Dennett on how religion offers an excuse to stop thinking
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Uploaded by silverstream314 on Sep 1, 2008
Dan Dennett talks about how religions in many cases offers an "goldenplated excuse to stop thinking" and that people have got to stop playing the "faith card" in debates. I think he puts it brilliantly.
The full video is available at google video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5640093862168820605&ei=yCP4SNmKOI...
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That is a pro beard.
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@carlosewm Are you hallucinating? I didn't say anything like that, and the bunch of assertions you made just show how insecure you are about your beliefs, trying to bring someone down to keep your cognitive comfort.
"True atheist"? Why are you behaving like a fanatic religious person then? Seriously, look at how you're commenting all full of yourself, have some humility, you're as fallible as everyone, get over it, and you'll feel better.
Bye.
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@carlosewm so wait let me see this, you deny the fact that without jews we wouldn't have this whole middle east issue?
Unlike you, I have no issue telling the truth. If you do, you can hide it and act PC. But unlike you, I'm a true atheist. I don't give into that fake PC shit. I say it as it is
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@carlosewm so you're a fake atheist. Unless you believed in the holocaust and wiping out all religion from the face of this earth, you are a fake atheist
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I agree but I can't watch anything with Bill Moyers. He is the definition of a pompous ass!
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@UsmanHaider03 You know these drugs you are taking? Stop taking them.
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I love the Lucile argument soooo much !! :D
Gumikrukon 1 month ago 15
@TheGuinnessboys Atheists don't necessarily have to have anything against religion, it is merely the absence of theism, in fact, there's some atheists that see benefit in such doctrines, which is the case of those in atheism 3.0.
I'm an agnostic atheist, and even though I consider some religions to be a tool of mind enclosement and control through ignorance and magical and illogical thinking, I wouldn't say I actually hate them, I only hate those who manipulate people through them.
carlosewm 5 months ago 7