Richard Dawkins: 'Somebody as intelligent as Jesus would have been an atheist'

[@colins3063]

If someone were born in this generation and claimed to be god, you'd all think he was mentally ill, including religious people. Why should we think any different about what happened in the past?

[@wee0bird]

Read the testimony of many in the Bible and you will see.

[@colins3063]

"The bible says this, so it's true" You people are delusional as hell.

[@larryg7109]

Did this man who says he was God raise the dead and heal many people daily, did he say things that Jesus say, and rise from the dead? Was it prophesied that He, the Messiah, would be God?

[@raziel1132]

+Larry G the book said he did, what proves the book?

[@larryg7109]

raziel11 Fulfilled prophecy!!

[@rehaanphansalkar4187]

"I would rather have questions that cannot be answered than answers that cannot be questioned" - Richard Feynman

[@yawoyfisinmedms4365]

Genius

[@carmenschumann826]

. . . they had a solution - but it didn't fit the problem . . .

[@StudioEnergizerMV]

ah 2+2 is not 4, I knew it should be questioned

[@StudioEnergizerMV]

@WolframaticAlpha so that answer cannot be questioned because it was proved?

[@Kevin-cy6vp]

@@StudioEnergizerMV Of course you can question 2+2=4 and try to prove it correct/incorrect. The fact is most people already have questioned it, tested it, and decided it’s correct. But if you think otherwise, you’re entitled to your opinion as well. Keep in mind it is only your opinion though.

[@dannysmith785]

I never understood why God would get pissed off if people didn't praise him. Let's say I make an ant farm. The ants seem happy and are running around doing ant stuff. If they don't praise me, I am going to pour a bit of boiling water in to teach them a lesson. That makes me an asshole of epic proportion.

[@JBlackjackp]

if you're going to argue against a religion it's a good idea to actually know what they believe otherwise you look like an idiot.

[@TheJeppesk]

Except that is exactly what they believe. You praise God or you go to hell. His analogy is flawless.

[@rayocks]

He doesn't get "pissed off" at people because they don't praise him implying that he does it because he is self-centered. At least the Christian God isn't that way. He gets "pissed off" because the people that don't praise him in most cases think they are better than him and want to tell others what to do which leads to people living a life that is not even close to reaching the full potential each person is brought into existence for. I would have never praised a God like the one you describe. God receives praise from people because they are grateful and acknowledge his wisdom in conducting their lives. This obviously involves also understanding the greater purpose he has for us and not all the garbage that most of us have been taught in our homes and society. I am no better than anyone, nor am I the beholder of truth, I just happened to do my research and receive answers. I recommend reading The Bible if you truly want to know the truth. Don't take my words if you don't want to.

[@coconutbliss1444]

the thing betwean your relationship with god and your relationship with the ants is that you come from god and the ants dont come from you. very difficult to understand, absurd logic. now imagine that some cells in you stop working for your whole being, what do you call that? i think cancer.

[@HakeemKazak]

+rayocks +coconut bliss holy cow so much delusion..you just answered the question and logic yourself..I guess your "god" was so bored in his own little world that after he couldn't figure out whether he was in a simulation himself or if some other greater "god" is watching him play out his godly life, that he decided to create our universe so he could manage beings to follow his rule book. I'm just going to leave it at that, if you still can't muster the amount of logic required then I invite you to Antarctica as I heard the dwindling populations of religious folk are planning a new colony over there :)

[@davidlewis3072]

"I despise people who believe something without evidence and then go out and take action which damages other people..."

[@adobecolour5404]

There is evidence

[@nakkadu]

@@adobecolour5404 for what?

[@aksels6984]

@@adobecolour5404 what evidence?

[@KINGPHANTOMw85]

@Beau Black Innocence is a myth. Humans stop being innocent at age 5

[@selviek8727]

its easier to make out which religious community he is refering when he adds "church.goers are passive" :p

[@Pauleymack]

I'm a dyslexic, agnostic insomniac, I lie awake at night wondering if there really is a dog.

[@n1cojm]

David Filimon woosh

[@lewisbassett1]

Pauleymack infinite jest

[@judewakefield7213]

Better than the dyslexic devil worshiper who sold his soul to Santa

[@kristianhumphreys3359]

😂😂😂

[@AgentRafa]

You're Trump?

[@alvinbarrios4704]

Its easier to trick a fool than to convince one that they are being fooled.

[@leven4647]

@Ajgleskorv truth hurts bro.. I feel you😂😂

[@slavicemperor8279]

@@leven4647 ,,Truth" Atheism isn't truth and to say it is means showing off total ignorance to core values human civilization and entire universe have been built upon.

[@blakehogan6243]

Psalms 53:1

[@slavicemperor8279]

@Godzilla Gaming Because atheism is an assumption. It is not a belief backed up by facts. Being against religion is one thing, since every single one which ever existed is scientifically proven wrong and misleading, but immediately jumping to a whole another side of spectrum to say creator or at least superior force doesn't exist is illogical because they are many proofs why it HAS to exist.

[@hadencrawford7451]

@SlavicEmperor you just stated a bunch of wrong things about religion so that makes your argument invalid

[@jamie7622]

It's too bad Lord of the Rings wasn't published a few thousand years earlier. I wouldn't mind sitting in a church hearing about Frodo

[@HyperNova0]

Same

[@nemezizthedestroyer5237]

Same

[@dan9521]

This is so funnily random as a comment, but it cant be further from the truth

[@R0230R]

And how Gandalf died for us and all 😆

[@dan9521]

Did you know? Tolkien was a Christian, and when he wrote the sagas, he was very much inspired by biblical symbolism

[@SomethingSomethingg]

I didn't know Boris Johnson used to do street interviews.

[@chuysanchez8211]

Jajajajajaja brooo

[@muse5633]

😂

[@moatasemkassab4517]

Boris Johnson's son, Boris Atheison.

[@g07denslicer]

The quote in the title is nowhere in the interview. Wtf?

[@massineben7198]

Clickbait 100

[@yoseflopez5141]

LOL!

[@richardnicholas2957]

Click bait. I fell for it too.

[@Mo0shii]

He did say it in an debate not just in this video

[@Cydoniaxx]

@castroy64 At least he does not think there is a floating man in the sky using voodoo to create the universe. And if God does exist what created him? He could not have been the first thing ever to exist because existence is infinite, nothing can be existant without something to create it.

[@propergander8509]

I'm not religious, but that interviewers' hair needs some jesus.

[@Bladesmobile]

Pure Caffeine 😂😂😂😂

[@iamvickie9145]

😂😂😂😂😂😂...I'm on the floor.

[@e.m.medrano7976]

Quite possibly the worst and most unfortunate modern haircut I have ever seen. Some strange cross between Friar Tuck and someone’s Great Aunt Sally. Looks like his mother cut it with a bowl on his head as a guide. Why did no one fix it for him before this interview? Even Dawkins kept looking at him as if he was trying not to laugh.

[@gavriloprincip11]

Pure Caffeine he playa in an Oasis coverband at his local pub every Tuesday

[@asmilingsnowstorm1962]

@Vance L. Gilmore acually

[@jannanijland5336]

"In America religion is a commercial enterprise" what a very insightful remark!

[@WhenInDarknessSeekTheLight]

@castroy64 No it's the opposite you don't think so your not a athirst.

[@JRobbySh]

In every society, selfish men infiltrate every institution. This certainly includes science.

[@IncoherentSchizo]

As a christian, I agree to an extent. I don't like dawkins but he is not wrong about that.

[@JRobbySh]

@@donniedimarco5110 If one rules out presupposition as not a form of belief. The true skeptic believes in nothing. But the scientist must start from some place.

[@Jesus-lf4bq]

@@JRobbySh Though scientist use the evidence to find a cause which happens to be evolution a darn lot.

[@marcusross8751]

RD must have enormous reserves of patience to get asked the same tedious / misunderstood questions over & over again - and still be courteous and considered in his responses.

[@billyskyline570]

"I despise people who take action against others with no evidence" nuff said

[@llamaliammm]

I cant quite get where you stand

[@GeorgeWilkins]

But there is plenty of evidence? 🤷

[@billyskyline570]

Its because im merely quoting Dawkins himself. Hence the quotation marks.

[@spawnnpwn4166]

@Nikita Petersen Wtf? No one in this world believes the world is 2000 years old.. atleast be honest with your counter questioning ffs.

[@goesfastandfar]

@@snackler6102 You are quite correct. The "theory" of evolution is a belief as well with no supporting evidence that accounts for huge gaps in time. They sell it as such but it is greatly flawed.

[@timketter5361]

"To find out people's thoughts on religion we've come to St. Paul's Cathedral to talk with a "random" flock of people. Make sure you tune in next week when when we stop at a local pub to ask a "random" group their thoughts on alcohol."

[@MultiCrawler1]

Tim Ketter lmao

[@roro-mm7cc]

Tim Ketter it was outside St. Paul's talking to people walking past it - in the middle of the city of London loads of people walk past St. Paul's on the way to work -completely unrelated to the cathedral itself.

[@malmurray6958]

Tim Ketter . I love booze too. lol

[@trosengodinho5253]

He said near st.Paul,so he probably was on the street besides!

[@mangotangochick]

Would've failed GCSE statistics lol. Need to get those statistically significant 'unbiased' random samples.

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

I thank god everyday that he didn't make me religious.

[@Supahdave1000]

+MickyAvStickyHands I... ...Hmm. I must ponder this sentence.

[@Supahdave1000]

:)

[@khairowensullivan7489]

Stealing Ricky Gervais quote...

[@renegadeprince100]

lol

[@jesusislord4135]

Despite the superficial appearance of wit this remark does not deserve 'top' billing. Two more points. Firstly, any religion (or irreligion) is just fine with Satan so long as it doesn't lead to Christ and to salvation. Satan wants humans to be damned just as he is, likewise many evil people want others to be wicked just as they are, and preferably in like manner (being cliquish as well as malicious). Secondly, one does indeed need God in order to become a believer. One can't do it by means of tradition, effort, even logic and reason. No wonder Dawkins can't find Him; besides which he apparently doesn't want to. (Standing beside and in close comparison with Jesus, every thought and motive exposed, nobody is going to come off very well.) Jesus said, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God...........Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit.' And later, 'That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I said to you, "You must be born again" '. But there certainly is no reason to rejoice for those who have not been born again. Think of what you are missing and what Christians have (Psalm 16:11): 'You will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand are pleasures forever'.

[@Fj3]

Please don't ever die, Prof. Richard Dawkins!

[@vFivecube]

You like dawkings and cm punk! Your are awesome!

[@shirleystafford4277]

Great artists (and free thinkers) never die. Thank you professor Dawkins

[@obamajoker7166]

@@shirleystafford4277 that's a compelling argument. Unfortunately; 15th of October, 2026

[@mac-yo2xs]

He hopes...... There's a place he's going he's not going to like.... For eternity

[@fillemorte]

@@mac-yo2xs yeah goodluck woth actually believing that.

[@TheFinishingStrike]

I don't believe in God, yet I still lead a very happy life.

[@2gointruth]

Cory Chapman Matthew 12; 30-37.

[@L.Ron_Dow]

***** That's right folks, you read it in the 'good' book yourselves' Matthew 12:31 _"And so I tell you this: no sin, no slander, is beyond forgiveness for men except slander spoken against the Spirit, and that will not be forgiven."_ You can steal, covet your neighbor's ass (and his wife's), rape, murder, abuse children, commit genocide and you will be forgiven, owning people as property is certainly not frowned upon, but say one thing against that egotistical piece of female genitalia and you will burn in hell forever. Those who gun-down cartoonists and policemen & women are already forgiven. 'God is Great' they said. Believers always have an excuse for committing atrocities. It's a good job I don't believe in it either, otherwise I might get very angry with such a thug.

[@2gointruth]

L.Ron Dow Matthew 12; 30 -37, Matthew 5; 11.

[@L.Ron_Dow]

***** Matthew 5:11??? Who's insulting you my old friend? I'm afraid you're picking-up no credits from me today. Happy New Year. I think you're really smart: Yellow Pages: Let your fingers do the walking. The Holy Bible: Let the verses do your thinking.

[@2gointruth]

L.Ron Dow Ha ha And I would also like this to add to all your hate and slander and to your own self righteousness: That of worshipping only yourself and your own dishonesty hate and slander through all the evil that becomes Atheism! A false God of all self-worship; and therefore making you blind against understanding the truth and the wisdom of his words; found in the Gospel of truth: And of which I add: All evil is committed by those who worship their own dishonesty and immorality, in all self-righteousness and think that they are above that of the Spirit of truth peace and goodwill to all men and women; our real and true God, YHVH or Allah to worship! Where first we must all learn to rise above our own dishonest and immoral thoughts (of which, if we do not, can lead anyone of us into doing all manner of disgusting and unmentionable criminal activities) so thus to always live in (and be at one with) the Spirit of truth peace and goodwill to all men and women! For betraying our true God, YHVH or Allah, the Spirit of truth peace and goodwill to all men and women; is where all evil is committed! And where we must all pay the price for our own evil, if we cannot control it within ourselves: And if not, by any honest and fair Judge anywhere in the world! ... : ))

[@robertjazz3613]

There was a time when all believed in god and the church ruled , this time was called the dark ages ~ Richard Lederer

[@johnnypools6971]

They really needed him at that time

[@axlbrixsigmundkrause4163]

I don't get it why they called it the dark ages. I studied History, universities spread across Europe at that time, medicines, economy and technology bloomed at that time. Maybe its more because of the black plague rather than religion.

[@greenshrex7532]

@@axlbrixsigmundkrause4163 it's due to the lack of remains of that age and stuff. Hence that term is used in history

[@greenshrex7532]

There wasn't a time when everyone was a monotheist

[@nasomeeking1367]

@@johnnypools6971 can't need something that isn't real

[@mifeke6149]

Jesus didn't create a religion, a religion was created out of Jesus.

[@mcake1234]

And a bloody bad one at that.

[@YukiGibson]

Miss Feke any human interpretation of God has just fallen short, Christianity is a joke right now. Thinking you can measure him by any human structure of law is just plain stupid.

[@jacobj7561]

Fred Nurke Because love is such a bad thing?

[@YukiGibson]

Jacob J Love for your neighboor but hate for gays and whoever believes in other gods?

[@jacobj7561]

YukiGibson Generalizing much?

[@Colin12475]

The world needs more people like Richard Dawkins.

[@johnnastrom9400]

Not really. He buys into radical leftism which is just as nutty as fundamentalist religion.

[@adamfrank1182]

No they don’t

[@nordscan9043]

@@adamfrank1182He’s a smug arrogant jerk.

[@darwinkguillen8590]

No please

[@nordscan9043]

@@darwinkguillen8590 My thoughts exactly.

[@bananafish3149]

Remember to live life as if you’ll never have another.

[@HyrumLentz]

This is precisely what gives me purpose as an atheist. I've been given this wonderful gift of conscious existence, and it's the sum of everything I have at the moment. Eventually, I will lose it entirely and all that will be left is its affect on others who are still around. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to use such a gift properly while I still can, in order to leave an impact on those who will still be around once I'm not.

[@HyrumLentz]

@Lawn Mower I definitely didn't mean to say that that is the only right answer; I'm very sorry that it came across that way. Personally, I find that I need an extra, external incentive, even if other people might not. I meant to speak in a way that made it clear that I was speaking of personal perspective, but I guess I failed.

[@magdy_01]

@@HyrumLentz i understand with what you're trying to say but i agree with lawn mower your statement is quite contradicting and you are filling a void of religion with spiritual beliefs with a mixture of atheism

[@HyrumLentz]

@@magdy_01 I wouldn't say that I have spiritual beliefs; I don't believe in any higher power, objective purpose, destiny, superstition, or anything beyond what there is sufficient evidence for. However, everyone has their own life purpose and moral philosophy that they decide on, no matter their beliefs, and that was how I came to mine. My initial comment was primarily meant as a defense of the ability of individual atheists to find their own sense of purpose within a reality in which there is not one that is universally correct, using a personal example. Personally, I want to make enough of a positive impact on the world, even if just for a few people, that my legacy continues somewhat beyond my death, as the finality of death bothers me. It may not bother others to the same extent, however, and they have their own purposes, such as living a long and/or full life, having fun, etc. I wholly agree that my qualms about death are a result of my former belief system in which death is not final, but I assure you, it is this factor that has lead me to my personal conclusions, rather than a spiritual belief of some intrinsic duty. As I have mentioned in an earlier reply, that initial comment came across differently than I meant it to, as it made it sound as though I was prescribing my own purpose to others. Your interpretation of the conversation is valid, especially given my failure to explain myself properly, but I hope this clears up where I really stand on the matter.

[@a.d4874]

It depends if you live life wild and wickedly you will never have another. If you live life according to the Spirit you’ll live forever in utopia.

[@LeonidsStrapOn]

"What [religion] would you say you were?" "Festive at christmas" hahaa

[@harleytoms6862]

Mysteries of demeters daughter

[@ismokezekush]

Its a satanic holiday sadly

[@subasan4798]

@@ismokezekush What?

[@khal_vaal_hazak9372]

rod of discipline you with atheism and evolution

[@tswear6717]

@@ismokezekush its based on a pagan holiday. That doesnt make it satanic.

[@TheSeedform]

Richard Dawkins will go down in history as one of the brightest thinkers who tried to help this civilization thrive. extremely underrated and underappreciated. one of the best minds on earth

[@truthbeforeself9896]

It is a pity then that he is thoughtlessly leading people away from our true God and Father, the spirit of truth in peace and love for all humans, don'tcha think?

[@TheJakecheck]

Truth Beforeself nope. he's trying to save humanity from the Memetic virus of faith based beliefs. You're the one killing this world.

[@TheSeedform]

Truth Beforeself why is you god the true and right god?

[@truthbeforeself9896]

+TheJakecheck I believe that the greatest humanity for us of mankind, is that we should all live in the spirit of truth in peace and love for all fellow humans, and the whole world over. So if this means that I am the 'one killing this world' --- Then what is it that has made you into one who is 'killing this world'?

[@truthbeforeself9896]

+Jack Burney Truth is God enough for everyone, the very truth of all existence and life! And if God ain't good enough for you, then you are lacking the truth of all existence and life! Therefore you must be dead or daft! So which is it?

[@marciomaia4020]

I'm 100 percent in agreement with Dawkins.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

A shame. Wow, have you all lost your minds? A human being is made up of two parts, the body, which consists of cells and molecules,(matter), and the soul,(the mind), which is divine. This is not a religion, it is a fact. Like a tree is a tree. Now, children, can we please move on, Happy New Year.

[@marciomaia4020]

@@jeffforsythe9514 that's a nice assertion without any evidence.

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

@@jeffforsythe9514 more BS

[@Gingnose]

@@jeffforsythe9514 thanks for making my day 🤣 Bodies are made of cells so does our minds

[@horizon5549]

@@jeffforsythe9514 😂mind is your brain and it is made of cells ,it also has neurons which ig you lack some

[@zacharycat]

Jesus would have been crazy to be an open atheist, they would have crucified him.

[@jefketheboss4009]

zacharycat Jesus was crazy but not a atheist at all, Jesus learned his followers the importance of life while the pharasees(authorities) wanted to be fundamentalist and obey every law literally.. New Testament is made for our generation, back then nobody could even understand Jesus his messages..

[@kennyjohnson8081]

zacharycat - "Jesus would have been crazy to be an open atheist, they would have crucified him." You are correct. That's why it is "hidden..." HIDDEN ATHEIST #1 The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a MAN took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all SEEDS: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a TREE, so that the BIRDS of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. ------------------------------------- HIDDEN ATHEIST #2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and 'HID' in 3 measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. -------------------------------------------- Hidden is the only way to hide something... (1) 2 in one bed; the 1 shall be taken, and the other shall be left (2) 2 shall be grinding together; the 1 shall be taken, and the other left. (3) 2 shall be in the field; the 1 shall be taken, and the other left. ---------------------------------------------- HIDDEN ATHEIST #3 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field (2 in the field); the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and -selleth ALL that he hath-(the 1 is taken) and buyeth that field. --------------------------------- HIDDEN ATHEIST #4 Again, the kingdom of heaven (universe; NOT God) is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price (2 in the field Motion Law), went and -sold ALL that he had- and bought it. ---------------------- HIDDEN ATHEIST #5 NOW LEARN a parable of the fig tree (A) when his branch is yet tender and (B) putteth forth leaves ye know (C) that summer is nigh So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This (2 in the field) generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words (the 1 shall be taken) shall not pass away. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's lonely being the only smart atheist besides Jesus. 2 in the field is motion law that precludes the unequalled force of God. And-A and B; ye know C-is Aristotle syllogism that makes knowledge without God by a material sufficiency of 2. The atheist Revelation calls this "a sharp 2-edged sword."

[@ZapherHD]

zacharycat he got crucified anyways😒

[@kennyjohnson8081]

ZapherHD the total dead from Pax Romana is said to be 2 million

[@optimusprime5199]

Jefke Theboss Nope, Jesus was epileptic.

[@OldRomanTV]

Science doesn’t explain “why” anyone exists - it explains “how”.

[@perhapsso1909]

It's does. Simple probability, more credible than wizard making us.

[@OldRomanTV]

ThrouNouwCeat well actually no... if you know what probability is in relation to how things are...

[@perhapsso1909]

@@OldRomanTV I have a bachelor's in math and a decent amount of university level physics. I know a thing or two of what I am talking about when it comes to probability of existance. Of course going to the details would be a little uncalled for in a KZbin comment section but the very basis of existance as defined by science is that matter exists I.e. the tiniest particles called quarks and other accompanying particles. Essentially in the universe there is a very very very large number of said particles. It is approximatted that there are a 100 billion stars in a single galaxy. just within that galaxy the quarks count would be a astronomical large number. Now let's expand to the observable universe. How many particles exist there? Let's now take the entire universe, how many particles exists there? Short answer an uncountable number. Now let's just say that each particles has a unique interaction with another particle. From chemistry we know that said interceptions can create chemical reactions. Now expanding on that idea, consider the infinite number of interactions and reactions possible. That alone serves as more of a plausible proof of an intervention giving birth to consiousness than saying Simone created it.

[@OldRomanTV]

ThrouNouwCeat I have two doctorates, one in philosophy, the other in metaphysics. I know a little of what I’m talking about too.

[@perhapsso1909]

@@OldRomanTV right. And how does that disprove how probability plays a role in existence? I'm honestly looking for a convincing argument. Sure from a philosophy perspective you may give a philosophy definition of probability. But I would like to argue that mathematics may be considered just as valid if not just like a philosophical argument. In that case, what I have conveyed still stands.

[@qasperr994]

I make my own reasons to keep going.

[@willd6215]

Can you share some?

[@reed7562]

Bill D You want a republic in government but you’re stupid enough to believe that the universe is a monarchy?

[@dkdjhdhd5284]

@Ajgleskorv thats cringe

[@turq1824]

End it now loser

[@Slam_24]

My reason for keep going is to live as long as possible to see the advancements of science and space! All these advancements in the field of colonising planets and such are awesome! Science is what keeps me going. I can't wait to see how far we can go.

[@metal665lica]

"What if it's a load of rubbish?" "nOoNe cAn pRovE tHaT."

[@ZosKampel]

I'd love to hear your take 🤣

[@metal665lica]

@@ZosKampel on this statement? Everything they can throw at us has already been contested and debunked. That "no one can prove that" argument means then that ANYTHING in folklore and fiction is real until proven otherwise. Santa. The tooth fairy. The boogeyman. Thor. Dracula. Dua Lipa is my girlfriend. "Oh yeah? What's your proof then?" "iT's uP To yoU tO diSpRoVe me."

[@josephmanifold9211]

@@metal665lica I see your reasoning but I look down on your delivery.

[@metal665lica]

@@josephmanifold9211 I can respect that. Not my best retorts though, if I'm honest. How would you word it then?

[@LiveLoLearn]

I took it as meaning death is the venture from which no man ever returns, ergo whatever you believe as you die will be eternalized to you in the case of eternal oblivion - as you have no way of knowing what is and what isn't past death's door. So belief is comforting regardless of the reality for me.

[@ryanpenrod1859]

What would you say you were? - Festive at Christmas Best answer.

[@spencer19811]

I get REALLY festive at Christmas, sometimes so festive I can hardly remember it the next day.

[@jimmywalker7792]

Unfulfilled

[@SCHEY101]

Christmas has nothing to do with an outdated old propagated Roman fear tactic. It's about Santa, family and presents.

[@joger3562]

It’s really Christmas it’s just that Festmas is just a shitty discount version of real Christmas

[@colinjava8447]

I get festive at xmas, but its not about religion in any sense, but more tradition and the xmas vibe from xmas lights and trees and xmas music, and stuffing your face and playing games and watching films.

[@Cec2500]

Dawkins doesn't get enough credit. He's a genius, but people are always blinded by his atheism.

[@utoobuser101]

you're pretty

[@zaftra]

It's not so much they are blinded by his atheism, it's more he keeps shoving his beliefs on everybody and is determind that everybody should believe has he does instead of concentrating on his biology.

[@L.Ron_Dow]

*+zaftra:* _"he keeps shoving his beliefs on everybody"_ Really? Exactly how does he do that? Has he been knocking on your front door to spread the wonderful news that "Hell doesn't exist"? Have you found him on your street-corner preaching his 'beliefs')? Does he shove pamphlets through your letter box? Does he leave copies of his books in every hotel room? Do his videos keep popping-up on your computer like unsolicited adverts? Be honest, you had to come looking for this video (or succumb to YT promoting 'similar' videos) otherwise you wouldn't be here. I would recommend that you watch his video 'faith schools menace' here on YT - you will find that he wants RE to be taught in UK schools and monitored by OFSTED as are other subjects. He recognizes how much of British culture (and other world cultures) can only be appreciated when you understand the scriptures that influenced it (them). He wants children to be taught *HOW* to think, not *WHAT* to think.

[@zaftra]

L.Ron Dow Anybody who preaches a belief is trying to force their opnions on others; or at least that is what you'd accuse religious people of doing. But this is an atheist of course, so he's merely trying to enlighten the world.

[@l.ronalddow5898]

*+zaftra:* _"Anybody who preaches a belief is trying to force their opnions on others"_ I agree. Now, the scriptures (anybody's) would label Dawkins, an *'unbeliever'*. He and Krauss made a movie called *'The Unbelievers'*. In this video he says that he has as much belief in the existence of gods as he does pixies and fairies. He promotes the idea that if someone makes a claim, but when asked what evidence they have to support their claim they cannot produce any, there is no reason for you believe that claim is true. So exactly what belief are you claiming he is preaching (and give your evidence)?

[@maplebear247]

"I've come to St. Paul's Cathedral to survey a 'random' block." Excellent survey taking, just flawless.

[@starrlehner1881]

Hitchens said it best when he stated there no one to catch a child falling from window

[@jacobopstad5483]

1:33 The way he says "warm and fuzzy inside" with an absolutely serious face is hilarious!

[@JonathanHilierChannel]

Yeah, I thought he was mocking religious people for a few seconds then realised he just made a poor choice of words. I chucked at that--almost like a joke told with dead-pan delivery.

[@bjorngeorgenson8165]

@@JonathanHilierChannel I honestly think his choice of words was very accurate

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Wow, have you all lost your minds? A human being is made up of two parts, the body, which consists of cells and molecules and the soul,(the mind), which is divine. This is not a religion, it is a fact. Like a tree is a tree. Now, children, can we please move on, Happy New Year.

[@andrewtucker94]

@@jeffforsythe9514 'This is not a religion, it is a fact.' Alright, back to the 17th century Descartes.

[@jeffforsythe9514]

@@andrewtucker94 By the way, the soul is immortal, you really have no idea of how "old" you really are.

[@christian2M]

“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.” Bhagavad Gita

[@unknowninfinium4353]

Source for reference.

[@mynameisinuse4386]

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[@unknowninfinium4353]

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[@shoeboxsofa2316]

@@unknowninfinium4353 ...

[@unknowninfinium4353]

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[@spaceted3977]

I agree with Napoleon Bonaparte when he said, " Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet " !!!!!

[@chokeonthis2932]

looooooooool YES

[@juliareadscottishpiperandh4861]

wonder what he would have said about the telly

[@Nick-wv1wo]

People want a purpose in life, you only have one life that's a purpose

[@itzmrsa2237]

Vados T H I C C so true

[@mjt1517]

The purpose of life is whatever we want to make it. There is no single purpose.

[@anondude24]

One life doesnt give a purpose, it just increases the value of time. People give purpose to life.

[@agapefor-the-trouble-heart5060]

circular argument

[@ade8890]

Having one life isn't a purpose, it's a fact. A purpose is a specific way to behave in your life that gives you a sense of meaning. Purpose is what directs your actions in one way. The mere fact we only have one life says nothing regarding how we should spend using our actions.

[@someoneelse.2252]

I believe in having a ham sandwich when I'm hungry.

[@unknown81360]

Welcome to the faith, my fellow hammanian

[@kevinhayes8188]

Faith is a path to nowhere.

[@shalindelta7]

@@kevinhayes8188 how do you know for sure ? Have you died and been reborn in order to speak such a tale ? Im simply asking ...

[@character2897]

@@shalindelta7 Faith is a path to death, one of many.

[@shalindelta7]

@@character2897 show me one that isn't.

[@counterintuitivepanda4555]

I fucking hate when people say "you can't disprove god", well by your logic you can't disprove Harry Potter either. Haven't seen him, haven't not seen him

[@L.Ron_Dow]

+Dibstubes That is quite correct. You cannot prove a negative of this type. Try it - prove the non-existence of Thor. How do you know he's not having a good laugh at you playing hide & seek. It even bothered David: _"1 Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?"_ Psalm 10 (NIV) On the other hand, if gods wanted us to know they exist, they could easily do something about it.

[@Jcairo94]

when people say that I normally ask them to prove that I can't turn in to magical purple dragon at night. they never can 😂

[@2gointruth]

+Dibstubes Ha ha, Those who can only "fornicate hate" will not be capable to see or understand our real and true God to worship, the Spirit of truth peace and goodwill to all men and women! This is not possible!! May I suggest; through your "fornicating hate" that you stick with the fictional nonsense of "Harry Potter"? ... : ))

[@L.Ron_Dow]

***** That's right - as I said you can't prove a negative - how're you getting on with my challenge to you to prove that Thor doesn't exist? Purple dragon, eh? No, I can't prove that you don't, so should I believe that you can - and worship you accordingly? If so, then I can turn into a magical Golden dragon, with teeth & talons of diamond, whether it be day *or* night. Now, as I outrank you, you should get down on your knees, worship me, refrain from eating during daylight hours and pay my agents 15% of your salary. Are you starting to understand the problem yet? Just because you *can't* prove that I *can't* turn into a golden dragon doesn't mean that my claim is true - there is always a possibility that I can. However, the more outlandish the claim, if there is absolutely no evidence to support it, the more gullible you would be to accept it 'on faith'.

[@counterintuitivepanda4555]

+2gointruth did you read my comment? Clearly not, I said if you can't prove the non existence of God, then you can't prove the non existence of Harry Potter, who Cleary doesn't exist but that rule applies to God too

[@slurpii4669]

My parents tried to make me religious, now I'm atheist, and I think I'm not the only one

[@spidey3880]

Save from death¿ 😂😂 All gonna die one day

[@hh-sg7le]

@President Biden Landslides Again In 2024 saved from the concequences of your sin.

[@qbert8600]

@@hh-sg7le Prove it.

[@hh-sg7le]

@@qbert8600 prove the reality(or whatever u prefer to call it) of sin? Well when we're talking about religious topics like this "sin" it falls under spirituality right l. So if ur asking me to prove a spiritual realm its hard-impossible also to DISSPROVE it. Its all a matter of Faith, can u dissprove that sin exits or related matters? But it's all a matter of personal prespective, if u don't believe in this particular subject it's ur choice but yeah... goodbye?

[@qbert8600]

@@hh-sg7le Well scientifically, a negative cannot be proven, so I can't prove with 100% certainty that a sin or spiritual realm doesn't exist. But one thing I am certain about is that religious people proselytizing and judging other based their beliefs is a nuisance to this society. So stop. And Goodbye.

[@surmountwho2861]

“Survey a random flock” right outside a cathedral...

[@saintz2k7]

Surmount Hu tourists flock to this cathedral, majority of the people there aren't worshippers

[@kevinhayes8188]

Faith is a path to nowhere.

[@ihaka439]

🤓We dont believe in the supernatural so we are better than everyone else and so smart

[@livingvancouvertime2723]

@@ihaka439 Atheists appear to have done their homework, unlike god believer's.

Living Vancouver time literally proved his point

[@jds6206]

Precisely. I am too well educated and have too well developed a critical thinking skill to ever, EVER be at risk of being "religious".

[@jeremypedersen6894]

r/iamverysmart

[@AJGress]

"precisely"

[@simplysimplerer]

Too well of a developed critical thinking* there. Fixed it for your smartass

[@Latifa1111-o6t]

JD S lmaoooooooooooo😂😂😂 As “well educated” as you are you and all your atheistic cohorts are still closer to knowing nothing than y’all are to knowing everything so take a seat please.

[@Latifa1111-o6t]

JD S lmaoooooooooooo😂😂😂 As “well educated” as you are you and all your atheistic cohorts are still closer to knowing nothing than y’all are to knowing everything so take a seat please.

[@ZrankFappaH]

“I despise people who believe something without evidence and then go out and take action which damages people.”

[@Donutello712]

I get it. He hates evil judges

[@andsalomoni]

I despise people who believe something WITH OR WITHOUT evidence and then go out and take action which damages people.

[@Fatjuice]

evidence? like in empyrical evidence? come on, we’re not barbarians, we have metaphysical evidence.

[@poozer1986]

@@Fatjuice please, expand

[@marijancorluka4500]

Aren't those atheists too? We have evolution all over our books in schools. Let's say that 50% of the kids don't believe in that? They have to study it and waste their time on that instead of doing something else, otherwise they will get a bad grade which could affect their future. Isn't that damaging in a way?

[@andysmyth1211]

From 8.45 on everyone should listen too. It's such a wonderful statement. I'd rather die trying to find out why I exist than live a long life never understanding or wanting to know

[@wintergray1221]

One can live a completely fulfilling live without questioning why they're alive. Though my interest in psychology wants to know why it's so important to you and others. Can you honestly say you don't enjoy things in life? Or have I misunderstood your meaning somehow?

[@fatihkaleoglu5874]

Ironically, that beautiful line empowers my faith.

[@fabfrenchies1974]

Sounds lonely to me, but you have free will after all, it is beautiful isn't it, it takes love on another level.

[@justingoldby1998]

@@fatihkaleoglu5874 Even more ironic he speaks about "the wonderful GIFT of life" the completely random unintentional GIFT of life?!

[@leewhite344]

How does science give you an understanding of why you're here?!?!

[@jfish953]

You can’t argue with religious people

[@nasomeeking1367]

So i do all the time

[@83GAMINGC]

Religion is division religious wars are the most brutal wars

[@theofficialvernetheturtley338]

And you can't argue with a non religious person. Both are religions in the end. Believing in something without ever truly knowing.

[@caspar1982]

@@theofficialvernetheturtley338 Have you never heard of agnosticism? I think most non religious people would classify as agnostics.

[@avemaria3682]

You also can't create something out of nothing.

[@whanaublood]

When Richard talks his words makes love with eachother, so persuasive & elogant.

[@sickworld8879]

Funniest comment i read all week lol

[@truthbeforeself9896]

Perhaps when a person is so in love with himself, you haven't noticed such self-love?

[@heighwaysonthewing]

so he talks f**k then ?

[@rickywestley6820]

Just the accent man ,the dudes a fool

[@heighwaysonthewing]

Ricky Westley couldn't agree more !!

[@toughguyver1376]

For me Richard Dawkins is neighter an atheist nor an agnostic, he's just Richard Dawkins.

[@zaftra]

He's an agnostic he admited this himself, or was force to admit it in a debate, which of course we never see. Science says nothing about religion, it can neither falsify nor confirm a God, as a scientist he knows this.

[@toughguyver1376]

zaftra Agnostics are smarter than atheists because they just rant against nonsense when it has been proven that it is nonsense. They don't fall for hypes, just for hard proof.

[@toughguyver1376]

Richard Dawkins god is knowledge.

[@zaftra]

So was Mendel, Farady, Newton, Jocelyn Bell; even Einstein and Darwin weren't atheist, they weren't dumb enough to dismiss an hypothosis that can neither confirmed or denied.

[@L.Ron_Dow]

*+zaftra* A-theism is the lack of a 'belief' in gods until there is sufficient, convincing evidence for their existence. Atheists simply say *_"We do not believe that any gods exist."_* The idea you seem to have, that we say _"There are no gods,"_ comes from a malformed deconstruction of the word in 17th Century France. Huxley, who invented the word 'agnostic' just over a century ago, did so as to describe himself as the opposite of all those people who say "I *know* God exist" and refers to 'knowledge' only - not 'belief'. His point being that you have no business saying that you 'know' something unless you can prove it. In reality Dawkins (in common with most non-believers) is an *agnostic-atheist*. He doesn't know and he doesn't believe. Except for Jocelyn Bell, none of the great scientific minds you mentioned knew what we know today - had they done so, then there is a good chance they, too, would be among the 94% of today's elite scientists who do not believe in a personal god (as, in fact, Einstein didn't.)

[@vonschlief3809]

You don’t need religion to be moral, but without religion, it’s impossible to agree on what IS moral

[@L.Ron_Dow]

As long as it has *'The Well-Being of Humans both as Individuals and Communities'* at the top of its list of priorities - it doesn't matter. The only way everyone could agree what rules are morally right or wrong is if they are defined that way - that is, mandatory, absolute and rigid - and those can't be responsive to the changing needs of humanity (or the planet.)

[@vonschlief3809]

@@L.Ron_Dow how do you define “well-being”?

[@L.Ron_Dow]

@@vonschlief3809 Physical, Mental & Emotional health. Not all religions agree on what is morally right or wrong - so your argument fails anyway.

[@vonschlief3809]

@@L.Ron_Dow why do all religions have to agree? If I’m Christian Orthodox, I only care about the teaching and doctrine of my church

[@L.Ron_Dow]

@@vonschlief3809 Of course you do - you just think everybody else is wrong and so is their morality - but you said _"without religion, it’s impossible to agree on what IS moral"_ and I think you've just agreed with me that it's impossible *even if you do have religion.* Let's face it - our morality has evolved and is founded upon a biological imperative that crafted us into a Social Species. But, as different populations have different characteristics: skin color, hair-type, eyelid folds, genes to cope with low-oxygen altitudes, genes to cope with high Omega-3 diets, etc - so we have developed different cultures that demand a different set of moral values - at least at the 'detail' level. The broad brush strokes will be instinctive but some of the finer issues (how many wives, is it ok to beat your slaves harshly) are more of a Social Contract.

[@sreekargunda3915]

I wish religious fanatics would watch this video before trying to start an argument against Richard Dawkins

[@doggoslayer5679]

And still Richard Dawkins won’t debate William lane Craig

[@TKO67]

@@doggoslayer5679 or Kent Hovind

[@ck_banana_noob7145]

May Ling wacko? Lol, well I guess you haven’t seen the other debate

[@Alex-yr8iy]

Cause Dawkins is afraid

[@Charlie-wl2qt]

@Enzo 1965 LOL. Dawkins has debated and engaged with Bishops, and cardinals. He doesn't need to waste his time on Someone like Craig

[@carcharo7]

I have no predefined purpose. My existence on this earth is random and what I do with it is my choice alone. I find happiness in the people I love, the places I visit, the things I see. Once I’ve accepted that my life is finite there is all the more reason to make the most of it. Being an atheist doesn’t mean you lose a sense of purpose at all

[@Koz6336]

4:16 When he realizes he's an atheist.

[@Pyaweti]

😅😆😂🤣

[@JotaInu]

OMG SINNAR!!¡!1¡!

[@Gnomelander1400]

Dylan price Ahhh how shocking

[@rosalie_m7305]

Loooool true

[@bob69927]

@@RadicalUnderstanding Religion = Also War

[@beginnereasy]

Can you imagine trying to warn people that everything they believe is a lie and they spend their time trying to pray for your downfall

[@filmeseverin]

The human form of the Intelligence who made this reality is the truth.

[@Dan-uf2vh]

Rationality Rules: agnostic = doesn't know; atheist = doesn't believe; BOTH can be valid at the same time; either one can happen without the other (believing without knowing)

[@ohmyzeus966]

All believers are agnostic also

[@jonfromtheuk467]

gnosticism and agnosticism deal with what you KNOW and Theism and Atheism deal with what you BELIEVE. So you can be an agnostic theist or and agnostic atheist - i.e someone who does claim to know god (s) doesn't exist , but believes none do.

[@jeffmays7192]

Dan more like, one can’t prove God doesn’t exist and takes a neutral stance and the other has faith He doesn’t exist.

[@user-xd4sk4pk7h]

I’m an atheist, I don’t believe there is no god because I don’t choose to out ‘faith” in any god but I can’t disprove god in the same way I can’t disprove the Easter bunny

[@user-xd4sk4pk7h]

godisalie yeah I know what you mean, that argument doesn’t work a lot of the time so you have to use other arguments (of which there are plenty)

[@irreverentbard7322]

If you need religion to give you purpose, you are wasting your life.

[@flimsyjimnz]

Irreverent Bard Shallow statement. Kinda like: Whatever gives you purpose causes you to waste your life.

[@mygodwhatdidyoudo]

exactly and if you think religious people are dependent on religion for a purpose than you really are wasting your life not being able to comprehend simple things

[@giovannygarica275]

I want to share a thought that I once had. According to science the universe is still expanding, but at one point in the infinite time of the universe every star in the sky will burn out or explode. Galaxies will collide or drift away from each other. And all that’ll be left will be dark holes and Star dust. Every person in this planet will be dead by then. There will be no record of humanity or that even life itself existed. All advancements in technology, scientific discoveries, Superbowls, fame, and all the beautiful man made creations will be forgotten. All our work and effort for nothing. So aren’t we all wasting our lives? There is no purpose in this universe and we weren’t even meant to exist.. and so in return the universe will erase its “mistake” eventually and there will be no recollection of any of it. Just Darkness. It’s all vanity

[@user-wz3yh1wo6t]

Giovanny Garica did u take some lsd bc I had a similar thought but very true

[@goncaloferreira8543]

If u need to constantly telling religious people they are wasting their lives then so are you

[@alanastone5241]

I knew morals when I was 6.

[@carrynichols9914]

So you mean to tell me you were the prefect kid that never needed corration ?

[@ProtoMekka]

@@carrynichols9914 you don't need to be perfect to be moral

[@ProtoMekka]

@mo ali I HAD religion, I didn't like it. I don't have it now and I feel much better

[@ProtoMekka]

@mo ali Each generation is becoming increasingly less religious as time goes on, besides. Remember the wars and the crimes committed because of someone's beliefs?

[@JfaJosephR9]

Why do you have morals? Your morals may not have been the same as another kids morals? Who’s morals are right and who’s are wrong?

[@cjson]

As a Christian, though I didn't agree with everything here, I did find quite a lot about what he said (especially about the wonder of life) really helpful and inspiring, and appreciated the nuance in his responses. Hope he's doing well :)

[@ZZ_ZRØ]

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. -James 5:16

[@jamesvalvis1131]

His answers are nonsense. He watched some random accidental occurrences. What’s inspiring about it?

[@ShortFuseFighting]

nitwit detected @@jamesvalvis1131

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

"no can prove there isnt an afterlife" what a gormless reason to beleive in something

[@justanormalyoutubeuser3868]

Noone can prove unicorns don't exist.

[@OmarOsman98]

Lack of evidence does not mean something does not exist. I think the idea of an afterlife isn't so difficult to believe. We are energy

[@islmbychoice5636]

You shouldn't actually reject anything that may open your brain a little "an after life" !! Isn't that wonderful? Of course no one will be able to scientifically prove the existence of it. But why not giving a shot since it's your last hope when you're dying.

[@doubled57690]

Abu Faisal then it’s not a religion or a fact or a belief it’s a theory and hypothesis I use my iq for science.

[@darkice3267]

The same can be said for not believing in it

[@rakoczi29]

no matter what, dawkins is always fascinating to listen to, as well as thought provoking & utterly logical ....

[@secondson1186]

rakoczi29 ... lol that ur funny man. Hope u find the lord

[@cvader7]

yup

[@secondson1186]

Danny451 Fuentes well yea he did that like 2000 years ago, but you reject that. Anything else or are you just blind?

[@ryantollmann5918]

not an original idea between his ears though, he just parrots old dead people and you lot pay for his house and cars...hes got a nice scam going, by the time you figure it out its too late lol

[@smokey6455]

Smh Dawkins has to be one of the dumbest mfrs I've ever listened to

[@jaientenduunevoix726]

I feel like Dawkins took my rationality virginity. Watching The God Delusion as a teen was a major turning point in my life, and whenever I listen to him it's like meeting one of your favorite childhood teachers again.

[@SS-nx2xx]

How did you watch a book? 🙄

[@SS-nx2xx]

Oh sorry, you're talking about the debate with Lennox

[@ssdddffbackupssdddffbackup1795]

read the dawkin delusion

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Wow, have you all lost your minds? A human being is made up of two parts, the body, which consists of cells and molecules and the soul,(the mind), which is divine. This is not a religion, it is a fact. Like a tree is a tree. Now, children, can we please move on, Happy New Year.

[@andrewdock7288]

Try going to Jordan Peterson to learn afresh.

[@trippiezi4998]

Religion doesn’t give me a purpose to keep going it actually makes me wanna give up

[@e7ectric390]

Your in the wrong religion. With false understanding.

[@SirBroccolingtonIII]

@@e7ectric390 There is no such thing as the "wrong" or "right" religion.

[@e7ectric390]

@@SirBroccolingtonIII There's only 1 truth in life. Everybody including me is mislead from this truth. But I acknowledge this, all religions in my eyes have been infiltrated by people doing the Devil's work. The real truth is hidden and hidden well.

[@stika1055]

@@e7ectric390 smart person..........

[@e7ectric390]

@@stika1055 and I know, it sounds ridiculous but the reality is I've seen too much to KNOW what's coming, you have no idea. They WILL be here in the next 20 years. There's no changing that..and when the day comes just remember what I said..these beings are spiritual beings that have deceived mankind with the help of the government, that these beings are from distant planets.. distant galaxies etc..it's all a massive lie. I know it sounds crazy..I'd have to be insane to not see that but I've seen a billion things you haven't I say it because I simply know it and you'll simply see it in your lifetime so go ahead call me insane, it will come back on you. Just remember, by 2040 "Aliens" will visit us & our gov will explain to us "they are our long lost ancestors from the stars.. they have the answers to our problems" etc, it's a trap..and you'll fall for it.

[@deepjyotichetia9800]

Do you have faith in yourself ? *Aaaaaaag* Do you have a faith in a higher power ? *Immediately* Yes .

[@idlingdove5217]

"The point there, is that it's infectious. It's something that grips the mind, in the same way as a conventional virus grips the body, in that it takes control, and it does so the better to propagate itself." This is deep, insightful and provocative to the extreme. It is sheer brilliance.

[@HermanWillems]

Jup, i grew up Christian. It's exactly like this. You then live in a Christian Bubble an echo chamber which teaches you to reject everything what creates a danger to the believe system. But my Curiosity with a little help caused me to break out of this bubble.

[@bol7es]

What’ve been called a virus as to it growing and gripping the mind is the human nature to accept a supreme being that controls everything. Seeing it as a virus instead of human nature is the difference between us and atheists. It is human nature to eat once hungry, to sleep with women once feeling the need to, to survive and love doing anything good. It is human nature to believe in god.

[@eyyze]

wait what, ppl 15k years ago had no need for a God my dude.

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

idling dove his comparison towards being drawn to religion with a comparison to a virus is a pretty bad one to make and shows just how angry dawkins is about it all by using such a negative term, considering that the intent of a virus is a negative one, whereas a faith in a more loving peaceful world is a positive one.

[@tinicoleofficial]

idling dove happen to be reading this as he was stating this

[@BassicVIC]

John Lennon spoke some deep home truths in an era when people didn't listen and didn't even have an idea was he was on about. I think Dawkins' ideas are falling in deaf ears in this era, and he will be far more appreciated in later decades.

[@staceykeeley4219]

V R completely agree!

[@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335]

Volga Wolfhounds jl is a human therefore he is a pos and only care bout themselves. Relentless now that's pretty crazy. And I'm a coldplay fan lol.

[@bryanhgd665]

Correct and if people didn't use so many drugs they still wouldn't listen to him.

[@TenThumbsProductions]

Volga Wolfhounds john Lennon accomplished so much more with so much less than you or I ever will.

[@keobakilemahura4890]

TenThumbs Productions don't act as if you don't know that people like JL were made to be what they were, those who made him could have chosen anyone. He never accomplished all that solely because of talent.

[@goranmilic442]

Just because religion makes people warm and fuzzy inside doesn't mean it's true. Name me one thing other than religion you find to be true just because it gives purpose to you.

[@SirBroccolingtonIII]

Simply to answer your question, my first thought would be telling yourself you love someone simply because it gives you purpose? Other than that, I agree with what you said.

[@SherXP]

For me only religion does, i like games, shows and relationships but they just don’t give a purpose.

[@goranmilic442]

@@SherXP Whatever gives you purpose isn't automatically true.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

0:44 If you need an invisible sky daddy to give you purpose and keep you going, then you've already lost.

[@MrMaxer13]

As long as you live and you are happy, what is the problem of that?

[@Richard_Nickerson]

@@MrMaxer13 That logic only works if the ONLY byproduct of religion was happiness. That is far from the truth.

[@KiraYoza]

Maxer13 that’s what’s wrong right there but also I guess okay...the truth isn’t always going to be beneficial for everyone but for some the truth is better than living a charaded life of believing in something that doesn’t exist

[@Believersgospelmusic]

Who is lost? The fool who does not know his Father or the the Clever Person who knows his Maker(Father)?

[@thebootywarrior2704]

Once again this is like saying if you need therapy to keep you from killing yourself then your pathetic

[@Xorem]

If you believe in god, please answer me here: What is the objective of god? For us to be happy? Then, why does he want us to be happy? If your answer is “it’s because he loves us”, then, if he loves us, he has a human instinct, so he has a brain, so he has a body and he’s somewhere, and how does he interact with us makes me think in this. Imagine for a second god didn’t exist, how would the world be right now? That’s right, exactly the same. I think people believe in god because it’s a comfortable lie, instead of believing the uncomfortable truth that if you die, it all goes black forever, and that life is unfair, no matter of your acts. Why do we pray? If he can hear us, he has to have an way to sense the waves in the air in the form of sound, and he has to understand our lenguage. There’s a way that you can answer this question, one being “it’s because he can know what are we thinking in” so he has to have a way to sense and process the synapses in our brain cells and interpret them, which is illogical. What does he get from this anyway?

[@decathlete2000]

Read the New Testament first, after that read the Old Testament, please read max 10 pages per day! You will get all of your answers.

[@nickp5115]

I believe in God. His objective is for us to be happy because that is what we were made for. He does love us, but this in no way signifies that he has a human instinct or brain. If God didn't exist, the world would not exist because God created the world and exists outside of time, so the world would never have been created in the first place. Also, there would be no right, no wrong; therefore, send Mother Theresa to jail and give Stalin a Nobel Peace Prize because without God, morality, justice, and objective right and wrong cease to exist. As a Christian, believing in God is not comfortable. Christ asks us to take up our cross and unite our suffering with his. He doesn't tell us we will be comfortable and that everything will be alright in this life. Unless we are willing to die for Christ, we will not rise again. A completely comfortable life is not a Christian life, at least insofar as Christ willed his followers to live - in self-sacrificial love. If we fail to live as Christ willed us to live, we will go to hell - even if we are self-proclaimed Christians. The early Christian martyrs provide a good historical example regarding what I'm talking about. God is all powerful and all-knowing, so nothing can prevent him from knowing our thoughts. If he could not understand our thoughts, then he wouldn't be God in the first place. God created the material world out of nothing, so it is illogical to presuppose that he cannot interpret between his own, material creation and his own, non-material self.

[@nickp5115]

Theists hold that God is the center of the universe. If life had no meaning, we would never be able to argue that it has no meaning, so that statement is an absurdity. We are insignificant and small, but life's meaning is found in relation to God, the true center of the universe, from which the universe and all in it derive its meaning and purpose. Moreover, I am providing rational arguments for my beliefs, whereas you are simply throwing yours out as "fact" without justification or addressing the points I raised.

[@uremove]

Xorem Good question! God isn’t someone else... God is you, at least the ‘ground of all being’, ie. the ground of your and my and the cat next doors being. What does God want? What do we thrive on? Meaning, purpose, love, relationships - the highest good (summum bonum) etc. Why do we pray? To connect (etymology of “re-ligion” means - to reconnect) with our deeper selves, and ultimately with all Nature and all sentient beings. Dawkins is an inspiring writer and biologist, but I don’t think he understands religion. However, in challenging some of the craziness of superstition and fundamentalism, IMO, he’s doing something worthwhile.

[@uremove]

CrisisofConsciousness I really like that.... I’m a big admirer of Alan Watts eg. “You are It”, which is very much in accord with what you are saying.

[@p.bamygdala2139]

Just some thoughts: Getting rid of religion wont get rid of ignorance and fear. If we didn't have religion, then I strongly suspect that someone else would come along to fill that void of control and demand worship, subservience, obedience, and LOYALTY from the fearful masses... and the masses would probably fall for it, and empower said person, and give them enormous power over life and death... ... for 4 to 8 years...

[@jefketheboss4009]

Erinn van Wynsberghe Finally! Sombody with common sense... Just wait for it.. Christianity, Judiasme and Islam will be curropted and from 1 of these religions there will come a evil person who will claim himself a god.. End of days will be Good VS Bad..

[@joaogarcia6170]

Erinn van Wynsberghe the problem is that people are not capable of thinking for themselves, they aren't educated enough. I would say we have the knowledge to get rid of religion, but that knowledge is not widespread enough, mostly because people are ignorant, even though they have all knowledge created by humans in hand they don't use it. Of course I'm ignorant in many field of study, as everyone is, but if I doubt something I just research it.

[@jefketheboss4009]

Rikerson Antonio Just saying but religious people discover and develop the scientific methodes that we have, Its true that scients is develop much better now but what did it give to the people? Try and put religion away and trust me ww3 will come, people have freedom to believe in whatever they want and no man should tell them what to believe is real after life..

[@robertweitz2926]

They do, its called the US

[@aikido7]

Uh. I am somehow thinking of our own president....

[@ThePipemiker]

I am the son of a Baptist preacher and also have a BA in biology, so I’d like to think I’ve heard both sides of the argument. Anyway, the closest I’ve ever had to a religious experience was during a lecture in my Cell Biology class. I can’t remember what the subject was about, but it gave me a sense of awe about being alive that all my years of Sunday school and church sermons failed to elicit.

[@robertmyers6865]

You NEED to have the EXPERIENCE the EARLY Church had in Acts chapter 2!!!!!

[@AdityaRaj-hp8tn]

Yeah, science is fascinating to those who understand and do it

[@jdos5643]

@@AdityaRaj-hp8tn yeah atheist and science don’t go together. Atheism and sci fi however do go together.

[@alexanderwisely6800]

​@@jdos5643 read his comment again, slowly

[@jdos5643]

@@alexanderwisely6800 whose comment…..

[@AFMMD-q8]

Professor Dawkins is a beacon of light, a candle in a dark world obscure by fallacy, bigotry, myth, superstition, delusion, neurosis and traditions. Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last Church falls on the last priest!

[@L.Ron_Dow]

+One FreeThinker Ah, but be careful that they don't use that 'last stone' as the 'foundation stone' for a Mosque, Temple, Gurdwara or Synagogue.

[@mauricematla1795]

+One FreeThinker That would be a shame really i mean a lot of churches are actually quit gourgius examples of building art.

[@L.Ron_Dow]

Maurice Matla I totally agree - designed by men and built by men - a wonderful testament to man's creativity & enterprise.

[@RD-tx5xx]

+One FreeThinker :) I'm a christian and I disagree, but since you've made your choice, I hope you're happy with it.

[@L.Ron_Dow]

+RD Belief is not a choice! You either believe or you don't. And the reason people don't believe in gods is that none of the evidence presented for their existence is anywhere near convincing. *Could you believe in Thor is you wanted-to?* I mean be convinced that he exists and causes thunder with his hammer, not just say you believe? Even Jesus knew that some people will feign faith _"Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven"_ Matthew 7:21 KJV. You have to *truly* believe - and belief informs your actions. Now, you having accepted that gods exist, have *_chosen_* to follow the god of the Israelites (I don't know why, are you one?) in preference to one of the others like Baal, El or Asherah. Yes, if Yahweh exists then so do they. Even the Ten Commandments underscore that. _"I Am The Lord _*_Thy_*_ God"_ - the other nations have their own gods. _"Thou Shalt Have No _*_Other Gods_*_ Before Me"_ - not "I'm the only god" but "I am the only god you will worship". The Hebrews were not monotheistic, they were henotheistic. The 'One True God' idea comes from the exclusivity deemed necessary to prevent another disaster like the Babylonian exhile and is meant in the same way as saying: 'Bing Crosby is the Only Crooner', 'Frank Sinatra is the Only Jazz singer' or 'Manchester United is the Only UK soccer team'. So, *you have chosen* your god - the one who orders the genocides of the Amalekites, Midianites & more, who drowns almost the entire human race, who permits possession of people as property, who orders countless abortions, who allows 9 million babies and toddlers to die each year (a 2004 tsunami death toll *every 10 days,* just for under-fives), through no fault of their own - I hope you're happy with him. Personally, I think I would choose Thor.

[@alkharam9832]

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through, our purpose is to observe, learn, grow and love. And then, we return home. Australian Aboriginal proverb

[@jaygill5582]

The time as come To say fair is fair To pay our rent To pay our share.

[@Ometecuhtli]

​@@jaygill5582 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

[@mohamedyusuf6689]

Omg ,how much love religious people show to others .!!!I see love everywhere !! Love in hell too !!

[@Chuck999Norris]

More like Prisoners. Cos visitors can leave whenever they want

[@swornsword1083]

@@mohamedyusuf6689 Chill. As a fellow atheist, let me say, not every theist is out to get us. We don't have to be defensive 24/7; this guy just posted a nice proverb for us. It's from an Aboriginal person, a Native Austrialian. They were animistic, meaning they believed that spirits were all around, filling the whole universe. It's a beautiful quote. Save the defense for when we truly need it.

[@seriotopical]

Actually, for Jesus to have been "intelligent" or even an "atheist", he would first of all had to have existed, and as the mighty Roman Empire didn't see fit to make any kind of official - or even unofficial - reference to a crucified rabble-rousing miracle-worker in one of the empire's most politically and socially sensitive regions during the dates specified, then you can all, along with me, consider the stories put about by his so-called followers regarding him, as nothing but pure one-hundred-per-cent Australian bulldust! So there!

[@2gointruth]

John Fellsworth Ha ha, Then you are one of those who through your own self-righteousness think you are smarter and better than the Spirit of truth peace and goodwill to all men and women; That of which he sacrificed his own life of flesh and blood to teach us! At the time of Yeshua, whatever happened within the Jewish community, was really of no importance to their oppression of the Jews by the Roman Empire and of its military. However if you research deep enough there were references made about a Jewish man who they crucified, and previously of 'a disturbance in the Temple', of which was attributed by historians as the time when he turned over the stalls of the Jewish 'money exchangers' etc. I have found this out, but of which reference I do not now have at hand; I am sure I can find it if I try, as you could if you tried! And if i remember correctly there might have been a third instance too, but about what, has now slipped my mind! However, I am sure you will disregard all this, because through Atheism you are a fellow human and world neighbour and of whom I respect as such: But through Atheism you will think you are smarter and better than all this and that it will all be below your false dignity! I have heard it all before! ... ; ))

[@seriotopical]

The reference regarding the "disturbance in the temple" you're having trouble locating is in the Gospels, and you should know as well as I that the Gospels aren't official Roman documents or reports, my friend!

[@mrtadreamer]

John Fellsworth They are not official Roman document but they are the official infallible inspired word of God. I'll take His word over that of any secular historian with apologies to none.

[@larsthegunslinger]

mrtadreamer of course. because the bible is true because its the word of god because the bible is true right?

[@mrtadreamer]

larsthegunslinger I'll also take His word over that of an atheist as well.

[@gmanon1181]

Many say they believe, but they don't. To believe isn't about intelligence. It's about conviction.

[@L.Ron_Dow]

Which is why the full sentence that Dawkins uttered makes a nonsense of the title written by a Guardian editor as click-bait.

[@DonCarlosDonCarlos]

Amazing, especially those final words.

[@efrainsaune139]

yeah i liked those final words as well. It is wonderful the gift of life and the chance to experience all the marvelous living and non-living massive in size and minuscule entities. Yet we cannot fully comprehend and apprehend of this reality of life, because of our capacity of brain. People still think that all of these marvelous entities came into existence out of NOTHING. I Believe there is a Designer behind all of these marvelous creation, a designer that is not limited by space, time or matter, but He is out side of those things.

[@SelcraigClimbs]

Efrain, I do not wish to belittle your beliefs at all, as we all have different opinions on the reality of existence and I welcome them all. But what I will say that your statement seems to be a conjecture concerning the God of the gaps idea. I'm curious as to what you would say the 'creator' if we discovered we were part of a multiverse, in which other realities exist beyond ours.

[@SelcraigClimbs]

I personally believe that what people refer to as God has been mistaken and that scientists actually understand it's real meaning. "God" is just the adjective for the process in which the universe, through natural laws, becomes able to experience and observe itself. Consciousness.

[@efrainsaune139]

there is not such thing as multiverse, but universe. i would like to ask you, Lacerations what universe means to you, and is it finite or infinite? when you say that God is just the adjective for the process in which the universe, through natural laws becomes able to experience and observe itself. we have a misconception of God, we think we could fit God in this 3pounds of brain, fit in a little box or we just talk from a different god. Once again if i would think that God was only an adjective of the process.... i would be an animistic guy and therefore i would be contradicting my own thought or belief. Consciousness is one of the brilliant facts that God is the REAL

[@SelcraigClimbs]

You can not state that as an objective fact. I would answer your question with a completely honest "I don't know". Because the truth of the matter my friend is that no-one knows. It is illogical to claim to know the truth of the universe. BUT there exists probabilities. A multiverse is one such probability. You misunderstand. "God" in my definition has nothing to do with the individual brain, but the sum total of conscious existence. All of the processes that come together that allow the universe to observe itself. For you can not deny we are made from the universe's materials, and all beliefs acknowledge this. Being made from the universe we are an extension of said universe. I almost agree with your last point, but you're narrowing your own vision there. EVERYTHING is the 'real'. God/consciousness and all existence is the 'real' and all of it is completely natural and by definition cannot be supernatural (outside of nature)

[@armaan970]

If being religious means hating someone else for what they believe in, then count me out.

[@sladegrey9272]

Only the religious rub their hands together in wicked glee at the thought of others suffering in torment in Hell for all eternity, purely for refusing to believe what they believe.

[@ateoforever7434]

My purpose in life..?? to reach the age of 90 without dementia....

[@wickedness_666]

Christians who believe in a so-called God that doesn't exist must have dementia, or some mental illness. They need to be thrown in hospital facilities, and they need to be put on life support before they take their last breath. When they pray in public, people will think they have skitzofrania. Christianity is a mental illness. It's a cancer. It's an early sign of death.

[@preppypuppy2638]

@@wickedness_666 I...you...you know. I don’t even know how to respond to this, but that’s not how you spell schizophrenia, that’s not how schizophrenia works (like at all), shame on you for making light of the actual struggles the schizophrenic deal with on a daily basis, congratulations on being a pioneer of 21st Century hatred, I look forward to seeing your name in the newspaper.

[@preppypuppy2638]

@@wickedness_666 also, that’s not how dementia works either. My goodness, I can’t take you seriously when you go on with stuff like this. No seriously; you come at me claiming I don’t think, while you clearly are not thinking before you say sentences that make no sense. It is absolutely maddening.

[@beeawesome2869]

I know this is old but from my 50 years, so far, i haven't been attacked or attacked anyone because of their religion or lack thereof. I know it happens in certain places and groups who mostly tend to keep to themselves. I too would despise a person trying to impose their views on me. Faith has nothing to do with evidence, proof etc that is why it is called faith. This person's attitude seems just as limited as a religious zealot, imo.

[@fairuzraz2468]

Agree bro. "Your belief is for you,and my belief is for myself". -somebody i forgot his name.

[@Mamolox]

About the point he made about some agnostics: Saying that the existence of god is a 50-50 chance because there either is a god is there is not, is like saying you have a 50-50 chance of winning the lottery because you either win or lose.

[@arthermatheuwstarling9106]

agnostic means you carnt know either way but that doesnt mean you carnt strongly not believe in god

[@Finlan_32]

That's not a good example. The existence and non-existence of God is 2 choices. The lottery is not 2 choices. The lottery consists of many different balls/variables that can change an outcome, that is NOT 50-50 outcome. Just sayin...

[@DH1986]

A religious person may limit himself to the statement, " There is a God", but there's usually much more to it than that. A Christian may believe, not only that there is a God who is the omnipotent creator of the universe, but he sent a hurricane to destroy New Orleans, that he cured Aunt Bee's breast cancer, and sent his son into the world 2,000 years ago to die for the salvation of all mankind. I would say that the existence of God, or at least the "personal god" that believers have more variables than the Powerball. You may be correct in saying that there is a God. That could very well be true, but that doesn't mean he convinced Noah to build an ark.

[@Engineer_Heathen]

Arno Temmerman your math is a bit off lol

[@robertweitz2926]

Indeed, then in the very same breath he says "but there is no lottery anyway".

[@herculesbrofister265]

I'm scrolling thru the comments while pre-vid ads play, can't wait to see what this interviewer looks like

[@bettytigers]

Someone as intelligent as Richard Dawkins can still be a fool,and an ill-educated street sweeper can still be wise.

[@Hmongboi228]

The very definition of "fool" and "wise" is relative to the person who defines it. We all know it and have seen it in our lives. People who are book smart but not street smart. A person who could mentally disassemble a complex machine but has no idea on how to use a basic tool. The list goes on and on..

[@MegaMetal96]

Any truly intelligent person would be agnostic because a smart person would have enough humility to realize that they don’t know the unknowable.

[@LucasBatistussi]

I love this guy! He is educated, polite besides a great scientist ! Keep teaching reasoning! It's inspiring! The world desperately needs that !

[@toolate6971]

+Alan Richards Not likely...

[@jeffforsythe9514]

He is most probably a demon. Wow, have you all lost your minds? A human being is made up of two parts, the body, which consists of cells and molecules,(matter), and the soul,(the mind), which is divine. This is not a religion, it is a fact. Like a tree is a tree. Now, children, can we please move on, Happy New Year.

[@56username]

Young man I challenge you to take the Ray Comfort Challenge 😳 KZbin : Ray Comfort Creationist Trumps Evolutionary Professors

[@JohnathanSherbert]

I think I missed the Jesus quote.

[@L.Ron_Dow]

Johnathan Sherbert Try changing your profile picture - KZbin send a shortened video to accounts where their age/spam-filtering algorithms detect suspect body-part images being used. I think it started with Thai girls and ping-pong balls but I am not sure.

[@mrlordsaif5708]

+Johnathan Sherbert your profile pic O.o

[@NBackTA]

“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning.” ~CS Lewis~

[@elrondopines2941]

Why not?

[@filmeseverin]

_"In everything you do, remember your end, and you will never sin."_ Sirach 7, 36

[@TacTicVa4a]

Lol

[@L.Ron_Dow]

'Sin' is an offense against G0D. Ergo I never sin.

[@TacTicVa4a]

@@L.Ron_Dow Who?

[@L.Ron_Dow]

@@TacTicVa4a Precisely.

[@filmeseverin]

We sin whenever we are evil=stupid.

[@mitrairanii9398]

One look at the interviewer and I’m convinced that time traveling is a real thing, dude has a sixties look about him!

[@dimensionexo.]

😼

[@frankbushuyumutaremwa2470]

🤣🤣🤣

[@chokeonthis2932]

im dead looool

[@ZZ_ZRØ]

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. -James 5:16

[@jarmstrong8483]

What the heck is a sin ?

[@joe4316]

My grandparents raised all of there children Catholic. So my mother grew up in Catholic church, Catholic school, and I still had a very dysfunctional, and fucked up childhood......I still suffer to this day.

[@wendymitchell8245]

SUGAR WHY?

[@anubhavs.sarkar4591]

The interviewer is looking like Boris Johnson

[@martincooper8559]

Right!! Lmao 😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👉😉

[@user-kk9wm5wy3q]

Boris Johnson if he was fixed

[@MacarenaAli]

The standard joke (s) for us was/were: ''Are you religious?'' ''No, I'm a non observing atheist'' ''Are you religious?'' ''No I'm an atheist, but only with Christmas''

[@JapanJohnny2012]

As an atheist, I'd have to disagree with the statement accompanying this clip. Religiousness isn't an indication of intelligence. it's primarily an indicator of predisposition. If you really want to believe, you will, and if you're intelligent, you'll couch your belief in more intellectual terms.

[@Alina_Schmidt]

Hm, I think Dawkins tried to criticize precicely that attitude when he said how the „belief in belief“ was patronizing.

[@RachelDavis705]

The interviewer was breathing so loud

[@elrondo3181]

Yes, I could have shot him in the dark.

[@kyebean]

Sadly, he also looks like the transgender daughter of Donald Trump.

[@kikivoorburg]

“He still wouldn’t like you” What an incredibly rude assertion with absolutely no basis

[@lotus9865]

Even most atheists dislike Dawkins

[@itsalex8520]

SantJFX ALP I don’t know a single atheist who dislikes Richard Dawkins. He’s the best.

[@shashankregmi853]

@@itsalex8520 Same. Haven't met a single Dawkins hater who happens to be an atheist. Well there might be a very tiny few but saying 'most' is just false.

[@lotus9865]

@@shashankregmi853 sorry I meant intellectual atheists.

[@c_01m26]

@@lotus9865 Dawkins is a genius. I know no Atheist who dislikes him. Are you saying a large group of people that dont believe in something hate a person just because you do?

[@24caratJosh]

Life is a living mystery that is just waiting for every individual alive today to experience it.

[@Berbs73]

That was a great conversation. I wish there were more of them.

[@williamallman299]

Just enter "richard dawkins" into the YT search bar, you'll find a lot of them.

[@danthespookyspectre3227]

William Allman He means atheists like Richard Dawkins

[@williamallman299]

Dan The Spooky Spectre His/her first statement makes it clear (at least in my mind) that "conversation" is the subject and "them" being the only other noun used it must relate to the subject, and since almost two months have passed without him/her correcting any possible misunderstanding on my part, I think it's safe to conclude that I interpreted the statement correctly. But thanks for commenting.

[@dannysnee4945]

Try Matt Dilahunty and clips of The Atheist Experience

[@elijahzentz8578]

I knew I couldn't be the only one who appreciated how well their conversation went.

[@Dee1q2w3e]

I'm an agnostic because I feel that rationalism cannot represent the whole of reality because it is just a language. The map is not the territory. The law of noncontradiction is taken by rationalists as faith even if it works. Improves lives? yes. But true? idk. Rationalists will always win in a debate because they play by their own rules. you want to tell me it exists? prove it, show it to me. They made a mechanism so narrow-minded it restricts them from contemplating what's outside of "thinking"-----from a post-rationalist.

[@NazmusLabs]

Deejurn Chan don’t wait for me or any other human being to prove it to you. Ask Allah (SWT) himself to guide you to the truth. And you will find your answer and truth insha’Allah.

[@TKO67]

diatoms

[@1yearago491]

The interviewer looks like someone actually reading a comment

[@Amber-gh3cu]

This guy knows what he’s talking about what without being angry. I’m always angry at Christian (lack of) rationale

[@preppypuppy2638]

Really? You’re always angry at Christian rationale? That’s called irrational anger.

[@BunnyQuinzel]

The ridiculous should be ridiculed, the respectable should be respected. How we deal with a belief should on the same level as the belief proposed. Because Treating the ridiculous as respectable has been going on for FAR TOO LONG and with disasterous results to those affected by those beliefs. E.G: Subjegation of Women(more than 1/2 the human race), Homosexuals, Transgender, Nonbelievers, and those of opposing beliefs....Those who have been marginalized by ridiculous beliefs being treated as respectable for the last 2000+ years deserve at least this much in the 21rst century....

[@michaelflamingsword3131]

So you repay evil with evil ? Like as such everyone deserves to be treated accordingly as they display their lives. Including yourself who repays evil upon another because you don't like what they do.....

[@michaelflamingsword3131]

@@PrincessAshley12 I perceive and see that "personal" morality is today as anyone wants to see it as more "superior" morality that according to their own insight is better and if not met of what they have made to "respect" while constantly lying, misleading, throwing tantrums, manipulating, twisting, become uncontrolled, let their personal demons speak instead and are not aware of them which they are possessed with, then these so called personal moralities are then nil and void because the evidence learns they will move their goal posts whatever that suits them. Regardless the Bible. What they call it then is "freedom" but are not aware they are not themselves as they should be. It belongs to the same level of rebellion, witchcraft and self righteousness and it destroys anything in their path to ruin things because of their point of view as better. Hence such many times have to resort to medication that need to control their way of thinking and personal behaviours. Which then also results into cormorbid aggressive behaviour that is now unfolding all over everywhere in groups and individuals which then easily can be put as evil. Selfrighteous and selfimposed morality is a terrible bar to line up to and to say this their so called selfinvented "moral" compass. Shifting to what gratifies your own liking results in doing more evil because you yourself or anyone else's is the standard of it all. As it stands today a lot just keep stretching it for their own gratification and rather listens to their own self and causes more evil to thrive everywhere. BTW what do you know what evil and not evil is and by which standards ? Your own ? Somebody else's ? Your personal "guru", "idol", someone stuffed with high "intellectual, manipulative, selfimposed" information ?

[@first99967]

Dawkins says we have a wonderful gift of life. Yes, and a gift must have a giver.

[@American-Plague]

No it doesn't. I found a pretty cool gift the other day: a 4 leaf clover. Nobody gave it to me. Your semantics game isn't evidence. Try again.

[@Len_Ron_Dow]

@Troy: *Maybe but it's not a 'Who' it's a 'What'* - and even that is not an entity. Richard Dawkins speaks British English - the interviewer is British. In British colloquial English the word 'gift' can apply to anything that you haven't had to pay for: *Gifts with an identifiable giver:* The sun *gives* us light and warmth. Our clothes *give* us protection from the elements. A falling apple *gave* Newton the idea about gravity. A dog will *give* its owner, love & obedience. Hemorrhoids don't *give* you a pain in the neck. *Gifts with a 'non-thing', 'non-what' or 'non-who' giver:* The lack of hard evidence for abiogenesis is a *gift* to creationists and priests alike. The conditions near to deep-sea hydrothermal vents *give* minerals an opportunity to begin a series of chemical reactions that we call 'biology'. Probably, one such reaction, that started billions of years ago, *gave* us 'life'. An accidental duplication of the SRGAP2 gene 2.4mya *gifted* us with intelligence. Belief in gods *gives* you an impediment to clear, rational thinking. Boromir about the 'One Ring': _"It is a _*_gift. A gift_*_ to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this ring?"_ The *gift* Boromir talked of was *not given* by Sauron but by the *series of happenstances* that took the 'One Ring' from Sauron's hand and brought it, via Elendil, Deagol, Smeagol, Bilbo & Frodo, to the Council of Elrond at Imladris. The point is, *a giver is not necessary to acquire gifts and even when one is, there is no requirement for it to have intelligence or intent.* In this case the 'giver' is *'Happenstance.'*

[@itsthequenchiest5072]

This is a stupid argument. Why use words to prove something? This only proves your desperate need of evidence to prove a higher being

[@Gankstomper]

@Troy it's pretty depressing how stupid you are

[@first99967]

@@lustrazor44 you are a little bit slow on the draw. I made that statement a year ago.

[@MOET02]

Nailed it!!! Religion is in the United States is as commercialized and monetized as Coca Cola or apple 7:35 the argument of morality vs religion is age old and he absolutely explains it to perfection

[@jeffforsythe9514]

Religion is manmade and therefore imperfect but the Lord is perfect.

[@jdos5643]

@@jeffforsythe9514 atheism is a religion so be more specific…..

[@TheRealNickBoone]

'' 3:10 - I despise people who believe something without evidence ''. One of the Greatest , Best phrases I ever heard and saw in an interview !!

[@PatrickLedwig]

Really? You actually can't BELIEVE something when there IS evidence. That is called knowing.

[@TheRealNickBoone]

@@PatrickLedwig '' Knowledge '' is Power !! Blind '' belief '' is the worst mental weakness there is !!!!

[@M0butu]

Actually that phrase is the dumbest BS in existence. OP post explains why.

[@TheRealNickBoone]

@@M0butu Which phrase r u referring to ?

[@fairuzraz2468]

Say the one who can't give a proof that universe can come from nothing.

[@stephenhall8131]

"What if it's a load of rubbish?" "No one can prove that." CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

[@ziquaftynny9285]

well?

[@1234nateman]

We're waiting.

[@bennoplatteau8614]

For it to be true consiousness must continue and since we haven’t got consiousness before we were born we will not have it after death since we need a brain as well.

[@st8vie282]

Benno Platteau religoun and all that spiritual belief goes beyond our logic and science no offense that argument isnt valid (this is coming from a atheist) if a god existed his power would be beyond our understanding so yeah also consiousness is a sticky issue itself science hasnt properly defined it either

[@Wikijojo1]

Stevie Whiddon thats why im agnostic, im aware science can't prove many things (yet), it can only go as far. But lack of evidence isn't evidence either