The Case Against Faith (Richard Dawkins)

Richard Dawkins believes science's ability to admit ignorance is one of its greatest strengths. On the flip side, he proposes that faith remains arrogant and all too certain of its validity without any rational set of proofs. While science can unite people around a common understanding, religion guarantees conflict and division that can never be rationally resolved.
This is from his talk at Poptech 2006. poptech.org/popcasts/richard_d...
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[@paris3331997]

Richard dawkins is absolutely amazing.... His way of explaining things just opens uour eyes more and more...its beautiful how he explains with such humility yet such passion for science and the truth

[@randywhite6468]

I Agree 100%....

[@MrSlovanprofessor]

He is a good speaker in his won native language, I would like to see him to explain it in Russian.

[@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139]

Totally. I don't understand how anyone finds him angry and arrogant. He has such a gentle, polite demeanor, even his voice is soothing. Anyone who doubts his patience and respectfulness should see his interview with Wendy Wright lol.

[@paulk9188]

Cause he doesn't know what he is talking about.. maybe that's an indication..

[@bretzajac7986]

you are easily impressed and conned.

[@cryptoguy3196]

Faith is for those who can only follow. They need it. Blind faith is when idiocy prevails.

[@justinh4393]

@An Outlaw's Redemption hahaha! Beautiful

[@TheTheotherfoot]

Faith is for those who can't handle reality, or hard drugs.

[@1wannabee1]

Gotta LOVE this fella. I really dont know ANYBODY else who speaks sooo clearly, sooo simple as RD. Its such a pity that there are'nt MORE human beings of the calibre of Richard Dawkins. RESPECT.

[@GilbertCarrizales]

Seriously I can't imagine any unopened minded person watching this video and even getting a grain of sand of an understanding of what he is talking about. He is explaining everything with such detail & such depth that it covers every bit of question that one might ask. Dawkins has been one of my heroes growing up & now at 28 I feel much more in control of my own life, my decisions, my morals because they are mine and based off of my own influences, experiences & inspirations. And I'm happy I am as open minded as I am. Thank you Mr. Dawkins.

[@keynatyler4767]

Gilbert Carrizales well said

[@davidjohnson1678]

Shame he talks absolute twaddle though

[@kimdanielsen4368]

If you can't see what is fundamentally wrong with Richard Dawkins claim about faith you are imbedded in ignorance. Are your open minded toward theism??

[@Andrew-is7rs]

Just a Legend. Rational, thoughtful and eloquent.

[@davidjohnson1678]

Fek The First shame he talks a load of twaddle

[@heighwaysonthewing]

Rational, thoughtful and eloquent and err wrong , mean spirited and gives nothing to society but emptiness and ego, he is a fool, don't let him make one of you.

[@Paradigm2012Shift]

✪World’s leading Darwinian Evolutionary and Agnostic Scientist, Richard Dawkins, admits “No One Knows How Life on Earth Began”✪ kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKDRlH14p9eXh5o

[@drkim4077]

Gotta love Richard Dawkins’s dry British humour 🤣🤣

[@2fast2block]

...and what a dumbass he is, too. It's the atheistic/agnostic types that supply the greatest comedy. They think the universe came about by natural means. There's NO science for it and ALL the science we know proves that creation had to be supernatural and done by a supernatural creator, but...., not to atheists/agnostics. Isn't that funny?! ----Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.----- Then the extreme order we have in our universe that defies all physics, but....., not to atheists/agnostics. It's just happened by mere chances even though we prove it can't happen by chance. Funny! www.inplainsite.org/html/anthropic_principles.html kgov.com/fine-tuning-of-the-universe And life? Well, it just came from non-life. It's so absurd it's even hard to type that, but....., atheists/agnostics claim to believe it happened somehow by natural means. Again, funny! Many have brought up such issues how funny it is, including James Tour. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIaafaqtYth1hsk kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGXWgWR7Zq-Xlbs kzbin.info/www/bejne/j57NnaWta6yggbc kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmGQmZqJn9Oio6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3K7nKWZZ7SGqZY Then, what this life did after it started by mere chance can't happen by science, but....., atheists/agnostics believe it did. Funny! Life takes information to form and proceed on. But to atheists/agnostics, chaos through time gave us information. Although it's even hard to write such a ridiculous statement, they believe it. All one can do is laugh at such stupidity. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3KQd5akgdh5Z8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZScgZSQr9ike8k creation.com/laws-of-information-1 creation.com/laws-of-information-2 I've kept this very basic and brief. I can provide much deeper, yet there's no need to since each point proves there is no explanation for such things to have happened naturally. This IS evidence against such things happening naturally. Lame excuses of why it can still have happened naturally with no science to support it are just that, lame excuses. There's a ton more. If you want a laugh, see what atheists/agnostics believe.

[@sirchess3095]

Beautiful. It's a joy listening to people speak logically about these issues.

[@TheDanBidondiShow]

What is so logic about this??

[@jameszelaznysr.2681]

I'm glad someone in this world knows what the hell's going on.

[@raysalmon6566]

Only Jesus knows that

[@justinh4393]

He doesn't have the first clue.

[@2fast2block]

james, if you think dumbass Dawkins knows what's going on, then you don't know what's going on. You're lost. It's the atheistic/agnostic types that supply the greatest comedy. They think the universe came about by natural means. There's NO science for it and ALL the science we know proves that creation had to be supernatural and done by a supernatural creator, but...., not to atheists/agnostics. Isn't that funny?! ----Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.----- Then the extreme order we have in our universe that defies all physics, but....., not to atheists/agnostics. It's just happened by mere chances even though we prove it can't happen by chance. Funny! www.inplainsite.org/html/anthropic_principles.html kgov.com/fine-tuning-of-the-universe And life? Well, it just came from non-life. It's so absurd it's even hard to type that, but....., atheists/agnostics claim to believe it happened somehow by natural means. Again, funny! Many have brought up such issues how funny it is, including James Tour. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIaafaqtYth1hsk kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGXWgWR7Zq-Xlbs kzbin.info/www/bejne/j57NnaWta6yggbc kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmGQmZqJn9Oio6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3K7nKWZZ7SGqZY Then, what this life did after it started by mere chance can't happen by science, but....., atheists/agnostics believe it did. Funny! Life takes information to form and proceed on. But to atheists/agnostics, chaos through time gave us information. Although it's even hard to write such a ridiculous statement, they believe it. All one can do is laugh at such stupidity. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3KQd5akgdh5Z8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZScgZSQr9ike8k creation.com/laws-of-information-1 creation.com/laws-of-information-2 I've kept this very basic and brief. I can provide much deeper, yet there's no need to since each point proves there is no explanation for such things to have happened naturally. This IS evidence against such things happening naturally. Lame excuses of why it can still have happened naturally with no science to support it are just that, lame excuses. There's a ton more. If you want a laugh, see what atheists/agnostics believe.

[@taefhayabusa]

@@2fast2block just look at what u are trying to do, a random person with no morals on KZbin comments section wants to prove an Oxenford scientist wrong, i can see the morals ur religion tought u, go ahead call scientists dumbass again, as u are using a smartphone that would have never been there without science

[@TheTheotherfoot]

@@taefhayabusa Bad Ryu. You are confusing that fool by using facts. He doesn't believe in facts.

[@RobGravelle]

I was recently surprised to learn that a lot of Christians don't particularly care for Richard Dawkins. I can't imagine why; he's so engaging. :-)

[@justinh4393]

So was Ted Bundy

[@RobGravelle]

@@justinh4393 Good point. Although, as far as I know, RD is not a serial killer.

[@dav3Dlegend]

"Did an astronaut kill the dinosaurs." Lol XD

[@Primordial33]

hahahahaha

[@ChampionofVardenfell]

I caught that too. Lol

[@SumoRabbitOfDoom]

Yes, but there's no proof. You just have to take it on faith.

[@FCPWHAT]

It was Buzz, he hates animals!!! lol

[@ergonomover]

People think mountains have a spirit, why not asteroids, as much as any astronaut. The guy had a stroke, he still rocks.

[@beesbeesingtonvi614]

A really nice presentation!

[@Heismyreason7]

My favourite Dawkins video so far. If only it was possible to get a better education - I would love to have studied these topics more.

[@Pipsqwak]

The question "why" has not an ounce of meaning. There is no "why" - the universe does not have a "purpose". Life evolved without an ultimate purpose - it just is. Thinking that everything must have a goal, purpose or reason is a failing of the human mind. Believing that inanimate objects, including abstract objects like "life", have agency is a product of dualism and is hardwired into our brains. It was originally a survival trait (is that thing meaning to hurt me or not?) but not now.

[@thienle743]

This was exactly what i realized when i stopped being a Catholic

[@Pipsqwak]

Furthermore, which "God" are we talking about? The Hebrew God? Allah? Zeus? Thor? Shiva? Wotan?

[@kimdanielsen4368]

Certainly not your god. Please try to understand the fundamental difference between monotheism and polytheism before making a comment!

[@kpax45]

Allah not worth talking about, he is the worst of the bunch!

[@sheelamonroe7265]

Thank you Richard!

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

Excellent as usual

[@RuiChui]

0:57 "Astronaut"... LOLOL

[@bellarosalarsen1638]

Brilliant lecture. The most interesting, intelligent men I haver seen.

[@PR-fs9os]

LOOK AT THIS MEN kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIaafaqtYth1hsk

[@klumaverik]

So beautiful!

[@abdirizackibrahim2211]

Thank You dear #Richard.

[@428391]

Exactly. Our fight (as free-thinkers) is to make Religion 'history' and to lead a healthier, equal and open minded future, not necessarily to prove/disprove the existence of 'god/s' or 'supernatural beings'. In my opinion, religion exists solely as a means to control humans, and the fact that many religious entities are now attacking science just sickens me. If anyone still believes the earth is less than 10,000 years old, they must either be ignorant, blind or plain stupid.

[@bombingraid1330]

We can apply logic only to certain aspects of music, architecture, painting, religion, etc. That is, and as Louis Khan has stated, only to the measurable aspects of these disciplines, the immeasurable components are really beyond measurement, otherworldly. As brilliant as Hitchens, Dawkins and Sam Harris are, why aren't they clear of the limitations of logic? That no matter how they impress the crowd they are only stating the obvious...

[@mrloop1530]

0:57 Did an astronaut kill the dinosaurs? I have the uttermost respect for Richard Dawkins and his intellect. And he was one of the main sources to help me free of the religion, which I was indoctrinated into through my upbringing. It feels almost blasphemous :p to stumble over this tiny mistake.

[@Trinavara]

It's a petty simple mistake..like a typo...real fans of Dawkins wouldn't even mention that,it's a slip of the tongue.

[@richardbeaumont7960]

An astronaut was driving the asteroid of course. Chuckle. As always, a brilliant piece of work by Dawkins.

[@paxmule]

Mr Loop, Just be glad you have never made a verbal mistake and misspoke on anything.

[@Mirrodin82]

Great speech Richard we love you

[@MrAlpal2005]

I liked everything about that video.

[@larryparis925]

As always, Dawkins is on point, evidence-oriented, and a great presenter.

[@hellosnackbar]

Richard Dawkins is a genius of logic based on evidence his criticism of religious dogshit dogma should be taught to pupils in school.

[@heighwaysonthewing]

genius in a way yes, he makes lots of money out of this fair tale of evolution , you flakes buy into , so in that way yes, but in the fact he is utterly wrong , I have to say no, he is an egotistical little bollock ..

[@SPL0869]

heighwaysonthewing so what’s the “right” answer.

[@paulk9188]

@S Littles- the correct answer- Origin of information always arises from intelligence... ALWAYS

[@dimbulb23]

@@paulk9188 No. Information comes when an intelligence recognizes information. Both the intelligence and the information exist for this to happen. A God with nothing existing but himself has no intelligence. He has nothing to think about, nothing to know, nothing from which to extract information. Sterile.

[@SummeRain783]

You're impressed by his logic that because people were born learning a religion and continue to believe in it then God must not exist?

[@MrChristerj]

Great speech!

[@johnlinden7398]

RICHARD DAWKINS...A GREAT ILLUMINATOR AND COHERENT ADVOCATE FOR REASON AND PROTAGONIST AGAINST THE DELUSIONS OF NONSENSICAL BELIEFS !

[@727skydivers]

I think a Palestinian astronaut killed the dinosaurs. With hummus.

[@danmitchell6327]

The most ridiculous thing about faith is the god of the gaps. Due to still remaining gaps in our scientific knowledge and understanding...... such as how all this complex organic chemistry came about...... they must always resort to the automatic default position...... of making the false assumption it provides evidence of something even more asinine and improbable. Such as talking snakes, talking donkeys and the invisible spirit boogeyman in the sky. Since when does lack of scientific knowledge provide evidence of something even more ludicrous and irrational ?

[@davidjohnson1678]

It’s only a default position to those who are without true faith, to the true believer God is the absolute truth they aren’t seeking alternative explanations or putting their trust in fanciful theories for them ,it is all without doubt the work of an absolute Creator know as God.

[@davidjohnson1678]

Maria Callous snakes are beautiful which raises another question why do we appreciate beauty?

[@davidjohnson1678]

Maria Callous so we believe in the same why are we debating?

[@heighwaysonthewing]

you poor sod , you will never know it all. and what are you filling the gaps with and putting in the place of God ? listing to a sad old man with an ego bigger than western Europe , in poor fitting brown jacket to tell you what to think what to do, and what does he put back ? does he do great works in medicine ? feed the poor? no he gives you nothing but empty blackness to look forward to nothing, by a man who makes geography teacher look cool next to him , this man will take you nowhere he will drag you down. think for yourself , don't let this tweedy twat tell you what to think...you don't believe there is a God, but you believe this weedy badly dressed man, who will die and perish and go nowhere.

[@kst68dog]

@@heighwaysonthewing The truth hurts eh

[@vincesnetterton5868]

full of wonder, wonderfull

[@markshipley6119]

I just bought a new motorcycle on faith. you can't see it, touch it, or hear it, but in my mind I can and it must be real because I have an owners manual. after purchasing it I have spent the last 20 years planning my cross-country trip on it and the time to take it is almost here. I have already booked all the motel stays and because of how strong my faith is I have booked non refundable ones. I have also purchased new saddle bags to carry the things I need for my trip. my family and friends have lectured me and tried to prove that my motorcycle isn't real and that I'm wasting time and money, but I WILL NOT have my faith questioned!!!

[@ThatBoomerDude]

If there is a "God" which would only save you from eternal torment if you worship him with very little evidence of his existence, then that "God" is not worthy of worship.

[@TheRealDan0il]

You can not argue with creationists. They are the pigeons we face in a chess match. No matter how solid one's technique is, a pigeon (creationist) will still knock over the pieces, defecate all over the board, then strut around the place all victoriously.

[@martinw91]

Knowing that videos like this will live in perpetuity makes me truly appreciate KZbin.

[@Pipsqwak]

@jingi lakkaful: In addition, just this morning, I saw an article on LiveScience saying that quantum magnetism has been now been observed in supercooled potassium atoms. This observation is already enhancing our understanding of superconductivity. As in my previous post, these are objective evidence that the proposals of theoretical physics and quantum mechanics are true.

[@biju279]

What a brilliant mind!!!

[@davidjohnson1678]

biju279 yes lovely but shame he talks pure twaddle

[@heighwaysonthewing]

yes ....you think, ask this brilliant man what came before the big bang and time see what he say's ask the little git why scenic can't cure athletes foot and why he trust something that can't cure a cold .

[@SumoRabbitOfDoom]

@@heighwaysonthewing Perhaps you should ask 'the little git' what it is that makes the common cold so incurable? The answer's quite simple.

[@poozer1986]

@@davidjohnson1678 really? Or do you just disagree because it conflicts with your need for a god? How quaint.

[@davidjohnson1678]

@@poozer1986 if you fully understand the term ‘need’ in this context you would understand without out a God neither of us would be having a discussion!! Silly man and yes Dawkins talks unscientific twaddle for his own popularity with his lost sheep.

[@beetzart77]

Truly inspirational, Richard.

[@bretzajac7986]

wow you are easily impressed and that shows you must be a moron to fall for this idiot.

[@billyhw5492]

Oh look how much humility I have!

[@geoffphil]

Richard Dawkins. A great great person.

[@ViktorEngelmann]

"Evolution is only a theory"... Yes. And god is only a hypothesis.

[@cheeseballshater4629]

love this, haha

[@paulk9188]

Oh please.. lettuce be real tea, the scientific community can't even agree on how many times we went to the moon in this century, can we really expect them to know what happened thousands of centuries ago... nope

[@davepeterschmidt5818]

@@paulk9188 What? You're simply completely and utterly wrong about this. There is no doubt about how many times we went to the moon, unless you count crackpot conspiracy theory nuts.

[@davepeterschmidt5818]

God is not even a good hypothesis, since a good hypothesis needs to explain the known facts and have predictive capability. God does neither.

[@paulk9188]

Actually God is not only the correct hypothesis, but the ultimate conclusion. Orgin of information ALWAYS arises from an intelligent source. ALWAYS

[@heavymeddle28]

Every sane human knows we only got one life. We're lucky to live on this beautiful earth. We should take care of it and our friends. That's my religion

[@deanbrunson259]

True, true, true!!! Only one life and there is no heaven! There is no supernatural realm. It is one thing, as most humans do, believe in a spirit or soul, but to believe that this immaterial construction of the human mind continues after death is delusional. GROGalot

[@heavymeddle28]

@@deanbrunson259 amen to that brother... Amen. How is it even possible that otherwise rational humans throw away all logic and believe in a fantasy?.. Escapes me😀

[@davidjohnson1678]

Dean Brunson the truth is even if there was no God humans would still create one. There can be no absolutes only opinion and yours is only opinion far from proven fact and a grand opinion at that

[@heavymeddle28]

@@davidjohnson1678 well... Aren't we living on a beautiful earth? Shouldn't we take care of it? Shouldn't care fore others? And what's more likely?.. That you, me and aaaall other humans have a supernatural god taking care of us. Not only now, but when were dead too? Its not just only a opinion anymore when nothing could be explain how that would even work. There could be trillions of other explanations about how everything came into existence. Explanations that hasn't even been conceived in humans minds yet or maybe never will so stupid books written by humans thousands of years ago isn't a very likely thing. Anyone with a working brain wouldn't believe in it if it wasn't just by its share popularity. Grandiose or not. Angels and demons makes people ego. That may be my own opinion

[@davidjohnson1678]

heavy meddle yes there could be trillions of others explanations but at this time there isn’t and nothing is emerging. An while you may think the Bible is just a story there is growing evidence in History and archeology that these things occurred. Fundamentally is the issue was Christ the living God, for me the shear fact that against all the massive odds this message spread and the apostles gave their lives for it was a clear testimony. However I accept belief is not for everyone its not easy to accept and it’s easy to discount as fantasy, however just what if this is actually true and Christ was and is the living God it would make a lot of sense!

[@GroovismOrg]

What we need to have faith in is our instincts. They’re the only reality that each of us can enjoy the beauty of, become a part of the global community in creative flow, & enjoy every moment of Grooving!! Faith in the intelligence of humans to grasp & manifest this concept......

[@valgez1]

You are right

[@hectortorres5572]

God is man made

[@drkim4077]

Say it louder for the people wasting precious time praying to an invisible guy who doesn’t listen to their prayers 👏🏼👏🏼. Imagine if they spent those thousands of hours contributing to the world...

[@andreungerer3531]

I agree. There was a creator. Man. Who created gods.

[@kpax45]

God and all religions

[@LockSteady]

Because a lot of what is contained in the plethora of Buddhist scriptures are unbacked assertions, many of which are unfalsifiable. Religion isn't simply a belief in a God, or Gods, it's belief in dogmatic assertions, thus Buddhism often falls unceremoniously into the suitcase term: religion.

[@louistournas120]

+LockSteady: Isn't buddhism more of a philosophy or a religion that doesn't deal with creator gods?

[@scorp10fl53]

Exactly!

[@briannewton3535]

By that logic, Flat Earth must be a religion too. A huge bunch of dogmatic assertions, no evidence... although all is falsifiable, and has been thoroughly many times over, yes they still plough on regardless.

[@bretzajac7986]

wow are you dense.

[@-Zer0Dark-]

Deep within the depths of our ignorance.

[@RaptorJesus.]

i see your faith and raise you one KNOWLEDGE :)

[@dimitribuchene3086]

Faith is BLIND.....need I say further?

[@davidjohnson1678]

Dimitri Buchene faith in theory certainly is !

[@kimdanielsen4368]

You are right faith in science is blind.

[@anaccount8474]

The childish nature of the comments below only goes to reinforce everything he says.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

00:57 "Did an astronaut kill the dinosaurs?" I think the word you were looking for there was 'asteroid', Dawkins...

[@BBL05]

Listen to the song ''I Believe'' because never has a song explained so much.

[@hectortorres5572]

God is real.. only in minds!

[@hectortorres5572]

@J Scotland neither all your words or the bible is proof of god, get over it..

[@hectortorres5572]

@J Scotland you are right.. all your words made me believe in god.. thank you .. now i am a true believer.. god bless us.. thanks...

[@XXLCOCKTAIL]

@J Scotland I started reading this and stopped. Non educated person talking about potatoes and oranges. ... oooo no wait, I just started to believe that I can fly !

[@KbcBerlin]

Faith and all wishful, willfull thinking should be disaproved of. We need to get sane to deal with the coming times.

[@govitascom9610]

You mean we need to tell transgenders they need to recognize their DNA and align themselves with their biological selves as either male or female, depending on their X and Y chromosomes? Great idea!

[@danielcannon4727]

@@govitascom9610 being transgender isn't a case of wishful thinking or delusion. There is more to gender that you probably aren't aware of. If you're trans, you're not gay. Get over your transphobic nonsense. You've met transwomen and haven't even realized it. You probably had lustful thoughts about them. It's a shame that religion teaches you to hold down people.

[@govitascom9610]

@@danielcannon4727 According to medical experts and geneticists, transgenderism is a "Gender Identity Disorder." There is NO scientific evidence for any gene that causes transgenderism and putting on a dress doesn't magically change a man into a woman. So yes, transgenderism is a mental disorder and a delusion illusion. There are only TWO genders in human biology: Male or Female and there are no others. Fact.

[@hammer-r]

His command of facts and his literacy makes me feel like a third grader. What an amazing man.

[@hammer-r]

All right then, “I’ll go to hell for the company”, Mark Twain. But since neither exists, no worries 😜. Facts baby just the facts. No boogie man in the sky.

[@hammer-r]

Steve you have every right to believe in fairly tails written by illiterate war lords and messaged by churches to control and intimidate other factions and to control the flock. Please investigate how the Bible really came about. Your brain washing started when you were an infant and you cannot conceive of a life without an overlord controlling your every move and thought. I escaped that environment. You are your own person. I chose to live in reality with science as my guiding force. Facts are facts. I don’t believe in Santa Claus or the tooth fairy either. As an Adult I chose to follow evolution and science and astro physicists. I enjoy my life, act as a good moral person without the fear of some deity hanging over me with threats of torture and death and everlasting hell. That does not sound like an all loving god that I want to follow.

[@hammer-r]

Steve. Lol. Pretty funny stuff. I had to wipe the tears of laughter from my eyes. You sure think very highly of yourself for believing in a fictitious entity over the animals surrounding us. I personally am happy to believe, from scientific facts (you know which-craft stuff like DNA) that we evolved and that we are no more special than the animals that we should care for. Try to study some facts of DNA and the truth shall set you free. 😎. I’m not so conceded to think otherwise. That’s the problem with you ultra religious types. You think the world revolves around you and that minus any facts you know everything. We are part of the world as it’s developing. We are just lucky to have evolved more than the animals around us. I think that we have 98 or 99% the same DNA as chimps. That’s no accident. As Dawkins states so eloquently, DNA can be traced throughout all living matter. Who’s the idiot here? One who believes in science with facts to support it or the one who believes in something never seen or heard from. No evidence what so ever except from delusional folks like you, with visions and voices, who would rather believe in ghosts and displace responsibility to a deity instead of taking responsibility for yourself. All written in a book by illiterate camel herders and passed down thru time with adjustments from the church to control the people under their control. Try to study the Bible, Old Testament , New Testament and the millions of contradictions in each. They are great stories messaged by church to fit the narrative of the time as science has disproven their stories. Remember when the sun revolved around the earth. And how the church fought to keep that narrative until it could no longer be ignored? Millions more like that. Since you started this I’ll finish with, I’m done arguing with the ignorant and delusional. You can go on your happy way and believe what ever you want. You may want to look out for flying teapots out there too, just as likely as your god. Who by the way is the latest of some 3000 over history. But this one is the one? Laughable.

[@hammer-r]

Oh by the way, this will blow your mind, I also follow Christopher Hitchens, another genius in this matter.

[@hammer-r]

Steve well I think if I read you comment correctly, you are right in the Trump comment as we have not evolved fast enough. Some would say we have gone backwards in intelligence and civility. lol. Sometimes I have to wonder myself where we are going with our current level of intelligence. As for evolution, it’s taken millions of years, so our short blink of history will not allow us to see evolution in our timeframe. But if you study evolution, it’s theory, as it started, is correct. It’s now established on the evolution of species. DNA studies throughly support this. It’s truly incredible how they have found this and studied it. I would truly love to travel back millions of years and watch it in accelerated time to see it. As for squirrels doing calculus, I learned it but can’t say I can still do it. So maybe they are smarter than I.

[@BerZoDsan]

after hearing what Wittgenstein replied, there was a voice in my head screaming... "BURNNNNN!!!"... a real "ow snap" situation

[@olsenduran1019]

An astronaut killed the dinosaurs with a snipper rifle from space. Headshots baby!!

[@marcorp87]

daniel duran Hasta la vista, baby!

[@GilbertCarrizales]

Lets not forget the grenades. There had to have been grenades.

[@brethager3265]

* sniper. Get it's fucking right.

[@justin_5631]

If we ever invented a time machine, killing the dinosaurs ourselves would be a good way to settle the dispute forever.

[@markholmes8992]

Snipper? Like scissors? Moron!

[@albertjackson9236]

The earth was created by god only 6,000 years ago, and, the collection plate was created by man 1 billionth of a second after that.

[@justicelut]

Albert Jackson brilliant! Love the analogy.

[@heighwaysonthewing]

The earth was created by god only 6,000 years ago, the bible does not say that ..wrong nice try.

[@paulk9188]

@Benjamin Gawitt-Clearly you have not read the Bible, there were two creations.

[@paulk9188]

God destroyed the world after the Fall.. you haven't read shyt

[@paulk9188]

@Benjamin Gawitt-In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; TWO CREATIONS

[@Pipsqwak]

Yes, actually those things can and have been seen and demonstrated. Did you see the recent news item about the movie made by manipulating atoms? You can actually see individual atoms forming a stick figure and moving about. The Higgs boson, a subatomic particle crucial to explaining conditions in the early universe, has been found. Quantum computers exist. NASA and Google both recently purchased two of them. These computers use principles of quantum mechanics to store infomation in atoms.

[@ArnoldvanKampen]

I think a book of his hand is the magic of reality.| There he describes 3 meanings of magic: The kind of magic with which one would be able to turn a pumpkin into a carriage. The kind of magic of the illusionists. And finally the kind of magic which is related to the awe imposed on a humble man by the sheer incomprehensibility of reality which is surrounding him, such in poetic meaning. The latter definition is his favourite. This one should also do with the term faith. One is the kind of belief in the absence of proof. One is the sum of all rituals which constitute one of the world's branches of religions. And the third one which is the one which really matters is the kind which tells a conscious and intelligent being that what it has predicted about the future is correct and that it should allocate precious resources in that area, well knowing that its very existence might be at peril in case of failure. The latter is my favourite ofcourse. I think mr Dawkins plays with all 3 definitions to make his point. I find that unfair. He should stick with one definition. Everybody knows this cheesy remark: predicting is hard, especially when it is about the future. Then there is the definition of intelligence measured by the capability of predicting future outcomes, given certain parameters. So, inadequate as we are, as humans, we need to have trust or by an other word faith, that what we embark on is meaningful and should improve our position. If doubt wins over trust or faith, the journey would not be started and we would remain stagnant. But where is God? My answer would be that to have faith is the same as to have faith in God, since one is not suppost to have any image of God in the first place . So faith with respect to whatever pervades all of existence is the same as faith. So faith is extremely precious. So naturally one would want to convey this notion to offspring by using meaningful stories, kept alive by strong rituals. One should however remember that the rituals themselves are more like a conveyor of the message, not the message itself. The ritual is complex, the message is simple and elegant like e=mc2 I end my remark here.

[@hasanrudd9823]

Those whom want 'religious freedom' should learn to respect those whom want freedom from religion.

[@briannewton3535]

Kids generally do respect their parents. So those same parents should allow their kids to make up their own minds rather than indoctrinate them into their own religion they were born into.

[@navonavo10]

Overthinking is non-sens, stay on scientific knowledge. There is no God. Only in minds of the week is hope.

[@jackgauthier5624]

Seek God and you'll find Him...He's more a fact than you or I.

[@navonavo10]

Realy dude, you believe in Santa olso?

[@jackgauthier5624]

yes his name is Richard Dawkins.

[@randywhite6468]

That is spectacularly stupid.......

[@neikosan1664]

Pablo Donato I dont mind being "that guy" so i'd like to point out that you most certainly meant to spell weak not "week".

[@pearltears8039]

as he talks and explanes him self.... i hope he can see how complex it all is and yet it all works together.... its not by chance and he should understand just the slightest change to things would cause them to not be

[@PWN4G3FTW]

What are you explicitly saying?

[@pearltears8039]

like if we were a lil closer to the sun we would burn up cause it be to hot.. .or Trees for the Air We Breath. We need trees for the very air we breathe. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and, in turn, give off oxygen. that kind of works well for us or bees butterflies birds flowers for pollination...With out all them working Together we wouldnt have food...and without food we Wouldnt have animals...without animals we still wouldnt have food... my hole point is HOW CAN YOU LOOK AT ALL THIS AND NOT SEE INTELLIGENT DESIGN behind it.... Its all so Complex, We Couldnt do any of it Without JAH JEHOVAH GOD CREATOR ALMIGHTY GOD...ISAIAH 12:2

[@PWN4G3FTW]

​@@pearltears8039 What do you mean by a "lil"? There is a so called habitable zone around stars in wich we can expect carbon based lifeforms. That is if there are habitable planets in that zone with the necessary ressources and all. The earth is moving away from the sun over time and we still persist. How is this a good argument for god? No, I dont see intelligent design in nature. In fact there are several biological designs that are inefficient, unnecessarily complicated or even detrimental to its owner. Even we primates can come up with superior designs. I can give examples if you like. Trees, oxygen, bees, pollination basically the "circle of life" is already sufficiently explained by evolution. No need to impose an supernatural explanation for it. Given the right circumstances life may be inevitable. Just saying its complex therefore god does not follow. That makes no sense.

[@cmitch3087]

... as they are now. That would be the case if god changed it or it was natural.

[@67lomeli]

Faith has no facts to stand on. We need evidence to have a real faith.

[@cjaiezza]

Well, by definition, it will no longer be faith.

[@67lomeli]

@TheDucciano Remember, if you are a good person with a conscience; you take care of yourself and family; you work; you are good; faith is just a l0% gimmick. It seems you once suffered as a child or had a bad experience with "faith." It is in your conscience that you must feel in peace; religion is just crap for l0%. Remember, those that may harmed you as a child will suffer the consequences. I am glad that you're good to yourself. My best wishes to you.

[@Truthmatters-]

In atheistic scientific view, faith is a belief without evidence. In Christian view, Faith is the evidence of things unseen.

[@heighwaysonthewing]

scientific view, very precarious position gambling on not having eternal life , using something ie science as your guide to life, scenic can't cure a cold or athletes foot and you want to gamble on that? good luck with that..

[@impossiblenamechoice]

heighwaysonthewing Pascal’s wager. Not a great reason to plump for the fairytale of your choice. What if Muslims are correct? I doubt you’ve spent much time considering the hell of other faith groups that awaits you if you’re wrong. How is it so compelling for you that you are convinced based solely on faith, when other equally well equipped individuals brandish their faith as evidence that they are the ones with the truth? Better to critically examine faith claims and recognise that if they can bring about multiple contradictory positions then faith itself is problematic and an unreliable way to get to the truth.

[@Truthmatters-]

@@impossiblenamechoice I believe that there is an absolute truth. Atheism has no objective truth at all. I might agree to disagree to other beliefs but certainly no judge for them. I don't even consider my belief superior than others, but at least I stand for something that is outside my own pleasure/will. There are no contradiction in Christian faith. People who thinks that there are contradictory in Christian faith obviously needs more TIME in studying it.

[@impossiblenamechoice]

Rain atom Can you explain what you mean by absolute truth and demonstrate it? It all sounds a bit woolly to me. Atheism makes no truth claims (objective or otherwise). It is simply the default position in respect of theistic claims that have not met their burden of proof. Faith is a useless tool in as it can lead to incompatible truth claims. To say that Christian faith claims (rather than any others) requires more study and understanding is simply false. Faith is lack of evidence. I don’t need any more understanding than that. If you need faith to believe, then you are granting belief when it is not warranted.

[@Truthmatters-]

@@impossiblenamechoice it's simple do you believe with the absolute truth? In Christian faith, we believe there is an absolute (ultimate) truth! "Atheism no truth claims" is simply a lame excuse to escape the ground for absolute truth. It's either: "truth or lie", nothing in between. If Atheist claims no truth... why would anyone believe to any of atheistic claims? why rely in a principle if there are no clear grounds for truth? If God will show himself to everyone, then where is the essence of genuine TRUST and faith. Faith is the evidence of things unseen! Man says "Show me, then I will believe" but God says "Believe me and I will show you". If you do not believe in absolute truth? ...how did you know it is true?? ... makes sense? Faith is not only a matter for mind, it's based on the condition of one's heart. Jer 29:13" You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. If Christianity happens to be TRUE, will you be a Christian? If you say yes, praise God. But if No, I see the problem is not the mind but the heart..

[@justicelut]

An "astronaut?" Killed the dinosaurs. Oops

[@danf7568]

An opened mind for me was a factor of curiosity and need to know despite my religious upbringing. Richard Dawkins reflects the value of being educated and intelligent to its best.

[@Pipsqwak]

Dawkins very clearly does see the big picture - a grand and awe-inspiring multi-billion-year history of the earth and life, within the even grander scale of the 15-billion-year-old universe. Like many atheists, he was raised a Christian and believed the fairy tales until reason and science opened his eyes. A Bronze-Age book written by ignorant people cannot embrace new discoveries or explain new mysteries - it will always be just an old book. Parsing it for meaning is entirely subjective.

[@alibooyaa]

Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense. - Han Solo

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

Richard is teaching his faith in nothing at all

[@SweatyWalrus]

anthony esparsen Faith in nothing makes no sense.

[@user-fc9nu9ry9n]

Faith in nothing and absence of faith is not the same thing. Please stop being unable to accept that the case of faith maybe is an abstract idea and YOUR personal choice and not an established act of behaving that noone can evaluate or critisize.

[@GodEqualstheSquaRootof-1]

Faith: An unreasonable belief; “Faith" is an insertion of absolute conviction that is assumed without reason and is defended against all reason. Faith means not wanting to know what is true. Faith: Belief without study, reason or evidence.

[@unap16]

I absolutely love and respect this person. Fuck, if only the world were run by true critical thinkers instead of chained to irrational policies (most of the time) of irrational politicians when do enter the realm of politics.

[@dchezik]

What puzzles me is why there is never any reference to the psychology of belief? How are beliefs are formed? There is some mention of the correlation between beliefs of parents and beliefs of children, but why does no one mention the factors behind the change of beliefs who were raised in a particular faith? How many people have given up beliefs they learned as children? And what were the reasons? For example, I was raised as a fundamental Christian, a belief that it took me 30 years to abandon. Why did it take me so long? What were the deciding factors? I can speak to the emotional turmoil that I went through to abandon those beliefs. I can still remember the tipping point for me: As I was reaching adulthood, I made a resolution that I would always try to "incline toward" the position that seemed most likely, based on logic and evidence, regardless of how it made me feel. I practiced as faithfully as I could the critical thinking strategy for any unproven assertion or claim: "How do I know this is true? What is the evidence for it? Does it make sense?" If the evidence or supporting logic was lacking, I resolved to abandon the belief (not always easy!). Sometimes I had to search further to be convinced. This approach forced me to abandon Christianity. Now, how did my belief originate in the first place? My mother was a strong influence, but once I was converted (I accepted Jesus as my personal savior at her knee when I was 5.) I followed that up with church attendance - even attending Wed nite prayer meetings! (I was puzzled why all the sick and shut-ins that we prayed for never seemed to benefit. Hmm!). What bothers me is there is never any scientific reasoning given about why such absurd beliefs are accepted in the first place. A person doesn't just sit down and say, "Hmm! I guess I'll believe in God!"

[@18dot7]

Well, I would say it is "authority"-and who do we have as an authority in our childhood? Our parents. They tell us not to play with fire because we can hurt ourselves-and if we then get hurt while playing with fire, there you are: evidence our parents were right. And they were right so effin' often that we'd believe them. But then again ... our parents only know that much. When it comes to the quantum world or microcosm in general, most will probably be lost and out of words.

[@18dot7]

@Steve - Fake. All gods are fake. There is no evidence for any god, so all should be treated as what they are: Fantasy.

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

Long live Dawkins

[@winstonbachan9229]

Faith Is The Substance Of Things Hoped For! And The Evidence Of The Things Not Seen!

[@davidjohnson1678]

Winston Bachan if you examine faith it is much more. We all have faith in different things it’s ultimately about trust in others it’s not just religion. We have faith that scientists tell us the truth about what they discover or how they might seek explanations. Faith is universal in all things and in all relationships it’s part of being human !

[@cmitch3087]

@@davidjohnson1678 you are equivocating definitions. Your definition is "confidence" based on experience. We have so called "faith" in scientists because we can demonstrate their findings. Faith in the religious sense is what op stated.

[@davidjohnson1678]

cmitch3087 well you’re view is not exactly conclusive. You see much of science is unknown or theories and through science we develop our best explanations based on the evidence available or that we can understand. Science continues to remain inconclusive in many regards and raises even more questions. We therefore have faith ultimately in their interpretations but equally we have to accept it not fact until proven and all understanding could yet be wrong certainly in cosmology and quantum science. So we do have to have faith in science. Similarly for many there is some evidence to support religious belief and it is that faith that God exists and is the explanation for everything that is yet not disproved by others opinion or fact. These debates will last all our lifetimes it is where you place your faith that will determine your views. It is not wrong to seek God or science for explanations it is our human mission to try and find meaning for everything.

[@Pegasus4213]

One major reason that science has to admit its ignorance is that it has adopted a stance like that as its modus operandi. Science starts from a position that nothing is known for certain so that it can pretend that its methodology is revealing a more certain truth about the fundamental nature of reality. But such a stance is only possible in the first place if it excludes 'a priori' any other known source of knowledge and understanding. Here Richard is dealing with religious faith which even if a legitimate target for a reasoned view of reality if rejected outright throws out many other possibilities about the fundamental nature of reality - which Richard believes science is uncovering. These possibilities are quite fundamental to questions about our experience within this so-called 'physical' universe. For example; that behind the; 'faith-based' religions may lie a truth - that 'There is indeed' a non-physical source layer beyond our perception of presently known 'physical' levels. Another possibility is that 'consciousness' may be intrinsic to what is termed 'matter'.discarded, in the present stance. A science which posits that all faith-based religious ideas and concepts must be discarded and ridiculed outright - may be throwing out the very 'further than physical' answers it purports to be seeking!

[@alivation]

No, you are free to ask these questions in a science framework, but you need to be able to come up with a way of testing your hypothesis objectively and repeatedly (experiment) in order to either reject your hypothesis or add support for it. Otherwise, if it cannot be tested now or in the future it falls into the domain of faith or fiction or superstition.

[@highpriestofgavinalmightyh1304]

When I say that I have had more theology crammed down my throat than most, that is an understatement. There is an obvious difference in angry wrathful old testament God, super outreaching but strangely irrational New Testament God, back to being angry and wrathful, but still a centralizing Muslim God. Their words were written by flesh and blood human beings separated by centuries and millennia, and then translated by other men at different times. The books chosen for the final cut were selected by aristocrats and well-to-due clergymen at Nicea. I'm not dumping on any one religion, but rather suggesting yes, there are plenty of contradictions in the allocation of separate books codified by the religious hierarchy of the day. Therein lies a breakdown of unquestioned belief.

[@Noxturnalist]

0:57 "did an astronaut kill the dinosaurs?" lol

[@fifth_elephant]

1 minute in he says "did an astronaut kill the dinosaurs"

[@AlanWil2]

Gravity is only a theory too.

[@almagnifik0]

some points are been exaggerated here, for instance I have been trying to find contradictions between my faith and science, but guess what, there ain't any. but if I did, I am definitely going with science.

[@daithiocinnsealach3173]

0:57 "Did an astronaut kill the dinosaurs?

[@daragildea7434]

EVERYBODY believes lots of things, so everyone has "faith". A "case against faith", therefore, is a case against everybody, including oneself.

[@AlbertGuilmont]

There are already 4 dislikes: Father, Son, Holly Ghost and Allah.

[@rolandibanez2509]

Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

[@SyntaxError3145]

Astronaut was the right word for what he's getting at. He said it on purpose.

[@Pipsqwak]

And, if we can explain our origins as well as other big questions by natural, unguided processes, why do we need to posit the existence of a God to explain them? Thus, that we can explain how these things might have come into existence without God means that we don't need to resort to supernatural explanations.

[@MadNotAngry]

Faith is believing, when you have absolutely no reason to think it's true. It is merely a wish. With faith, any potentiality is possible, and no potentiality is possible. Every reality exists, and nothing real exists. Everything is genuine, and nothing is genuine. ALL at the _exact same time._ Faith is a game for children and the foolish.

[@anthonyesparsen7776]

Churches don't need wifi all of us have it already

[@dfgheghdfgnn]

he said astronaut at 00:58

[@Pipsqwak]

You know, I was raised as an evangelical Christian, "saved" and "born again" at 12. I know all about the emotional manipulation, and I'm not swayed by sentiment or arguments from emotion. No matter how warm and fuzzy and tear-jerky something is - it doesn't mean it's true. If you haven't got objective evidence or logical arguments to present your case for God, then you're wasting my time.

[@chuggermagic]

was that sarcasm? if not, explain how you came to that conclusion.

[@-Zer0Dark-]

Haha. Why thank you.

[@donfarlan214]

Good thing this wasn't the 60s you might be taken as a Soviet enemy

[@johnnowakowski4062]

Great video. Exposed the same logical falacies in science...

[@aceofleaf606]

Which ones are those?

[@anitahyche1]

I'm late to the party again...

[@paydaychillstep]

If you don't understand, then I feel there might not be hope for you. No offense to what you believe, but his explanation against faith is pretty straight forward, and anyone with an open mind would understand that faith is nothing more than believing something based on NO evidence. I believe God exists because I know it in my heart (when really that feeling is only there because your parents, or whatever other religious figure that has crossed your path has planted that seed.)

[@yinweichen]

00:57 Did an astronaut kill the dinosaurs? Hmmm I wonder...

[@waitwhatwasthat]

Ha! Great premise for a movie. Did an Astronaut Kill the Dinosaurs?

[@gikiian]

Who said so?