Richard Dawkins Lays Into Religious Morality

Richard Dawkins on 'Q and A' on March 8th, 2010

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[kortenful]

@xXLeoXx0731 I have read the whole bible. I like the bit in numbers 31 17-18 where Moses scolds his army for sparing the women and children of a defeated army. Moses then tells them to kill every woman and male child but keep the girls as sex slaves. I bet you have never read the whole bible except the nice bits in the NT.The bible is a collection of bronze age myths and nothing more.

[cm3007235]

@MrBugs1983 Actually, only 0.2% of the american prison population are atheists. Whereas it is estimated that 10%-15% of the general population are atheists. This shows an extreme tendency for atheists to be law-abiding citizens in relation to the religious community, where the prison population is higher than the general population.

[softwaria]

Well said. Thanks to nonameisacat for sharing this post!

[TheNeverview]

What really gets me about religious people is the way they can bend logic full circle to justify violence in the name of peace.. Commanding that you kill no other humans yet if they happen to believe in a different version of events they are suddenly no longer your brother but an enemy. Probably made sense to people 2,000 years ago but now seems a bit far fetched

[huzanaaier]

This has to go down as one of the most articulate, erudite and fucking spot on answers I have ever heard to a religious question. Bravo Richard Dawkins!

[THERANK1231]

Sad how religion has degenerated humanity

[TheJo4an]

@radbarij Shit just got real.

[radbarij]

I lke the bit where D-to-the-W takes off his glasses.

[nfinn42]

@cm3007235 indeed, as an agnostic, I find it *intensely* irritating when the religious blandly assume, or baldly state, that my non-adherence to their belief system disqualifies me from having any sense of values, morality, or ethics. As if a rational, free-willed adult could not construct a self-consistent, internal moral philosophy from first principles of altruism! Just because *they* need carrots and sticks after death, they assume everyone is equally unimaginative... :P

[cm3007235]

@nfinn42 Oh I agree of course, it is going to be wildly inaccurate, that's why I only use those statistics when people claim that atheists have no morals, or are morally inferior to religious people (I'm sure you are familiar with the garbage that goes on).

[nfinn42]

@ninjajesus81 please observe the "no feeding the trolls" sign until WELL outside this video thread. Thank you for your assistance. :P