Dawkins on the evolutionary advantage of religious belief

Richard Dawkins at a Q&A session after a lecture at the University of Liverpool on February 25th 2008.

Full video is available at google video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7023586193707783714&ei=blDCSJPmBo...

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• Dawkins
• science
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• evolution
• religion
• belief

[Scrapheap71]

Isn't this the great irony? Christian IDiots, who deny evolution, base their beliefs on a by-product of evolution.

[babai91]

how the hell the dislikes are more than the likes...

[V0nAnglesmith]

@babai91 people dont understand thats why. needs more boobs and explosions.

[uniteordie1]

@1tswill1 Evolution is a fact my friend. Of course you can question it but there is a proven answer for any question that you can conceive of. If you think irony is a fancy word than I truly feel sorry for you and the intellect that you have cultivated.

[ciaochowbella]

@1tswill1 Dude, if you think 'irony' is a fancy word, you think potted meat on a saltine is an hor d'ouvre.

[marimba94]

@1tswill1 Assuming that "evolution is unquestionably true" is safer than assuming that there is a God, since there are heaps of evidence for evolution.

[davewatcher]

Presumably, there are moths who have evolved to tell the difference between the moon and a small light source.

[Scrapheap71]

@1tswill1 I can't decide if you're a failtroll or a lolcow. Help me out here.

[halonone]

@slingshot2427 That pretty much hit the nail on the head. And that is why atheists and agnostics are becoming more widespread; with modern science we are beginning to form reasonable explanations for natural occurrences backed with evidence. Asking if there is a creator of the initial matter is not the wrong way to begin questioning, but it is one of an infinite number of questions. It was just the easiest for our minds to grasp at the time.

[slingshot2427]

@sonickid001 I think he had a great answer there. I think that potentially with our ability to reason came in a need to fill in the gaps to explain our world. Since we at one point in time knew very little about the world, we filled in our gaps in knowledge with what we did know (lightning, tides, earthquakes) and created gods and religions that govern these elements.