Richard Dawkins: I'm a Cultural Christian
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- Famous atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins joins Rachel Johnson to reflect on Easter and the role of Christianity in British life.
A self-proclaimed 'Cultural Christian,' Professor Dawkins tells LBC that he is 'slightly horrified' to see lights celebrating Ramadan in central London during Easter and worries about a 'replacement' in this regard.
He says the construction of mosques across Europe concerns him, and that if offered the choice between Christianity and Islam, he'd choose Christianity "every day."
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Her two year old son asked that question? Does this family think everyone is an idiot.
hahahaha
Well...thinking everyone is an idiot is what a media personal need to believe in order to preach their message.
Both are an absolute hypocrite. Islamophobia is the flavour of the day. Guess he’s jumping on the same gravy train. Wonder how much was this worth in money
@@suehussain1230 what do u expect from uk where china is considered a threat
I'll take Things That Never Happened for 500, Alex.
Two year olds can barely speak. Her kid apparently has theological discussions. This family has lies running through their veins.
And everyone clapped
You're missing how powerful this question is. It points out the priest's own lack of faith. Like Jesus telling the Pharisees you worship with your lips but your hearts are far from me. This question challenges the church in a way that I don't think any family religious discussion would encourage.
The left loves the idea of being led by ch1ldren who have not been influenced by life experience and knowledge.
@patrickodea6500 I don't think anyone is missing the power of the question. They just don't believe her 2 year old asked it.
You lack a bit of info on what a 2yo is, like the fact that a 2yo can be 2 years and 11 months.
Is this whole discussion an APRIL FOOL??!!
🤣🤣
Only for a Zionist, if they accepted the truth then they would have to live with it. Or maybe you think theres no Christians in Gaza or that the IDF have already killed them off?
This was filmed yesterday, March 31st.
No, its just his arrogance.
there is a name or title for a guy like dawkins, its called hypocrite.
How very bizarre. Dawkins has spent most of his adult life regaling against Christianity but now makes the rather awkward shift towards being a 'cultural Christian'. If Christianity didn't exist there would be no 'cultural' context. For a person who worships at the altar of rationality that bit of reasoning seems to have escaped him.
Can one live by Christian values, but not being a Christian?
@@trytellingthetruth.2068this is giving the notion that Christian’s owns a certain set of values which it doesn’t
he's been describing himself in this way for decades, so it's not really an awkward shift
He has consistently called himself a cultural Christian.
@@leftoflibra
I don't know how you come to that conclusion.
What is Christian culture worth without faith? Where will it get its strength from? Christian culture without faith is like a garden without a gardener.
Mmm which bits of Christianity?
Bits i like were added later for example.
@@SunYellow-zh7vx Torture, slavery, and physical mutilations were first outlawed in the Christian West Culture. Prisoners of war were first treated humanily there. And this is no coincidence. This fits with Christian morality very well.
@@mucro849 oooo multiple factors.. Climate, geography, literacy, resurfacing of Greek texts, northern requirement for planning and cooperation, agriculture, work ethic (yes protestant work ethic :) and mainly security and stability, time for education, leisure, thinking!
Can you have faith in the core tenants of the message of Jesus Christ, like do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and other parts without the dogma of fundamentalist views which do not correlate very well with the scientific world. I don’t believe in the firmament, leviathans, walking on water, raising the dead, water into wine, parting a sea, talking snakes, talking donkeys, global floods, Semitic storm deities, or even the historical figure of Jesus. I don’t believe fundamentalism captures the core of Christianity. Zizek states the big other died on the cross as well as the figure of Jesus but the meta-narrative live on through the character of Christ (emphasis on Character).
This was an April fools joke
He thinks that the things Christians believe are nonsense.. yet it is these very things which caused the society he loves to flourish.
Her 2 year old son also asked Stephen Hawking if every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center.
She used to play Mommy and Son with Boris when they were growing up, and she's having flashbacks.
😆@@roncarlin3209
Did they meet on Epstein Island? That’s so adorBle❤
Asking an atheist to comment on Easter is like asking a blind person what the colours of a rainbow look like. Journalism in the UK is absolutely on the floor.
Well said
Exactly
No, because it’s a cultural holiday that everyone can experience. You don’t have to believe that Jesus rised from the dead to enjoy Easter just like you don’t have to care about guy Fawkes to enjoy fireworks on bonfire night
@@edcameron What's the cultural experience for atheists at Easter?
@@kasarabian3274 eggs bunny rabbits and family.
Yea right, your two year old asked about the difference between knowing and believing 🙄
A little genius, of course! 😄 What a family! /s
😂
And everyone clapped
You cannot have cultural Christianity without Christ.
"Behold the irony of fate's cruel jest, For what I once scorned, I now confess. Mocked by destiny's unyielding hand, I embrace the creed I once did reprimand."
Richard Dawkins first points out that he is ''Not a believer,'' - so why is his opinion even relevant?!
Believing in Christ and believing in Christian values aren't necessarily the same thing.
Well said
If you don't like hearing religious nonsense being challenged, don't listen.
@@trytellingthetruth.2068I’m not religious at all, but I suspect a Christian believer would disagree with that claim.
@@mike747436
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He loves Christmas carols but is glad that Christianity is fading away? What inspired carols/ hymns etc? Happy that tenets like love thy neighbour, serve not be served etc etc. are no longer considered as meaningful! There's sth wrong with that bloke.
He’s been losing it for years, it’s just getting worse now
He insults religion, claiming it's a fairy tale no different from leperchauns, then cries because churches are empty?
Nope, it's not fading
I'm an atheist, I love medieval cathedrals but I'm glad that Christianity is fading away. What's the problem? Carols and cathedrals were created a long time ago. I am able to appreciate something for what it is while welcoming change.
@CBaboon Doesn't matter the origin, they were spread by Christians and are part of the Christian tradition now. Cultural appropriation is totally fine, that's how culture evolves.
I'm a hindu but don't at all feel threatened by Ramadan celebrations in London. Why would you feel threatened by people being free to practice their own faith in a democratic society??
When he is talking about white and non-white .
Its not about celebrating, its about promoting
@@jeffersonsola Is promoting religion against democratic values? Would you be equally alarmed if Christianity or Judaisim or any other religion is promoted?
@@fineagain7725This is a Christian country. Foreign religions should not be promoted
@@mogznwaztrue, welcomed but not promoted over Christianity.
April Fools .. Dawkins is actually observing Ramadan
They are very lucky in Gaza because most residents this year have said it hasn't been difficult observing the Fast.
I don't think so, that what he Say that thing
😂😂
Dawkins gone from renting billboards with antireligion messages to identifying as culturally Christian. Dude has lost his mind.
Life Crisis Identity is common for his age I guess😂
He literally said in 2007 that he was culturally Christian, he has never hidden this part of him.
He directly contributed in erasing Christianity from the hearts of people and now is complaining that the culture has been lost, I don't even know what to call this level of hypocrisy.
He cannot lose what he doesn't have! He's a obedient follower of the evolution of the wind in his stomach!
@@stephjsinclair
You think that he cares about evolution?! Or he cares about there are people who oppose it, and likes to argue?!
It's a tool for him, otherwise if he cared he would've joined the world of scientific researchs! What did he discover, other than read what others write?!
Either case, scientific theory is not his? Are you saying he invented scientific theory?!
He is a loser, other than arguing to hype himself!!!
You can’t have your cake and eat it Richard.
I love Cake 🍰😋
@@Spaceman-jk5fb that’s nice dear
Yes he can. His issue is he wants a cake he wont eat.
Atheists in a nutshell
“I’m on team Christian” - Richard Dawkins 2024
😂 slightly taken out of context to be fair
yeah but he doesn't believe in any of your 💩05:00
He is hurting Christianity more than anyone else could. Taking spirituality out of religion!! What is left then? Alcohol?
Lol, no one can hurt Christianity. If there's anything to take from the video, despite his ridiculous views on Christianity, he just said it's way better than isl@m, and it's funny to hear, considering all his efforts to defame Christianity all through the years
Brilliant 😂
@@Applied_Theory f0olish, actually.
Alcohol has nothing to do with christianity except if you're catholic and take communion
He's talking about christian culture, not christianity itself. He is an outspoken atheist, but here it seems like he isn't an anti-theist which is disappointing.
Taking religion out of western culture is an entirely different thing, and a very positive one, and many countries have done so without losing any of their culture. All they lose is the delusion and oppression.
Without having people believing in the Christian doctrine there would be no culturally Christian places…. Talk about whoosh.
What a hypocrite 😅
Well! Ill go to the foot of my stairs!
Dawkins has come the full right wing circle.
From atheist idol to Christian cultural warrior.
Given his recent foray into 'Gender Critical' territory to promote his podcast yeah I'd say he is either senile or he is about to drop a book.
It's a pity because I used to look up to him a bit. Meh I gues we shouldn't admire our heroes.
@@PhilBaxter
Sound advice that no one will take.
If you have ever read his books, you will find he has talked about being a Cultural Cristian for a long time. Nothing new.
Christians lol those fake cult members@@PhilWare1
How disappointing. He'll be going full "Blood and Soil" before we know it.
What is the point of this conversation
I agree, twaddle from beginning to end.
Racism?
@@jn4126religion =/= race
Further discrediting his personal beliefs
A friendly chat about his atheism.
This is what happens when intellectuals get what they want. Nature abhors a vacuum and the vacuum that Dawkins contributed to, he doesn't like what filled it...
I think Rachel is as mendacious as her brother.
*”as”* !? Gurl… no
Indeed, shameful interview.
These comments make me feel better about humanity. This conversation is a sham. MSM trying to make thee whacky ideas the norm 😅
Yeah, we aren’t rocking with Dawkins in 2024…or Boris in a wig for that matter.
That was an incredibly eloquent question that Rachel's 2 yeard old asked the vicar. I'm leaning somewhere between exaggeration and bullsh*t on that anecdote.
B.S.
Definitely the latter. And a crock of it too.
If you repeat a lie often enough eventually it will become Israel 😪
🤣😂🤣
If you repest a l ie often, eventually you become a Mu slim that practices Taqqiya every single day 😂😂
Takiya bredda
@@valentino3228share sources of what taqiyya is or shut up.
No, it will become Palestine😂
That’s a pretty advanced question for a two year old to ask.
Yes, she's lying.
@@michellenorris8471Why would she lie? Also, where is your proof?
@@stanbily9416 Any parent can tell you that no 2-year-old would ask this question.
@@stanbily9416 She's a journalist, her job is too lie. She thinks overturning Roe V Wade was radical fundamentalism.
Dawkins throwing his beliefs under the bus in order to be Islamophobic. Wow.
He qualified his statement that re-enforces his atheist beliefs.
Your point is erroneous.
Yeah, it’s Sam Harris lite 😂
A phobia is an irrational fear.
“Islamaphobia” doesn’t exist
Calling him names is childish.
Sometimes I feel being old is a fate worse than death
It's like being conscious about your death, it's terrifying
it's a weird position he's got. if no one goes to church, there's no need for church buildings to exist, and inevitably they will go to ruin or be repurposed; and if people aren't Christians then there's no cultural Christianity. I think he figures that he'll be long gone before it ever becomes an issue
Dawkins evidently has no concept of causality.
By your fruits you shall know them. He is appreciating our fruits, while rejecting our beliefs. Its a start actually.
If he doesn’t believe in Christianity why does it matter what his views are?
So a Christian's views do matter?
Rich of him to having anything to say about it all. Whatever way the wind blows with such people
@@AyshaA-ml2rd He can say what he likes. when he lives in a world where religion, (especially "judeo-christian" religion) causes nothing but death and destruction.
No Christianity mean there is no Christian Culture or tradition.
@@nugrohosetiyadi8186
I was pointing out to his hypocrisy? Never mind.
I strongly feel that neither of these people knows what they're talking about!
That sounded less an interview and more an christian mission and/or anti-muslim speech - where Dawkins is forced to say something incomplete and out of context and then it gets quickly repainted into something pro-christianity wothout him giving him any chance to respond... while not answering any of his question and ignoring any of his points. Clearly you can do better, LBC. This peace was beneath you.
Piece not peace
It was over 8 minutes and he talked most of the time. He made himself sound like an idiot
Where was he forced to say somerhing out of context? 😂😂
He has long said that he prefers one religion to another and no one forced him.
" My 2 year old asked the priest"
Just shamelessly lying on national radio.
This sounds like religion supremacy rather than atheism
Christian History is not Connect teaching of Bible
Her 2 year old son was my college professor. Great guy but cried a lot
Let me have my cake and eat it too
😂😂 well i agree with most of his logics , myself being " CULUTRAL HINDU" .
But the point which spooked me is when he said he spports Christian Missionaries against Islamic dawah in africa .
Because he’s hypocrite
Have you heard islamic dawah?
Her 2 year old son asked that question right before he cast a spell to cure the leppers and turn water in to wine....
Dawkins and his peers always maintain that Christianity has never benefitted society, now suddenly he says this.
True Christian keep church alive. The beautiful cathedrals will not stay open if we are cultural Christians.
So he's a "conservative" atheist
Yes, we can say yes. Since the last decade, he has had conflicts with the left over positions of this type, especially when it comes to Islamic culture.
He described himself as a cultural Christian.
Who are you to try and dictate an alternate identity to that which he self identified as?
My friend Shawn put it best.
Dawkins want the fruit but not the tree.
Rachel’s ability to tell the truth is as bad as Boris - my two year old! Give me a break.
When did he ever tell the truth?!
I thought his thing was vehemently being anti all things Christian? Now he treats it like a sports event where he supports A team which he dispises because he hates the other team even more!
Those of us who were alive 20+ years ago remember how he, Hitchens, and Harris were traveling all over the world, essentially campaigning for the abolition of Christianity. How the times have changed. He didn't realize what it was he was doing, now he's calling himself a cultural Christian, what a joker lol
Exactly. He is just a hateful person. It's not long to go before he loses his status and ends up as the grumpy old man in the corner of the care home that nobody wants to go near, covered in poo and shouting his head off at everyone. People like that who spend their whole lives looking down at others always end up lonely and miserable.
What he is really saying is that he feels most comfortable around people like himself; white, English, upper middle class people. Which the Church of England is full of.
Yep. Most human beings are more comfortable around their own.
My local church is mainly attended by eastern Europeans and people of African decent
I'd say, white, English, cisgender, upper class, overconfident people. Preferably male.
Totally normal, everyone feels most comfortable around white people.
@@clifton6919Balfour Declaration though...
Zizek slavoj calls himself a Christian Atheist, which is probably what the CofE actually runs as
I’m wondering something - I wonder if the Dawkins of 15 years ago would have strongly disagree with the Dawkins right now.
Dawkins gave Hitchens a look he never forgot for stating if he had a choice he wouldn’t eradicate religion from the planet.
This Dawkins here would also get that same look.
He wouldn't have disagreed at all, he was always like that! Never changed!
People hear what they what they want, like himself! = delusional is Humanity whilst also liking facts of the reality to fit them! Always!
no he was always a grifter
Nope he's been he's always said he's a cultural Christian
@@joshuaDstarks
Yea I remember that when it aired on TH-cam. I was literally taken aback when Hitchens said that.
I was immediately wondering if it was the Jack Daniels talking.
And when Richard spoke in response I loved every second of it.
Hitchens ousted himself as a guy is in this ‘game’ for the theatre, rather than for educational purposes.
It was all about the ego.
But look. Regardless. I loved hearing anything by Hitchens. I was such a massive fan. I literally watched every single uploaded debate I could find.
Why anyone listens to arrogant charlatan is beyond me.
people some people believe his science holds the facts about the orgin of life ,thats why people listen ,they think hes intelligent
ibig up to the Cassius clay aka Muhammad Ali pic
I'm not religious but I am xenophobic to the point of racism - have I understood this correctly?
Exactly!
Exactly
You missed it entirely.
Crystal
And there's nothing wrong with that.
Professor Dawkins is waffling . If he doesn't believe in the Christian faith, I don't see what the boy is whining about. A Muslim is as free to believe and practice theirs faith just as he's free to disbelief and not practice . He's a male Karen
9/11? Explain that.
@@MrWhitmen1981explain crusades and every invasion afterwards!
Under Islamic law though, that freedom would not be there however.
@@yington Don't you worry about that.
@@marcellodelira5601
No worrying here. It’s just a fundamental difference between the religions. In line with the point Dawkins makes. And pointed out to the original post to who probably is unaware. Thanks though
Imagine being horrified by some pretty lights being strung up
Well imagine being horrified by some old man point of view. With this intellectual fallacy you can make everything look like its trivial.
It's what they represent that is the issue.
It's not about the lights.
They're symbols of what it represents and what it could bring.
That's what he's talking about.
That's his concern; a paradigm shift for the worse, that's his viewpoint.
And, I can't say he's wrong either.
FYI, I am not someone who supports Dawkins, neither about Evolutionary Theory nor regarding all other Religions (including his own) yet you have me here defending his clear views on the topic at hand because your comment is so horribly misguided, out of place, out of context, and wholly intellectually deficient, that I had to reply and defend him (...again..) on the topic at hand.
@@elram2649 Don't bother, he's indefensible, he knows this.
@@michellenorris8471 you have commented at least 10 times under this video, not even joking youre under every comment i saw, why are so triggered ?
The April Fools.
Why does Boris in a wig get any air time at all….
Dawkins now playing into the tory culture wars -- he is a devisive character.
Never in my lifetime did I think I would hear RICHARD DAWKINS saying what he just said!!! Wowsers ❗ ❗ ❗
Let’s all argue about some lights , while we Londoners have seen a massive rise in knife crime , homelessness, let’s hope the next mayor will actually try and tackle these problems rather than do nothing about them like our current mayor
First it's some lights, then before you know it we have Sharia law, and with around 30 Sharia councils in the UK, we are already well on our way.
@@trytellingthetruth.2068 Stop talking nonsense.
It’s to do with Tory Poverty.
@@johnrussell3961what is knife crime 🤷
Lee... The maths tell you that Khan will get in again.. A no brainer really... Tony cuenca
As soon as he says he doesn't believe in the resurrection and forcibly suggests that she doesn't either, the message pops up right on his face about the end of the meeting. 😅
Dawkins wants the culture of Christianity, but doesn't want the Christ of Christianity. What kind of atheist is this?
And then the host feels obligated to trash Christianity. No worries - you will get the godless environment that you believe in.
They reject the King of kings and Lord of lords that is Jesus Christ of Nazareth, all glory to His holy name. They shall reap what they sow; pray for them!
😂😂😂 Believing in the ressurection - that was added later.. Look at the original sources.
How can you in 2024 be this thick?
Atheist logic.
The Man does not understand what Ramadan is. What a divisive subject and what a lack of knowledge on the part of Mr. Dawkins.
But he undestands what a Christian society and what an Islamic societies are.
What about you? It is based on the warrior diet.
@@vinsin328😂😂😂 what are you going on about…
Ramadan = shift of caloric intake from day to night, while keeping the same caloric amount as the rest of the year, that's about it.
Its more than a shift. Walmart cant keep the hallal food in stock during the ramadan gorge fest. Its a month long thanksgiving dinner in the dark.
Why would you ask an atheist for an easter message? 😂
Yea. What are you on about?
Haha cultural Christian what a joke!
Almost as hilarious as Douglas Murray’s Christian atheist.
no sharia law in UK?
Christian culture is not the same as Christianity.
@@AyshaA-ml2rd Right? I like Douglas Murray, but "Christian atheist" is just absurd.
relgion shapes culture even if you aren't a believer
Imagine calling over people snowflakes when you’re upset about things like this
This guy is lost on so many levels
You should first listen to thd Exmuslims first.
He’s not lost he has a brain
I agree with you 🇸🇴
@@catherinemartin6258If he had a brain he'd realise he's talking about British culture.
@@django3422 which for better or worse (in my opinion, worse,) is influenced by Anglican Christianity and the fact that a moronic monarchy rules over us.
Hurrah the Church of Dawkins !
Let’s preserve the vacant churches for secular meeting places.
Let’s just be less religious and more humanist.
It’s April the 1st today. Just sayin’
😂
This was filmed yesterday
This was filmed yesterday 😅😅😅
If we're just going to adopt a religion for the purpose of cultural homogeny, why not the original Pagan beliefs of the British Isles?
If we're admitting it's not real and just dressing up for show, why not make it something fundamentally European?
Why not move on from the fanciful nostalgia of any beliefs, then.
I agree. Hail Woden
Because those beliefs are long gone. And anyway, which Gods would we worship? Brits are a mixture of Celtic Roman Gallic Germanic Viking etc genes. We don’t have one set of ancestors
@@L333gok All gods are long gone because they're not real.
If we're going to worship pretend gods, we might as well worship cool ones related to our culture, like Wotan, and not lame gods related to a different culture, like Yahweh/Christ.
@@cannibalgrape9863 English culture can trace its roots back to the Middle East if you go back far enough. We got our culture form the Anglo-Saxons, who got theirs from the Romans, who got theirs from the Greeks, who came from Anatolia originally, ie: in the Middle East. You’re setting an arbitrary date at which you consider English culture to have started. Why don’t we all worship African gods? Since we can all trace our heritage back to Africa…
True colors revealed
He's a frail old man, I don't think he is conscious what is he talking about
@@CCP-Dissident play him some carols, so he keeps his mouth closed?
They are both being starved to death in Gaza. So I would guess Zionism is more this guys bag.
You have a myopic worldview
@@towhichwayout No, a factual view on world events. What is, is.
@@oliverkirkland6541 Myopia is nearsightedness. You also have tunnel vision.
what does gaza have to do with dawkins.
@@towhichwayout And you have no soul, no heart. If it was a relative of yours?
Is Ms. Johnson went to the Jerusalem church where Jesus was crucified, we can wonder why she didn’t go to the West Bank church where Jesus was born? Who or what hindered that pilgrimage?
Great of him to stick up for all of those oppressed Muslim women without bothering to ask any Muslim woman as to whether they feel oppressed. He'll point to outliers like Afghanistan.
See your television set cuts out when ever news with regards to Iran comes on.
Do muslim women feel oppressed in the west? Absolutely not, that is why they love to move to the west.
Do muslim women feel oppressed in muslim majority underdeveloped countries? The answer might be puzzling.
Considering that many women are becoming ex-muslim in the west.
@@MrWhitmen1981 I see your television set cuts out when news of Muslim girls in India and Muslim women's freedom in France comes on!
@@MrWhitmen1981 I see your television set cuts out when news of Muslim girls in India and Muslim women's freedom in France comes on!
Afghanistan is hardly an outlier, the whole of the Islamic world ranks lowest for women’s rights + safety.
The man who spent his whole life debunking Christianity laments that churches are being closed due to poor attendance 😂.
Apparently, the irony is lost on him...
No he does not, listen.
@SunYellow-zh7vx I did listen. He said and I quote:
"But I would not be happy if we lost our cathedrals and beautiful parish churches "
@@adnaanu Nowhere in that quote is attendance mentioned.
Hilarious conversation by two people who think they are smart.
Richard Dawkons is smart. He is the world's leading evolutionary biologist, is paid to give lectures and is a professor in one of the most prestigious universities in the world :p what have you done with your life?
@@bigkuriboh3814 I have a PhD in TH-camhology ( the largest media platform in 2024). I even, for the benefit of humanity write short opinion pieces on it pro bono. Other great achievements include brushing my gnashers for a full two minutes this morning and don't suffer from Islamophobia.
@mauromatos3124 well done for proving my point 👉 👈
@@mauromatos3124great response 😂
@@bigkuriboh3814 he isn't the worlds leading anything, hes a grifter that writes books pandering to atheists
She has a spot on her face.
I'm very disappointed.
Why?
He’s always said he’s a cultural Christian. What disappoints you?
Butthurt
What exactly is Christian culture? Read your Bible
The Apostle Gino Jennings has proven according to The Bible Christianity is made up
Never read it, never gonna read it. Wanna know why? Because my parents were from different sects of the christian death cult and chose not to put me through the child abuse of being raised christian because of family division over which part of the cult I should be. christianity is tearing itself apart as it fails to cope with infighting and is unable to cope with the loss of its own relevance.
No, thank you.
Did read it.. twice!.. came away thinking "what a pile barbaric of nonsense"
@OrlandoDibiskitt I have no issue with this opinion, i wasnt evangelising, I'd just like whoever professes to be a "cultural Christian" to know what it actually means.
Dawkins exposes the intellectual and moral weakness of his new atheism really adeptly here.
He seems to have given it up in this interview. It's a really bizarre turn.
Apart from the Druid religion of our Celtic ancestors, all other faiths came from abroad, including Christianity.
What matters is tolerance and the freedom to debate and criticize these ideas without fear of persecution.
Ali Dawah has entered the chat:
"What matters is tolerance"
Haha
I would love to know where he stands on Judaism?
No because that would be anti-semantic 😂
he doesn't want to lose his funding...
Even militant atheists don't dare to criticize Judaism
If his views were anything less than praise he'd be too afraid to state them publicly on record.
What's he on about? He's one of the reasons for the diminished belief in Christianity.
Dawkins has seriously uh...... gone off this last decade. What a mess.
He said he was a cultural Christian 14 years ago
@@stephjsinclairbeing against pervasive religion isn’t anti woke, if anything it’s the literal definition woke as it recognises the inherent oppression that certain religions cause in society
Gone off? He's getting on the right track and it's quite heartening to see.
He's stayed the same while everyone else has gone off
The last decade?
Try the last 4
"YOUR FREE MEETING WILL END IN 10 MINUTES"
Lol 😁
I know that was a bit of a blooper. I get me not paying for Zoom but LBC?! 😂
This bloke has been abusing those of faith his entire life.... I wonder does he feel any remorse for driving people away... Anyone knocked any Cathedrals recently? He has no faith in any faith or any actual knowledge of faith but he's very much at home criticising the Muslim faith. Tells you everything you need to know.
He has to lay in the bed he has been making for all these decades, this is what he and his nu-atheist buddies had been working for, and when they lay down on this bed of theirs they find it has a ton of bedbugs and lumps they don't like, which they of course were warned about but didn't want to care about.
@@choicemeatrandy6572i can't wait till he sees what's waiting for him
unless he turns back ofc
Christian reformations throughout the centuries IS what made the modern West…and I admit that as one who doesn’t believe in the existence of a creator. Where I used to be opposed to it - after all I see happening with the spread of postmodern idiocy, I certainly ain’t anymore.
Her 2 year old son 😅 yeah right!
“Christianity is absurd, but having Christianity as the bedrock of my society is quite nice”…..wait…what
The cultural traditions in a secular country. Christmas for example makes no requirement you have to believe in Christ, but you can still like the community and social cohesion the tradition has created.
He spend years in fight to tear the Christian roots in his country, then he got alarmed that there is no fruits anymore.
@@kadourimdou43Where did these lovely traditions come from? From faithful Christians. You can’t say you like the community and cohesion but want to remove the foundation of what fostered that community and cohesion. Makes zero sense.
@@kadourimdou43 Of course it is a requirement. Else it is cultural appropriation. If you are not Christian you don't get to participate in Christian rituals.Period.
The concept of lying in the bed that you made escapes some people.
I seem to recall Dawkins calling Jordan Peterson an idiot for saying basically the same thing. Has he been paid to change his tune? Either way seems very odd
He called Peterson an idiot for saying an old African sculpture depicted modern day DNA. Get your facts right.
He single handedly contributed most to the modern intellectual persecution of Christian. I think he could be on his way of becoming the modern Paul. The minute he recognise he is cultural Christian, even only culturally is a knock on the door.
There is something called miracles . Not every belief has to be scientific
I am a Christian and I find this awful man offensive.
Why is he awful? And what did he say that was offensive?
So?
Cultural Christian means what exactly?…. White? 🤔
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No shame in that.
@@polarcorpuscle2941 He is an academic and therefore he fears losing his status and reputation in polite society. Ne'er do wells don't have to worry about shame, generally.
@@polarcorpuscle2941Except Jesus was a brown Middle Eastern man and was a Palestinian Hebrew.
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He helped to dismantle Christianity for the younger and mid-age generations. What did he expect?
The reason Christianity creates a beautiful culture is because its the truth
The context of what he’s saying is that he believes that everyone else should believe in the Christian religion, because the cultural norms set by a Christian nation, are favorable To the cultural norms of an Islamic nation. But he doesn’t want to believe in Christianity himself. It’s fundamentally an oxymoron to ask that the populist not believe in Christianity, yet continue to adopt the norms that come from adhering to the morality system of Christianity. There is no justification for the morality system of Christianity, without the religion.
He's also wrong. The cultural norms he values are British values, not Christian values. You could go to other "Christian nations" around the world and you wouldn't find the same cultural values.
What about the religion of atheism? Or the worship of his self?
@@django3422lol? Only British values? Not the selfish gene values???
Dawkings is back with his nonsense lol 😂. Tbh I like the architecture of churches in UK, I have prayed in a bunch of them turned mosque and they are beautiful.
He said nothing nonsensical. Very logical and rational, in fact.
@@damienx0xHardly. He cherry picked and generalised quite freely in order to defend his position.
What was nonsense in what he said?
@@django3422 He had nothing to defend. His answers were concise and fact-based as usual. Zero cherry picking.
@@django3422 Zero cherry picking, actually. His answers were fact based and well reasoned as usual.
He’s become a dingbat
What an absolute clown
Bless Richard's heart. He believes everything that exists came from nothing.
as most scientist do
@@chrisbennett6260 You are both wrong.
@@kasarabian3274 acually its you that is wrong pal
@@chrisbennett6260 Nope. I follow the science at a high level. Keep dreaming.
@@chrisbennett6260scientists do not believe that everything came from nothing. If any scientists say that, then he is not a true scientist. Rather scientist are in search of that question that what is the thing that everything come from. And as they have no clue or evidence about it, that's why they don’t want to believe anything without proof.
Dawkins is the lumberjack hacking the tree down and when he see it start to lean suddenly realizes he enjoys the shade and his kids enjoy the tree swing. At the same time he realizes the others trees that might replace it have thorns.
Rachael is even more lost, she needs to read the bible or maybe seek some advice from her Turkish muslim relatives!