Creationist pimps his kid out to make a point to Richard da

[entehrend]

In quantum theory particles do appear from nothing, so that doesn't violate the laws of physics

[instereovideos]

I'm not convinced that the man was "pimping" his son out in this clip... it seems pretty conceivable that the kid just wanted a chance to ask something. But I do doubt the man's sense, for putting his kid in that position. That idiot was surely thinking something like: "I'll let my son ask this, and the audience will see that even a child can ask something that Dawkins can't answer..." But of course what happened was that Dawkins ends up pwning a defenseless kid. Shouldn't have happened.

[uncooked100]

@instereovideos This clip does not show everything the father said to dawkins.Your right the boy wanted to ask dawkins a question.Your wrong in your assumption of the fathers motives,I dont think he was out to make a point to the audience, but to his son and daughter.That evolution is faith based.Dawkins answer confirmed that for the father.I am quite sure the father will show his kids that you call him an" idiot"which will only help the father because his kids know he is not an "idiot".

[instereovideos]

@uncooked100 Evolution is not faith based, but I wouldn't doubt you know many people who make the mistake of thinking that it is. Scientific claims are based on acceptance or rejection of evidence. These are not the same kind of claims that require "faith." Faith is what is required for claims that have no supporting evidence. You may personally choose to reject the evidence for Evolution, (even though doing so would be irresponsible), but either way it's not a "faith" issue.

[ramseyfish]

Did it ever occur to you that maybe the boy wanted to ask a question? Why do you automatically assume he was put up to it? Makes me sad...

[therealTLM]

@ramseyfish Unfortunately the video did not start until after the father grabbed the mic from his son and introduced the question. If you were there, it clearly shows that the father put him up to this.

[uncooked100]

@therealTLM

dawkins answer to the boys question is " We don't know how the universe began " .

i think you could change to title of this video to,

Creationist pimps out richard dawkins to make a point to his kid

[uncooked100]

@therealTLM

it was pretty dark in there, did you really see the father grab the mic from his son ?? because, i was there too and the man asking the question before the boy, lowered the mic and the mic was on a stand. i was sitting much closer to this than your video shows . Anyway,I'm still confused about " the fact of evolution " when professor dawkins said " We dont know how the universe began" . does anybody else find that odd ?

[newguyout]

@ramseyfish lol, pathetic attempt there pal. The only thing sad is that desperate father trying to find any sympathy for his beliefs.

[mewboy5]

I should have stood up and said something when that man USED his child to try to make a point to Richard Dawkins, it just clearly shows how Christianity preys on the innocent... Makes me sad.

[uncooked100]

@mewboy5

Yea Christian's shouldnt prey on the innocent, it is much better to teach a child , that he was born by a random process- luck, his life has no purpose or meaning, his fathers love for him is a mistake of darwinian evolution and that when his father dies thats it. he will never see the father he loves again.

[mewboy5]

Apparently you have quite a bad understanding of science, evolution a terrible view of philosophies regarding love. And an awful interpretation of what the naturalistic world view is all about. Let me explain to you briefly that evolution's main mechanism which is natural selection is anything but random making it primarily a non-random process. Speaking about the child's specific birth, he was born when his two (I'm hoping conscious) parents decided to have sex which again is not random at all

[mewboy5]

Love is actually no mistake either, in fact many anthropologists consider love a key adaptation in our evolutionary history. Remember that through 95% of our history as a species we were hunters, meaning that we worked in bands which means that breeding occurred primarily among them, favoring the genes for bonding, cooperation and altruism which eventually led into what you now know as romantic love.

[mewboy5]

So you say that us naturalists/FreeThinkers don't believe we have a purpose. Well, let me give you an example that I think will help me illustrate the way I see that. Take a hundred-dollar bill; objectively, this is just a piece of paper, just like the one you might use to write on. But we give the former a value, and we use it to buy stuff even when it is still just a piece of paper. The same idea applies with life, though objectively, yes there is nothing divine or magical about it. We assign

[mewboy5]

it a purpose or a value the same way we do with a 100-dollar bill. It is important to know that we see a completely indifferent universe, that does not care about humans at all. People should care about people its what I think and give themselves value, without expecting a religion or another person to give it to them. Remember that the meaning is for us to give, we are the causal-seeking creatures after all.

[mewboy5]

Now, death. Yes, indeed, that's why this child should appreciate and take advantage of the time he has with his father, because life is a one-time thing. There is no scientific evidence supporting the existence of an afterlife, and from what we've observed the mind seems to be a product of the brain and therefore after the brain dies and starts decomposing the mind vanishes. Being aware of this fact should help us make up our minds to make the little time we have on this Earth the best!

[uncooked100]

@mewboy5 " The fact that life evovled out of nearly nothing , some !0 billion years AFTER THE UNIVERSE EVOLVED OUT OF LITERALLY NOTHING is so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice." Richard Dawkins . Source " From tail to tale on the path of pilgrims in life", The Scotsman ( april 9, 2005) . What SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE do you have to answer the question " How can something come from nothing? " a 8yr old boy at nova southeastern

[instereovideos]

@uncooked100 Why would you teach him either one?

Instead, how about only teaching a child true things? We don't know that life has a "mystical purpose." We just know that we're here and have to make the best of it. You don't have to tell a child that life is "purposeless" just because we don't have proof of "gods." The meaning of life is real... it's whatever life means to you.

And what do you mean by a father's love being a "mistake" if Darwin was right? Who's mistake do you think it is?

[PhilipRBow]

Why have your kid ask the question?

[newguyout]

@PhilipRBow Sympathy. They wanted Dawkins to give a "sorry bud, thats how it is" answer to a child to make Dawkins look bad. Creationist pig fucks! Thankfully though Dawkins schooled their asses good.

[uncooked100]

@PhilipRBow  because he wanted to ask dawkins a question