Rabbi Shmuley Debates Richard Dawkins - Part 11

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The 1996 debate at Oxford featuring four eminent participants, including noted biblical scholar Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.

The panelists tackle the issue of whether or not God, and by extension, religion, is needed for there to be goodness in the world. Rabbi Boteach boldly asserts that the greatest tragedies of the 20th century were not only removed from religious motivations, but were responsible for more casualties than religious wars in all other times put together.

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[Aphex217Twin]

omg that was funny, when Dawkins tried to explain that he couldn't answer the question of laughter! "I'm being serious" muhahahaha...no disrespect for Dawkins. He does make a good point, that it's important to be humble and admit flat out that you don't know when you don't knowl.

[adrenacrumb]

the hell is shmuley claiming he won this for?

[7t6e354r]

audio is horrific

[CloverCATOREE]

if god loves us, why does god create us "in sin" and then command us to be good or we will go to hell? umm isnt that just retarded? by that logic god is FORCING us to be good because we would be bad otherwise because thats how we were CREATED. and why must god test us so? what kind of love is that? why not just show up and solve the puzzle once and for all so people can have it on video to show to the future. it makes NO sense. im good because i want to be not because god is telling me to be.

[DaGavinX]

I hate this audience. >:-(

[wardzer]

wtf is it with the audience, are they all morons?

[Blackerer]

Dawkins just invented a new term: dofl. as in Dying On the Floor Laughing :).

[extazy17]

I somewhat agree that we should follow reason and evidence. That is why people should follow Judaism (or at least the 7 universal laws of Noah). "Judaism" which is really the Torah is based on scientific evidence. Check on youtube- "Rabbi Mizrachi Torah and Science , or Divineinformation". please comment back AFTER watching it.

[lewisner]

For an explanation of what laughter is, read the story "The Jokester" by Isaac Asimov.