Father George Coyne Interview (3/7) - Richard Dawkins

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[skynyrd202]

I'm not religious in anyway whatsoever, but I have a lot of respect for this guy. If all religious people thought as rationally as this, the world would be a better place.

[Skippa1986]

This priest is very cool and all, but there is a reason he is low in the hierarchy.

In its core, the Catholic church is often as conservative as any fundamentalist evangelical church. He will never be a cardinal, much less the pope. In the end, they know that progressive thought is detrimental to religious organization and that's it.

[lglglggl]

The implication of this video is rationalizing the irrational it provokes fundamental abstracted ideas of creationism but which does not at all recognize or support the ideals of Christianity. It's provocative it's creative and this should be; and is, allowed to be discussed in public school.

[TheLaw055]

@skynyrd202 You are a moron, by making this stupid comment you just lowered the IQ of all who have read your stupid statement by 10%. Thank you for making me dummer.

[playbak]

@Skippa1986 I disagree completely, the whole reason evangelicals went on their own was because the Catholic church wouldn't give in to their extremes.

Although you are right that there are conservative Catholics that skew the faith to fit there own agenda. But they are not the majority and are fought very vigorously by people like Fr. Coyne.

[grumhelden]

If only we heard from this side of religion more often. The Christian Taliban should listen to this guy.

[silvanakb1958]

Although father George is poised and well spoken man and acts as one who is critically thinking he does the same things as all other priests and believers do - he invests "holly books" with meaning to suit the needs of his faith. He has no good answers to Dawkin's questions he has just his firm belief. He is kind.Period. I would like to listen holy mass held by him- does he read from the Bible and say to believers - in reality nothing here is literal. What about Jesus? Metaphor too? ;)

[OffTheGlass87]

Well.....First off you have to understand the differences in religions and what the bible is. The bible is comprised of books put together by the church, catholic I believe. Some were left out, maybe for obvious reasons. The Bible is comprised of two distinct, yet connected, religions. The first is the Old Testament, that is practiced by Jews. The second is the New Testament, which is practiced by Christians. You have mistaken scripture's from the Old Testament as Christian ideology.

[me1anxiety]

If bible is true, well than how about the mistakes in it, how about the catholic belief of confession and christ says to pray to father directly, incest and slavery in bible, like wise in other religious books...Yet Father George Coyne a grown up man believes in his catholic church and its teachings and bible...pure foolish

[valarmanwe]

@allanfries76 You condescending git.

[mQtek]

@00000Me1 I agree on everything u said except you said that people need religion in the very beginning to get a moral compass (thus it being "invented" in the first place) which is wrong. Just pointing that out :)