Richard Dawkins - Lucky to be Alive

(Edit: Pardon the interlacing seen in the video)

Richard Dawkins talking about how amazing it is that we're even alive (and he rightly attributes this to our ancestors, not a god) and how we shouldn't waste a moment while we're here.

Excerpts are taken from the Channel 4 documentary titled 'Root of All Evil?: The Virus of Faith' and the 1991 Christmas lectures titled 'Growing Up in the Universe: Waking Up in the Universe'.

Root of All Evil?: The God Delusion
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9002284641446868316

Root of All Evil?: The Virus of Faith
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7619161192220036050

The 1991 Christmas lectures can be found at http://www.richarddawkins.net/growingupintheuniverse

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Richard
• Dawkins
• Humanity
• Evolution
• Ancestors
• Growing
• Waking
• Universe
• God
• Religion

[narupiece]

darkins is A big FAT liaR. evolution religion. creation for life.

[HeroesFail]

I can smell your trollface over the internet.

[ByronC900]

All religions put forward a claim, "There is a God, or Gods"

Atheism is the rational response, "What evidence do you have for that proposition?"

The burden of proof is on the religious.

[Gretgor666]

@tomboooty Except one is an Astrophysicist and the other is a Biologist?

[tomboooty]

A worthy substitution for Carl Sagan..

[truthseeker010101]

@ByronC900 Your the one who claims you seek truth, seek it. I don't care in the slightest to be judged by you. I am not religious at all, I am someone who seeks truth. SImple, and If I want to tell you to fo fuck yourself I will, and I could care less if you judge me, while your judgeing me, someon else is judgeing you!

[ByronC900]

@truthseeker010101 How very religious of you. I'm sure that's exactly how Christ would have responded.

[truthseeker010101]

Science today uses the word Energy were religion uses the word God

Try it sometime in science, replace Energy with God and you may find you've known God to exist all your life.

[truthseeker010101]

@ByronC900 I have so much evedience I am surprised you don't know it already. I guess me seeking out the answer or "burdon of proof" caused me to find it, while you sitting on your arse has caused you to remain ignorant, I don't give a flying fuck if you know the truth of God and religion, I KNOW. If you can't find it yourself, who needs you. do the species a favor and don't reproduce. One Love Jah Rastafari

[Gretgor666]

He's so inspiring, I love the way he views life, that we should make the most of it, in our finite time here.

[6ave305]

@MrGabs83 dude, dont be quickly to believe in that crap. it will be best if you think this through. dont be so quick to take what darwin say in run with it. put his thory to the test. what darwin say might sound good but when you test what he say, it might be a completely different thing. god bless.

[6ave305]

what the hell is darwin talking about. just cause i believe in god, that means i am not rational, or dont enjoy nature. darwin always trying to blame men problem on religion to much. the facts is mens sinners and we of live in a sinful world there always going to be problems. it funny how men can never blame their self for their problem but quick to blame else what.