Richard Dawkins Interview at Point of Inquiry 1/7

Richard Dawkins, considered one of the world's most influential scientists, is the first holder of the Charles Simonyi professorship of the public understanding of science at Oxford University and the recipient of a number of awards for his writings and for his science, including the International Cosmos Prize, the Kistler Prize, and the Shakespeare Prize. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society. In a recent poll in the United Kingdom, he was named Britain's leading public intellectual. He is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books, such as The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Unweaving the Rainbow, The Devil's Chaplain, and The Ancestor's Tale. The New York Times Book Review has hailed him as a writer who "understands the issues so clearly that he forces his reader to understand them too."

In this discussion with D.J. Grothe, Dawkins talks about his new best-selling book, The God Delusion, addressing challenges from his critics to his assertion that it is very unlikely that there is a God, and that religion is a form of child abuse, among other topics. He also addresses the question of whether science and religion are really at war.

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[eleveneggs]

Fast forward to 4:25

[Timmay123456789]

but i dont believe in god and i still love, so why need him?

[OhRlyRly]

@tool987ja If nothing happens when you die wouldn't that make your life all the more valuable? It sure makes mine more valuable since this is , presumably, all I've got. If I believed I'm here in heavens waiting room, looking forward to death so I can leave this miserable life for some kind of eternally blissful existence, I think that would serve to cheapen my life drastically.

[Timmay123456789]

but it does matter to that person at that time, what's the point in causing shit, even if it'll be forgotten, its just the way we behave in the moment

[tool987ja]

@Timmay123456789

Because if nothing happens when you die the essentially nothing matters because everything in life will eventually be forgotten.

[SinnFein4ever]

'Interview doesn't actually start until 4:24.

[chiggevara]

@MopDMTBARTL

If the new testament qoutes Jesus, wich I doubt having read about the history of christianity, he was a really cool dude, and I do take HUGE amout of inspiration for my everyday life from what he presumably said. BUT, I don't take God in to account. My life works just fine without him. I love almost everyone that surrounds me and most people who surrounds me love me back. That, and a good cup of tea is all I need.

[MopDMTBARTL]

Evolution or not, we still had a creator. God isnt here 4 an explanation of things, thats 4 science God's here 4 LOVE. Jesus may have lived, may just a story. Its the MESSAGE that is the most important. Its up 2 US 2 put out Love-positive ENERGY. I only need God 4Love. U still need science 2 explain everything, figure out truth, continue 2 shape our beliefs & knowledge. All LOGIC. God is just a supplementLOVE. Thats it. I hate religion btw.

go here:

truthknowledge. Com

[fireflygirl246]

be careful not to drink the kool aid,

But the interview was good when it got started.

[2fHk4OiSKV1yF7jgs5n3]

Thank you very much for that