Thank you dawkins.. I had such a traumatic time in my childhood because my parents were christian and I wasn't. THank you for mentioning the mental abuse.
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
Recently scienstists say that neutrinos may travel faster than light which if true will contradict the most fundamental laws accepted in physics, do scientists try and deny that neutrinos travel faster than light? No they welcome the idea that things we believed to be true may be wrong because science is ONLY concerned with the truth not fighting new evidence so we can continue to believe accepted dogmas that's religion.
@nathfrancis01 Well put, that's the fundamental difference between scientific understanding, which advances, & religious dogma, which retards.
09:25 I had to laugh, the interviewer says RD has a big brain. My 7 year old son recently said to me, "Dad, I don't have a big brain, but I have big thoughts." You don't need a Dawkin's sized intellect to comprehend the absolute correctness of the theory of evolution.
Now you don't have to be stupid to be a believer, but it helps.
This is definetely one of Dawkins best interviews. Since he said exactly what he meant, and was able to show his arguments in a very logic way.
If ANYONE wants to watch a good discussion between Richard Dawkins and a rational theist, his conversation with Alister McGrath was pretty interesting: /watch?v=wxc0NpTZE18
ATLASofCREATION dot c O m ... Atheism Exposed.. See also Video on youtube *EVOLUTION DECEIT* and *COLLAPSE OF EVOLUTION*, both are documentaries made from the books of the same author as of ATLASofCREATION dot c O m, Adnan Oktar(Harun Yahya). Also Visit AQIDAH.COM, type *DARWIN* in search and read the article. Evolution is a deviant Aqeedah first started by Mutazilah(and Sufis etc) dating 1000 years before Darwin. Darwins contemporary called it *Muhammden Theory*.
I recently threw off the shackles of Catholicism and am very proud for it. I've been watching Dawkins' videos and he points out many of the things I've been thinking of. I think it's time to go buy his book.
sids500; I certainly would not wish to be locked in your brain; you sound like a man in a workshop full of fine tools that is convinced that he only has a hammer and that it is sufficient for all purposes. As for Dawkins having humility, that is something that would be difficult to prove due to a serious lack of evidence..
bachcomber2008; Dawkins was assuming the questioner was sugesting the abandonment of logic when in fact he was sugesting that logic was one of a range o tools we have in our brains to understand the Universe, and that too many people lock themselves into their cerebral cortex to the detriment of their intelligence. i thought he
made a valid point, while dawkins just ranted about a sphghetti monster..
@niallobinghe One thing dawkins never does is "rant". He is calm, assured, intelligent, eloquent, although not as much as someone like Sam Harris. But his knowledge is vast and his reasoning is sound and logical, with a touch of humility, something to which religion does not relate!
acmedboy, I can walk away from all of those comodities, but i cannot walk away from
global warming, p.c.b's in my air, frankenstein crops and many other chemicals i did
not ask for. I am not anti Science, i just do not like the arrogance that goes with its aplication; 'Don't worry, we're clever enough to coe up with all the solutions, meanwhile, we will make a living by being part of the problem...
@niallobinghe He answers the final ridiculous question very well. He points out that without logic, anything is then fair game and possible. The world of reason, discovery, evidence, proof, belief falls down, and anarchy reigns in the mind. There could be no discussion about anything. a perfectly valid and "logical" answer.
Interestingly, Dawkins did not understand the final question, which dealt with the limitations of logic. He assumes that all phenomena can be squeezed through its parameters and be understood. Only a small part of our brains is concerned with logical Problem solving; Dawkins is akin to a man with a mansion that only occupies the front room.
the last question is very intersting, because Dawkins accused Lawrence Krauss of being irrational, since Krauss argued in his debate with Craig that logic is invalid ^^
DAWKINS THE WORLD BIGGEST LIE ! IF WE ALL TURNED IN TO ATHEIST RIGHT NOW . THERE WILL STILL BE MURDERS RAPES . KILLING HATE . WARS ! IF YOU GOT RID OF RELIGION PEOPLE WOULD JUST FIND ANOTHER REASON TO KILL . COME ON DO YOU PEOPLE REALY THINK THIS MAN NO,S WHAT HE TALKING ABOUT . IN THE ROMAN DAYS NO BODY FOLLOW GOD . AND TRILLIONS DIED IN THE ROMAN DAYS . THIS MAN IS INSANE .
@thinkalott33 Lawl, are you trolling. First of all, stop using caps lock, it makes you seem like a child. Secondly, the Romans were highly religious. I don't know where you've heard otherwise, but you're totaly wrong. They followed Latin adaptations of the Greek Pagan gods, such as Mars and Venus, also known as Ares and Aphrodite. They killed Christians because they were of a different faith. Later, when Christianity took over, they massacred Pagans for having a different faith. Religion kills.
@HippieGuitarBoy I SAID ROMANS DID NOT FOLLOW GOD ! AND I WILL USE CAPS AS LONG AS I WANT TO WHO ARE YOU . YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE ! OH . YOU THINK I,M ONE OF THOSE ONES YOU CAN JUST RUN OVER . THINK JUST BECAUSE I,M ON GOD SIDE I CANT FIGHT BACK . I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WAR . SO I AM READY FOR WAR ! SO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE THIS IS MY PASSION .
AND THAT IS WHY SCIENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING . THAT IS WHY WE NEED GOD . SCIENCE IS GOOD BECAUSE IT SAVES LIFE . BUT TO MAKE SCIENCE EVERYTHING AND TO BLOCK OUT GOD IS INSANE . SO WHEN SCIENCE CANT SAVE YOU IN THE AFTER LIFE YOU NEED GOD GET IT . BECAUSE HE AND HE ONLY HAVE THE POWER TO BRING YOU BACK AFTER YOU BEN IN THE GROUND FOR YEARS . SCIENCE CAN ONLY HELP YOU WHEN YOU ARE ALIVE BUT AFTER THAT WHAT CAN SCIENCE DO ?
@SaraNorman123 What has he said or done that makes him a twat?
He seems to have kept a very cool head in the interview, and hasn't stepped beyond the bounds of what he can justify and defend. Honestly, he's a bit too soft spoken and polite for my taste. I would reccomend that you go and watch Christopher Hitchens. He might very well send you into a fit.
Also, for the sake of accuracy. Atheist isn't quite an accurate description. Polite and mild as he is, he's much more of an antitheist.
@HippieGuitarBoy i'm not talking about this interview in particular but in the other programs he's done that i've watched and stuff he's really hypocritical and stuff and narrown minded as hell!
Science has no dogma, nor is it an ideology. It is a method of measuring and observing the nature world to discover the truths about it.
If you are anti-science, then I suggest you leave the computer you're currently on, leave your house, your car, your clothes, electricity, and ever other product of scientific discovery that your hypocritical life is dependent on.
@achmedboy If we as believers believe that God made man in His image with the intelligence to subdue the earth and rule over the earth , How could we be against any invention or discovery or record of "measuring and observing the natural world and the truths about. When you discover "The Creator you may want to stop accusing people who believe the truth about God of being hypocritical.
@rocksoli4 I would really love to give your point some credit here on the assumption that you're talking about deism. This is the miscommunication: Science is based on logic. The same exact logic you're using to try to argue a point. I'm not calling you an idiot, I'm trying to relate the fact that the second you apply logical thinking to what is provenly known about the natural world and the universe, the insurmountable evidence clearly defies the dogma of the thousands of religions past/present
@achmedboy Logical thinking is the problem it is based on what we have discovered on what we know and have proven.... yet if i say to you I have experienced God and know Him you call it delusion .....logically speaking if you were to experience God's love......it would logically follow that there is a spirit world that others haven't experienced and you would be as evangelical as many other Christians. Seek and you will find.
@rocksoli4 I wouldn't accuse you of delusion. But as a psychologist, I understand and research just how malleable and fallible the human brain really is. Our fear. My neighbor used to sing about how beautifully god had designed her dog (a pug).. It gave her so much joy. "So loved by god to have this smug little face and curly tail follow her everyday"... Until she realized that we have artificially selected all 400 breeds of dogs from the first domesticated wolves, documented over 500 years.
@rocksoli4 I'm not understanding the relevance of your question (with the exception of horrible acts done in the name of gods or ideology). The simplest answer to a very complex question is empathy and education. The preaching of "eye for an eye" has been quite harmful. There's nothing moral about deterrence.
@achmedboy An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth actually means a proper balance in justice. If only the justice system was as fair as the biblical "Eye for an eye" a life for a life. If someone kills my daughter they should be killed. There's nothing moral about a rapist who dances to the tune of his DNA every time he rapes some one. Another ? For what reason would a woman who has been raped ever forgive the rapist.
@rocksoli4 What's wonderful about studying primates and specific human cases in terms of acts of violence and genocide is that true change happens when we educate ourselves about perspectives and the power of authority. This is true for all social animals. Everything is based on in-group and out-group mentality. When we change the boundaries of our in-groups, incredible acts happen. The better, and much simpler question, is "why do people persecute each other to the point of murder?"
@achmedboy some very broad points there let's break it down a bit ...I've heard this broad humanistic argument for education of people etc etc etc......I think you guys are blind to the truth as when you look at the educated high society you find nothing but ambition coruption and legalised rip offs by the banking community assited by those who run our countries the politicians..... this can't be what you are talking about are you dreaming?
@rocksoli4 Well friend, it's a complex question. I agree with you about corruption of the public elite.. but it sounds like you're implying that the more educated we are, the less moral we become? You understand that the majority of those people are religious, right? It comes back to the central point of the whole debate... ideology, greed, indoctrination, lack of education, power.. these things motivate people to do immoral acts. Only belief in god validates cutting the genitals of a young one.
@achmedboy you're shifting the goalposts matie... "The majority of those people are religious right?" No matie .....listen to what Jesus said 2000 yrs ago ...it still applies to today ..."You shall know a tree by the fruit it bears" many people say they believe in God but they don't live a life of love and forgiveness these are the fruits of those who love and represent God. Therefore you are incorrect in your assumption.
@rocksoli4 That is metaphor for, "actions speak louder that words." - Which i agree with. In fact, I think if you told the public elite you're criticizing they aren't being "correct" in their religiosity, you'd have a conflict on your hands there. On the other hand, if you really adhered to that saying, you may find a distaste for those you flock with. I don't sense this from you, but I can't ignore the, "love thy neighbor" act, when it's really, "believe us or be burned at the stake!"
@achmedboy There you go again . Can you not see that what you have said here is cloak and dagger manipulation of your own bias. You compliment me in one phrase and then insult our intelligence by finish on what you really think of Christians "Believe or be burned at the stake.
@achmedboy You cannot apraise the christian mind as you have no experience of the love that flows from the creator,you are left in a sea of synicism but you are wrong. There is a God who loves you. You must humble yourself in order to find Him. Jesus said I am theWay the truth the life the resurrection if you believe in me even though you die ,you shall live again. Study Jesus with an open mind ,you will find life and the answer to man's search for identity
@rocksoli4 What about Thor? Or Zeus? Or Krishna? There are millions of peoplee who have felt the love that flows from these creators, each one making mutually exclusive statements about their existence. If the bible says it is the one true book and the Koran says the same, and Christians and Muslims feel the same love, they can't both be right? How do you decide which is fact and which is fiction when logic and reason aren't tools in your deductive tool kit?
@rocksoli4 There's that humnility again. religions all claim to "know", whereas science continually updates and improves. It lacks the arrogance of religion, is smarter, based on evidence, and is all around us. Religion is taught as fact to young vulnerable children at an age when they are at their most gullible. I wish we could ban it from schools, and see how long religion lasts then, when adults come to it afresh and make up their own minds!
@sids500 There's that liberal mind control ...so you would ban freedom to worship God in whatever way one chooses to believe even though you are not 100% sure that thereis no creator ....so much for tolerance... to say that I know God is not arrogant it is fact.
@rocksoli4 You actually repeated the claim, marvellous. I am completely tolerant. You can believe what you like. You can worship whoever you like, but just don't preach it to unsuspecting and inadequately prepared children in schools. Let them grow to adulthood, then they can decide. i would guess religion would die within a few generations if this happened. But the question is how do we get to that siytuation? Never, I'm afraid. religious leaders, like all other ideological despots, need power.
@rocksoli4 " I know God is not arrogant it is fact." lol. I do not know that. i have the same evidence as you, as well as the same mental powers, and reasoning. i have access to the same books, the same internet, and the same peers and teachers, but i do not "know" god exists. Therefore, you cannot. It is that arrogance again. Atheists NEVER claim to "know". We have open minds. Anything goes. Science is always changing, improving our understanding, and coming ever closer to the truth.
@sids500 You could read about Jesus and know how he would react.......He is full of love but until you experience the washing of your sin away you cannot realy know God ..You must humble yourself and admit to your maker that you are basically selifsh ......when you realise that you are separated from the One who formed you in your mothers womb and has died for you to wash away that sin and make you acceptable to know God you will cry out for that washing that you may communicate with the creator
@rocksoli4 Have you actually read the bible right through? do you believe each word of it, or do you cherry-pick? Are storms still the work of god, or do you we understand meteorology? Are diseases god's punishment, or do we nowe underestand bacteria and germs? Is the planet 6000yrs old, or do we now understand it's 4.5billion year history? do you condone the murder of the amalacites, as instructed by god, or do we now know the bible is just a story? You choose. Who is most likely to be correct?
@sids500 All these points you make are debatable .......but we cannot agree because I believe the creator who created Adam and Eve from clay is very possible in fact easy for the creator..... from a protoplasm to the structure of DNA ....if God is the inicitator of them ......if we are just molecules formed and held together by Intelligent design ...then it's no problem......I believe that if God has given life to us he inherently has the right to take it away ..God doesn't need us people.
@rocksoli4 Which point exactly? Man believed storms were created by god, but now understands meteorology? How is that under dispute? Furthermore, your second point, that god does not need us. How capricious is it then, this god? Creates and destoys on a whim? And you choose to worship it? It oreder you to! Creepy. You really need to get out more, read a little other than the bible. A person who owns only 1 book is dangerous.
@achmedboy Also you seem to lump everyone into "religious people". Not all religions are the same and they can't all be "The truth i.e. if you use logic. On the point of only belief in God validates cutting off the genitals of a young one...I don't know what religion does this can you explain please.
@rocksoli4 Well, we are talking about those who believe in the supernatural and those who argue there's no evidence for it, are we not? Is that not reason and rationality vs faith and superstition? It's not like I give certain religions more/less credit.. believing in divine certainty in any form is ridiculous and dangerous on a global sense. And I didn't say, "Cut off genitals" I was referring to the other 2 Abrahamic religions who practice circumcision in the name of divine commandment.
@achmedboy Let me correct your loose assumption which I find prevelant with most atheists I have posted to. Circumcision is not cutting off the genitals of a young one .You have used very negative inflammatory language. Have you heard the saying "Half the truth is whole of a lie" Remember it it will serve you well. It seems you are not interested in truth if you lump all religions together as ridiculous. I supppose the discovery of electricity was poo pooed because people didn't understand it.
@rocksoli4 To quote a dictionary: "1.The act of excising or amputating the foreskin or prepuce from the penis.
2.The act of excising tissue from the vulva of the female."
By definition, circumcision is the mutilation of the genitals. It just so happens that religion and tradition usually have this ritual occur when someone is around infancy.
@rocksoli4 I fear you have a very closed view of what relative morality is. Is it moral to be stoning people for adultery or apostasy as holy books dictate for example? Why do we not practice those laws? Rational, logical, reasoning... the ability to say, "I'm not sure." That is the path to education. The socially corrupt aren't typically scientists for a reason. They are individuals, indoctrinated into systems of power, greed, and ideology. Not Einstein, Sagan, or Russell etc... :).
@rocksoli4 Check Nuremberg Trials or the Milgram experiment. To know how "programmable" we are is to recognize our own indoctrinations. If someone calls you and tells you they have your child hostage, your entire physiology will change. If a small portion of your brain is removed, your entire personality will change. It takes sugar to create thought. These facts only empower us to better understand one-another and be empathetic to the human experience. It's just not as simple as right or wrong.
@achmedboy I understand where you are coming from but I have read many true stories about Christians whose son and daughters have been shot/tortured in front of them but they will not denounce their faith in God. People question why Abraham would kill his own son. But if he he had witnessed God's miracle power he must have believed that God could raise Isacc from the dead as God had promised him decendants as numerous as the sands.
@achmedboy The early Christians and their children sang praise to God as the lions approached them. They must've believed in life after death. A friend of mine is in the 4th stage of cancer yet she is full of praise for Jesus, you can see the joy in her eyes...is she fooling herself. Yes the mind is a very powerful thing but when the rubber hits the road we find out what is an illusion
@rocksoli4 I feel for your friend. Anyone is more than free to believe in what they want, so long as it doesn't cross my boundary. If her beliefs in a flying tea-pot brought her comfort, i'd suggest it in that case... placebo is a powerful thing. I can see how emotionally invested you are in your beliefs, and how much of you're identity has become invested in your world view, so I'll peacefully make my last post...
@achmedboy The Christians I know are salt of the earth their value system is based on loving their creator and all the created ones i.e. a brotherhood of man they deny themselves to serve others but their motive is firstly to make the name of Jesus the source of life a glorious name to be loved and not used as a swear word. Beautiful imperfect forgiving people.
@achmedboy We were created to love but in order for us to achieve that we must admit our sin (selfishness) we are the problem. This is the starting point for the salvation of mankind.
@rocksoli4 You say, I just don't know "god's love" as you do or that others don't practice their faiths correctly. What's moral about saying that? Wouldn't you better fulfill the role of "loving" by accepting others, rather than arguing with them over the internet (self-fulfillment)? The most wonderful part about atheism is the freedom to say, "Im not sure." I'm not claiming to prove any certainty to anyone else... I am free to enjoy life, until I'm told I have to believe in something. GL to u:)
Indeed Richard Dawkins is a very intelligent scientist and educator. Theologians are not interested in the scientific facts of the evolution, the only think they will have is belief. This is why believers become so aggressive because they don't have any facts. It really is typical for a muslim to talk about planting a bomb. Something seriously needs to be done!
@Mr1in1000000 ATLASofCREATION dot c O m ... Atheism Exposed.. See also Video on youtube *EVOLUTION DECEIT* and *COLLAPSE OF EVOLUTION*, both are documentaries made from the books of the same author as of ATLASofCREATION dot c O m, Adnan Oktar(Harun Yahya). Also Visit AQIDAH.COM, type *DARWIN* in search and read the article. Evolution is a deviant Aqeedah first started by Mutazilah(and Sufis etc) dating 1000 years before Darwin. Darwins contemporary called it *Muhammden Theory*.
Humans throughout the world will eventually accept evolution as fact. They just have to go through the same stages that a terminally ill person goes through:
1) Denial
2) Anger
3) Bargaining
4) Depression
5) Acceptance
Most of the world today is stuck in the "denial" stage, while the developed world is, for the most part, in the "bargaining" stage (e.g. "maybe God CREATED evolution!").
Only an enlightened few are in the "acceptance" stage. Patience, my friends.
Whoose children are you talking about? Do you mean my own? .For your enlightenment our main teaching is "Love your neighbour as yourself and your enemies. Whether or not they are Christian or not . Total inclusion. Tell me where your problem is and don't keep harping on about "people like me"(whatever that means) who you accuse of being a danger to children. Explain your poisionous accusations or stop spouting hot air.
All atheists out there who have no hope in this short span of time. What would you say to a 12 yr old child with a week to live who has terminal cancer
@rocksoli4 You could lie and tell him/her some consoling biblical anecdote about hope, but that is not gonna make religion true or save his/her live. religious people are afraid, they must learn to deal with death in a more healthy way. Death It's part of live, whether we are adults or not
@JMFVECU That's a very judgemental accusation there buddy. Do you think all Christians are liars? Do you really think a Loving true believer in God would lie to his child about such matters. Maybe it is you who have got it all wrong and your belief in Mr Dawkins' preaching as a calculated denying of the Intelligent Designer we call God will in the end lead to eternal separation from God when eternal life is the lost treasure
@rocksoli4 I do not think D-elusional people are aware of their alucinations, in some cases i do not even mistrust their sincerity when praying god, but that does not make religion less dangerous to children, and then again sincerity, and faith does not make religion true. By the way my disgust by lies and religion began when i was 6 years old. But then my parents and society had the power to silence me. That, fortunately, is now changed.
@JMFVECU I follow Jesus Christ. So many prophesies about His coming. If it is true about Him and that he is God in the flesh and he did heal the sick and raise the dead and walk on water You then have the answer to how the universe began. Mr Dawkins is obviously amazed by nature but he is as dogmatic about "his" truth when he cannot know the answer to how or who initiated the begining of the universe.
@JMFVECU In essence he has his own faith in knowledge and its incompleteness and then concludes dogmatically that he is right and "his"truth is truth. He then attacks with ridicule and insults people who don't agree with him who believe in Jesus as Good come down. Truth by itself is incomplete Truth in love is a life giving power.
@JMFVECU The one's who live in their own truth who insult others are very different from those who walk in truth and love. you won't find a true Christian insult another person. Jesus said "You will know a tree by the fruit it bears" God is evident through people of the spirit of God who display the fruits of the spirit Love joy peace patience kindness faithfullness and self control. Men without the spirit of God will in their arrogance rrsort to insults just like Mr Dawkinsre
@rocksoli4 Sorry but to feel offended is not an argument. And again, The fact that religious people feel insulted by atheists remarks does not make religion true. You call to stop criticizing religion because religious people feel ofended?. Please do not give me that-:). I do not doubt you sincerity in your believe, but you are alucinating!, and people like that are a threat for children, adults, and society as a whole
@JMFVECU That’s where you are wrong I am not offended because I understand your position. Because you think you are right about there being no God you automatically take the superior standpoint and throw all kinds of insults and accusations. Jesus said "What the heart is full of the mouth speaks" also from a good spring comes good water, you cannot get good water from polluted water.
@JMFVECU In fact everything He said is true. he also said "about himself "If you believe in me even though you die ,you will live again. Why would a man who loves truth and pretence make such a statement if it wasn't true. That is what you need to find out for yourself. i urge you to read the New Testament and while doing so ask god to reveal himself to you ....If He really is there of course.
@rocksoli4 Whether people like you like it or not, reason will prevail, and at the end this superstition versus science and reason debate will end up in a legislation to protect children from people like you. I do still believe you have the right to believe in what you choose to believe. But you should not have the right to indoctrinate/baptise and legally and morally compromise children in your personal belief. That is all!.
Have no hope? Who's talking about not having any hope?
By putting that out there, your not stating anything tbh, I can same the same about a child that has been molested by a catholic priest, although that is a different case.
@SaberOtaku I'm so happy there are people like you. People who are open-minded to the truth, who listen and understand Dawkins' arguments and accept them. Rationality should always win, but sadly, it isn't true.
@rvn84 Dawkins doesnt say that there is absolutely no god in the same way that we cant be absolutely sure that unicorns dont exists. He even said that on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being 100% sure god does exist and 10 being 100% sure he doesnt exist he'd be a 9 - or a 9.9999.
Always knew I was an atheist, but your book and arguments gave me a much better understanding of why, and helped me make decisions of how to stand by it in my daily life.
The proofs of the Creation by an Almighty God Who is the designer of His Universe, is thankfully so abundant that we may feel confident in believing its fundamental truth. God loves you all.
atheists have a double standard. they argue that people who follow religions blindly follow outdated religious books and say they are backwards. they say they follow brutal and violent religious leaders, yet aren't they doing the same thing with Richard dawkins. soon people will call him a prophet. Also atheists give references from his book and give a blind eye to references from the quran and bible. something to think about.
@malikidmc Nobody is going to call Mr.dawkins as a prophet.U see thats the diff between atheist and people who believe in their faiths in a blind way...
@malikidmc "atheists have a double standard. they argue that people who follow religions blindly follow outdated religious books and say they are backwards. they say they follow brutal and violent religious leaders, yet aren't they doing the same thing with Richard dawkins. soon people will call him a prophet. Also atheists give references from his book and give a blind eye to references from the quran and bible. something to think about."
@nordhorny exactly what i mean. atheists think people with religion are ignorant and dumb. if a religious person confronts u you just call him dumb and stupid.
@malikidmc You cannot claim that as a general rule, it depends upon the individual, both comments of yours generalise too much !
I am an athiest and I would not do as you claim 'we' would...there are good reasons for this and of course there are those that would and do, but again you cannot tar all with the same brush !
@malikidmc Atheists give references from his book probably those things are backed up by evidence and can be proved to be true. This doesn't suddenly make him a 'prophet' (how silly). References from a holy book cannot be proved (and in many cases have actually been shown to be completely false), and so presenting such arguments is foolish. References from holy books are laughable as they have as much proven fact within them as using references from from children's fairytale stories.
Dawkins is lying when he says a man should stone his wife if he finds that she is not a virgin. That was an old testament law put in place to stop women fornicating before marraige. Also "the golden rule is ripped off from the teaching of Jesus. "Do to others as you would have them do to you the whole Law and the prophets are based on this".
@rocksoli4 what he is trying to say is that philosophy is a better source for comfort because with religion you get some of that, vaguely, and all the other hysterical teachings like jesus giving birth to a virgin, which in case any person with a brain and a super basic knowledge of human anatomy would of course say that that is physically impossible.
@SaberOtaku You bought he's book! Then you deserve to be a dick head, I loved your use of the the word successfully, that proved you were a 99% dick head NOW YOUR A 100% DICK HEAD
After watching so many US interviews with Dawkins it makes me proud and thankful to live in Britain because it's much more liberating to have this openness in the public media about the facts of the world and that TV broadcasters like the BBC do not impose their own emotions nearly as much as the most popular broadcasters in the US do. Now if only the weather and general state of the majority of the UK wasn't so depressing and grey I'd say we've got a fantastic country to live in!
1:55 Just another Mohamad with another tiresome and repetative brain dead question displaying his lack of research and understanding about what he is arguing against. I wish these people would take the time to learn instead of confidently dismissing the facts because it goes against what they want to believe.
I'm sure Dawkins is so tired of hearing the same old questions. He has more patience and tact that I do.
I really liked how this host was a facilitator for his guest in the show. He let Dawkins speak and it promoted a very interesting, though short exposition of his opinions on important matters.
I've seen how in America some hosts are just terrible when facing oposite points of view in their shows.
@MamaMario13 According to several Gallup polls, as well as a study by Trinity University and other institutions, including the Pew Research Center, religiosity is indeed declining in the U.S. In fact, they expect 1/4 of Americans to claim to have no religious affiliation in 20 years.
I don't think most people who dispute evolution understand it.Its just how animals are born slightly different and how the differences can help them survive.If it cold then a hairy baby animal is more likely to survive,over generations of cold weather this continues until your left with mostly hairy animals.That's how mammoths evolved from elephants over the ice age.The Nazis murdered races they deemed inferior which isn't evolution its just racism.
@YesYou123333 please explain this comment and number....Dawkin is not trying to show you a way of life or a model of society, he is simply telling pople what is true....that god doesnt exist. If religion helps you to live a good life then follow it but do not pass this untruth onto your children or onto others.
Christianity ahh. The worlds favorite whipping boy! It has become a fashion statement to be Anti-Christian. If you're morally, ethically, religiously or developmentally challenged, just say you're Anti-Christian and problems are solved. People can now assume you are an enlightened being beyond the abyss of ignorance, and superior to Christians (those fools)! But who is willing enough to be labeled Anti-Semitic? Bold enough to expose Atheism? Wise enough to question the claims of Evolution?
@ezilahh "But who is willing enough to be labeled Anti-Semitic?" Having something against/ hating a people is a vastly different thing than challenging the beliefs of people.
"Bold enough to expose Atheism?" Care to clarify how you would... expose... atheism?
"Wise enough to question the claims of Evolution?" Questioning is good, if it leads you to search for answers. The answers you will find, however, will tell you questioning evolution isn't such a bright thing at all.
Rightly put - I'm Atheist, I'm not anti-christian, anti-semetic, or anti-muslim. I concede in evolution and it invites questioning, science is all about questions. I think ezilahh said that AS a Christian and therefore chipped off pretty biased.
yes shutupa yo faceuh....babada-boopi
EdmundsB0 2 weeks ago
Thank you dawkins.. I had such a traumatic time in my childhood because my parents were christian and I wasn't. THank you for mentioning the mental abuse.
GedenWilbur 1 month ago in playlist Richard Dawkins: Interviews
English athiest bastards.
janole3711 2 months ago
@janole3711 Shut up.
beatonm198 1 month ago
@janole3711 shut up
Logicmaster91 3 weeks ago
@janole3711 haha you bastard!
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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
Recently scienstists say that neutrinos may travel faster than light which if true will contradict the most fundamental laws accepted in physics, do scientists try and deny that neutrinos travel faster than light? No they welcome the idea that things we believed to be true may be wrong because science is ONLY concerned with the truth not fighting new evidence so we can continue to believe accepted dogmas that's religion.
nathfrancis01 3 months ago
@nathfrancis01 Well put, that's the fundamental difference between scientific understanding, which advances, & religious dogma, which retards.
09:25 I had to laugh, the interviewer says RD has a big brain. My 7 year old son recently said to me, "Dad, I don't have a big brain, but I have big thoughts." You don't need a Dawkin's sized intellect to comprehend the absolute correctness of the theory of evolution.
Now you don't have to be stupid to be a believer, but it helps.
GuillemotWatcher 3 months ago
hahaha awkward moment when muhammid talks about planting a bomb.....
Chav3193 3 months ago 11
This is definetely one of Dawkins best interviews. Since he said exactly what he meant, and was able to show his arguments in a very logic way.
If ANYONE wants to watch a good discussion between Richard Dawkins and a rational theist, his conversation with Alister McGrath was pretty interesting: /watch?v=wxc0NpTZE18
pedroluizb 3 months ago
If the multiverse theory is right then a lot is resolved:
Theres an infinite number of universes
Each universe has there own laws of physics
Among all these types some will be suitable for stars & planets & galaxies to form
Among all these planets some will be suitable for life
Life forms
Life evolves
One species reaches a point of intelligence to construct things for survival
As they ask questions there first assumptions is super natural
And here we are today.
deanmullen10 3 months ago
science Akkbar !!!
mideastatheist 3 months ago
Science > religion
channelle74 3 months ago
Atheists are HIJACKING Science... Save Science from Atheism
AbuRaad7373 4 months ago
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AbuRaad7373 4 months ago
@kingv911 Can you possibly post a reply without the word douchebag in it ? You are such a queer.
critic480 4 months ago
Fuck man, richard dawkins should run for prime minister.
TheBorderlineShadow 4 months ago
@PokerPlum I don`t belive in Santa Clauss, but I do believe in the Japanese soldier who filled your mother`s cunt with his semen :)
HAHAH stupid CHINK :)
LiqiangEatShit 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you get the teapot refrence!!! :-)
PKrules12 5 months ago 4
I recently threw off the shackles of Catholicism and am very proud for it. I've been watching Dawkins' videos and he points out many of the things I've been thinking of. I think it's time to go buy his book.
GrimMerros 6 months ago 3
@GrimMerros I'm glad for you. :)
Task5003 6 months ago
Richard Dawkins saved me :)
unbreakabl83 7 months ago
Trust Mohammed to be planting bombs...
BiffyCrasp 7 months ago
Lol, 'Mohamed from South London writes' ... it's gonna be bullshit.
ZF1000 8 months ago 15
sids500; I certainly would not wish to be locked in your brain; you sound like a man in a workshop full of fine tools that is convinced that he only has a hammer and that it is sufficient for all purposes. As for Dawkins having humility, that is something that would be difficult to prove due to a serious lack of evidence..
niallobinghe 9 months ago
If you don't like science you can stop using your computer and go live in a forset completely nude...
ComputerScience54 9 months ago
Six years of Bush?.....I didnt know Dr Dawkins Smoked.
dilwich123 9 months ago
July 17, 2007.....look at the date posted. bush had only been in power for six years.
MaliCoq 9 months ago
bachcomber2008; Dawkins was assuming the questioner was sugesting the abandonment of logic when in fact he was sugesting that logic was one of a range o tools we have in our brains to understand the Universe, and that too many people lock themselves into their cerebral cortex to the detriment of their intelligence. i thought he
made a valid point, while dawkins just ranted about a sphghetti monster..
niallobinghe 9 months ago
@niallobinghe One thing dawkins never does is "rant". He is calm, assured, intelligent, eloquent, although not as much as someone like Sam Harris. But his knowledge is vast and his reasoning is sound and logical, with a touch of humility, something to which religion does not relate!
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TheNitricOxide 9 months ago
acmedboy, I can walk away from all of those comodities, but i cannot walk away from
global warming, p.c.b's in my air, frankenstein crops and many other chemicals i did
not ask for. I am not anti Science, i just do not like the arrogance that goes with its aplication; 'Don't worry, we're clever enough to coe up with all the solutions, meanwhile, we will make a living by being part of the problem...
niallobinghe 9 months ago
One of Dawkin's favourite techniques when he does not understand a question or
is out of his depth is to ridicule the questioner, as he does with the final question.
niallobinghe 9 months ago
@niallobinghe Excuse me - or were you listening to something else?
Seeing that he and I agree entirely, I beg to differ
He perfectly understood the question, and answered it
Why didn't you understand his answer?
beachcomber2008 9 months ago
@niallobinghe He answers the final ridiculous question very well. He points out that without logic, anything is then fair game and possible. The world of reason, discovery, evidence, proof, belief falls down, and anarchy reigns in the mind. There could be no discussion about anything. a perfectly valid and "logical" answer.
sids500 9 months ago
Hippieguitarboy; Over 60% of American boys undergo this form of mutilation in the
first week of ife, the vast majority for non-medical reasons; No wonder they lurch
around the word shooting at anything they are told is the enemy, they are trying to
find expression for their childhood mutilation [Just Google Circumciion for the facts.]
niallobinghe 9 months ago
Interestingly, Dawkins did not understand the final question, which dealt with the limitations of logic. He assumes that all phenomena can be squeezed through its parameters and be understood. Only a small part of our brains is concerned with logical Problem solving; Dawkins is akin to a man with a mansion that only occupies the front room.
niallobinghe 9 months ago
the last question is very intersting, because Dawkins accused Lawrence Krauss of being irrational, since Krauss argued in his debate with Craig that logic is invalid ^^
marteco 9 months ago
lol, i loved the way he ripped apart steve wests email
Innovater6 9 months ago
DAWKINS THE WORLD BIGGEST LIE ! IF WE ALL TURNED IN TO ATHEIST RIGHT NOW . THERE WILL STILL BE MURDERS RAPES . KILLING HATE . WARS ! IF YOU GOT RID OF RELIGION PEOPLE WOULD JUST FIND ANOTHER REASON TO KILL . COME ON DO YOU PEOPLE REALY THINK THIS MAN NO,S WHAT HE TALKING ABOUT . IN THE ROMAN DAYS NO BODY FOLLOW GOD . AND TRILLIONS DIED IN THE ROMAN DAYS . THIS MAN IS INSANE .
thinkalott33 10 months ago
@thinkalott33 Lawl, are you trolling. First of all, stop using caps lock, it makes you seem like a child. Secondly, the Romans were highly religious. I don't know where you've heard otherwise, but you're totaly wrong. They followed Latin adaptations of the Greek Pagan gods, such as Mars and Venus, also known as Ares and Aphrodite. They killed Christians because they were of a different faith. Later, when Christianity took over, they massacred Pagans for having a different faith. Religion kills.
HippieGuitarBoy 10 months ago
@HippieGuitarBoy I SAID ROMANS DID NOT FOLLOW GOD ! AND I WILL USE CAPS AS LONG AS I WANT TO WHO ARE YOU . YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE ! OH . YOU THINK I,M ONE OF THOSE ONES YOU CAN JUST RUN OVER . THINK JUST BECAUSE I,M ON GOD SIDE I CANT FIGHT BACK . I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WAR . SO I AM READY FOR WAR ! SO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE THIS IS MY PASSION .
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AND THAT IS WHY SCIENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING . THAT IS WHY WE NEED GOD . SCIENCE IS GOOD BECAUSE IT SAVES LIFE . BUT TO MAKE SCIENCE EVERYTHING AND TO BLOCK OUT GOD IS INSANE . SO WHEN SCIENCE CANT SAVE YOU IN THE AFTER LIFE YOU NEED GOD GET IT . BECAUSE HE AND HE ONLY HAVE THE POWER TO BRING YOU BACK AFTER YOU BEN IN THE GROUND FOR YEARS . SCIENCE CAN ONLY HELP YOU WHEN YOU ARE ALIVE BUT AFTER THAT WHAT CAN SCIENCE DO ?
thinkalott33 10 months ago
i don't mind atheists but he's just a twat...
SaraNorman123 10 months ago
@SaraNorman123 What has he said or done that makes him a twat?
He seems to have kept a very cool head in the interview, and hasn't stepped beyond the bounds of what he can justify and defend. Honestly, he's a bit too soft spoken and polite for my taste. I would reccomend that you go and watch Christopher Hitchens. He might very well send you into a fit.
Also, for the sake of accuracy. Atheist isn't quite an accurate description. Polite and mild as he is, he's much more of an antitheist.
HippieGuitarBoy 10 months ago
@HippieGuitarBoy i'm not talking about this interview in particular but in the other programs he's done that i've watched and stuff he's really hypocritical and stuff and narrown minded as hell!
SaraNorman123 10 months ago
@SaraNorman123 If you dislike him so much, WHY DO YOU KEEP WATCHING HIM?
Now, just out of personal interest, I'd love an example of his "narrown" mindedness, if you could provide one.
HippieGuitarBoy 9 months ago
people that can't even spell 'liar'... shows the sort of people that think dawkins is wrong
fintonomalley 10 months ago
brilliant dawkins
fudgeface91 10 months ago
DAWKINS IS LIER !
thinkalott33 10 months ago
@thinkalott33 HELLO HOW ARE YOU DOING HOW ABOUT NOT ABUSING OF CAPS LOCK??
2CSST2 10 months ago
@2CSST2 sorry BUT I LIKE IT
thinkalott33 10 months ago
@2CSST2 Indeed. He's quite a child. One may also note that he spelt, "allot", or "a lot", wrong in his name.
HippieGuitarBoy 10 months ago
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simplechocolatediet 10 months ago
I think this man is a genius, the way he articulates everything I also think
GelatinousPineapple 10 months ago
Science has no dogma, nor is it an ideology. It is a method of measuring and observing the nature world to discover the truths about it.
If you are anti-science, then I suggest you leave the computer you're currently on, leave your house, your car, your clothes, electricity, and ever other product of scientific discovery that your hypocritical life is dependent on.
achmedboy 10 months ago 50
@achmedboy If we as believers believe that God made man in His image with the intelligence to subdue the earth and rule over the earth , How could we be against any invention or discovery or record of "measuring and observing the natural world and the truths about. When you discover "The Creator you may want to stop accusing people who believe the truth about God of being hypocritical.
rocksoli4 10 months ago
@rocksoli4 I would really love to give your point some credit here on the assumption that you're talking about deism. This is the miscommunication: Science is based on logic. The same exact logic you're using to try to argue a point. I'm not calling you an idiot, I'm trying to relate the fact that the second you apply logical thinking to what is provenly known about the natural world and the universe, the insurmountable evidence clearly defies the dogma of the thousands of religions past/present
achmedboy 10 months ago 2
@achmedboy Logical thinking is the problem it is based on what we have discovered on what we know and have proven.... yet if i say to you I have experienced God and know Him you call it delusion .....logically speaking if you were to experience God's love......it would logically follow that there is a spirit world that others haven't experienced and you would be as evangelical as many other Christians. Seek and you will find.
rocksoli4 10 months ago
@achmedboy Listen to Ravi Zacharias "Why I am not an atheist"
rocksoli4 10 months ago
@rocksoli4 I wouldn't accuse you of delusion. But as a psychologist, I understand and research just how malleable and fallible the human brain really is. Our fear. My neighbor used to sing about how beautifully god had designed her dog (a pug).. It gave her so much joy. "So loved by god to have this smug little face and curly tail follow her everyday"... Until she realized that we have artificially selected all 400 breeds of dogs from the first domesticated wolves, documented over 500 years.
achmedboy 10 months ago 6
@achmedboy Why do people forgive others you have persecuted them?
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 Sorry, What are you asking? :) Can you rephrase that?
achmedboy 9 months ago
@achmedboy why or how can one man forgive another who has persecuted them to the point of nearly killing them?
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 I'm not understanding the relevance of your question (with the exception of horrible acts done in the name of gods or ideology). The simplest answer to a very complex question is empathy and education. The preaching of "eye for an eye" has been quite harmful. There's nothing moral about deterrence.
achmedboy 9 months ago
@achmedboy An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth actually means a proper balance in justice. If only the justice system was as fair as the biblical "Eye for an eye" a life for a life. If someone kills my daughter they should be killed. There's nothing moral about a rapist who dances to the tune of his DNA every time he rapes some one. Another ? For what reason would a woman who has been raped ever forgive the rapist.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 What's wonderful about studying primates and specific human cases in terms of acts of violence and genocide is that true change happens when we educate ourselves about perspectives and the power of authority. This is true for all social animals. Everything is based on in-group and out-group mentality. When we change the boundaries of our in-groups, incredible acts happen. The better, and much simpler question, is "why do people persecute each other to the point of murder?"
achmedboy 9 months ago
@achmedboy some very broad points there let's break it down a bit ...I've heard this broad humanistic argument for education of people etc etc etc......I think you guys are blind to the truth as when you look at the educated high society you find nothing but ambition coruption and legalised rip offs by the banking community assited by those who run our countries the politicians..... this can't be what you are talking about are you dreaming?
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 Well friend, it's a complex question. I agree with you about corruption of the public elite.. but it sounds like you're implying that the more educated we are, the less moral we become? You understand that the majority of those people are religious, right? It comes back to the central point of the whole debate... ideology, greed, indoctrination, lack of education, power.. these things motivate people to do immoral acts. Only belief in god validates cutting the genitals of a young one.
achmedboy 9 months ago
@achmedboy you're shifting the goalposts matie... "The majority of those people are religious right?" No matie .....listen to what Jesus said 2000 yrs ago ...it still applies to today ..."You shall know a tree by the fruit it bears" many people say they believe in God but they don't live a life of love and forgiveness these are the fruits of those who love and represent God. Therefore you are incorrect in your assumption.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 That is metaphor for, "actions speak louder that words." - Which i agree with. In fact, I think if you told the public elite you're criticizing they aren't being "correct" in their religiosity, you'd have a conflict on your hands there. On the other hand, if you really adhered to that saying, you may find a distaste for those you flock with. I don't sense this from you, but I can't ignore the, "love thy neighbor" act, when it's really, "believe us or be burned at the stake!"
achmedboy 9 months ago
@achmedboy There you go again . Can you not see that what you have said here is cloak and dagger manipulation of your own bias. You compliment me in one phrase and then insult our intelligence by finish on what you really think of Christians "Believe or be burned at the stake.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@achmedboy You cannot apraise the christian mind as you have no experience of the love that flows from the creator,you are left in a sea of synicism but you are wrong. There is a God who loves you. You must humble yourself in order to find Him. Jesus said I am theWay the truth the life the resurrection if you believe in me even though you die ,you shall live again. Study Jesus with an open mind ,you will find life and the answer to man's search for identity
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 You may find comfort and recognition in the gospels, but that isn't an argument for their accuracy.
If I may make a blunt request, present an example of solid evidense in your argument, or gtfo.
HippieGuitarBoy 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 What about Thor? Or Zeus? Or Krishna? There are millions of peoplee who have felt the love that flows from these creators, each one making mutually exclusive statements about their existence. If the bible says it is the one true book and the Koran says the same, and Christians and Muslims feel the same love, they can't both be right? How do you decide which is fact and which is fiction when logic and reason aren't tools in your deductive tool kit?
Dagens24 9 months ago
@Dagens24 Muslims don't know God's forgiveness ask any of them.Christians know they're sins are forgiven
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 There's that humnility again. religions all claim to "know", whereas science continually updates and improves. It lacks the arrogance of religion, is smarter, based on evidence, and is all around us. Religion is taught as fact to young vulnerable children at an age when they are at their most gullible. I wish we could ban it from schools, and see how long religion lasts then, when adults come to it afresh and make up their own minds!
sids500 9 months ago
@sids500 There's that liberal mind control ...so you would ban freedom to worship God in whatever way one chooses to believe even though you are not 100% sure that thereis no creator ....so much for tolerance... to say that I know God is not arrogant it is fact.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 You actually repeated the claim, marvellous. I am completely tolerant. You can believe what you like. You can worship whoever you like, but just don't preach it to unsuspecting and inadequately prepared children in schools. Let them grow to adulthood, then they can decide. i would guess religion would die within a few generations if this happened. But the question is how do we get to that siytuation? Never, I'm afraid. religious leaders, like all other ideological despots, need power.
sids500 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 " I know God is not arrogant it is fact." lol. I do not know that. i have the same evidence as you, as well as the same mental powers, and reasoning. i have access to the same books, the same internet, and the same peers and teachers, but i do not "know" god exists. Therefore, you cannot. It is that arrogance again. Atheists NEVER claim to "know". We have open minds. Anything goes. Science is always changing, improving our understanding, and coming ever closer to the truth.
sids500 9 months ago
@sids500 You could read about Jesus and know how he would react.......He is full of love but until you experience the washing of your sin away you cannot realy know God ..You must humble yourself and admit to your maker that you are basically selifsh ......when you realise that you are separated from the One who formed you in your mothers womb and has died for you to wash away that sin and make you acceptable to know God you will cry out for that washing that you may communicate with the creator
rocksoli4 8 months ago
@rocksoli4 Have you actually read the bible right through? do you believe each word of it, or do you cherry-pick? Are storms still the work of god, or do you we understand meteorology? Are diseases god's punishment, or do we nowe underestand bacteria and germs? Is the planet 6000yrs old, or do we now understand it's 4.5billion year history? do you condone the murder of the amalacites, as instructed by god, or do we now know the bible is just a story? You choose. Who is most likely to be correct?
sids500 9 months ago
@sids500 All these points you make are debatable .......but we cannot agree because I believe the creator who created Adam and Eve from clay is very possible in fact easy for the creator..... from a protoplasm to the structure of DNA ....if God is the inicitator of them ......if we are just molecules formed and held together by Intelligent design ...then it's no problem......I believe that if God has given life to us he inherently has the right to take it away ..God doesn't need us people.
rocksoli4 8 months ago
@rocksoli4 Which point exactly? Man believed storms were created by god, but now understands meteorology? How is that under dispute? Furthermore, your second point, that god does not need us. How capricious is it then, this god? Creates and destoys on a whim? And you choose to worship it? It oreder you to! Creepy. You really need to get out more, read a little other than the bible. A person who owns only 1 book is dangerous.
sids500 8 months ago
@achmedboy Also you seem to lump everyone into "religious people". Not all religions are the same and they can't all be "The truth i.e. if you use logic. On the point of only belief in God validates cutting off the genitals of a young one...I don't know what religion does this can you explain please.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 Well, we are talking about those who believe in the supernatural and those who argue there's no evidence for it, are we not? Is that not reason and rationality vs faith and superstition? It's not like I give certain religions more/less credit.. believing in divine certainty in any form is ridiculous and dangerous on a global sense. And I didn't say, "Cut off genitals" I was referring to the other 2 Abrahamic religions who practice circumcision in the name of divine commandment.
achmedboy 9 months ago
@achmedboy Let me correct your loose assumption which I find prevelant with most atheists I have posted to. Circumcision is not cutting off the genitals of a young one .You have used very negative inflammatory language. Have you heard the saying "Half the truth is whole of a lie" Remember it it will serve you well. It seems you are not interested in truth if you lump all religions together as ridiculous. I supppose the discovery of electricity was poo pooed because people didn't understand it.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 To quote a dictionary: "1.The act of excising or amputating the foreskin or prepuce from the penis.
2.The act of excising tissue from the vulva of the female."
By definition, circumcision is the mutilation of the genitals. It just so happens that religion and tradition usually have this ritual occur when someone is around infancy.
HippieGuitarBoy 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 I fear you have a very closed view of what relative morality is. Is it moral to be stoning people for adultery or apostasy as holy books dictate for example? Why do we not practice those laws? Rational, logical, reasoning... the ability to say, "I'm not sure." That is the path to education. The socially corrupt aren't typically scientists for a reason. They are individuals, indoctrinated into systems of power, greed, and ideology. Not Einstein, Sagan, or Russell etc... :).
achmedboy 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 Check Nuremberg Trials or the Milgram experiment. To know how "programmable" we are is to recognize our own indoctrinations. If someone calls you and tells you they have your child hostage, your entire physiology will change. If a small portion of your brain is removed, your entire personality will change. It takes sugar to create thought. These facts only empower us to better understand one-another and be empathetic to the human experience. It's just not as simple as right or wrong.
achmedboy 9 months ago
@achmedboy I understand where you are coming from but I have read many true stories about Christians whose son and daughters have been shot/tortured in front of them but they will not denounce their faith in God. People question why Abraham would kill his own son. But if he he had witnessed God's miracle power he must have believed that God could raise Isacc from the dead as God had promised him decendants as numerous as the sands.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@achmedboy The early Christians and their children sang praise to God as the lions approached them. They must've believed in life after death. A friend of mine is in the 4th stage of cancer yet she is full of praise for Jesus, you can see the joy in her eyes...is she fooling herself. Yes the mind is a very powerful thing but when the rubber hits the road we find out what is an illusion
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 I feel for your friend. Anyone is more than free to believe in what they want, so long as it doesn't cross my boundary. If her beliefs in a flying tea-pot brought her comfort, i'd suggest it in that case... placebo is a powerful thing. I can see how emotionally invested you are in your beliefs, and how much of you're identity has become invested in your world view, so I'll peacefully make my last post...
achmedboy 9 months ago
@achmedboy The Christians I know are salt of the earth their value system is based on loving their creator and all the created ones i.e. a brotherhood of man they deny themselves to serve others but their motive is firstly to make the name of Jesus the source of life a glorious name to be loved and not used as a swear word. Beautiful imperfect forgiving people.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@achmedboy We were created to love but in order for us to achieve that we must admit our sin (selfishness) we are the problem. This is the starting point for the salvation of mankind.
rocksoli4 9 months ago
@rocksoli4 You say, I just don't know "god's love" as you do or that others don't practice their faiths correctly. What's moral about saying that? Wouldn't you better fulfill the role of "loving" by accepting others, rather than arguing with them over the internet (self-fulfillment)? The most wonderful part about atheism is the freedom to say, "Im not sure." I'm not claiming to prove any certainty to anyone else... I am free to enjoy life, until I'm told I have to believe in something. GL to u:)
achmedboy 9 months ago 3
@achmedboy why the fk u on a computer then ....... clearly you are the biggest hypocrite here.
DMong00se 8 months ago
@achmedboy why the fk u on a computer then ....... clearly you are the biggest hypocrite here.
DMong00se 8 months ago
@DMong00se wtf?
Antonypacman 7 months ago
To u in Love.
whydidJesussaveme 11 months ago
mohammed is a fucking terrorist , proven with the question he asked
lucas503 11 months ago 6
@lucas503 ahahaha XD ahhahahahaa
RelativelyHostile1 4 months ago
Indeed Richard Dawkins is a very intelligent scientist and educator. Theologians are not interested in the scientific facts of the evolution, the only think they will have is belief. This is why believers become so aggressive because they don't have any facts. It really is typical for a muslim to talk about planting a bomb. Something seriously needs to be done!
Musicartsandcoffee 11 months ago
if you don't like science you can fuck off :)
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AbuRaad7373 4 months ago
CHEERS DAWKINS
NARCOLEPTICpediphile 11 months ago
He answered those emails very well, I think.
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Humans throughout the world will eventually accept evolution as fact. They just have to go through the same stages that a terminally ill person goes through:
1) Denial
2) Anger
3) Bargaining
4) Depression
5) Acceptance
Most of the world today is stuck in the "denial" stage, while the developed world is, for the most part, in the "bargaining" stage (e.g. "maybe God CREATED evolution!").
Only an enlightened few are in the "acceptance" stage. Patience, my friends.
ejdf870 11 months ago 3
in the uk we learn about all religons i think there all bull shit and make no sence
bellyzbad 11 months ago 4
@bellyzbad Lol.
rangergxi 10 months ago
Whoose children are you talking about? Do you mean my own? .For your enlightenment our main teaching is "Love your neighbour as yourself and your enemies. Whether or not they are Christian or not . Total inclusion. Tell me where your problem is and don't keep harping on about "people like me"(whatever that means) who you accuse of being a danger to children. Explain your poisionous accusations or stop spouting hot air.
rocksoli4 11 months ago
All atheists out there who have no hope in this short span of time. What would you say to a 12 yr old child with a week to live who has terminal cancer
rocksoli4 1 year ago
@rocksoli4 You could lie and tell him/her some consoling biblical anecdote about hope, but that is not gonna make religion true or save his/her live. religious people are afraid, they must learn to deal with death in a more healthy way. Death It's part of live, whether we are adults or not
JMFVECU 11 months ago
@JMFVECU That's a very judgemental accusation there buddy. Do you think all Christians are liars? Do you really think a Loving true believer in God would lie to his child about such matters. Maybe it is you who have got it all wrong and your belief in Mr Dawkins' preaching as a calculated denying of the Intelligent Designer we call God will in the end lead to eternal separation from God when eternal life is the lost treasure
rocksoli4 11 months ago
@rocksoli4 I do not think D-elusional people are aware of their alucinations, in some cases i do not even mistrust their sincerity when praying god, but that does not make religion less dangerous to children, and then again sincerity, and faith does not make religion true. By the way my disgust by lies and religion began when i was 6 years old. But then my parents and society had the power to silence me. That, fortunately, is now changed.
JMFVECU 11 months ago
@JMFVECU I follow Jesus Christ. So many prophesies about His coming. If it is true about Him and that he is God in the flesh and he did heal the sick and raise the dead and walk on water You then have the answer to how the universe began. Mr Dawkins is obviously amazed by nature but he is as dogmatic about "his" truth when he cannot know the answer to how or who initiated the begining of the universe.
rocksoli4 11 months ago
@JMFVECU In essence he has his own faith in knowledge and its incompleteness and then concludes dogmatically that he is right and "his"truth is truth. He then attacks with ridicule and insults people who don't agree with him who believe in Jesus as Good come down. Truth by itself is incomplete Truth in love is a life giving power.
rocksoli4 11 months ago
@rocksoli4 Did you get enough?
JMFVECU 11 months ago
@JMFVECU The one's who live in their own truth who insult others are very different from those who walk in truth and love. you won't find a true Christian insult another person. Jesus said "You will know a tree by the fruit it bears" God is evident through people of the spirit of God who display the fruits of the spirit Love joy peace patience kindness faithfullness and self control. Men without the spirit of God will in their arrogance rrsort to insults just like Mr Dawkinsre
rocksoli4 11 months ago
@rocksoli4 Sorry but to feel offended is not an argument. And again, The fact that religious people feel insulted by atheists remarks does not make religion true. You call to stop criticizing religion because religious people feel ofended?. Please do not give me that-:). I do not doubt you sincerity in your believe, but you are alucinating!, and people like that are a threat for children, adults, and society as a whole
JMFVECU 11 months ago
@JMFVECU That’s where you are wrong I am not offended because I understand your position. Because you think you are right about there being no God you automatically take the superior standpoint and throw all kinds of insults and accusations. Jesus said "What the heart is full of the mouth speaks" also from a good spring comes good water, you cannot get good water from polluted water.
rocksoli4 11 months ago
@JMFVECU In fact everything He said is true. he also said "about himself "If you believe in me even though you die ,you will live again. Why would a man who loves truth and pretence make such a statement if it wasn't true. That is what you need to find out for yourself. i urge you to read the New Testament and while doing so ask god to reveal himself to you ....If He really is there of course.
rocksoli4 11 months ago
@rocksoli4 Whether people like you like it or not, reason will prevail, and at the end this superstition versus science and reason debate will end up in a legislation to protect children from people like you. I do still believe you have the right to believe in what you choose to believe. But you should not have the right to indoctrinate/baptise and legally and morally compromise children in your personal belief. That is all!.
JMFVECU 11 months ago
@rocksoli4.
Have no hope? Who's talking about not having any hope?
By putting that out there, your not stating anything tbh, I can same the same about a child that has been molested by a catholic priest, although that is a different case.
orks2 11 months ago
@SaberOtaku I'm so happy there are people like you. People who are open-minded to the truth, who listen and understand Dawkins' arguments and accept them. Rationality should always win, but sadly, it isn't true.
rawssremix 1 year ago
This Shits Got To Go! - Zeitgeist Moving Forward
1minuteatatime 1 year ago
@SaberOtaku there is no such thing as a proper argument for god as far as i'm aware. Could you list one?
joe80dmanizanerd 1 year ago
@rvn84 Dawkins doesnt say that there is absolutely no god in the same way that we cant be absolutely sure that unicorns dont exists. He even said that on a scale from 1 to 10, 1 being 100% sure god does exist and 10 being 100% sure he doesnt exist he'd be a 9 - or a 9.9999.
So you're kind of wrong in your argument :p
joe80dmanizanerd 1 year ago
Always knew I was an atheist, but your book and arguments gave me a much better understanding of why, and helped me make decisions of how to stand by it in my daily life.
Thank you.
neuromatiker 1 year ago
@SaberOtaku and my book is likely to convert you back to not just faith but religion. lol
JennaSmith987 1 year ago
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The proofs of the Creation by an Almighty God Who is the designer of His Universe, is thankfully so abundant that we may feel confident in believing its fundamental truth. God loves you all.
dyingtodeath 1 year ago
this guy needs to a course on statistics and common sense
malikidmc 1 year ago
atheists have a double standard. they argue that people who follow religions blindly follow outdated religious books and say they are backwards. they say they follow brutal and violent religious leaders, yet aren't they doing the same thing with Richard dawkins. soon people will call him a prophet. Also atheists give references from his book and give a blind eye to references from the quran and bible. something to think about.
malikidmc 1 year ago
@malikidmc Nobody is going to call Mr.dawkins as a prophet.U see thats the diff between atheist and people who believe in their faiths in a blind way...
ksihkar 1 year ago
@malikidmc "atheists have a double standard. they argue that people who follow religions blindly follow outdated religious books and say they are backwards. they say they follow brutal and violent religious leaders, yet aren't they doing the same thing with Richard dawkins. soon people will call him a prophet. Also atheists give references from his book and give a blind eye to references from the quran and bible. something to think about."
- In a nutshell, nonsense....
nordhorny 1 year ago
@nordhorny exactly what i mean. atheists think people with religion are ignorant and dumb. if a religious person confronts u you just call him dumb and stupid.
malikidmc 1 year ago
@malikidmc You cannot claim that as a general rule, it depends upon the individual, both comments of yours generalise too much !
I am an athiest and I would not do as you claim 'we' would...there are good reasons for this and of course there are those that would and do, but again you cannot tar all with the same brush !
nordhorny 1 year ago
@malikidmc Atheists give references from his book probably those things are backed up by evidence and can be proved to be true. This doesn't suddenly make him a 'prophet' (how silly). References from a holy book cannot be proved (and in many cases have actually been shown to be completely false), and so presenting such arguments is foolish. References from holy books are laughable as they have as much proven fact within them as using references from from children's fairytale stories.
jin37uk 1 year ago
This is what I like about British Interviews.
The interviewers just ask questions. In America (FOX news im looking at you) Just argue with him, and lose
gruntguy007 1 year ago
Dawkins is lying when he says a man should stone his wife if he finds that she is not a virgin. That was an old testament law put in place to stop women fornicating before marraige. Also "the golden rule is ripped off from the teaching of Jesus. "Do to others as you would have them do to you the whole Law and the prophets are based on this".
rocksoli4 1 year ago
@rocksoli4 what he is trying to say is that philosophy is a better source for comfort because with religion you get some of that, vaguely, and all the other hysterical teachings like jesus giving birth to a virgin, which in case any person with a brain and a super basic knowledge of human anatomy would of course say that that is physically impossible.
AnImmortalEra 1 year ago
Dawkins should be King!
sportsportsport 1 year ago
Dawkins is pastor of THE MONKEY RELIGION a complete dick head who shares the same stage as other religions.
TV and Radio love him to fill in their empty spaces. If you like him it's because you're an empty head!
Goldie450 1 year ago
@Goldie450 In no way do you sound threatened. In no way whatsoever. Nope.
Intiom 1 year ago
@Goldie450
Another example of a Christian loving their fellow man?
SuperSquishface 1 year ago
@SuperSquishface I'm not a Christian,nor am I religious,I don't like religion in any shape or form.
That includes The Monkey Church which Dawkins is head pastor. They love money, and fools.
Goldie450 1 year ago
@Goldie450 money and fools eh? sounds just like the real church lol
jin37uk 1 year ago
@SaberOtaku You bought he's book! Then you deserve to be a dick head, I loved your use of the the word successfully, that proved you were a 99% dick head NOW YOUR A 100% DICK HEAD
Goldie450 1 year ago
After watching so many US interviews with Dawkins it makes me proud and thankful to live in Britain because it's much more liberating to have this openness in the public media about the facts of the world and that TV broadcasters like the BBC do not impose their own emotions nearly as much as the most popular broadcasters in the US do. Now if only the weather and general state of the majority of the UK wasn't so depressing and grey I'd say we've got a fantastic country to live in!
ScooperGetHype 1 year ago
1:55 Just another Mohamad with another tiresome and repetative brain dead question displaying his lack of research and understanding about what he is arguing against. I wish these people would take the time to learn instead of confidently dismissing the facts because it goes against what they want to believe.
I'm sure Dawkins is so tired of hearing the same old questions. He has more patience and tact that I do.
petestrat07 1 year ago
I really liked how this host was a facilitator for his guest in the show. He let Dawkins speak and it promoted a very interesting, though short exposition of his opinions on important matters.
I've seen how in America some hosts are just terrible when facing oposite points of view in their shows.
sadrequiem 1 year ago
does any1 find it funny that the muslim used an example related to a bomb?
MamaMario13 1 year ago
The USA is pretty much the only developed country in which religion is not going down
MamaMario13 1 year ago
@MamaMario13 According to several Gallup polls, as well as a study by Trinity University and other institutions, including the Pew Research Center, religiosity is indeed declining in the U.S. In fact, they expect 1/4 of Americans to claim to have no religious affiliation in 20 years.
oathkeeper27 1 year ago
@MamaMario13 that can't be true, because religion (eg. Islam) is strong through Europe and getting stronger.
THthefirst 1 year ago
before you indulge in christmas spirit WATCH THIS.A REAL TRUTH
4403forsaftey 1 year ago
Don't call a child an It.
TheExit999HEY 1 year ago
That dick head is a ultra god less fundamentalist!!!
Shamrockdalegend 1 year ago
I don't think most people who dispute evolution understand it.Its just how animals are born slightly different and how the differences can help them survive.If it cold then a hairy baby animal is more likely to survive,over generations of cold weather this continues until your left with mostly hairy animals.That's how mammoths evolved from elephants over the ice age.The Nazis murdered races they deemed inferior which isn't evolution its just racism.
BenPN1000 1 year ago
People like Richard Dawkins have had their chance at society. At last count, there were 15 million deaths attributed to Dawkins' view.
YesYou123333 1 year ago
@YesYou123333 please explain this comment and number....Dawkin is not trying to show you a way of life or a model of society, he is simply telling pople what is true....that god doesnt exist. If religion helps you to live a good life then follow it but do not pass this untruth onto your children or onto others.
drewwhonumba22 1 year ago
Atheism is the reason for the season.
Jesus takes out the christmas trash.
newloser 1 year ago
Dude, your book made me believe in the juju of the mountain.
russellroom 1 year ago
I believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster
montezoma 1 year ago
@montezoma me too man, i actually saw him hand in hand with the pink unicorn
russellroom 1 year ago
Christianity ahh. The worlds favorite whipping boy! It has become a fashion statement to be Anti-Christian. If you're morally, ethically, religiously or developmentally challenged, just say you're Anti-Christian and problems are solved. People can now assume you are an enlightened being beyond the abyss of ignorance, and superior to Christians (those fools)! But who is willing enough to be labeled Anti-Semitic? Bold enough to expose Atheism? Wise enough to question the claims of Evolution?
ezilahh 1 year ago
@ezilahh "But who is willing enough to be labeled Anti-Semitic?" Having something against/ hating a people is a vastly different thing than challenging the beliefs of people.
"Bold enough to expose Atheism?" Care to clarify how you would... expose... atheism?
"Wise enough to question the claims of Evolution?" Questioning is good, if it leads you to search for answers. The answers you will find, however, will tell you questioning evolution isn't such a bright thing at all.
Notharah 1 year ago
@Notharah
Rightly put - I'm Atheist, I'm not anti-christian, anti-semetic, or anti-muslim. I concede in evolution and it invites questioning, science is all about questions. I think ezilahh said that AS a Christian and therefore chipped off pretty biased.
newloser 1 year ago
Children do NOT need religious guidance, it is indoctrination.
My parents believe(d) in god, not the abrahamic god, but a personal god.
Both believe(d) if children don't choose a belief for themselves it is not theirs, but an interference in the choice they would have made as adults.
I laughed at the first person to tell me his beliefs, since I thought he was making a joke.
My point: people who didn't grow up with religion and think for themselves don't turn to religion later in their life.
sens3mann 1 year ago