Richard Dawkins vs Cardinal George Pell on Q&A (10-4-2012)

Richard Dawkins and Catholic Cardinal George Pell discuss religion, morals and evolution on Q&A. (10-4-2012 ABC TV)
It baffles me how the Catholic hierarchy can concede most of the bible stories are myths, but continue to teach it as fact in Sunday school, religious schools and in church. The only part of the bible the Catholic church stands by is the death and resurrection of Christ. If the most senior catholics dont believe 99% of the bible why should anyone else?

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[talgoam]

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?

Then he is not omnipotent.

Is he able, but not willing?

Then he is malevolent.

Is he both able and willing?

Then whence cometh evil?

Is he neither able nor willing?

Then why call him God?"

- Epicurus 341 – 270 before geez

[Billy Gilhooley]

if all living things have a principal of life or soul according to this religious freak then why cant other animals go to heaven?

[Ben Gay]

medieval cock sucker in the penguin suit should clean the shit out of its ears and shut the fuck up with ridiculous statements. If hell really did exist, we all know bird man george and the rest of its flock would be burning for eternity for all of the child molestation they do.

[Niko N]

He is able but not willing to make this world great and perfect. He gived you a choice to pick this shit world or to chose him to bring you to a real perfect world in another dimension called heaven. He gived us the gift of choice. In this shit world he allowed Satan to control the world thats why bad things happen. Now he wants you to choose. Which world you want. The spiritual world or the chunk of mater world. That is what are religion is all about if all this is true.

[Chris Landry]

0:48:05 Dawkins' expression is hilarious!

[Cris Formage]

You can tell the faster Richard is blinking, the more he wants to punch someone in the face.

[dtechnoviking]

These people seem to clap just for the shear sound of it

[dtechnoviking]

Why does that matter? Its irrelevant, it would be beyond our understanding and comprehension. That's just trying to rise an argument

[dtechnoviking]

don't just blame it on a god or religion, people have always found something to justify their violence or fight for power. People have fought for women, money, land and their kings or superiors. Just because an atheist has no god does not make them more or less likely to kill or do evil

[nygiants1125]

"Teach it as fact in Sunday school and religious schools" this just isn't true at all. Educate yourself before you make such bold and ignorant statements.

[cr0pi]

1)one should know what one is countering 2)Atheism is not a religion 3)Atheist are more importantly secularist and liberal agnostic. it's like talking to a wall. People are getting killed in the name of different religions, not in the name of atheist-religion - "In the name of my atheist lord i will kill you" or "My atheist god won't be pleased and would banish you to hell" is not often heard,is it? 

[BlakesMercury]

Atheist speak as much new biblical meh meh as the previous religions