Christopher Hitchens - Religion Illustrated 2 of 2

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This is the brilliant opening statement that Christopher Hitchens gave in a religion vs. atheism debate with Alister McGrath on October 11, 2007.

Instead of simply watching Hitchens at the podium, here the speech's audio is overlayed with illustations to try to do justice to the logic of this very compelling argument. - Video created by: 43alley

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• Hitchens
• atheist
• atheism
• religion
• God
• Bible
• antitheism

[wonkothemagicelf]

Nah. Metaphysics is merely a branch of philosophy. Where science needs to debunk the parts of philosophy that are patently false, it does so. Where science needs to accept the fundamental principles of philosophy that intend to explain things and appears to fail, science says "we need more facts". And where science needs to accept the apparent truths of philosophy based on acceptable facts, it wholeheartedly does so. Likewise, Atheism consistently does the same in regards to philosophy.

[CASEYELLOW007]

excellent analysis.

[Hereticbooks]

Absolutely Brilliant!

[metrx330]

@metrx330 Ps: septicemia caused by tooth infections entering the bloodstream.

[metrx330]

Yes, people in ancient times died of tooth infections very often indeed. As your teeth were crucial to your survival, if you lost them, you were basically a gonner (although some tribes do display behaviour of beneficial mastication). Also, any infections usually spread very quickly (no anti-biotics) and humans back then already had a poor diet for several months of a year (in temperate regions) thereby lowering immune response. Most died of septicemia. A painful and horrible way to die.

[Rossclairborne]

IT WAS GEORGE DUBYA BUSH!

[sickness324]

@moroney1 Yeah. It's pretty much a philosophy.

[moroney1]

@sickness324 Taoism isnt really a religion though, its a way of life isnt it? Action through no action, wu wei and balance?

[styot]

@RuinOrPeace You can die from a tooth infection or tooth abscess, as he says in the this video the teeth are close the brain and the infection can spread to the brain and kill you. Plus I imagine it would be very difficult for "cave men" to eat enough with no teeth.

[tokenbabe]

fucking brilliant.  thanks for posting.

[bethnor]

haha. you cut off the boo!!!

[AthosAmo]

This is a good video against theistic macroevolutionists who hold to heresy both because they buy into unobservable, unfalsifiable, and thus unscientific macroevolution, and because they want to conform.