The Psychology of Atheism (4 of 4)

Psychologist Dr. Paul Vitz speaks on the motivation behind some famous atheists (like Bertrand Russell, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, etc.) and their rejection of God. Table of Contents: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=40B38F4FCF415237

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[anyrock22]

@twooffour I agree the ending was the smartest thing he said, the rest not so much.

[toppledgod]

Interesting, the first 3 videos talk ad hominem about bad fathers and rejection and how this affects the psychology of people who then become atheists yet he contradicts himself by saying we should let go of the ad hominem arguments. This is why apologetics has no place in science and why this scientist should reject apologetics as it is tainting his thinking.

[twooffour]

Good ending.

[jakebowkett01]

I wouldn't call it a functioning home if children follow their parent's footsteps blindly because they love them. My idea of a functioning home is to teach my children to be critical thinkers (even of my opinions). Regarding this series though, I did enjoy it. At first I felt he was cherry picking, but he seems to be relatively unbiased in his approach. Too little data for any authoritative conclusion, however. I'll certainly keep this in mind, regardless.

[lourak]

I would tweak Dr. Vitz's thesis as follows: When a male has a "defective father" he most likely will go the opposite way with respect to religion. And if his father was not "defective", he is more likely to follow in his father's footsteps. Hence, you will often find that children of atheists, in a well adjusted family, will often be lifelong atheists themselves. And children brought up in a disfunctional, atheistic home, will often turn to religion.

[Dexiclecom]

Thanks for this series, it was very interesting.

[MrTrent62892]

You are some idiotic fucking creationists, do humanity a favor and kill yourselves

[chceszpicie]

atheists arent accepting authoryty as theists. Some of us get it from our parents whom we dont respect if they dont diserve it. We , thants to our missing fathers dont respect automatycaly religion. We ask questions whitch lead us to conclusion that staitment 'god exist' as not beckuped by evidence. He is right but conclusion is somewhat wrong.

[IloveYOUviruses]

Bertrand Russell also lost his parents :s poor little atheists

[Aspartame69]

@EastofForever 1/10, your trolling lacks originality and sophistication.

You have been pwnt, doesnt mean you have to accept it :)

Though thats a pwning in and of itself :)