Richard Dawkins and Alister McGrath Pt. 10 of 15

Conversation between Dawkins and McGrath from the Root of all Evil. This is uncut footage. Ratings and comments appreciated! Thanks!

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[dragonfiremalus]

3:10 He finally straightens his head! for four seconds

[CapnDingo]

As soon as Alister gets a question that puts him into a corner and would force him to re-examine his opinion on things, he starts freaking out and crying foul about the question itself? So in other words, he's more than happy to answer any question that allows him to use flowery language and say nothing of substance, but when asked a simple question about a hypocrisy in his beliefs, suddenly it's no longer fair game. Interesting.

[shinobijedi20]

It's interesting the viewer bias when interpreting this video. Christians tend to think McGrath is winning. Atheists tend to think Dawkins is winning. It's pure evidence that the people doing this are only watching the video to see the person they dislike get pwned instead of actually listening to the discourse taking place. Both sides are making legitimate points and engaging in thoughtful dialogue meant to bring about understanding between the two world views. Who is winning is inconsequential

[KenziiContagious]

i believe the question of head tilt has more to do with incorrect posture than left and right brain activity.

[Gouldsonuk]

@JJvideoman Dawkins point still stands. Why do people attribute "divine intervention" to things which are statistically likely (1 child in 100,000 survives a tsunami) or things which could be made through rational decisions of people (man on the plane). Gods intervention never seems to occur under miraculous circumstances as would happen much more often if prayer really worked. I bet many were praying for their families in the 9/11 towers. God had permission to intervene... he didn't.

[JJvideoman]

Because Dawkins god gave us free will. Once god sets a law. it is law. Its a word beyond anything or anyones power. His word. THAT is why we pray. God giving us free will means that God himself cannot just buy into our lives and impact the world as he GAVE the world to us (genesis) it takes prayer. it takes asking god and giving him the permission he graciously gave us to come and intervene.

JJ -1

Dawkins- 0

[trippygraffiti]

"What it looks like to me is that the world is precisely the way it would look if there were no guiding spirit, no God, nothing controlling it; bad things happen, good things happen, and there's nothing we can say to explain why bad luck happens to some people rather than others, it just happens that way. That's the way the world looks like to me..." Me too.

[mp3talon]

Richard Dawkins looks like Super Saiyan 5

[huwrj]

Dawkins 1

McGrath 0

[reeceyhigs]

dawkins argument at 1.38ish is very very strong!!

[Mogthrasir]

"I buy that stuff because I believe it to be right."

That's pretty stupid; it just means he believes it because he believes it.