Part 8 - Dinesh D'Souza Debates Peter Singer

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Dinesh D'Souza debates Peter Singer at Biola University.

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[numbersabcdefg]

Dinesh irritates me so much - such a manipulative religious douche

@5:40 he's talking about how Peter picks and chooses...what being assertive and using what works discarding what does not work is ...what...evil?

this black and white thinking...all or nothing - that Christianity brings into this world is quite annoying

[omnissient]

"Nietzsche hated the idea of compassion". D'Souza == complete retard

[Darthmaio]

What a dishonest prick. Dinesh I mean lol. Even if you disagree with Peter Singer, at least he doesn't create false caricatures of his opponent's views.

[Hypatiarhetoric]

D'Souza's mosquito-ish slurs on Singer's integrity, "ducked", "smuggled", etc., in contrast to Singer's dignified and consistently respectful treatment of D'Souza, illustrate the tremendous boon to the character and intellect of subscribing to the precepts of Christianity.

[TheBiblesword]

brilliant guy D'Souza

[fjoo]

The fact that they need to give away prices and have "jerry springer action" to get people to come see this debate at a "University" should say everything you need to know about the university..

[fjoo]

@omnissient And D'Souza is very well read.. He knows this isn't the case, still he uses it as an argument. - He's dishonest in half of what he says and should not be invited back until he learns to defend his views honestly. 

[TheGerogero]

Yes! First time I've seen the atheist debator make the case that there is an evolutionary basis for empathy and compassion (which is the case) because this totally invalidates claims that Darwinism is incompatible with cooperation. And I hate that these debates centre on Darwinism because any scientist will tell you it's REDUCTIONIST to describe human behaviour solely based on Darwinism. It's a CHEAP TRICK for people like D'Souza.

[whauffend]

@Converge88 D'Souza thinks that genes have brains and make you think "I need to save the two gene-bags they call 'kids'. What a misrepresentation.

[whauffend]

Imagine this: You have been accused and you are about to be burned at the stake. Would you rather have Singer or D'Souza as your inquisition judge? Don't you love how pure Singer thinks and don't you fear how ugly D'Souza misuses his reasoning faculties? The church and its morality (where ever that morality came from) didn't care for the suffering of the heretics they burned at the stake. They reasoned like D'Souza, not like Singer.

[nehemiahboaz]

Hey, take the Theology in Ethics class! Converge88 the atheist deserves credit for finding a way to argue that takes no work or critical thinking for yourself. Just say, "Take a class" or better, "get an M. Div degree!"

No mention of the fact that "Evolutionary Psychology" is a convenient and controversial field made up to address weaknesses in the Evolution argument. But that would actually require critical thinking.

[mbranco24]

@Converge88 I think he knows the Darwinian reasoning to for empathizing and helping others people. He is saying that he does not believe there is any "good" Darwinian reasoning for these things. He is giving his opinions here! This is a debate. Anyone can give reasons or explanations for anything. Its a matter of getting others to believe these explanations. I can give reason that you are just saying foolish things on youtube to get other fools to give you thumbs up.