Richard Dawkins on "The Agenda" (Part 4of7)

Richard Dawkins on TVO's "The Agenda" with Steve Paikin (May 10, 2007) -- part 4 of 7

Part 1 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=whHVI_s2HEA

Part 2 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=_W5EKYsg6PU

Part 3 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=0WosX3yXKh0

Part 5 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=HgRJnPmjVsc

Part 6 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=fG0Nxo5YvAw

Part 7 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=hSs49IL2HL8

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• Faith
• Atheism
• God
• Delusion

[crabbit101]

6:48 to 7:05. I spent 2 months in hospital, 3 months in a wheelchair then 3 months on crutches after a motorbike accident and not once did I even come close to praying to an imaginary friend.

[Biogirl52]

I've enjoyed this interview series, but that interviewer would have gotten annoying to me after awhile... hehe. Poor Dawky.

Isn't that unfair? Isn't that disrespectful? Isn't that a little bit too strong? DISRESPECT LAWL. I hate the whole concept of that kind of "disrespectful" ness. The church in some sects are disrespectful of the gay community. It's the same idea.

AAAAH. Bias.

[TheJBoy73]

"God doesn't even exist!"

[yamammiwammi]

@imcrazy85 agree. at least he is more competenet and bearable then others who have basked in the glory of Dawkins.

[imcrazy85]

what a terrible interviewer

[weefeatures]

@crabbit101 I had a suspected spinal stroke 3 years ago when I was 18, I'm still paraplegic and I've not prayed to some celestial being.

If the only way for me to recover was to appease some vindictive deity's ego, I wouldn't want to walk the earth ruled by such a totalitarian dictator anyway.

[Reip187]

@MarkRosengarten The "what if you're wrong?" argument is something that to us is absurd. Coming from them they don't understand why it is though. It's absurd to us because we just can't believe in things without seeing evidence, or some proof. With no evidence for something you aren't wrong for not believing it, you are making a wish it is true if you do believe it. Their problem is lack of basic critical thought skills. A great majority of them use Pascals Wager and have no idea how silly it is

[lewisner]

America has Chuck Norris, the UK has Richard Dawkins.

[Alexoflondon]

Richard is sharp as a razor, but it has to be said that the Interviewer is superbly respectful and really makes this an intelligent and interesting piece to watch. Respect to both.

[TerminaMorte]

Where is part 5?

[MarkRosengarten]

Religion demands strict tolerance from even those who disagree. If you can defend your religion on a solid evidentiary basis, then why do you have to be so defensive about arguments against religion as being "disrespectful"? I was nearly killed by a giant brain tumor. At no time did I even think about converting, even though the surgery could have killed me. Many religious people who use the "what if you're wrong" argument often deny climate change, despite overwhelming evidence.