Dan Dennett: A secular, scientific rebuttal to Rick Warren

http://www.ted.com Philosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion -- all religion -- to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.
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[Sidnelsom]

The thinking atheist brought me here

[Cherrypoppins18]

Who knew santa claus was such an intellectual badass?

[pumpstations]

Spot on Santa, Spot on!

[bgeezy1983]

@MrImmobile do you believe jesus exsists? if so the u know nothing about horus besides the fact that he was the sun god only until after his mother isis picked up the pieces of her husband osirus that her brother Set dismembered and scattered about his body part across egypt and might i add throwing osirus's penis in the nile, only to flee to the marshlandsby the nile when she finds she is pregnant cause she knew her brother Set would kill osirus's son once born named horus. READ ON

[MrImmobile]

@bgeezy1983 OOh and so you know it did not start with the egytians. Religion has evolved just like humans.

[MrImmobile]

@bgeezy1983 Lol are you telling me something i dont know? and the bible was not so much astrology. It was based on the egytian sun god horus but they took alot of the stories from earlier religions and changed it to fit their agenda. Are you an idiot bringing up jesus walking on water when i said some of the bible is true? Its full of historical happenings and people that actually existed. Its main premise is a load of poop if taking seriously but interesting fiction. It is our history.

[bgeezy1983]

@MrImmobile what true about it? The writers! that would be true some one had to write it. whats true? certainly not that jesus walked on water or even that he even exsists, or a virgin had a baby,really i suggest that u research anciect egyptian beliefs and u will find that every religion after was a plagiarism of the one before it starting with the egyptians with some modifications.what u will find, the bible is a literal hybrid of astrology, precession of equinoxes and solstices reasearch that

[bgeezy1983]

@MrImmobile OH BEFORE I FORGET, WHEN I SAID IMPOTENT I WAS NOT REFERING TO SEX WHAT I WAS REFERING TO WAS THAT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EVERY MONTH NOT YEAR DIE AT BIRTH OR SHORTLY AFTER WITHOUT HAVING THE CHANCE TO MAKE A DECISION. WHILE THERE PARENTS LETS SAY VERY RELIGIOUS BEG, PLEAD, AND EVEN BESIEGE HEAVEN IN PRAYER FOR THERE KID TO BE OK AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THAT TO ME GOD IS EITHER IMPOTENT OR EVIL. IMPOTENT MEANING HE CANT DO NOTHING ABOUT IT OR EVIL WHICH MEANS HE DOESNT CARE TO

[bgeezy1983]

@MrImmobile what i mean to say all beliefs in gods are worthless they do nothing for humanity.if it wasn't for non believers looking for the real answers instead of god did it or he is mysterious. we would of not made it this far. if it wasnt for the non believer looking down a microscope or up a telescope we would of never made advances in medicine, biology, and the origins of the cosmos. they think they already have the answers, the answers that dont help. this is what i mean by dumbingdown