Christopher Hitchens: The Moral Necessity of Atheism (4/8)

A fantastic lecture by Christopher Hitchens about how atheism (and anti-theism) is not only a healthy belief system but a moral necessity. He talks about the very earthly nature of religion, the dangerous effect it is having on our world and the need for people to think for themselves.
Have a drink and get comfortable because Hitchens is going to explain it all to you just brilliantly!

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[falsificationism]

This video was phenomenal! Hitch brought his A game!

[Dorfkanal]

His arguments are solid and striking.

[kingpharaohtsar]

@mac195000 only as inportant as u wish to make it im scottish gael we came from scandinavia 12.000yrs ago to a land then covered in ice im intrested in my peoples but i care not that it means more then it is we are all african in the end such a short time humans have been here is not enuff to make any fuss over race

[iliveon]

@mac195000 I never said race does not exist, but I do say that people should be respected of our species regardless of our differences

[mac195000]

@iliveon The reality of racial group difference does not necessitate or justify teating people as "lesser-thans." We can behave well toward others without believing falsely that they are in every way equal to us. Ethical behavior does not require the quasi-religious "race does not exist" myth to sustain it any more than it requires Christianity.

[iliveon]

@mac195000 What about our genetic diversity is important to treat others like lesser-thans? Are you all for social darwinism or something? What about the facts of biology and population genetics of the cycles of life and death, what do these have to do with how we live our lives with one another?

[mac195000]

@iliveon

Obviously we are all related. But many seem to want to ignore the fact that we have evolved differently. Contrary to Mr. Hitchens claims, race is a genetic reality. Population groups within the homo sapiens family have evolved significant differences over the past 50,000 years, not to the point of speciation, but important none the less.

[iliveon]

@mac195000 the genes show that we are all related and we can even track our shared ancestors. If there is an implication at all, that destroys the notion of one tribe being favored over another by some god. and it destroys the notion of a tower of babel that separates the human species and puts divisions in between them. DNA shows that we evolved differently and that we share ancestry. What else can we get from the study of our origin? And what qualm do you have with established scientific fact?

[jones6119]

What a relief!

[mac195000]

"There is no gene for race," Mr. Hitchens claims. But in fact many genetic differences have arisen among population groups due to geographic isolation since modern man left Africa tens of thousands of years ago. And that is just what we would expect given the way random mutation, evolution and natural selection work. Why is Hitchens in denial when it comes to this particular implication of the very worldview he so stridently promotes?

[elgar104]

religion is toxic. nice one hitch. keep it coming for as long as you can.

[keeyk118b]

so says the drunkard bisexual adulterer.