Richard Dawkins at The Conservative Party Conference - Pt. 3

Richard Dawkins at Conservative Humanist Association launch event at The Conservative Party Conference 2008 in Birmingham - Part 3

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[nodvick]

link to study documentation pls...

[ConservativeHumanist]

Hi nodvick

I've written to Prof. Dawkins for more info on the study and will post a link a soon as possible - just thought I'd let you know your request hasn't been ignored :)

[ConservativeHumanist]

Hi 0m0a0x0i0b0n0,

It wasn't a study to see if atheist kids were smarter than the religious ones. It was a study of controlled cheating to see if any group was more or less likely to cheat. The people conducting the study merely commented that the reason the athiest kids didn't cheat could have been because they didn't need to.

I hope you enjoyed the video.

[Gazzar]

"It is the birthright of every child in every age, to experience the cosmos anew." - Carl Sagan

[eksortso]

"It's the only life we've got. Let's make the most of it."

So true, so absolutely true.

[justicepartyuk]

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[HULLOHULLO15]

What I find odd about Dawkins is that he, when speaking in a debate, doesn't rule out the possible existence of a deity, yet when he does his own documentaries he speaks and behaves with a irritable mockery. I respect Hitchens a lot more.

[smudge6699]

@OfAllOblivion

Then ditch God and head East!

:-)

[OfAllOblivion]

@smudge6699 He never claimed to understand the divine. It's actually noble to admit that none of us on this planet have the ultimate answer to existence. He admits that & I think we all should. But it's insane to think that just because we don't know the answer we should cling to an ancient myth that has just as much credibility as any other. The idea of 'God' was created thousands of years ago as an attempt to describe what we do not yet understand about Life. It's just an empty abstract idea.

[smudge6699]

@OfAllOblivion

He has no idea what the divine is.

He looks at stuff not for what moves it all.

Evolution is a surface issue.

What's moving it all?

That's THE question.

[OfAllOblivion]

@smudge6699 Dawkins does understand what he's writing about. He understands that people are subject to delusion and their minds can easily associate it with a particular god. Catholics see the mother mary in random areas. A lot of christians in general hear the voice of their god while muslims hear the voice of theirs. Just because he hasn't had one of those delusions & associated it with a specific god he was raised to believe in, doesn't mean he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[JanusChristIsRisen]

I am a liberal myself but I applaud Dawkins for this speech. There is nothing inherently conservative or liberal about atheism.

[eloquenteducator]

Thanks, man.

[separatethread]

@eloquenteducator Okay, now I feel like a jerk. I don't think I've ever heard anyone on Youtube express that kind of grace and humility before. It's rare these days, and very impressive!

I want to apologize too, because I certainly followed suit with the name calling.

You've certainly lived up to your name.