Slavoj Zizek - Why Only an Atheist Can Be a True Christian (6/8)

[@aspektx]

the Kant on education reference was pretty interesting.

[@allanpopa]

"I see in your eyes my monstrosity" That may offer some profound insight into the Holocaust. It was essentially Western ideology and Christianity that died at Auschwitz, Treblinka and Sobibor.

[@Naturalist1979]

What an interesting rhetorical style: just vaguely suggest something and continue with "and so on and so on".

[@Swede172]

Nice to have Peter Singer ask Zizek a question on animal rights.

[@s0673451]

aoow, just when you thought it couldn't get more intellectual, Peter Singer shows up!

[@thomassimmons1950]

Zizek as both Christ and anti-Christ...Fred Nietzsche is laughing in his super-mad Heaven-Hell...!

[@Crackxyx]

@Naturalist1979 that's not his 'style', that's what he does in this video since he's constrained by time. Zizek is pretty actually very thorough and methodical. when he does what you're describing he's indicating that he is building off already-established concepts. he specifically stated that the concepts he didn't have time to thoroughly explain here could be found in his books.

[@jorgisdenaam]

His answer is totally to the point. Here it is: "my position now is: moralized legalistic "animal rights" are very limited. Animal suffering of course, but why always this legalistic approach?" And then you can take the detour through the related issues (Obama on BP, capitalist regulation, tolerance, PC) as illuminating this position.

[@TheNina2510]

He is talking about everything but not about his title.....

[@ZekonjaPekonja]

I don't agree. Singer asked Zizek about utilitarianism approach and why he (Zizek) thinks it is radical or impossible (regard on their previous debate), and Zizek answered "well why we talk about utalitiarinism/legalistic approach whatever..." and then he talks about something completly different. For me that is not satisfactory answer.

[@thededman5054]

More tech, more alienation, synthetic inside out, least alienation

[@Proletariat12]

@TheNina2510 Maybe that's because it's only 6/8? Watch all of it.

[@goosepeuk]

the strange think is when he speaks slovak he doesnt have a lisp............weird

[@ZekonjaPekonja]

zizek didn't answer on singer's question...totally frivolous answer.

[@Wittgensteinien]

I that Peter-Fucking-Singer?

[@1337Tempest]

13:09 I literally LOL'd

[@AnotherOrangeJulius]

At first I thought "man what's wrong here?" ... but then he finally came up with the "decaffeinated other" story.

[@ZekonjaPekonja]

and i really like zizek. i can understand him on three languages, i watched many interviews with him, but sometimes he looks on things in simplified ways and because of that he makes irrelevant points.

[@Naturalist1979]

@Crackxyx Okay, fair enough.

[@goosepeuk]

@ForgetMeAmbrose :) tanku

[@tame1999]

4:01-4:30

[@nodamiaen]

lmfao peter singer

[@Krshwunk]

No one cares about the comments on a KZbin video? Well, it pretty obvious YOU care! You've become very emotional about what I've said. And you took the time to notice that I commented on every part of the video. So, I've obviously I struck a nerve. And that was my goal. I was NOT attempting to engage in a complex rational argument ... after all, it's just a KZbin comment that no one cares about ... as you say.

[@zweiosterei]

Ramblings of a madman. XD

[@andrejleban]

Religion is meant for developing animal consciousness into human consciousness and human consciousness into godly consciousness. The atheistic person is like an animal they can eat, have sex, sleep, and defend; this are common traits in both humans and animals but only human beings can be religious. Atheist remains at a certain level of consciousness, which may be higher than animal consciousness, but cannot rise to the level of divine consciousness and, in principle, his consciousness remains very close to the level of consciousness of animals. Evolution of consciousness is much faster by proper religious life than with work and science. The human beings has "free will" to chose religious life or remain atheist but the goal of life is very different. A religious person can eventually qualitatively become perfect, qualitatively equal to God and thereby achieving eternal consciousness and becoming immortal, which is also the essence of religious life. Christ died on the cross like an animal but rose on the third day. If you crucify an atheist he will not rise from the dead, so he has nothing to do with Christianity.

[@ethanstump]

It boggles me how there still are modern Christians. I say this as an atheist who's only been an atheist for five years. The cognitive dissonance almost lead me to kill myself with fentanyl. The level of dissonance one has to have that a magical person who lived in a time no longer relevant to any person outside of an archeologist somehow still should guide how we drive, how we microwave, how we fly an airplane, is on a level that not only should be institutionalized, but given the best drugs, such as psyilocibin. I do hope you have a nice wonderful day, your going to need it, when you discover the light outside of the cave.

OK, Lay off the drugs then :)