The Source of Human Morality [6/9] (debate)

"The Source of Human Morality" - a debate held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on November 16, 2010. Hosted by UMBC's Orthodox Christian Fellowship and Secular Student Alliance. With Matt Dillahunty and Father Hans Jacobse.

Matt Dillahunty is the president of the Atheist Community of Austin, and host of the popular public access television and internet show "The Atheist Experience." He was raised as a fundamentalist Baptist, and was on track to become a minister until he started asking questions about the reasons for his belief. He rejected religion, and now serves as a public voice for rationality and secular morality.

Father Hans Jacobse is an Antiochian Orthodox Priest, who administers the website Orthodoxy Today and heads the American Orthodox Institute. Fr. Hans is convinced that Orthodox Christianity has an important part to play in American moral renewal. He views the current world as a battle between competing moral visions of the secular and the sacred, and hopes that Christianity can restore the moral tradition of the gospels.

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[Encryptsan]

The applause 7 and a half minutes in was very encouraging for the future of the world.

I remember watching a debate on the existence of god from the 80s and the audience was very edgy and resentful towards the atheist side. The fact that now at least non believers can stand up as such without worrying for their physical safety is fantastic.

[0toHero]

6:25-7:30

MATT WINS!

fAtALiTy!!!!!

[xipheonj]

In each part the religious guy gets more and more crazy.

[Kida001]

His argument about eugenics being an atheist principle is crap. Eugenics has been around since the beginning of humanity and Judaism is a religion, not a race.

[kloveless82]

@shandow15 Hit on the nail.

[shandow15]

"it gave birth to science".... duuude what kinda of weed have that priest been smoking? remember gallileos observations of moons around jupiter? remember Copernikus idea of a heliocentric solar system? remember Darwins theory of evolution? oh rigth thats still not accepted by some...

[whhardiek1972]

I have a hard time disliking the father. It is almost anti-climatic to debate an Orthodox Christian in the future. I believe the melodrama and sex appeal is in the fundamentalist or Evangelical Christian. Both gentlemen were very well read and articulate. I enjoyed this whole debate. Like I mentioned before, I was expecting more fireworks, but Matt is able to keep his cool and not discredit his position by not losing his temper.

[evergreen9375]

The father, "You're saying belief in god would suspend reason and logic?"

I LOL'd

[evergreen9375]

@Encryptsan I worry about my physical safety :P

Get away from me crazy Christians who want to silence non-believers.

[Dartyn]

1st question: Was anyone surprised that the Christian had that DERP face because he didn't understand the question?

[bb1televator]

Matt Rrrrrrroooooaaaard! Bricks were shat. 

[MrOttopants]

So IBM gave them some techology. That sounds like a reason to be down on corporate influence in human morality.