Richard Dawkins interviewed by BBC's John Humphreys

John Humphrys of the BBC interviews Richard Dawkins regarding Cardinal Murphy's speech on the UK becoming a 'god free zone'.

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[thereisariver]

JoeyRamone63 You don't know what you talking about. One unfortunately cannot get away from the fact that it was Atheists in power in Russia who had the intent of spreading their Atheistic doctrine throughout the world, and in turn fucked up the world causing more deaths and misery than all the wars of mankind combined. And then you get some cleaver dick at Oxford trying to tell us that "God probably does not exist", and you believe him. No wonder Atheism did not take off as expected.

[JoeyRamone63]

@thereisariver You are making baseless assertions again. There is no such thing as an "atheist doctrine" and Russia's intent was not to spread atheism throughout the world; their intent was to spread their version of communism, led by an authoritarian oligarchy. And you are resorting to ad hominem attacks again when it comes to Dawkins and other atheists.

Based on your continued ad hominem attacks and unfounded assertions, I have decided to block you.

[thereisariver]

JoeyRamone63 Furthermore, the statement made by an eminent Oxford Professor that God probably does not exist, is not just irresponsible, it is also wreckless especially in the volitile world that we are living in today, and has fuckall to do with Science or Atheism, and was merely used to sell his book. Atheists, like all Religions should be more critical about themselves that just to accept any shit some Professor tells them. Russia is a good example of how Atheists fucked up the world.

[JoeyRamone63]

@thereisariver Russia is NOT a good example of atheism "fucking up" the world. That type of comment is highly irresponsible and dangerous because it is not based on any facts whatsoever. As I've mentioned many times before, atheism has NO doctrine, dogma, or ideology; therefore, it cannot be used as a scapegoat for the actions of despots and tyrants who happened to be atheist. Russia was never an atheist nation; its rulers were interested in power and suppressed religion for that purpose.

[JoeyRamone63]

@thereisariver Based on the evidence, or lack thereof, god probably does NOT exist; that is a statement based on facts and can hardly be called irresponsible or reckless. Are you saying that Dawkins does not have the right to voice his concerns about religious belief? Do you think atheists should just keep their opinions to themselves? If so, what does that say about YOU?

[thereisariver]

JoeyRamone63 What don't you understand about the flaud survey? The USA is about 100 times bigger than Denmark, it has many different cultural and religious groups, and economic groups, it cannot possibly be compared with a tiny country like Denmark, please use your logic. I refer you to the Newsweek survey which was done a few years ago where it was conclusively determined that Religous people are more happy and content and fulfilled humans being than non religious people.

[JoeyRamone63]

@thereisariver The Newsweek survey showed no correlation between religion and happiness; it only showed individual self-identified religious affiliation. That survey also indicated that non-religious self identification was on the rise and had doubled since the late 90's.

People are free to believe what they want. If that belief makes them happier, so be it. My earlier point is still valid; belief without evidence is not truth; it is deceptive and delusional.

[Hicksie52]

Stalin began his career at the Tiflis Theological Seminary - it was a place seriously into obedience and authority'. I think you'll find the main planks of the Bolshevik Revolution were 'All Power to the Soviets' and 'Bread Peace, Land', not Atheism. It was noted that the Orthodox Church sided with property rather than the people.The problem with religion nowadays is that fundamentalists want to force their narrow views on secular societies. Dawkins,quite rightly, feels he has to say something.

[bicnarok]

"extraordinary piece of logic" haha

[ZachRose88]

@norsef Don't forget violence and misguided opposition to abortion clinics and planned parent hood, blocking scientific research like stem cell research, destroying historical documents and structures, etc. Those might be able to fit in under some of the umbrella terms you mentioned, but I had to put out some specifics as well. : )