster faith is belief system that includes,human relationships-who's and how's of the world and evrything in general.even the christians have their own ''scientific'' explanation of how the world was made based on their outdated beleif system.our conception of the world is based on our beliefs which are based on our feelings.if hitler didn't feel he was inferior to the jews he wouldn't believe they shoyld die and he wouldn't use his scientists for war.faith-science,2 diferent things.
@ohsantawhy easier maybe, it still doesnt mean it is a correct belief. what we may wish and what is actual are often 2 different things! when i grew up i learnt this!
@MrDasmaster I guess you when you grew up you didn' t "learnt" how to spell either.
And I completely agree with your statement on wishing and realitly. I am a realist as well, but if you truly do the research, the Bible has never been discredited.
@KYRIAKARAS We DONT have Faith. thats why we try to discover and prove things we don't understand. A scientist never-ever says a theory is a fact. you know what faith is right?
While it takes no intellectual effort and honesty to have faith, it takes such things to follow science. I'm not saying all religious people are stupid and dishonest and all scientific minds aren't, but one can tell the difference.
The interviewer is a bit thick. It was obvious Richard Dawkins was saying Stalin didn't do anything in the name of atheism but most of humanities atrocities are comitted in the name of religion and he was just cherry picking Dawkins' words.
It is so frustrating isnt it. It is so bloody obvious that religion is a load of shit - a complete waste of time. If all these religious idiots could devote the time they do to crude fairy tales to the environment or animal rights of anti child abuse etc the world really would be a better place. And the muslims - how deluded are they???
gentlemen. rational thinking and science is clearly under attack and it is clear the 21st century has no room for religion this is why they are becoming more agressive
we must fight back
Religion is an insult to human dignity. without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.
he's a lovely fella old Dawkins. Ive nothing but respect for him. He's decided to take a stance, which is brave in the first place, but hey, we need more people to do this, and he does it so damn eloquently.
I wouldn't say he is an idiot. He is asking questions that many ask when they have an argument about this. He is actually giving Dawkins a chance to address all the craziness in one go. He is one of the best interviewers in the world apart from one or 2 total botch jobs. He assumes many people are watching and asks from the most obvious to the least obvious questions the rest is left to the interviewee. You may know the answer to that question but there are a lot of people who don't.
Well this is HardTalk, his job is to be harsh and contradict. It does not mean he disagrees. His job is to put pressure on the man who is interviewed. Just check out some more hardtalk programs and you see they do it everytime.
Interesting, someone once said something along the lines of " i reject any god who endowed us with sense,reason,and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Either way life and death religion or atheism the deeper you dig the more you wont be on the fence on the issue of being.
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Galileo.
I find for myself; the more I dig into religion the more manmade I find it to be. I find Christianity asks us to forego reason and put on the blinders of faith. My father use to say, "God is not afraid of your questions." Turns out for me; he was.
So if an Atheist's life was just one piece of shit luck after another then after all there's nothing to come afterward? Gee, that's, comforting?I don't know, i mean why do we die?It's seems a pretty pointless life for us all that death is inevitable.I mean why would THAT be necessary?In general , if there is nothing, then why do we die?Is it to be fertilizer, why is the needing of fertilizer necessary?Period.Why could life not be in need of that, why COULD we not be in need of death?Why life?
If you need comfort a atheistic viewpoint doesn't have it. Religion doesn't either. To believe in a Christian viewpoint is too damn billions of people in the world to torment. Same for the Islamic faith upon you as a Christian.
It's also important to point out that science has made our lives considerably longer. From lasting only 20 to 30 years all the way up to 80 to 90. As to why we die is answered by science and if you want find out it's there for you. Or you can wax philosophical about it.
@TimJMorrison Well said my friend. I'm always glad to find evidence of other clear thinking people in the world. It's selfish of me to want to share it with such people and that's a good thing. :)
Not to be cruel Molan, but since when does there need to be a reason for human life? For any life? Humans posses the ability to set their own goals, set some, follow them. You don't need your goals handed down to you. You don't need a higher purpose than whatever purpose you make for yourself.
molanlabexm15 -It is rather an empty thought isn't it.If believing ancient fairy tales fills your heart with warmth by all means keep doing so.I prefer to analise the universe for what it is.Life prevails any way it can and we are a product of that.Everything that lives eventually dies without the need of an "afterlife." That is a manmade idea that stems from our "survival" mechanism in our brain.We dont want 2 die!Even primative beings have this mechanism.Without this there would be no life.
Its just that, you 'believe' that you do. At that back of your mind however, you have that feeling that the concept is just a cushion to make you feel better.
You were lied to at a young age about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, why should this 'paradise' be any different?
They believe what they know to be true, that the body decomposes and your biology is recycled back into the earth. They do not believe in the immortality of the soul.
all religions are fake...they cause unnessecary wars, brain washed humans and people who are so off into religion they cannot live their lives the way thy want too... this part is for the rligious people only--- GET OVER YOURSELF AND MOE ON WITH YOUR LIFE it called commom sense...use it...
A few people on these videos don't know Hard Talk, so just to be clear: Hard Talk is BBC News 24's debate show. The presenter maintains a hardline devil's advocate stance, regardless of the guest. This interview is not intended to be taken as an "attack" on Dawkins, but rather as a test of his ability to defend himself and his positions, which he does reasonably well.
No thanks, I've got funnier things to do with my time. You believe in fairytales, I don't. That's okay, if you feel fine about it. But don't bother me with it.
I have. Not all of it obviously, but a lot. I've also read the Bible, it's bull. The evidence for Jesus is very meagre, have a look at Appolonius and you'll see for yourself.
It doesn't matter how much evidence supports a thesis, a single piece of evidence against is enough to discard it. That's what falsifiability means. Look it up. I challenge you.
It's NOT a thesis. This is why I tell you to look it all up. There is records of Jesus' existence not only using the Bible but also in history books, historical government records, scribes from the time and not to leave out the many eye witnesses. Dawkins says that Jesus' body just decomposed like everyone else. Umm, even if I wasn't a Christian, there is still historical proof from over 40 sittings of Him after death with one time having over 1100 witnesses..500 during The Ascention.
history books: Which books, which sources? The earliest records we have start ~200 years AFTER he died. At this point, all you have left is hearsay. Not a fact in sight.
scribes from the time: who WANTED Jesus to be real. They had agendas of their own. It's not a big leap to imagine at least some of them writing stuff that -in retrospect- matches earlier prophesies.
eye witnesses: there are no eye-witness records. Earliest records are 2 centuries after any eye-witness events.
Now you know that isn't true. People that WANTED Jesus to be real? You've got to be kidding. There were as many people that hated Jesus as there were people that loved Him. Do you think the Romans wanted to believe in Jesus? They didn't care. And Yes there were eye witnesses. The apostles themselves were eye witnesses. Who do you think mostly wrote the NT? People that died horribly for their faith in Jesus. Would you die for your lack of faith? Are you THAT sure there is no God?
"Do you think the Romans wanted to believe in Jesus?"
There is a good case to be made that the New Testament is in fact a religious peace-offer by the Romans. They are well known for merging religions of the lands they conquered to avoid religious uprising.
When it comes to religion, smart people always have a stake because it's such a massive cash-cow. Hate him or Love him, if lying about him suits your purposes we should expect people to lie.
To put it into perspective.. Elvis has been dead since 1977, this is a single generation. Look how much nonsense there is regarding his life and death.
Try to imagine how facts get corrupted if not 30, but 200 years pass. You no longer have access to people who remember the events. You only have access to people who were told by their parents, who in turn were told by their parents, who were told by their parents, ... , who were told by their parents that Mr. Cohen witnessed the whole thing.
"That isn't the best example. People saw him buried and he never rose from the grave."
Tell that to the hundreds of tabloids that report on people who spot Elvis flipping burgers in Iowa. How you and I feel about Elvis, that's how I feel about Jesus, except Elvis definitely existed, and we're not entirely sure about Jesus.
"Please don't challenge me if you yourself won't even take the challenge I gave to you first."
I already met your challenge before you stated it. At any rate, I wasn't really egging you on, I know you'll never try to seriously look at the opposition.
Listen, it's not about proving who is right. It's about the truth. If you choose to believe there is no God, then fine. But you need to MAKE SURE. That means examining the WHOLE facts.
And do you really think that goat-herders 2000 years ago had a better understanding of truth then we do today? These were people who didn't know the Earth went around the sun. Who didn't know where babies came from. Who didn't know why people got sick. Who didn't know how to measure the age of rocks. Who didn't know how to solve the square root of 17.
Without supporting evidence, their claims carry no weight whatsoever.
But your arguement is that 'truth can be changed in a certain amount of time'... hmmm, with that 'logic', whatever you say can fall into the same light.. did you know that some things 20 yrs ago scientifically aren't legit anymore? science is always changing but most nonbelievers rely on it. The truth of God is constant. It doesn't change to fit our comfortabilty for life.
Amen, David. Couldn't have said it better. I believe in science instead of some god. Cause you don't have to believe in science. It's just right before your eyes. Fairytales aren't.
"science is always changing but most nonbelievers rely on it." I absolutely rely on it--because it is always getting better -because science constantly challenges us to examine, explore, expand, and improve - because it does not fear finding better ways to explain reality - because it does not ever accept on face value what charlatans and shamans try to pass off as fact. Reliance on science has allowed us see our possibilities and limits and keep reaching beyond them.
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Your Richard Dawkins here believes that Christ just decomposed like the rest of us when there is proof otherwise, but do you take that into account? How about Darwin himself saying that the peacock feather makes him sick to look at it b/c it looks like it was intelligently designed? Everyone knows there is a God. Stop lying to yourself. It's easier to believe in the truth than to live in a lie.
Please. Enlighten us. What proof is there that Christ did not just decompose? Or that he even lived at all? All the stories in the gospels were written decades after his supposed life, and the stories all borrow from previous deities--virgin birth, visits from the wise men, etc., were all done before by other "gods." In addition, all the supposed historic references were written 100+ years after his supposed life. I agree. Stop lying to yourself. It's better to face reality with truth.
This is so incredibly dogmatic and ignorant to any other way of thinking than your own. "Everyone knows there is a God". What a remarkably stupid thing to say. How can you possibly claim to know what everyone thinks? Making downright pretentious claims like these makes it people even less likely to believe that you have "proof" that Jesus didn't decompose, which any reasonable person would immediately regard as just plain silly regardless.
man, it is amaizing how much history you know. have you heard about Ptolemeus, Herodototus, Pithagora , Platon , Socrates.....etc
have you heard about Atlantis? something similar with what is happening now , it happen to be name RD , happened there........if you want to know more about it PRAY to the one who is the Life. beacause He loves you
I have no idea what that response is supposed to accomplish. Even after I remove all the typos it still makes no sense. Maybe you should learn how to spell the names of famous philosophers before you drag them into a haphazard argument.
If "the one who is the life" loves me already, why do I need to pray to him? My mother loves me, I don't pray to her. In fact, I think it rather rude to pray to anyone, why not fix your own bloody problems?
ps. Atlantis? Aren't you knee deep in shit as it is?
To put your faith in a man that is coming up with the things that he says b/c he feels strongly about it is not different in nonbelievers eyes than any other suggestion. There is more evidence of a God than lack of. There is proof that Jesus existed outside of the Bible. Proof that the things talked about in the Bible are not just stories. The evidence is staggering if you just look for it instead of just looking at what you want to see.
He's right about people that sit on the fence.. there are more of those than anything... but just b/c that is the case doesn't make there is a lack of God or no God.. Matthew 12:39 says this -But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it. This is in reference to a generation that is identical to the generation that we live in today.
I red the book "The God Delusion" and it didn´t seem to me that respect lacks there towards religious people, but scientists believers agree it doesn´t make science. It becames of course offensive for those who call temselves religious but that in fact should question what they call religion.
Dawkins is dead on when he identifies religions as tribal identifiers.
I will use my own tastes as an example. I could not care what race a woman is, a good one is a good one, a bad, a bad, and a risky, is risky. A woman who claims a tribal identification, that is one of repetitious historical lunacy, is simply not mentally balanced enough to be a suitable mate. Who in their right mind, would want to spend time with/have a child with, any woman claiming to be any kind of Abrahamic follower?
So using my own, what I feel is justifiable prejudice as example, I will not breed or intermarry with someone I believe to be terribly mentally ill. And the brain parasite we call organized religions, are among the worst mental illnesses imaginable. To do so is equivalent IMO, to marrying a crack whore, or a meth-head, or a sociopath. There simply is no pussy good enough to throw your life away for, and to be a contributor to encouraging such idiocy.
This is one stance I have difficulty with. The derogatory denunciation of religious people in such a demeaning way loses so many opportunities to awaken the questioning mind. If you have the capacity for compassion, you can see that reality is incredibly harsh: personal loss, painful deaths, unpunished cruelty are difficult for anyone with emotional sensitivity to bear. Believers may be delusional, but many are loving, sensitive people who deserve, not special respect, but compassion.
The interviewer isn't (I think) an idiot, he is supposed to be the adversary to his guest, to take the opposite stand, that doesn't mean he's actually a believer.
The interviewer is a major idiot and obviously hostile to Dawkins. His tactic was to keep changing direction to avoid being out manouvered by Dawkins. Go Richard.
I get so frustrated hearing the same treatment Dawkins gets when being interviewed. They always want to label him as unfair or "a fundamentalist". Because he's an atheist, they act like everything he says is so horribly cruel. Of course a theist can say we're amoral and should kill ourselves, but that's different! (heavy sarcasm).
The Prof is such a great cage-rattler.
Religion gets upset when questioned....
mustn't do that !
Must let the fools continue peddling mumbo-jumbo !
Well done as ever, Professor !
Ever reasonable, polite, clear thinking, I've never heard anyone who
gave so much hope for reason, there are others , Hitchens, Harris, etc.
Well done, all, great work.
Advances civilisation.
Tobypaws2002 1 week ago
I don't get religious people. They get mad when we educate them on atheism AND give evidence, yet it's okay for them to preach to us about following Jesus. They go all over the world spreading christianity and don't get any shit like we do.
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Atheism is not a 'belief system'. All it is is saying you don't believe in any of the man-made bullshit Gods that have been created- i.e. being atheist in one God more than a religious person.
andBassandSwing 2 months ago
yeah its not like there is an "atheist book" which has the explicit words in it "kill all non-atheists", and we tell people "you dont have to do this, but, believe in this and dont question it." that is a MAJOR difference, and OBVIOUSLY a worry for people, how is that hard to understand?? especially as many religious people are very irrational, even when it comes to very basic things.
frilansspion 3 months ago
Whats the music at the start.
17thSHIT 3 months ago
Of course there are other reasons for disputes among humans besides religion but they're not motivated by nor unleashed in the name of God.
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religion makes you dumb...
athiesm makes you think and question...
MrKeepless 5 months ago 20
The guy interviewing Richard is a fucking retard. He thinks atheism is a belief system... /facepalm
apocalypseap 5 months ago 4
I don't see the equivalency at all either. It's all a matter of ignorancy I guess, but I tend to value decence.
joavim 6 months ago
Boy, the religionacs sure love "appeal to authority" type arguments.
tomj54 6 months ago
Why cant people get it right! Atheism is NOT a belief its a rejection of a claim that a God excists!
dilwich123 8 months ago 3
richard dawkins isn't as badass as the great Hitchens who Hitchslaps christians back to their mother's womb. lol!
halflifeproductionz 9 months ago
@halflifeproductionz Richard is more badass than Hitchens, since he has the total yet understated intellectual superiority over pretty much anyone he argues with, and subtly shatters the others' arguments without ever losing his temper.
GiantDanish 5 months ago
aliens will one day arrive on planet earth and find that a vast amount of homo sapiens believe in sky people who can suspend reality's laws in their own favor. this will be a very amusing day indeed.
sinprelic 1 year ago
Religion works because because of the paradox of desire for respect vs laziness. All people desire respect but most people are fundamentally lazy. Religion offers a way to gain respect from others by doing next to nothing constructive or difficult.
robandre1 1 year ago
4:33am? Nice to see the BBC really pushing the relevant issues...
randar3 1 year ago 2
@randar3
lol this will be a repeat :).
Hard Talk appears on BBC 1 or 2 in the evening time.
Then It get's repeated on BBCNews24 at some point at these really early hours.
ExtremeBogom 1 year ago
I like this interviewer - he gets the best out of Dawkins. I have seen RD in too many interviews either tearing his hair out because of obnoxious theists or rolling his eyes at ignorant creationists. Not here, I think he is relishing the challenge which is good to see!
MrTim848 1 year ago
I love the videos you've collected, and like your channel, but if I could make one small suggestion: Your opening music is very creepy. Maybe something a little more "happy-go-lucky"? Maybe it's just me....
DoubleDangerKross 1 year ago
dawkins has balls. he says what a lot of us wish we could say but are usually too scared.
ssips720 1 year ago
It's funny after 9/11 how all democrats were squealing about how Christianity means forgive everybody for everything while they're still doing it and laughing about it because they wanted their fellow democrats to get away with it.
Now they're back to their old lie that Christianity means kill kill kill.
Well which is it?
MrShoeguy 1 year ago
Evolution prevents Richie from trusting his wife : /
psycofloyd 1 year ago
This interviewer wont stop interupting dawkins and is a narrow minded idiot, religion offers people a reasurance that there life will never end, and if someone challenges that they put there guard up.
Blake8443613 1 year ago
anybody know how I contact Dawkins?
ArcaneUnit 1 year ago
@ArcaneUnit richarddawkins(dot)net
Tapiola2007 1 year ago
As much as Richard may not like it, religion.. some sort of religion will exist as long as humanity exists.
LuckyIzzy659 1 year ago
@LuckyIzzy659 Even if that were the case, it does not render the case against religion useless, we could still decrease the harm such that an inquisition may be avoided.
daemonowner 1 year ago
@daemonowner And I never said it wouldn't. I'm just stating a fact. Religion will be around forever, unfortunately.
or fortunately if it helps the person and doesn't cause anyone else harm.
LuckyIzzy659 1 year ago
@LuckyIzzy659 of course as in mythology still exists...its just not practiced and taken seriously
WordsofHarmony 1 year ago
@LuckyIzzy659 I don't think Dawkins is about extinguishing religion. He has certainly talked very positively about the nicer trappings of religion, e.g. art, music, architecture, etc. He simply can't abide by myth and superstition posing as fact. Who can?
Tapiola2007 1 year ago
@Tapiola2007 He has said in other videos he wants to turn everybody into an atheist. He does not like religion. He does not like the idea of worshipping 'something' you cannot see, hear, feel, ect.
And I dont blame him for that, but its comforting to some people. And there are plenty of religious people who don't do any harm to others, and keep it to their selves.
LuckyIzzy659 1 year ago
@LuckyIzzy659 Well, that's as maybe and whatever his true agenda is, the fact of the matter is that he addresses most of his strongest critique at the fundamentalists. I think he's quite happy to co-exist with moderate people of faith so long as they stay out of the public realm as much as possible.
Tapiola2007 1 year ago
I wonder where we are meant to spend eternity when the universe expands to the point of infinite entropy. That won't be much fun at all.
chh5555 1 year ago
For me it's all about live and let live. I'm OK if people find solace in mythical concepts and gods. I don't feel superior as an atheist, just more enlightened.
ptriton 1 year ago
@ptriton You do not have a problem with telling little children that if they do not believe in what the church and bible says to do that they will be tortured for all enternity in the worst way by demons??? Or that once your in the muslim religion that penalty for leaving is death? That people will live their lives and vote bc of what their holy men brainwash them to believe instead of coming up with rational thought processes of their own. Its not OK for people to believe BS for no reason.
party489 1 year ago
@party489 The penalty for leaving Christianity is Death as well, read the old testament. And it isn't any different in Judaism. Its not exclusive to Muslims. I think its a tradition in Abrahamic religions.
efrancesco 1 year ago
@efrancesco So umm I guess if there is anyone out there that wants to kill me and I know there is a few you can know Kill this ex-christian. Wow it amazes me to see the how much control is involved in religion. Believe this do as I say cause god says and if you dont want to fall in line prepare to get stoned in the non fun way. Hmmm act I think this ex-christian is about to take his dog for a walk and have a weird feeling I may get stoned within the next hour.
party489 1 year ago
@efrancesco, old testament, its not used as a moral book, more like a history book, read the new testament instead
akatsu24 1 year ago
@akatsu24 Did god explicitly say that the old testament is not to be used as a moral standard? If he did, then why would he contradict himself in the new testament?
efrancesco 1 year ago
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@efrancesco, different times, different rules
akatsu24 1 year ago
More middle class value aimed at dominting by deception.
Sidslotm 1 year ago
could any of you tell me the nature of light is it self sustaining.
TheLovesoul1 1 year ago
i wouldn't say he doesnt speak to religious people with disrespect. Richard keeps his etiquette . he does have an aggressive tone ,but only because it's usually needed .
Catyclysm 1 year ago
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MrDasmaster 1 year ago
hitler killed the jews because the bible tells people it should be done and hitler above all was a good roman catholic
MrDasmaster 1 year ago
@MrDasmaster because i'm tired of pointless arguing check this out and tell me what you think./watch?v=cxRKcxRlBNQ
KYRIAKARAS 1 year ago
@MrDasmaster, do your research, hitler believed in the great german god, dont spread bullshit like that
akatsu24 1 year ago
@akatsu24 he was born a roman catholic and died one he never was excommuincated only one nazi was excommuincated...only one top work pope way to stand up for what is right
MrDasmaster 1 year ago
@MrDasmaster, then he was one by name, but never by practice
akatsu24 1 year ago
if faith did not exist,science would not develop. if newton did not believe that there was a higher force pulling things down he wouldn't discover gravity would he? all great scientists believed in a god!
KYRIAKARAS 1 year ago
@KYRIAKARAS are you joking ....surely you are!
MrDasmaster 1 year ago
@MrDasmaster no i do not.should i?
and i do not like how mr dawkings make his own interpretations of what einstein meant when he mentioned god.and god is indeed everywhere,i mean,think about it,we are all parts of the big one universe,like mollicules in an infinite body,it's everywhere.and it's very godlike the fact that infinite seems to be in both macrocosmos and microcosmos.science does nothing more than exploring god's creations and the how's.
KYRIAKARAS 1 year ago
@KYRIAKARAS religious morons have been railing against science for thousands of years, but it is slowly coming to an end all religion ever gave us was the dark ages thank god( lol )light is begining to be shone on the lies and the fatuousness of the bible and all religoins !
MrDasmaster 1 year ago
@MrDasmaster organised religion is one thing,faith is another.faith has to do with a person's own views about the world and the way it works.and as i said before,faith is the motivating power of science.experiments are made based on what a scientists expects to measure based on what he believes will be measured,if his beliefs do not get verified thank he is disapointed and tryes again with a different experiment in order to verify his beliefs or he modifies his beliefs in order to fit them.
KYRIAKARAS 1 year ago
@KYRIAKARAS faith has nothing to do with science......... the word you where looking for is not faith it is hypothesis ! faith is belief i spite of any evidence to the contrary. a hypothesis is an educated guess ! waiting for proof or an experiment to prove it ! faith is at best just a guess, at its worst an uneducated one!
MrDasmaster 1 year ago
@MrDasmaster faith is belief system that includes,human relationships-who's and how's of the world and evrything in general.even the christians have their own ''scientific'' explanation of how the world was made based on their outdated beleif system.our conception of the world is based on our beliefs which are based on our feelings.if hitler didn't feel he was inferior to the jews he wouldn't believe they shoyld die and he wouldn't use his scientists for war.faith-science,2 diferent things.
KYRIAKARAS 1 year ago
@MrDasmaster KYRIAKARAS is right. Even Galileo said that believing in God made science easier.
ohsantawhy 1 year ago
@ohsantawhy easier maybe, it still doesnt mean it is a correct belief. what we may wish and what is actual are often 2 different things! when i grew up i learnt this!
MrDasmaster 1 year ago
@MrDasmaster I guess you when you grew up you didn' t "learnt" how to spell either.
And I completely agree with your statement on wishing and realitly. I am a realist as well, but if you truly do the research, the Bible has never been discredited.
Hard to believe? Sure.
Near impossible? Of course.
Historically accurate? Always.
ohsantawhy 1 year ago
@ohsantawhy dont even say the bible is remotely accurate it just makes you look like a moron!
MrDasmaster 1 year ago
@ohsantawhy yeah, because noah really did fit all the species of the earth onto a boat before the world wide flood.
mmmmhmm
CtrlDae 1 year ago
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RainK9 1 year ago
@KYRIAKARAS We DONT have Faith. thats why we try to discover and prove things we don't understand. A scientist never-ever says a theory is a fact. you know what faith is right?
RainK9 1 year ago
@RainK9, really? ive heard richard state the "fact" of evolution many times, despite it still being a theory.
and a good scientist NEVER takes things for fact, the best possible thing he can say is "i dont know"
akatsu24 1 year ago
Mr Dawkins, I read you're book, and now I'm off the fence. You did make me think about my beliefs. Though I was pagan and not still christian.
spartacandream 1 year ago
Marxist Childs exist ...
DraskyVanderhoff 1 year ago
The guy interviewing dawkins is full of shit
wohodude100 1 year ago
While it takes no intellectual effort and honesty to have faith, it takes such things to follow science. I'm not saying all religious people are stupid and dishonest and all scientific minds aren't, but one can tell the difference.
HybridD91 1 year ago
i hate how the interviewers have so much power over what their guest can say and how it'll eventually sound to the public.
howe92 1 year ago
The interviewer is a bit thick. It was obvious Richard Dawkins was saying Stalin didn't do anything in the name of atheism but most of humanities atrocities are comitted in the name of religion and he was just cherry picking Dawkins' words.
AyeYirMa 2 years ago 25
@AyeYirMa thought the same. i'd expect that argument from Fox News but not from BBC news
Lucassandro25 1 month ago
when racism ends, religion ends. they are just birds of different colours flocking together.
vasant85 2 years ago
whats the song called in the beginning?
DTGskadoosh 2 years ago
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one of my favourite quotes
-religions are like fire fireflies. they require total darkness in order to shine :)
B4IRUTUARU16 2 years ago 3
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B4IRUTUARU16 2 years ago
21st im sorry
B4IRUTUARU16 2 years ago
It is so frustrating isnt it. It is so bloody obvious that religion is a load of shit - a complete waste of time. If all these religious idiots could devote the time they do to crude fairy tales to the environment or animal rights of anti child abuse etc the world really would be a better place. And the muslims - how deluded are they???
nigispangy 2 years ago 32
lol dont get me started on the islamic faith
gentlemen. rational thinking and science is clearly under attack and it is clear the 21st century has no room for religion this is why they are becoming more agressive
we must fight back
Religion is an insult to human dignity. without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.
religion is merely a brainwashing mechanism
B4IRUTUARU16 2 years ago 7
@B4IRUTUARU16 Gentlmen? don't forget the women.
AyeYirMa 2 years ago
@nigispangy
AGREEE 100%
Hermoor 2 years ago
@nigispangy Islamists are no more deluded than any other idiot who believes in a santa in the sky.
nicksynnz 7 months ago
he's a lovely fella old Dawkins. Ive nothing but respect for him. He's decided to take a stance, which is brave in the first place, but hey, we need more people to do this, and he does it so damn eloquently.
nigispangy 2 years ago 3
i believe its time for all of us to make a stance and say we do not welcome religion in the 2st century
B4IRUTUARU16 2 years ago 2
What a idiot interviewer.... EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HORRORS OF TOTALITARIAN ARE RELIGIOUS IN ESSENCE ... Go look up George Orwell.
FreeInquisition 2 years ago
I wouldn't say he is an idiot. He is asking questions that many ask when they have an argument about this. He is actually giving Dawkins a chance to address all the craziness in one go. He is one of the best interviewers in the world apart from one or 2 total botch jobs. He assumes many people are watching and asks from the most obvious to the least obvious questions the rest is left to the interviewee. You may know the answer to that question but there are a lot of people who don't.
thundavolt 2 years ago 2
Well this is HardTalk, his job is to be harsh and contradict. It does not mean he disagrees. His job is to put pressure on the man who is interviewed. Just check out some more hardtalk programs and you see they do it everytime.
aaKonda 2 years ago 3
Interesting, someone once said something along the lines of " i reject any god who endowed us with sense,reason,and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Either way life and death religion or atheism the deeper you dig the more you wont be on the fence on the issue of being.
molanlabexm15 2 years ago
"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Galileo.
I find for myself; the more I dig into religion the more manmade I find it to be. I find Christianity asks us to forego reason and put on the blinders of faith. My father use to say, "God is not afraid of your questions." Turns out for me; he was.
starflyer403 2 years ago 8
It was Galileo who said that. And it's very profound.
Jarls 2 years ago 2
So what DO atheists believe comes after death?I believe i go to an eternity of paradise.
molanlabexm15 2 years ago
Nothing. Exactly what it was like before we were born. There is no need for fancy adjectives to describe it.
"I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." - Mark Twain
Who also said:
"Faith is believing what you know ain't so."
starflyer403 2 years ago 5
So if an Atheist's life was just one piece of shit luck after another then after all there's nothing to come afterward? Gee, that's, comforting?I don't know, i mean why do we die?It's seems a pretty pointless life for us all that death is inevitable.I mean why would THAT be necessary?In general , if there is nothing, then why do we die?Is it to be fertilizer, why is the needing of fertilizer necessary?Period.Why could life not be in need of that, why COULD we not be in need of death?Why life?
molanlabexm15 2 years ago
If you need comfort a atheistic viewpoint doesn't have it. Religion doesn't either. To believe in a Christian viewpoint is too damn billions of people in the world to torment. Same for the Islamic faith upon you as a Christian.
It's also important to point out that science has made our lives considerably longer. From lasting only 20 to 30 years all the way up to 80 to 90. As to why we die is answered by science and if you want find out it's there for you. Or you can wax philosophical about it.
starflyer403 2 years ago 6
Religion deems life meaningless to my eyes.
I don't want to live eternally, it would cheapen everything.
If I live eternally I will experience everything an infinite number of times.
Everything will be common, nothing will be special and existence will become a blur of greys.
Life is special because it only lasts so long. Its good enough for me, and it is as much as I make of it.
I make a lot of it.
TimJMorrison 2 years ago 63
Wow, that was quite profound, were they you're words? If so, I'm impressed.
smellycabbage 2 years ago 5
@TimJMorrison Well said my friend. I'm always glad to find evidence of other clear thinking people in the world. It's selfish of me to want to share it with such people and that's a good thing. :)
MagisterPridgen 9 months ago
Not to be cruel Molan, but since when does there need to be a reason for human life? For any life? Humans posses the ability to set their own goals, set some, follow them. You don't need your goals handed down to you. You don't need a higher purpose than whatever purpose you make for yourself.
13Penguins 2 years ago 4
molanlabexm15 -It is rather an empty thought isn't it.If believing ancient fairy tales fills your heart with warmth by all means keep doing so.I prefer to analise the universe for what it is.Life prevails any way it can and we are a product of that.Everything that lives eventually dies without the need of an "afterlife." That is a manmade idea that stems from our "survival" mechanism in our brain.We dont want 2 die!Even primative beings have this mechanism.Without this there would be no life.
petestrat07 2 years ago 3
Its just that, you 'believe' that you do. At that back of your mind however, you have that feeling that the concept is just a cushion to make you feel better.
You were lied to at a young age about Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, why should this 'paradise' be any different?
Jarls 2 years ago 2
They believe what they know to be true, that the body decomposes and your biology is recycled back into the earth. They do not believe in the immortality of the soul.
UltimoLatino 2 years ago
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"The God Debate" is on my channel.
atheistfriends 2 years ago
Stalin and Mao killed people because they were communists. Look at the starvation in Ukraine. It was because of collectivized crops.
Scoforever 2 years ago
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but unable?
---Then he is not omnipotent.
Is He able, but not willing?
---Then he is malevolent.
Is He both willing AND able?
---Then whence comes evil?
Is He neither able nor willing?
---then why call Him God?"
=-Epicurus-=
Anglachel5 2 years ago 5
Very good.
FLUSEM666 2 years ago
all religions are fake...they cause unnessecary wars, brain washed humans and people who are so off into religion they cannot live their lives the way thy want too... this part is for the rligious people only--- GET OVER YOURSELF AND MOE ON WITH YOUR LIFE it called commom sense...use it...
matthewwasme 2 years ago 2
why does he waste his time talkin to this fuckin retard
ricefarmer 2 years ago 3
A few people on these videos don't know Hard Talk, so just to be clear: Hard Talk is BBC News 24's debate show. The presenter maintains a hardline devil's advocate stance, regardless of the guest. This interview is not intended to be taken as an "attack" on Dawkins, but rather as a test of his ability to defend himself and his positions, which he does reasonably well.
chalicier 2 years ago 6
richard dawkins is brilliant. all the other guy has to say is "wah wah you're picking on religion.."
himsaXdominion 2 years ago 6
The interviewer was admirably prepared. He punches himself out trying to fluster RD, but doesn't even misplace a single hair Dawkins' head.
furyofbongos 2 years ago 3
to danjorgen: - exactly. And it seems the host didn't read the whole book, just bits.
pocnar 2 years ago
I have to j.. if you still want to talk to me about this, let me know.
Much love to all of you.
deabcd 2 years ago
If you don't believe me, look it all up for yourselves. I challenge you.
deabcd 2 years ago
No thanks, I've got funnier things to do with my time. You believe in fairytales, I don't. That's okay, if you feel fine about it. But don't bother me with it.
dawkinschannel 2 years ago 9
@dawkinschannel Very well said
X2Kaotic4u 1 year ago
"look it all up for yourselves. I challenge you."
I have. Not all of it obviously, but a lot. I've also read the Bible, it's bull. The evidence for Jesus is very meagre, have a look at Appolonius and you'll see for yourself.
It doesn't matter how much evidence supports a thesis, a single piece of evidence against is enough to discard it. That's what falsifiability means. Look it up. I challenge you.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
It's NOT a thesis. This is why I tell you to look it all up. There is records of Jesus' existence not only using the Bible but also in history books, historical government records, scribes from the time and not to leave out the many eye witnesses. Dawkins says that Jesus' body just decomposed like everyone else. Umm, even if I wasn't a Christian, there is still historical proof from over 40 sittings of Him after death with one time having over 1100 witnesses..500 during The Ascention.
deabcd 2 years ago
history books: Which books, which sources? The earliest records we have start ~200 years AFTER he died. At this point, all you have left is hearsay. Not a fact in sight.
scribes from the time: who WANTED Jesus to be real. They had agendas of their own. It's not a big leap to imagine at least some of them writing stuff that -in retrospect- matches earlier prophesies.
eye witnesses: there are no eye-witness records. Earliest records are 2 centuries after any eye-witness events.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
Now you know that isn't true. People that WANTED Jesus to be real? You've got to be kidding. There were as many people that hated Jesus as there were people that loved Him. Do you think the Romans wanted to believe in Jesus? They didn't care. And Yes there were eye witnesses. The apostles themselves were eye witnesses. Who do you think mostly wrote the NT? People that died horribly for their faith in Jesus. Would you die for your lack of faith? Are you THAT sure there is no God?
deabcd 2 years ago
"Do you think the Romans wanted to believe in Jesus?"
There is a good case to be made that the New Testament is in fact a religious peace-offer by the Romans. They are well known for merging religions of the lands they conquered to avoid religious uprising.
When it comes to religion, smart people always have a stake because it's such a massive cash-cow. Hate him or Love him, if lying about him suits your purposes we should expect people to lie.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
"The apostles themselves were eye witnesses."
But they didn't write the gospels dude. I keep telling you, those were written long after the apostles died.
"Would you die for your lack of faith? Are you THAT sure there is no God?"
Yes.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
Ludicrous. Later.
deabcd 2 years ago 2
To put it into perspective.. Elvis has been dead since 1977, this is a single generation. Look how much nonsense there is regarding his life and death.
Try to imagine how facts get corrupted if not 30, but 200 years pass. You no longer have access to people who remember the events. You only have access to people who were told by their parents, who in turn were told by their parents, who were told by their parents, ... , who were told by their parents that Mr. Cohen witnessed the whole thing.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
Elvis? Are you kidding?
That isn't the best example. People saw him buried and he never rose from the grave.
deabcd 2 years ago
"That isn't the best example. People saw him buried and he never rose from the grave."
Tell that to the hundreds of tabloids that report on people who spot Elvis flipping burgers in Iowa. How you and I feel about Elvis, that's how I feel about Jesus, except Elvis definitely existed, and we're not entirely sure about Jesus.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
Please don't challenge me if you yourself won't even take the challenge I gave to you first.
deabcd 2 years ago
"Please don't challenge me if you yourself won't even take the challenge I gave to you first."
I already met your challenge before you stated it. At any rate, I wasn't really egging you on, I know you'll never try to seriously look at the opposition.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
Listen, it's not about proving who is right. It's about the truth. If you choose to believe there is no God, then fine. But you need to MAKE SURE. That means examining the WHOLE facts.
deabcd 2 years ago
"It's about the truth."
We agree completely.
And do you really think that goat-herders 2000 years ago had a better understanding of truth then we do today? These were people who didn't know the Earth went around the sun. Who didn't know where babies came from. Who didn't know why people got sick. Who didn't know how to measure the age of rocks. Who didn't know how to solve the square root of 17.
Without supporting evidence, their claims carry no weight whatsoever.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
But your arguement is that 'truth can be changed in a certain amount of time'... hmmm, with that 'logic', whatever you say can fall into the same light.. did you know that some things 20 yrs ago scientifically aren't legit anymore? science is always changing but most nonbelievers rely on it. The truth of God is constant. It doesn't change to fit our comfortabilty for life.
deabcd 2 years ago
"The truth of God is constant. It doesn't change to fit our comfortabilty for life."
An excellent point. Science indeed changes whenever new evidence comes to light. Science is a self-correcting process.
Unless you know WHY something is true, there's no point in assuming it IS true. All scientific truths have mandatory error-bars.
And it may be worth reflecting that the only reason you and I have a comfortable life is because of scientific progress.
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago 19
Amen, David. Couldn't have said it better. I believe in science instead of some god. Cause you don't have to believe in science. It's just right before your eyes. Fairytales aren't.
:-)
dawkinschannel 2 years ago 5
"science is always changing but most nonbelievers rely on it." I absolutely rely on it--because it is always getting better -because science constantly challenges us to examine, explore, expand, and improve - because it does not fear finding better ways to explain reality - because it does not ever accept on face value what charlatans and shamans try to pass off as fact. Reliance on science has allowed us see our possibilities and limits and keep reaching beyond them.
laraesque 2 years ago 3
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Your Richard Dawkins here believes that Christ just decomposed like the rest of us when there is proof otherwise, but do you take that into account? How about Darwin himself saying that the peacock feather makes him sick to look at it b/c it looks like it was intelligently designed? Everyone knows there is a God. Stop lying to yourself. It's easier to believe in the truth than to live in a lie.
deabcd 2 years ago
Please. Enlighten us. What proof is there that Christ did not just decompose? Or that he even lived at all? All the stories in the gospels were written decades after his supposed life, and the stories all borrow from previous deities--virgin birth, visits from the wise men, etc., were all done before by other "gods." In addition, all the supposed historic references were written 100+ years after his supposed life. I agree. Stop lying to yourself. It's better to face reality with truth.
laraesque 2 years ago 2
This is so incredibly dogmatic and ignorant to any other way of thinking than your own. "Everyone knows there is a God". What a remarkably stupid thing to say. How can you possibly claim to know what everyone thinks? Making downright pretentious claims like these makes it people even less likely to believe that you have "proof" that Jesus didn't decompose, which any reasonable person would immediately regard as just plain silly regardless.
sedor123 2 years ago
1. What evidence
2. The peacocks tail plays a clear role in mating
3. No, everyone doesn't know there is a god.
4. It's easier to believe a comfortable lie than the truth. People always exhibit psychological defence mechanisms.
Abaharaki 2 years ago 2
I only wish that I could give you several thumbs down...
jhopgen 2 years ago
man, it is amaizing how much history you know. have you heard about Ptolemeus, Herodototus, Pithagora , Platon , Socrates.....etc
have you heard about Atlantis? something similar with what is happening now , it happen to be name RD , happened there........if you want to know more about it PRAY to the one who is the Life. beacause He loves you
bodoarca 2 years ago
I have no idea what that response is supposed to accomplish. Even after I remove all the typos it still makes no sense. Maybe you should learn how to spell the names of famous philosophers before you drag them into a haphazard argument.
If "the one who is the life" loves me already, why do I need to pray to him? My mother loves me, I don't pray to her. In fact, I think it rather rude to pray to anyone, why not fix your own bloody problems?
ps. Atlantis? Aren't you knee deep in shit as it is?
DavidMTRutten 2 years ago
To put your faith in a man that is coming up with the things that he says b/c he feels strongly about it is not different in nonbelievers eyes than any other suggestion. There is more evidence of a God than lack of. There is proof that Jesus existed outside of the Bible. Proof that the things talked about in the Bible are not just stories. The evidence is staggering if you just look for it instead of just looking at what you want to see.
deabcd 2 years ago
He's right about people that sit on the fence.. there are more of those than anything... but just b/c that is the case doesn't make there is a lack of God or no God.. Matthew 12:39 says this -But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it. This is in reference to a generation that is identical to the generation that we live in today.
deabcd 2 years ago
I red the book "The God Delusion" and it didn´t seem to me that respect lacks there towards religious people, but scientists believers agree it doesn´t make science. It becames of course offensive for those who call temselves religious but that in fact should question what they call religion.
mcgmelo1 2 years ago
Dawkins is dead on when he identifies religions as tribal identifiers.
I will use my own tastes as an example. I could not care what race a woman is, a good one is a good one, a bad, a bad, and a risky, is risky. A woman who claims a tribal identification, that is one of repetitious historical lunacy, is simply not mentally balanced enough to be a suitable mate. Who in their right mind, would want to spend time with/have a child with, any woman claiming to be any kind of Abrahamic follower?
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
So using my own, what I feel is justifiable prejudice as example, I will not breed or intermarry with someone I believe to be terribly mentally ill. And the brain parasite we call organized religions, are among the worst mental illnesses imaginable. To do so is equivalent IMO, to marrying a crack whore, or a meth-head, or a sociopath. There simply is no pussy good enough to throw your life away for, and to be a contributor to encouraging such idiocy.
DonQuixotedeKaw 2 years ago
"Crack whore, or a meth-head, or a sociopath" can be reasoned with and easily cured, whereas a religous person cannot be reasoned with.
ogaal83 2 years ago
This is one stance I have difficulty with. The derogatory denunciation of religious people in such a demeaning way loses so many opportunities to awaken the questioning mind. If you have the capacity for compassion, you can see that reality is incredibly harsh: personal loss, painful deaths, unpunished cruelty are difficult for anyone with emotional sensitivity to bear. Believers may be delusional, but many are loving, sensitive people who deserve, not special respect, but compassion.
laraesque 2 years ago
The interviewer isn't (I think) an idiot, he is supposed to be the adversary to his guest, to take the opposite stand, that doesn't mean he's actually a believer.
stfnsmnc 2 years ago 5
Indeed, it's his job as journalist.
dawkinschannel 2 years ago
The interviewer is a major idiot and obviously hostile to Dawkins. His tactic was to keep changing direction to avoid being out manouvered by Dawkins. Go Richard.
ramanaross 2 years ago
This interviewer is another idiot.
johnnyk2112 2 years ago
As a journalist it's his job to ask critical questions. Maybe he agrees with Dawkins as a private person.
BUT... the BBC should be just as critical towards all the absurd religions! :-)
dawkinschannel 2 years ago
I get so frustrated hearing the same treatment Dawkins gets when being interviewed. They always want to label him as unfair or "a fundamentalist". Because he's an atheist, they act like everything he says is so horribly cruel. Of course a theist can say we're amoral and should kill ourselves, but that's different! (heavy sarcasm).
ManicEightBall 2 years ago 4
Love it how Dawkins sets thing straight at 08:03 onwards.
pienipaha 2 years ago
Hello, I'm #2
Alakrit 2 years ago
First comment :O
I <3 Dawkins
woohootrainiscoming 2 years ago