Root of All Evil - Episode 1 (4/5)

In this two-part documentary, Oxford Professor Richard Dawkins examines how religious faith is gaining ground in the face of rational, scientific truth. The program takes you to some of the world's religious hot-spots, both in America and the Middle East. Dawkins meets with religious leaders and their followers, as well as scientists and sceptics to examine the power of religion. Interviews with former Pastor Ted Haggard, the novelist Ian McEwan, the former Bishop of Oxford, and others offer valuable insights into the global impact and consequences of faith in the 21st century.

Along with his million-copy best-seller The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins' Root of All Evil? has helped inspire people of reason worldwide to say "Enough is enough!" Our modern world is the product of a long march from ignorance and fear to the Enlightenment and beyond, always guided by the power of science and reason. To now abandon our endeavour toward progress and knowledge for faith and superstition puts humanity in peril.

Category:

Education

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• Richard
• Dawkins
• Atheism
• Agnosticism
• Religion
• Science
• Reason

[nett103]

I commend Dawkins patience, my blood was boiling listening to these pious fanatics.

[xGimpyx]

@Realtruth666 You do realize that there are better ways to dismiss religion, right? Caps lock and obscenities only make us look as bad as the theists.

[mpua2424]

7:44 Cyborg malfunction

[mpua2424]

I came out as an atheist about a year ago and my boss is a preacher. It's actually kind of helpful to me. He's always giving me books on religion to read. It just fuels my fire even more.

[jenlinc2006]

Religion is not the root of all evil, as this portion actually displays. Religion just acts as a cloak which people wrap around human sentiments which exist inherently. Israel and Palestine is about faction, power, and pride. Nobody wants to be underdog, and so they wrap religion around their assertions as justification. Religion did not make people proud, fearful, or inherently wanting themselves to be more powerful than their neighbor. It just came in handy to justify these feelings.

[JohanTW]

@garytcw Not sure if you realise this but I agree with everything you just said :P It's just the last part, I do care about people's feelings and I wouldn't want to hurt anyone that way not even an enemy, not to mention that provoking those two children further would lead to more bloodshed. I don't believe we need militant or arrogant atheism because I don't think we need militant or arrogant movements at all. Politeness is the best thing to use when you disagree. But they ARE hurting innocents.

[garytcw]

@JohanTW When those people that "fight for the place that hold dear to them" kills each other all day long. Third party innocent people should not give a damn.

As long as those moron do not hurt innocent people, or try to drag unrelated people into that moronic bloody mess. Which they ALL do, innocent non religious people are killed in those wars, and they all try to convert innocent people into the madness.

As such your point is moot, who cares if the place hold dear to them.

[idi0t37]

i thought the jew taking pictures of the wall like it was a photo shoot was hilarious

[icarusearthbound]

I've always wished a small comet would impact in jerusalem so nobody could have it.

[JohanTW]

@SeedsOfHatred Agreed but he has a belief that these old things are worthy of ridicule and contempt. While I don't fully agree because I love history and I show great respect for old things (not because of religious beliefs), I can certainly see where he's coming from.

[SeedsOfHatred]

@JohanTW "Getting smashed and taking a piss on the wall" isn't exactly a "belief", it's just childishness.