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@@ga6589 How is that not self explanatory? Children come into this world with no religion. They must be indoctrinated by parents, family and community. If you were born in the southern U.S.A., you probably weren't raised as a Buddhist.
@@ga6589 Because religion is made up fairytales that someone has to tell you. If no-one does, you'd never know about them, just like the millions of other books you've never read or heard about.
There is no invisible man in the sky but there is an almighty intelligence we call God that humans cannot understand. This God lives outside the boundaries of our universe with his angels who are spirit creatures. Yes they are extraterrestrials. Humans are subject to and limited by the laws of physics whereas spirit creatures are not. Have you ever tried to learn where your consciousness resides or how your body is motivated to work for you? Sound, taste, sight, touch, and smell does not exist except in our brains.
@@stevegold7307 Re. _"you must be, like, ... 8 years old...,"_ Someone believing in the reinvented fairy tales of superstitious and ignorant iron-age men and then accusing someone else of being 8 years old? Oh, the irony. You are like a child who wanders into a roomful of adults and tries to impress them.
@@johnlanham4050 You are very wrong. Matthew 21:22 - If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray without ceasing. John 3:18 - Whoever believes In God is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
I couldn't care less. Honestly, I am more worried about my Aji Lemon chili plant because it's getting cold and it still has some green fruit that have to turn yellow.
@@alexanderwagner9524 Superficiality is not an excuse. Those who sort the comments and read enough from my posts (both answers and threads) can see that *I have proved* that this reality has been created by an eternal perfect Intelligence (called God / the Creator) whose nature will never be really comprehended by humans (because of our proved limitations) except through Jesus Christ, the human form of God.
@@alexanderwagner9524 People underestimate hell, it is bad because it is separation from God. In a vision I was shown a person who claimed to be Christian but started fornication (premarital sex), He died relatively young and went to hell forever (1 Cor 6:9). God’s holiness means He will not coexist with sinners forever therefore Repent (Luke 13:3) and have a relationship with Jesus.
'You have to understand. Most people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured and so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.' Morpheus
So in this 20th century atheism has not been guilty of atrocities? What causes evil is not point of view but what human minds do with it, in misusing it. @@ducker09
@@ducker09 The 20th century with its atheistic isms has perpetuated a number of evils including ethnic cleansing that did worse than anything that happened in the Dark Age. The problem is that these latter evils occurred in The Age of Reason.
"There are no "Christian Children"!" I think its rather that there are no christian adults, because whenever I speak to one about his religion, it feels like talking to a child.
Neotony .. I think, is the reason why. And, in that, I agree .. we don't actually 'mature' anyway. As women have known for a long time: Men don't don't grow up, their toys just become more expensive. Intended as a joke.. it has more meaning now with today's greater understanding of neotony - Although it applies to the ladies, too.. .. :-). I feel also, that religious teaching is so often infantalising (if there is such a word) .. and is an easy way for many who find the world/society too much .. It's a living fantasy .. Like 'living' Tolkien Lord of the Rings .. although with a 'true' religion one get's 'special pleading' in order to live out this fantasy, rather than being thought of as a 'nutter' by most ..
I am Dawkinist thanks to dr. Richard, it is correct way of thinking. People who claim that "God" exists should prove its existence, not for us to disprove it.
@@TheAzad1031 You are old enough to know that plants, trees, man, animals, insects, earth, moon, sun and the stars are the creations of God. I attribute it to my God of the Bible the creations of those things for the simple reason that man can not create it. So those creations are the evidence that God exists. So God said that only fools say in their hearts that there is no God. He he he!!! Psalm 14:1.
@TheAzad1031 *I have proved* both God's existence and all the errors of the atheists who comment on such videos. *Those who sort the comments and read enough from my answers and my threads can convince themselves.* The deniers never had / have counter arguments but only lies and personal attacks instead. Only those who renounce intentionally to elementary logic cannot understand my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations.
@@Jazzys.Prime.Chilling.Time127 Atheists should have realized by now at least that the perfection of mathematics, which is the "language" used to "write" this reality (every shape in this 3D space/world having a corresponding equation that generates it) is one of the main proofs of the perfect Intelligence who has created everything, called God/Divinity. By the way, those who sort the comments and read enough from my posts (both answers and threads) can see that *I have proved* that this reality has been created by an eternal Intelligence (called God / the Creator) whose nature will never be really comprehended by humans (because of our proved limitations) except through Jesus Christ, the human form of God. So, both your rationality and your honesty can turn you into a believer of the truth, into a Christian. All the best! God bless!
Not "still so". But WAY MORE. NAIVE, ACCEPTING OF RIDICULOUS LIES, like life w/out the creator. How do you feel? Feelings are FELT in the spiritual, invisible to the naked human eye. But REAL.
@@DannyWilliams-ch6xq ah, you mean... like when pdf file atheists claim that men can menstruate and give birth while nowhere in history has this been true, it's a blatant lie?
Do atheists cook human meat before eating? Or do they eat the meat raw? Are there any fatwas on this matter in atheist religion? Or are pdf file atheists free to either cook or eat raw, it doesn't matter?
1,000,000 times, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. You have been a great influence for many generations, and you will be for many more. Thank you for promoting reason, critical thinking and common sense (something that seems to be less and less common these days).
@@LarsGsanger you cannot sell us Heaven without also trying to sell us Hell as well, in Isaiah 7:45 KJV God admitted that he created Evil. go and read that verse for yourself. he says, I the Lord do all these things, is God's legacy Evil ?
Its funny how 15 years ago (when this lecture took place), when the Internet was younger, it was considered that religion was the only area when freedom of speech was not allowed, because of someone being "offended". 15 years on and everyone is offended by everything and offending is a crime.
I'm really curious what does he has to say about giving beta-blockers to children and have them transition would he go along with this like being biologically normal, despite he pronounced himself against genital mutilation or would he labeled them as religious indoctrination, genital mutilation and mental disorders
what could possibly take to convince Richard Dawkins that God is real ?. 5 God called the light Day, but the darkness he called Night.+ And there was evening and there was morning, a first day. 6
@@VestalNumbre In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
When the God Delusion came out, a colleague and I enjoyed discussing over it during our lunch. Another colleague, who was quite religious, or at least was told to be religious by his wife, was at times uncomfortable by our discussions. On offering him the book to read so he could join the debate and offer his perspective, he thought about it for a while. Finally, he declined the offer.....his reasoning was that he was fearful that on reading the book , he would start to question his religion. I guess you could say he made a decision to continue to knowingly, and intentionally, indulge in blind faith.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 I feel sorry for you. Instead of enjoying life for what it is, you are wrapped up in a fairy tail, spouting ridiculous nonsense. Seriously, have you no critical thinking skills whatsoever? Do you not realise that your beliefs are purely a factor of where and when you were born? Why this one God? Why not choose one of the other thousands of gods that humans have dreampt up to worship?
It'll be exactly the same as it was for us for the billions of years before we were born - i.e. Total nothingness. The 'afterlife' was invented when we became aware (and terrified) of our own mortality. It's a childish 'crutch' for those who don't want to face reality.
I was 5 years old when I told my extremely religious Roman Catholic parents that I didn’t believe Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny or God. That didn’t go very well, especially since we were at Christmas mass and as we were leaving, the priest asked me, “Did God bless you by sending Santa to give you presents?” My response was, “Nope, I think my mom just made up Santa and God so I’d be good.” (That’s the story that my mother likes to tell people, I don’t really remember what is said, but I do remember the priest being quite upset about my answer and scolding my mother at the time. Again, my mom was the one who punished me at the time. Not God) As a child, I was very inquisitive, I would ask how could Santa fit in the stove pipe? Wouldn’t Santa burn himself? Why doesn’t Santa just use the door? How can Santa’s reindeer fly without wings and how does the sleigh stay in the air? We had rabbits, so I couldn’t figure out how they could lift even 1 chocolate Easter Bunny, they had a hard time with the big carrots I’d give them, never mind delivering chocolate bunnies to every kid in the neighbourhood. It all just seemed so foolish to me. Then there was God… I didn’t believe in that from the first time that I heard it. My grandfather couldn’t hear me from across the room, so how could God hear and see everything that I said and did when he was nowhere to be seen? My mother said one day, “ Don’t repeat the words that you heard your grandfather say when he was working on his car, or God will punish you.” Well..that was just an invitation to try it. I went to the barn, and sheepishly repeated those words… curiously looking up for my punishment. Nothing. So, I said more bad words. Nothing. I said them louder over and over again as I walked around the barn. Nothing. Then at one point after spewing a whole plethora of bad words, I turn to see my mother standing there. God may not have punished me, but she sure did. That was 50 years ago. At no point since that time could my parents, relatives, the church, 12 years of Catholic school or catechism has anyone ever been able to convince me that a God exists. Especially after I found out that there were 1000’s of different Gods that people believed in all over the world, that was it…..Religion and God were forever put into the category of absolute nonsense in my mind. The only thing that I can figure as to why humanity created God and religion was…and still is, was to control the ignorant masses by making them believe that there is an invisible man in the sky that can see and hear everything that you say and do, including knowing your thoughts. It’s genius actually. What a great way to make people follow the rules in a society, and what a great idea to make the powers that be the ones who just happen to be the ones that dish out God’s punishments as they saw fit. I think religion is necessary, otherwise I do think that chaos would ensue. The Christian religion, though flawed, seems the be the one that has created the most successful societies, so I say, let them believe…. It keeps them civil.
I WONDER IS THERE ANY ACTUAL PHYSICAL PROOF OF ANY OTHER INTELLIGENT CREATURES CURRENTLY OR HISTORICALLY IN EXISTENCE ON OUR PLANET, APART FROM HUMAN BEINGS, THAT HAVE ACTED IN ANY WAYS WHICH CAN BE OBJECTIVELY BEEN DEEMED TO BE RELIGIOUS IN ANY WAY ?????.
AWSOME! Much appreciated response! You make so much sense! I am a staunch ATHEIST after 20 years of Islam! WHOOO! Sometimes I feel like an idiot but had I not gone through that foolishness I wouldn’t be the person I am today! I guess religion does have its benefits!😂
@@salahuddinabdul-aziz6924 Even Richard Dawkins believes that he is a cultural Christian. But, I don’t think that realizes that the masses need something to believe in to keep them civil. I think that what keeps them civil is the fear of God to peaceful. Big Brother is always watching right? Christians are taught to forgive and to love their enemy, which is what makes better than other religions, unlike Islam which is all about power and control that has yet to grow up from its archaic, warlord’s destructive narrative. No other religion is still cutting off heads, stoning people or throwing people off of rooftops. Congratulations to you for waking up about from radical is Islam. I have a good friend who no longer believes in Islam, but he has to hide it from his own family or they will persecute him. If you’ve managed to escape…Well done.
Somehow a lot people don't have an own conscience and need a Book and a God to keep them on the right path... I have never had that. I can correct myself, no need to pray but als no need to ask for forgiveness.
God is the epitome of Holiness because He is sinlessly perfect, A sinner (liar, sexually immoral, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, thief etc) cannot be in the presence of God or else he will be utterly consumed therefore repent of your sins and put your faith in Jesus as your Lord and Saviour to go to Heaven. God is Holy
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 Explain to me what happens to people that kill people in the name of God, are they sinners? And, may be a bummer for you, there is nothing after life, your soul won't experience anything anymore.
@@pbloemer God is not for killingunless He has good reason God is all about extending peoples life and abundance God through the Holy Spirit has shown me several things relating to the afterlife with the purpose of convincing people like yourself. Stuff like Heaven and Hell, Angels, ,evil Spirits, the Lord Jesus (not worthy at all), a miracle happened to me that saved my life (thank you God) & so much more. I am more than happy to give further details.
Love from Bulgaria.. i speak little English but I want to share my mind with u sir! U are inspirasion! And i was god believer then piece by piece i became an atheist and that was really hard and painful procces forme and my feelings!
Just don't forget that you can still read the classics as literature, and the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament, no less than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, are classics!
Good point about old religions Vs human values and facts about our psychological experiences. However, exactly from that perspective, all those ancient Greek gods were just metaphors for those exact psychological (internal) or natural (external) effects. And the myths were just fairy tales about those metaphors, just more digestible than the raw psychological phenomena. So, fact, they are not that distant from each other at all!
Generally, those from such videos, exposed to my clear and undeniable demonstrations but who still want to remain atheists, are ignoring intentionally the simple fact that *from no intelligence involved, no intelligence comes,* hoping that this reality is the result of no intelligence, in other words that God does not exist, only to escape the responsibility for their deeds, to not be Judged by God/Jesus after the leaving of this world, but they are in error. *_"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad."_* 2 Corinthians 5, 10 My simple and undeniable demonstrations can be found quite easily after sorting the comments (for example, my thread posted 3 days ago).
Their denial without counter arguments has no value. Atheists renounce to elementary logic and to simple rationality intentionally when they believe that this reality has always existed without any intelligence involved, because *from no intelligence involved no intelligence comes and the results of a process prove the intelligence involved into that process. That is why the entire process until nowadays is proving the existence of God.* The superficial ones do not think enough to understand *the simple fact that from no intelligence involved, no intelligence comes* in spite of the fact that even schoolchildren can understand that every photon, ... atom, ... cell has intelligence into it, *not to mention their functionality together.* They ignore the intelligence put from the beginning. For example, the intelligence mentioned includes the exact value of the speed of light matching the manifestation of what we call "gravity", working together since the primordial conditions to form in the end this reality, which hosts intelligent life that is able to feel / understand / admire / enjoy / respect / love the Creator, especially through His human form, Jesus Christ.
It's such a tragedy that the people that need to see these type of videos are not even considering watching them. The comments show that every time, everyone agrees, obviously, but the ones that need convincing are nowhere to be found. Except for the few times people scream that Rich is gonna burn in hell for what he says, proving once again that their whole life philosophy is based on fear and treats. I honestly think that altough these discussions are very interesting, the goals of getting humanity behind reasoning and logic, will not be achieved this way. Knowing how religious people often think, it may even enforce their beliefs. Thanks anyway, Rich. We all know you did your utter best to unite humanity and to some extend, you really did.
It really is unfortunate. I’m sure at one point as children, these people did think critically about these things but were then shut down, punished for questioning “holy words,” taught to believe without question and told they would suffer unimaginable eternal pain for going against it. Instilling that level of fear into a child will create profound mental barriers, barriers that their minds will grow and be molded around.
I view religion like how smoking is "better" than eating properly. All of a sudden hard work isn't earned, reward doesn't persist and by extension, less valuable. Now you can shield your personal issues like instead of properly grieving and saying goodbye to your love ones, you can give yourself the superficial hope of seeing them again in heaven It's just maladaptative behaviour centered around comfort and fear of growth. If these people are the target of this video, they'll already have been shielded themselves and rigid from suggestions of change
Dawkins is simply brilliant. I'm surprised to see such a small amount of subscriptions. Let's share more! People need to start thinking or at least they need to question the dogma. I'm an atheist church goer. I love the mass for it's relaxing and inspiring affect on my emotional state, I adore architecture, ritualIism and music related to Christianity or other religions. I recognise the historic, cultural and social importance of the religion, but I also understand that the religious fanatism is the corner stone of the extremism of many kinds. The only solution to that is the secular humanism and education. Thank you, Professor!
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
"religious fanatism ( _sic- )" Fanaticism of ANY kind is dangerous - as you well know - whether it be that of the Muslim jihadist, the heretic-burning Church, or the _quasi-religious_ secularism of Hitler or Lenin. If any of the latter has ANYTHING to do with the Jesus-taught belief in an all-loving, all-compassionate Divinity, I'd like to see how! Perhaps YOU could tell me? Not ONE single person in the past 2000 years has ever been harmed as a result of the TEACHINGS of Jesus; on the contrary, hundreds of millions have BENEFITED from them, both directly and indirectly (contrast with the death cult of Islam). As for all the tedious 'religion leads to...' arguments regularly peddled by smug atheists (who often seem to think that they are the ONLY ones to 'do' reason - quite UNreasonably), the same could as easily be said of Politics in general - and Democracy in particular. Is it the fault of the latter, for example, that America - which LOVES to think of itself (somewhat erroneously) as a 'democracy' - has killed an estimated 35 MILLION people since 1945, as a result of its rapacious foreign policies, and has so far failed to introduce an equitable healthcare system - as opposed to a healthcare business? I don't think so. Dawkins and his fellow-travellers have simply SUBSTITUTED 'Reason' for 'God' - just like those 'fanatics' of the French Revolution (and look how 'enlightened' THAT was!). The fact is: there is nothing _inherently_ unreasonable about belief in a Supreme Being _itself_ : rather, it is the _form_ and _manifestation_ of that belief which very often IS demonstrably at fault. (Discuss)!😀
@@marvinc9994 Heretics burnings, the Crusades, slavery, racism, inferiority of women - that was all justified and supported by the Church. I wonder where they got the inspiration from. Was it Bible or some other scripture? Does the Old testament champion genocide, murder, and incest in the name of some other Deity? Are you aware of the existence of dozens of apocryphal gospels?
@@marvinc9994 In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
if the best a god could do is the very flawed humans (and in his own image) that is not a competent god. How do a few coincidences of 'answered prayer' outweigh the billions of unanswered prayers. What kind of god would grant a ball-teams win and not save a murderer's victim ?
Absolutely! And a god that incompetent and malicious (and not real, really) would accidentally cause cancer, war, famine and all those other horsemen :)
@@occamraiser In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
Jesus? The same guy who told his followers they don’t need to wash their hands died for us? No one can prove that Jesus did anything. With that type of thinking no one will go to hell because he paid for our sins, so why do people still go to hell supposedly
God is perfect. Atheists from here can sort the comments and read for real at least my recent messages / demonstrations to find the answers to their questions, to not be in error / deceived anymore.
@@jonathanhernandez5722 Jesus said few go to Heaven, why? Yes, Jesus died on the cross and rose again from the dead for our sins but the bare minimum He requires in return is to repent and believe in His good news to go to Heaven not Hell.
How come I can listen to Dawkins lectures for hours on end but I lose total interest in religion after reading one quote from the Bible ? We are the universe observing itself.
As an atheist and antitheist who's spent COUNTLESS hours reading the Bible, I can offer an explanation for why you quickly lose interest in it: It's quite possibly the WORST piece of popular literature ever composed! It's incredibly repetitive, it's constantly self-contradictory and, thanks to numerous careless edits and revisions by incompetent and ignorant scribes and priests, much of it is fairly incomprehensible.
@@pcbacklash_3261 The Bible is full of grand narratives that have inspired the greatest art, the greatest music and the greatest literature not to mention the greatest movies - let me give you a few examples from possibly tens of thousands : Michelangelo's David and the Pieta, Raphael's Dresden madonna, Handel's Messiah, Saul, Samson, Solomon, Athaliah, Judas Maccabaeus, Milton's Paradise Lost. It's obvious you know very little about great art, great music and great literature!
@@kaloarepo288 You're right. I don't know a lot about great art, though I have seen the Pieta up close. It's a thing of beauty. But that doesn't make the story that inspired it any less ludicrous and horrific, or the book that contains that story any less asinine. As for literature, I've literally read hundreds of books in my lifetime, though the vast majority of them were non-fiction. I'd say that qualifies me -- as much as anyone else -- to have a valid opinion on literature. Compared to those hundreds of books, the Bible is an absolute mess. It's highly repetitive, incoherent in a great many places, and I could personally list dozens of inconsistencies and contradictions, though I've seen hundreds cited. The Bible is literally THE WORST piece of literature I've ever encountered. Even back when I was a believer I couldn't make sense of it. I'm certain it's the mostly widely owned, yet least read book on the planet.
@@johnglad5 Why do religious people feel the need to watch and comment on one of the worlds best known atheists. Are Dawkins points of view so strong, that your faith is under threat of collapse. Religious people seem compelled to blurt the same nonsense that brought them mockery in the first place. Shouting bible quotes at the nonbelievers, as your faith fades away, seems rather sad to me.
@@I.Reckon My faith is always under attack. If I knew that bad things were to befall upon someone and I didn't warn them what kind of person would I be. God instructs me to do the logical thing that is spreading the Gospels. All of creation points to Jesus. Blessings
@@johnglad5 I assume that you mean that your faith is always under attack from your own logical thinking. This is probably because your indoctrination occurred when you were a susceptible child. Where as the attack is coming from your logical adult brain. Bad things won't befall you just because you accept the reality of God not existing. Continuing to try to convince yourself that 'all of creation points to Jesus' is unhealthy. Relax and let the fairytale go. There are many support groups for new atheists. Go easy on yourself and accept the deprogramming help that is available in your area. Good luck.
Dr. Dawkins is well educated and extremely intelligent, but he can’t prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no Flying Spaghetti Monster. He is my Lord and Savior and He boiled for my sins. R’amen.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
"Most people are never going to die because they'll never be born." I am in awe that in a huge, complex universe, I came into existence and in this power filled universe that I can only glimpse or understand tiny aspects of, I can determine my path in life, make choices, survive. That is why I don't find death unfair, that's why I don't concern myself about why we are here.
@@peterrauth118 I can't, of course, absolutely determine it, kind of my point that there are so many factors beyond my control or understanding yet despite that, that I can still determine my path to any extent is amazing. Even the math-historians in Asimov's Foundation series couldn't predict or account for The Mule. Like you said...:)
Don't worry. He'll soon vanish into nothing for so long it'll be as though he were never here. Same for you. That is, if you hold to your current beliefs.
@@lawrence1318 Are you claiming that it's impossible for an atheist to lead a meaningful and purposeful life, and be remembered long after they are dead for the good things they've done, or contributed to society?
Shame. Well look on the bright side....at least you have nothing to hope for now. Plus, you will have had nothing to offer the universe that would be of any lasting consequence or significance. Just a sad existence from nothing back to nothing. I mean, what a noteworthy achievement!
@martinblank-cl7sv Not sure what you are attempting to say, but if you are inferring that Axolotl is proof of evolution, it still provides no explanation as to who or what gave it life.
@@tomasp2899 and you all sit there wanting him to convince you that you are right to think what you believe.when a pupil leaves the room of a teacher he is nomore than a clone of that teacher.Think for yourself
You don't have to reglionis to believe in life after death. I can't believe there is nothing what is nothing what is for ever and ever? To me there is something after death.Dawkins never really liked him Christopher Hitchin was great to listen too.
@@amysands8925 People often say, “I’m not hurting anyone so it’s ok to sin (lying, stealing, sexual sins, disrespecting parents etc)” The same God who said to love your neighbour first said to love Him to the best of your ability. If you carry on sinning, then you do not love God but are selfish like the devil so you will be joined to your father in hell or repent of your sins and believe in Jesus as God so Jesus adopts you as His child and you will join Him in Heaven forever.
All Humans need to repent & Believe in Jesus as their God. Why? Because all Humans have sinned (lied, lusted sexually, stolen, dishonoured parents, unbelief etc). Avoid the fires of Hell (justice of God) and choose Heaven today. Jesus defeated death by rising from the dead. GOD IS HOLY
Religions are relics of the 'childhood phase' of human evolution, and difficult to shake off in the process of growing up. We are currently experiencing that struggle, which seems to be a centuries-long affair, so we must learn patience.
People often say, “I’m not hurting anyone so it’s ok to sin (lying, stealing, sexual sins, disrespecting parents etc)” The same God who said to love your neighbour first said to love Him to the best of your ability. If you carry on sinning, then you do not love God but are selfish like the devil so you will be joined to your father in hell or repent of your sins and believe in Jesus as God so Jesus adopts you as His child and you will join Him in Heaven forever.
@@oldnewsclipster The Gospel is not simply a story but poweranda gift for ssalvation People underestimate hell, it is bad because it is separation from God. In a vision I was shown a person who claimed to be Christian but started fornication (premarital sex), He died relatively young and went to hell forever (1 Cor 6:9). God’s holiness means He will not coexist with sinners forever therefore Repent (Luke 13:3) and have a relationship with Jesus.
You completely miss the point. Are you aware the DNA is a massive computer that one has more data than on it than all of the computers the world? Indeed, the four aspects that program the DNA is a massive language that dictates how the host will look. This evolved from rocks? Quantum physicists will tell you there is no matter, that mass and frequency are equivalents, that we live in a hologram.The atom is 99.9% VOID. All is a matter of electromagnetism. NDE returnees who describe the hologram and our nature as part of it. Don't just grab onto a superficial observation to justify your opinion. You flightless animal is one place natural selection actually makes sense, but you won't know that as you think Darwin actually even mentioned evolution,.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
Not in our family! At the age of nine or ten I started to question Catholicism which didn't go down too well as my uncle is a priest. He's a really good bloke and has done a lot of good in our family but I just don't buy the religion.
@@clivehonore6952 In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 I HOPE YOU REPENT FROM YOUR SINS ALREADY AND BE CONVERTED. BECAUSE YOU ARE ENCOURAGING ME TO DO SO. I HAVE DONE FORTY EIGHT YEARS AGO,AND HAVE NEVER REGRET DOING SO.
@@clivehonore6952 Congratuations Make sure as a you are a repentant Christian. Read the Bible daily and pray often throughout the day, the devil is trying to make lukewarm Christians everywhere (Rev 3:16). Join us in spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. If you tell everyone that you are a mechanic but day in and out, you do the work of an accountant are you truly a mechanic? No, you are an accountant. Likewise, a Christian by name who lives contrary to Jesus’ teachings by living sinful/worldly is not a real Christian.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
Professor Dawkins 🌟🌟🌟 I love you so much. I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for your profound contributions to the fields of science and reason. Your unwavering dedication to advancing knowledge and promoting critical thinking has inspired countless individuals, myself included. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 infinitely for your tireless pursuit of truth and your commitment to fostering a deeper understanding of the natural world. Warmest regards 👩🔬🔬🩷
Yes, please explain. He has been shown to be behind on relevant science to his assumed field of expertise/authority (see, Noble lectures). Moreover, how is he an epitome of reason?
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
@@MoneySavingVideos No thank you, Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and will be through all eternity in heaven. Have you tried Christianity? 2 billion Christians will be in heaven, the Door is open if you want to join us.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
The one who opened my eyes to the greatest show on Earth. He unweaved the rainbow for me and also helped me climb up mount improbable... Thank you dear Sir...
Can I ask which part and which work opened your eyes, and what was the exact process to your realization? My family is religious and I'd like to raise their consciousness
Religion as a whole has been devastating to this world and to the people in it, if there wasn't any of this division, then we could work together to create the things that we need much more easily ineffectively incoherently, religion makes absolutely no sense. It's driven my fear. Of the unknown and that's it
He has had a stroke and will "soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb". It is the righteous, God fearing believer who "lives forever". Wake up sit. Creation testifies of God.
Thank goodness we have human evolution-derived morality and experiential (what works over time) moral progress to judge the negativistic intolerance, absurdity and preposterousness of events and characters contained in such outdated old or ancient pre-science tribalist books such as the Jewish Bible, the New Testament, the Quran, and the Book of Mormon.
There is no "moral progress". Humans didnt change much genetically over the last six thousand years. The change in human culture is also negligible - its exactly the same rules for as long as we can track backwards. The only change comes from our technical development, but that has also been used to prevent it from becoming a driver of evolution so far, and thats even a good thing.
its all only a game and look at his face as he is full of fear..to make money on social media as richard does you have not to believe in God....however whether we choose to believe in a God or not does not exempt us from having to face him on our last day......even richard will be on his knees beging for forgiveness for misguiding all the sheep.
To be fair, the book of Mormon was written after the Industrial Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment, so it is not pre-science. It is a relatively modern work of fiction.
@@andyMSH700 This is the exact problem with religion. It is fine with me if you believe in some fantastic tale of mysticism. Pathetic and foolish as I may think your beliefs to be, I accept your right to be wrong and feel no need to force you to believe what I believe. But it's not the same for you religious types. People like you have a history of trying to force your nonsensical beliefs on everyone else. Two thousand years ago, an itinerant carpenter, supposedly spent his short adult life wandering around the Jordan River valley, teaching people that they should love others as they love themselves. Then those who profess to believe in his teaching, spent the next twenty centuries killing countless people and causing untold suffering across the face of the planet. And they seemingly spread this death and destruction over what is the correct way to follow his teaching. His teaching that we should love other people. Yet, you think we should all follow that historical tragedy. You must have lost your mind.
My family was at the dinner table, I was 10, and the Easter bunny came up in conversation. My older brother snickered because I still believed in it, and I saw my mother's smirk. Then, in my mind, the dominoes fell. The tooth fairy, Easter bunny, Santa Claus.. But it didn't stop there. Jesus, God and the church dominoes fell, too. I've never gone back. It seems we learn these characters to prime us to believe in other characters we will never meet, like Jesus or god. They ended up undermining my concept of faith without evidence, faith in the face of intangible things. I later learned that this kind of faith can lead to atrocities. Now I can't go back or risk participating in atrocities.
Great topic. My son is 6 years old and knows many gods, Horus, Rama, Jupiter. He calls them imaginary creatures like Unicorns. Maybe one day he will hear of the middle eastern god called Yaweh and Allah.
Talking about Yaweh, now Imagine how childish it is to have a religion which exclude 7 billion people, solely because they are born somewhere else. There is only one selection who are the pure and holy people and Gods worth and let's keep this tribe pure through the mother. Historically my family is sefardic Jew, but it such nonsense really. I definitely don't consider myself as a jew because I don't believe in this rubbish. It's an idea and to become this idea you have to at least believe the idea. I mean most religions are a waist of time, but to create a religion and God which exclude others is really something else and fanatic in my book. There are conversions in judaism but a lot of Jews will not consider you as a 'real' Jew 😂. It's just so messed up and elite really.
@@boebsiebyarada9964 at least the Jews have some connection to the religion. It gets really silly when Megachurches in Africa (where I am from originally) start raking in money based on a religion which was brought there by colonisers, racists and slavers. I smelled the BS when I saw how people in our church supported Apartheid.
@@blupandax7902 at least it's scientifically plausible. An old man in the skey thinking things into existence is not (who thought him into existence?). He's pretty stupid if he created it all...female hyena genitalia...google it.
@@blupandax7902 "Universes exploding from magical firecrackers (Big Bang) is a good fairy tale." exactly. That's why you cannot cite any scientist who calls the Big Bang an explosion. Or any who assumes magic in Big Bang Theory. There is no magic in Theories. (see the Germ Theory of Disease as a reference and become a bit less ignorant)
The fact that the religious think they are hurting us by saying "Atheists don't believe in anything!" That's actually quite true, we don't believe in things we cannot prove for ourselves, we can refer to others who've found answers, who've found evidence and can exhibit that evidence by replicating the experiments. I'm far more interested in questions that cannot be answered, not answers that cannot be questioned. Like Carl Sagan said, "Question everything."
Luckily, a mind as brilliant as Dawkins has dedicated some of his attention to such an important topic. Many of us are delighted to have lived at the same time as Dawkins. Reading The Selfish Gene just gave me the final push to abandon the religion that had been "imposed" on me since I was born. I finally managed to understand that there was another explanation for my existence than a God. This was Evolution.
What's religion all about ? Control .you get people to dress a certain way prohibit certain foods get them to perform ritual acts ...and you own them ...
There are two kinds of atheists: those only temporarily deceived, being too superficial regarding the Creator of this reality (as I used to be due to the atheistic education under the communist regime) and those who do not want God to exist, who deny everything that proves their errors, such as all my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations, found very easily after sorting the comments, for example (at least), my thread posted 19 hours ago, starting with "In brief...".
@@TechnoMagi-h4r Only those too deceived will not sort the comments to read *entirely and carefully* all my demonstrations (which prove their errors) just to keep their deceiving. Furthermore, only those who renounce intentionally to elementary logic cannot understand my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations.
@@filmeseverin you romanians take that romania is the only holy land chosen by god? oh the irony, as a romanian myself thats funny because now i know its not just my father thinking that way
I’m Christian & believe in evolution, & all universe Theories. Read many of Richards books. He’s a good scientist. Got talking to a Creationist the other week I said, just because a scientist may not be Christian, doesn’t mean their theories are wrong. I believe the Bible like the forgiveness verse:- Now I tell u forgive 70x7. Obviously, there isn’t a creationist out there, who only forgives 490 times,… it’s a figure of speech meant aragorically Likewise:- ‘ To the Lord a day is like 1000 years. It doesn’t say is IS. He’s was talking metaphorically. Creationist’s can’t see that though. I like Connor Cunninghams documentary. Did Darwin Kill God?
If we simply put aside God fundamentally it doesn't exist at all. It will be a tremendous relief to humanity. Religion and Gods are basically not solving any problem but they are creating more and more problems. And every society has to understand this because day by day we are becoming more and more tribal and divided. Religion, God and society creates so many problems in the world and day by day these problems are increasing
The point is - religions don't solve problems, on the whole and don't cause problems, on the whole. People would find reasons to start wars without religions or race. BUT what religions do is parasitise societies and subvert them, stealing resources and power from legitimate owners by intimidation, brainwashing, cultism or just plain extortion.
@stephenholmgren405 0 seconds ago I've become a better, sober smarter, kinder person since I discovered Dawkins many years ago during the atheist explosion 🖖 This man is a hero to the rational thinker
@@peterrauth118 It's just over theists heads. Everything is actually over their heads. That's why they issue up logical fallacy. Congratulations. The many called are always playing Pharisee.
@@jlankford Faith in a divine Mind who created the comos is NOT a "superstition." Defined in part as a "widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief." The evidence for the resurrection of Christ and for immortality of the Soul is overwhelming....if you are honest and fearless. plural noun: superstitions "she touched her locket for luck, a superstition she had had since childhood" Similar: myth belief old wives' tale ."
@@jlankford "When you get to the origin of the physical constants, physicists agree that if you change any of those constants even by a very small amount then we don't come into existence, the universe does not come into existence. They have to be like that for galaxys to form, for stars to form, for chemistry to form actually. And then the prerequisite for life to evolve as well. That's the nearest to a good argument for God's existence." ~ Richard Dawkins th-cam.com/video/apWOkC7krfQ/w-d-xo.html SUPERSTITION?.....
Cheap manipulation from those deranged by the perfection of our Heavenly Father because children have always suffered due humans stupidity, which is the main way Satan and the other fallen angels have operated and still operate in this world. Because each child is a chance for a soul to escape hell, the fallen angels want to destroy us since our physical body conception (all the time in any way possible). That is why they make us suffer, as much as possible, by using our stupidity and the stupidity of the other people around us.
@@yonnitdk9023 'Shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?' Amos 3 6 'I create darkness and create evil, I the LORD do all these things!' Isaiah 45 7 'I will bring evil upon this people, even of their thoughts!' Jeremiah 6 19 'I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD!' Jeremiah 45 5 @samuel8354
I am God and i have a new message. I just need to choose one man to give it to, and tell him to tell everyone else in the whole world. What could possibly go wrong? 🤪
The only people I know of calling themselves agnostic are just doing so to not incense their superiors by calling themselves openly atheistic and lower their chances of getting promoted.
God is not a delusion. God is an illusion. BELIEF in a literal God is a delusion. It's only with the thumbnail that I disagree - Richard's speech was typically beautiful and brilliant.
I think that is the most accurate statement. The issue I have with Dawkins is that he disregards the entire idealist philosophical system and it is one of the central considerations on the topic because Christianity most definitely was built upon Platonism and Pythagoreanism. Of course one doesn’t need to stick with the same terminology as an ancient Platonist but to believe that all Christians are literalist even 2000 years ago is provably false. I for one think what was referred to as God by them was a “thing” not just a culturalism it is an aspect of the mind that is still elusive, but it can be summed up as a greater totality of the human psyche most of which we are unconscious of. When we project this totality onto an image we have the illusion of God. But this illusion can be retracted and we can meditate on the phenomenon of its function in the psyche itself. Past meditations in this naturally fall into paradoxical experiences of consciousness which are often more easily expressed in metaphor, but then someone clings to a metaphor and the idolatrous anthropomorphic God or some other literalist concept then exists as an illusion yet again.
Dear Richard Dawkins: Thanks for questioning all this religious nonsense. It would be great if you could also do it (dubbed) in Spanish..some of us understand English, but most persons don't, and in LATAM the need for questioning is much, much greater than in the English speaking world. The reformation, the simplest form of questioning, has still not happened in LATAM
(From the news of the Royal Society ,19 July 2017): "Richard Dawkins' 1976 book, The Selfish Gene, has topped a public poll of the most inspiring science books of all time, commissioned by the Royal Society to mark the 30th year of the prestigious Royal Society Science Book Prize. It is followed by Bill Bryson’s 2003 book A Short History of Nearly Everything in second place, and Charles Darwin’s 1859 classic On the Origin of Species in third place."
You are so Hillarious! I am enjoying the episodes so much! Thank you. You should definitely have a conversation with Ricky Gervaise again. I laughed so much.
I am not religious but I will offer that religion served a valuable purpose because it instilled peaceful virtue during a barbaric time. Religion demanded peace, cooperation and kindness to your fellow man in exchange for salvation. Jesse was a real human being, who spoke of peace and love and was crucified on a cross.
@@CJ-gv6bq Tell that to the victims of the crusades. The victims of the Spanish inquisition and anyone else that was tortured, murdered and/or suffered untold oppression in the name of religion.
@@gerrybailey447 That was a long time ago. We can apply the same critique to the Roman empire who enslaved and brutalized many countries of mixed races including Sicily. Sicilians were also brutalized and sold into slavery by Muslims. So you see we can apply the same logic throughout history as you tried to apply. My statement stands. The holy crusades were no doubt terrible as were the other historical instances I referenced.
@@LarsGsanger In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
@@LarsGsanger This is coming from a good place, my love for you are drops in the ocean compared to God’s love for you. Jesus loves you and wants to save you from hell so love Him back.
luckily, the g0d cannot be a target. For nobody KNOWS what the g0d even is. believers are called believers for a very good reason. Nobody calls them knowers. Because religi0n is a scam.
Simplistic is believing in God. Richard's views are anything but simplistic. To begin, knowledge of science is needed to understand evolution and find an alternative explanation to God as the origin of different living beings. To believe in God you do not need knowledge of any kind.
There are two kinds of atheists: those only temporarily deceived, being too superficial regarding the Creator of this reality (as I used to be due to the atheistic education under the communist regime) and those who do not want God to exist, who deny everything that proves their errors, such as all my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations (found quite easily after sorting the comments, for example, my thread posted 5 days ago, which starts with: "In brief, the Creator of this world (God/Divinity) exists because...").
@@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of Those too deceived will not sort the comments to read *entirely and carefully* the messages that prove their errors, just to keep their deceiving. Only those who renounce intentionally to elementary logic cannot understand my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations.
@@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of Divinity has offered 100% freedom here intentionally so that anyone can choose freely to love goodness, wisdom, justice... perfection, which means to love God/Jesus, or not, to fight against perfection, against Divinity. The unbelievers of the truth should ask themselves why they choose to fight against our perfect Heavenly Father, when they see the huge suffering caused by the fallen angels and by their tools, the evil=stupid humans, who have used (and are using) for evil intentionally the freedom offered by God.
The illusions of the hopelessly real people, of what is behind their blind spot, is created by doctrines of falsehood against falsehood, grown in centuries of fear of each other, has fueled every conflict for profit. Sheep; sad to say. Peace
I'm pretty sure I have absolutely no fucking idea what you just said. But more than that, I am pretty sure you have absolutely no fucking idea what you just said. Words is hard.
@@godless1014He said people refuse to see that religions are layers and layers of lies built up over centuries and are weaponized for war, power and profit. Let me know if you need any more help understanding words. If it’s easier I could draw little pictures instead while you clap and make grunting noises.
Look, I love Richard Dawkins’ work, but perhaps we could accelerate the rate at which religious people doubt their obsolete beliefs if Richard left out all of his sarcastic comments. But yes, I understand the charisma through these sarcastic comments.
I see your point, but try to explain to people why pokemons aren't real for so many years and they still don't get it... imagine the frustration. I admire him for mocking them and the religion so little TBH :D
Here we can add that... The Indian concept of spirituality goes hand in hand with profs theory about universe being so large and about the Multiverse...
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I dare you to say that Islam is false and that they are delusional. Go on. Say it and post that video and we will see what happens next.
There is no such thing as a trans child either, which is far more dangerous, but I doubt you will ever talk about this.
Interview tom campbell...
If there ever was a contest "person who looks most like an offended garden gnome" you would have all your tickets paid from then on.
Children do not have any religion, until fear and false promises are instilled in them.
How so?
@@ga6589 How is that not self explanatory? Children come into this world with no religion. They must be indoctrinated by parents, family and community. If you were born in the southern U.S.A., you probably weren't raised as a Buddhist.
@@ga6589 Because religion is made up fairytales that someone has to tell you. If no-one does, you'd never know about them, just like the millions of other books you've never read or heard about.
It's guilt through the law.
@@johnhounslow-robinson9294 What law?
Its sad that in 2024 someone has to tell people that there is no invisible man in the sky.
Yep. As has been observed: if we are made in the image of god, how come we aren't invisible?
@@AndrewJens... you must be, like, ... 8 years old...
There is no invisible man in the sky but there is an almighty intelligence we call God that humans cannot understand. This God lives outside the boundaries of our universe with his angels who are spirit creatures. Yes they are extraterrestrials. Humans are subject to and limited by the laws of physics whereas spirit creatures are not. Have you ever tried to learn where your consciousness resides or how your body is motivated to work for you? Sound, taste, sight, touch, and smell does not exist except in our brains.
@@stevegold7307 Re. _"you must be, like, ... 8 years old...,"_ Someone believing in the reinvented fairy tales of superstitious and ignorant iron-age men and then accusing someone else of being 8 years old? Oh, the irony. You are like a child who wanders into a roomful of adults and tries to impress them.
@AndrewJens that's all you got!!???... why don't you search around for some intelligence and then when you find it.. stick it in your brain!!!
I think God likes atheist better because we are not always asking him for something. Dave Allen
You made a point, at least!👍
@@johnlanham4050 well Dave knows now.i hope he was right
Hawkins should inquire from matter how did the magical fantasy of Abiogenesis create a living organism.
@@johnlanham4050 You are very wrong. Matthew 21:22 - If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray without ceasing.
John 3:18 - Whoever believes In God is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
@@albertreyes5298okay, do you care about Hindi scripture? No. So why should I care about your scripture you hypocrite
Listening to a Dawkins speech is the best way to get some sanity back into your life.
Sort and read at least my recent demonstrations to not be in error anymore.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
I couldn't care less. Honestly, I am more worried about my Aji Lemon chili plant because it's getting cold and it still has some green fruit that have to turn yellow.
@@alexanderwagner9524 Superficiality is not an excuse. Those who sort the comments and read enough from my posts (both answers and threads) can see that *I have proved* that this reality has been created by an eternal perfect Intelligence (called God / the Creator) whose nature will never be really comprehended by humans (because of our proved limitations) except through Jesus Christ, the human form of God.
@@alexanderwagner9524 People underestimate hell, it is bad because it is separation from God. In a vision I was shown a person who claimed to be Christian but started fornication (premarital sex), He died relatively young and went to hell forever (1 Cor 6:9). God’s holiness means He will not coexist with sinners forever therefore Repent (Luke 13:3) and have a relationship with Jesus.
'You have to understand. Most people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured and so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.' Morpheus
More have been injured indeed wounded by the evil of religion ,than ever were saved 😮
Thats a cool fictional movie
@@jccloud-ww2qs movie yes but story, no
So in this 20th century atheism has not been guilty of atrocities? What causes evil is not point of view but what human minds do with it, in misusing it. @@ducker09
@@ducker09 The 20th century with its atheistic isms has perpetuated a number of evils including ethnic cleansing that did worse than anything that happened in the Dark Age. The problem is that these latter evils occurred in The Age of Reason.
"There are no "Christian Children"!"
I think its rather that there are no christian adults, because whenever I speak to one about his religion, it feels like talking to a child.
AWESOME
Only as a child will you enter the Kingdom come🙏
Neotony .. I think, is the reason why. And, in that, I agree .. we don't actually 'mature' anyway. As women have known for a long time: Men don't don't grow up, their toys just become more expensive. Intended as a joke.. it has more meaning now with today's greater understanding of neotony - Although it applies to the ladies, too.. .. :-). I feel also, that religious teaching is so often infantalising (if there is such a word) .. and is an easy way for many who find the world/society too much .. It's a living fantasy .. Like 'living' Tolkien Lord of the Rings .. although with a 'true' religion one get's 'special pleading' in order to live out this fantasy, rather than being thought of as a 'nutter' by most ..
😂😂😂😂🎉
Amen.
Richard Dawkins what a breath of fresh air, away from religious dogma
Everything we see is created from nothing😂 what a brilliant idea😂
I wish I could create something from nothing......Yeah......
Dawkins the believer in the magical fantasy of Abiogenesis.
He is a breath of evil
The Smell of bad air🥲
Thank God for Richard Dawkins!
Nice irony 😂
indeed ironic
Thank Darwin for Dawkins; at least Darwin was real.
@@XX-qi5eu Scientists like Dawkins used Darwin to justify the Holocaust.
What ? Thank who ?
I am Dawkinist thanks to dr. Richard, it is correct way of thinking. People who claim that "God" exists should prove its existence, not for us to disprove it.
@@TheAzad1031 You are old enough to know that plants, trees, man, animals, insects, earth, moon, sun and the stars are the creations of God. I attribute it to my God of the Bible the creations of those things for the simple reason that man can not create it. So those creations are the evidence that God exists. So God said that only fools say in their hearts that there is no God. He he he!!! Psalm 14:1.
@TheAzad1031 *I have proved* both God's existence and all the errors of the atheists who comment on such videos. *Those who sort the comments and read enough from my answers and my threads can convince themselves.*
The deniers never had / have counter arguments but only lies and personal attacks instead.
Only those who renounce intentionally to elementary logic cannot understand my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations.
@@albertreyes5298So dumb. You clearly didn't understand a single thing you heard in the video. Your ignorance is shameful
@@filmeseverin Can you turn me into theist?
@@Jazzys.Prime.Chilling.Time127 Atheists should have realized by now at least that the perfection of mathematics, which is the "language" used to "write" this reality (every shape in this 3D space/world having a corresponding equation that generates it) is one of the main proofs of the perfect Intelligence who has created everything, called God/Divinity.
By the way, those who sort the comments and read enough from my posts (both answers and threads) can see that *I have proved* that this reality has been created by an eternal Intelligence (called God / the Creator) whose nature will never be really comprehended by humans (because of our proved limitations) except through Jesus Christ, the human form of God.
So, both your rationality and your honesty can turn you into a believer of the truth, into a Christian. All the best! God bless!
The hardest part of these 12 step recovery programs is pretending there's a God to appease people
The world is still so ignorant and primitive. Thank you, Richard, for your contribution to “true” progress.
Not "still so". But WAY MORE. NAIVE, ACCEPTING OF RIDICULOUS LIES, like life w/out the creator. How do you feel? Feelings are FELT in the spiritual, invisible to the naked human eye. But REAL.
@@DannyWilliams-ch6xq ah, you mean... like when pdf file atheists claim that men can menstruate and give birth while nowhere in history has this been true, it's a blatant lie?
Do atheists cook human meat before eating? Or do they eat the meat raw? Are there any fatwas on this matter in atheist religion? Or are pdf file atheists free to either cook or eat raw, it doesn't matter?
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ oh my dear child 😔
@@DannyWilliams-ch6xqHe's talking about YOU.
1,000,000 times, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. You have been a great influence for many generations, and you will be for many more. Thank you for promoting reason, critical thinking and common sense (something that seems to be less and less common these days).
Evil will be his legacy!
you can't receive GOD with the brain !!!...but with your HEART !!!
Dawkins hasn't one...
@@dioli2717 👍❤️
@@LarsGsanger you cannot sell us Heaven without also trying to sell us Hell as well, in Isaiah 7:45 KJV God admitted that he created Evil. go and read that verse for yourself. he says, I the Lord do all these things, is God's legacy Evil ?
@@rtee4086 only the Talmud is pure evil.
Its funny how 15 years ago (when this lecture took place), when the Internet was younger, it was considered that religion was the only area when freedom of speech was not allowed, because of someone being "offended".
15 years on and everyone is offended by everything and offending is a crime.
I'm really curious what does he has to say about giving beta-blockers to children and have them transition
would he go along with this like being biologically normal, despite he pronounced himself against genital mutilation
or would he labeled them as religious indoctrination, genital mutilation and mental disorders
@@discutiibiblice WTH man at least write something related to the comment
Puberty Blockers
Not Beta Blockers
@@discutiibiblice
@@discutiibibliceThere's whole world outside of the bedroom. Humanity has much bigger issues.
@@danielpaulson8838ahh yes. Forcibly blocking the development of children for political reasons is absolutely no big deal 😅
Lots of things learnt from you. Please continue to put more videos ❤❤❤❤. Love from 🇮🇳🇮🇷
you literally bathe in cow dung and drink cow urine as a medicine
what could possibly take to convince Richard Dawkins that God is real
?. 5 God called the light Day, but the darkness he called Night.+ And there was evening and there was morning, a first day.
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@@VestalNumbre In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
Absolutely wonderful. We ought to fight against superstition, unfounded dogmas and stupidity. Let’s embrace the beauty of science instead!
When the God Delusion came out, a colleague and I enjoyed discussing over it during our lunch. Another colleague, who was quite religious, or at least was told to be religious by his wife, was at times uncomfortable by our discussions. On offering him the book to read so he could join the debate and offer his perspective, he thought about it for a while. Finally, he declined the offer.....his reasoning was that he was fearful that on reading the book , he would start to question his religion. I guess you could say he made a decision to continue to knowingly, and intentionally, indulge in blind faith.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 I feel sorry for you. Instead of enjoying life for what it is, you are wrapped up in a fairy tail, spouting ridiculous nonsense. Seriously, have you no critical thinking skills whatsoever? Do you not realise that your beliefs are purely a factor of where and when you were born? Why this one God? Why not choose one of the other thousands of gods that humans have dreampt up to worship?
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 Oops... It's already too late for this sinner.
I’m concerned about the poor man in general if he has to have the same beliefs as his wife does, how constricting is she with other things.
Willful ignorance is rule #1 if you want to join the club.
I dont "know" what comes after life...but the fact some folks think they DO is what bugs me the most
and in their pompous self elevation...they look down on those who dont think the same way
Alas, we’ll just have to wait and see. Nobody knows for certain, not even Prof Dawkins.
I’ll bet on Pascal’s wager instead.
It'll be exactly the same as it was for us for the billions of years before we were born - i.e. Total nothingness.
The 'afterlife' was invented when we became aware (and terrified) of our own mortality.
It's a childish 'crutch' for those who don't want to face reality.
The only thing I know for sure, is that when I die, I'll stop wondering about reincarnation, verses heaven and hell, verses nothingness.🙂
Dawkins does exactly the same thing
My deepest respect for Dr.Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett.
I was 5 years old when I told my extremely religious Roman Catholic parents that I didn’t believe Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny or God. That didn’t go very well, especially since we were at Christmas mass and as we were leaving, the priest asked me, “Did God bless you by sending Santa to give you presents?” My response was, “Nope, I think my mom just made up Santa and God so I’d be good.” (That’s the story that my mother likes to tell people, I don’t really remember what is said, but I do remember the priest being quite upset about my answer and scolding my mother at the time. Again, my mom was the one who punished me at the time. Not God)
As a child, I was very inquisitive, I would ask how could Santa fit in the stove pipe? Wouldn’t Santa burn himself? Why doesn’t Santa just use the door? How can Santa’s reindeer fly without wings and how does the sleigh stay in the air?
We had rabbits, so I couldn’t figure out how they could lift even 1 chocolate Easter Bunny, they had a hard time with the big carrots I’d give them, never mind delivering chocolate bunnies to every kid in the neighbourhood. It all just seemed so foolish to me.
Then there was God… I didn’t believe in that from the first time that I heard it. My grandfather couldn’t hear me from across the room, so how could God hear and see everything that I said and did when he was nowhere to be seen?
My mother said one day, “ Don’t repeat the words that you heard your grandfather say when he was working on his car, or God will punish you.”
Well..that was just an invitation to try it. I went to the barn, and sheepishly repeated those words… curiously looking up for my punishment. Nothing. So, I said more bad words. Nothing. I said them louder over and over again as I walked around the barn. Nothing. Then at one point after spewing a whole plethora of bad words, I turn to see my mother standing there. God may not have punished me, but she sure did.
That was 50 years ago. At no point since that time could my parents, relatives, the church, 12 years of Catholic school or catechism has anyone ever been able to convince me that a God exists. Especially after I found out that there were 1000’s of different Gods that people believed in all over the world, that was it…..Religion and God were forever put into the category of absolute nonsense in my mind.
The only thing that I can figure as to why humanity created God and religion was…and still is, was to control the ignorant masses by making them believe that there is an invisible man in the sky that can see and hear everything that you say and do, including knowing your thoughts. It’s genius actually. What a great way to make people follow the rules in a society, and what a great idea to make the powers that be the ones who just happen to be the ones that dish out God’s punishments as they saw fit.
I think religion is necessary, otherwise I do think that chaos would ensue. The Christian religion, though flawed, seems the be the one that has created the most successful societies, so I say, let them believe…. It keeps them civil.
I was 4 when I told some pdf file atheist that I do not believe that men can menstruate and give birth. That didn't go well.
I WONDER IS THERE ANY ACTUAL PHYSICAL PROOF OF ANY OTHER INTELLIGENT CREATURES CURRENTLY OR HISTORICALLY IN EXISTENCE ON OUR PLANET, APART FROM HUMAN BEINGS, THAT HAVE ACTED IN ANY WAYS WHICH CAN BE OBJECTIVELY BEEN DEEMED TO BE RELIGIOUS IN ANY WAY ?????.
@@patpassleylvo6262 There is no evidence of any other humanoid being other than ourselves that are living today.
AWSOME! Much appreciated response! You make so much sense! I am a staunch ATHEIST after 20 years of Islam! WHOOO! Sometimes I feel like an idiot but had I not gone through that foolishness I wouldn’t be the person I am today! I guess religion does have its benefits!😂
@@salahuddinabdul-aziz6924 Even Richard Dawkins believes that he is a cultural Christian. But, I don’t think that realizes that the masses need something to believe in to keep them civil. I think that what keeps them civil is the fear of God to peaceful. Big Brother is always watching right?
Christians are taught to forgive and to love their enemy, which is what makes better than other religions, unlike Islam which is all about power and control that has yet to grow up from its archaic, warlord’s destructive narrative.
No other religion is still cutting off heads, stoning people or throwing people off of rooftops. Congratulations to you for waking up about from radical is Islam. I have a good friend who no longer believes in Islam, but he has to hide it from his own family or they will persecute him. If you’ve managed to escape…Well done.
Somehow a lot people don't have an own conscience and need a Book and a God to keep them on the right path... I have never had that. I can correct myself, no need to pray but als no need to ask for forgiveness.
God is the epitome of Holiness because He is sinlessly perfect, A sinner (liar, sexually immoral, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, thief etc) cannot be in the presence of God or else he will be utterly consumed therefore repent of your sins and put your faith in Jesus as your Lord and Saviour to go to Heaven.
God is Holy
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 Explain to me what happens to people that kill people in the name of God, are they sinners? And, may be a bummer for you, there is nothing after life, your soul won't experience anything anymore.
@@pbloemer God is not for killingunless He has good reason
God is all about extending peoples life and abundance
God through the Holy Spirit has shown me several things relating to the afterlife with the purpose of convincing people like yourself. Stuff like Heaven and Hell, Angels, ,evil Spirits, the Lord Jesus (not worthy at all), a miracle happened to me that saved my life (thank you God) & so much more. I am more than happy to give further details.
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 So, the Holocaust was a good reason? God is not extending lives, sience is.
0.1 % of the American prison population are atheists. So nearly all the murders, rapists, and tax evaders and fraudster (Kent Hovind) believe in gods.
Love from Bulgaria.. i speak little English but I want to share my mind with u sir! U are inspirasion! And i was god believer then piece by piece i became an atheist and that was really hard and painful procces forme and my feelings!
Your ability to express yourself in English is very good!
Hello, neighbour! South Romanian here - you're not alone. I know it can be difficult in cultures like ours sometimes. Be happy and healthy ♥
Good for you! Welcome to reality ❤
Just don't forget that you can still read the classics as literature, and the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament, no less than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, are classics!
Good point about old religions Vs human values and facts about our psychological experiences.
However, exactly from that perspective, all those ancient Greek gods were just metaphors for those exact psychological (internal) or natural (external) effects. And the myths were just fairy tales about those metaphors, just more digestible than the raw psychological phenomena.
So, fact, they are not that distant from each other at all!
Marvellous speaker and tutor. One of the greatest minds in the world.
One of the most toxic minds of the World⚠️
Loves Satan, paid by Satan🔥
One of the greatest freemason🔥
Yep blinded by science
@@turagsoy6719meaning?
Religion is a business of control, not morality.
Generally, those from such videos, exposed to my clear and undeniable demonstrations but who still want to remain atheists, are ignoring intentionally the simple fact that *from no intelligence involved, no intelligence comes,* hoping that this reality is the result of no intelligence, in other words that God does not exist, only to escape the responsibility for their deeds, to not be Judged by God/Jesus after the leaving of this world, but they are in error. *_"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad."_* 2 Corinthians 5, 10
My simple and undeniable demonstrations can be found quite easily after sorting the comments (for example, my thread posted 3 days ago).
@@filmeseverin that word salad turned me into a vegetarian.
Their denial without counter arguments has no value.
Atheists renounce to elementary logic and to simple rationality intentionally when they believe that this reality has always existed without any intelligence involved, because *from no intelligence involved no intelligence comes and the results of a process prove the intelligence involved into that process. That is why the entire process until nowadays is proving the existence of God.*
The superficial ones do not think enough to understand *the simple fact that from no intelligence involved, no intelligence comes* in spite of the fact that even schoolchildren can understand that every photon, ... atom, ... cell has intelligence into it, *not to mention their functionality together.*
They ignore the intelligence put from the beginning. For example, the intelligence mentioned includes the exact value of the speed of light matching the manifestation of what we call "gravity", working together since the primordial conditions to form in the end this reality, which hosts intelligent life that is able to feel / understand / admire / enjoy / respect / love the Creator, especially through His human form, Jesus Christ.
What about “religion is a business of those who want to be controlled”….nobody wants to control those who don’t want to be controlled….
@@erlpen2016 There will be money hungry preachers that deceive Christians and lead them away from the truth. 2 Peter 2,1-3
This video of Richard Dawkins is full of knowledge for those who care to gain from it with open minds.
It's such a tragedy that the people that need to see these type of videos are not even considering watching them. The comments show that every time, everyone agrees, obviously, but the ones that need convincing are nowhere to be found. Except for the few times people scream that Rich is gonna burn in hell for what he says, proving once again that their whole life philosophy is based on fear and treats. I honestly think that altough these discussions are very interesting, the goals of getting humanity behind reasoning and logic, will not be achieved this way. Knowing how religious people often think, it may even enforce their beliefs.
Thanks anyway, Rich. We all know you did your utter best to unite humanity and to some extend, you really did.
It really is unfortunate. I’m sure at one point as children, these people did think critically about these things but were then shut down, punished for questioning “holy words,” taught to believe without question and told they would suffer unimaginable eternal pain for going against it.
Instilling that level of fear into a child will create profound mental barriers, barriers that their minds will grow and be molded around.
I view religion like how smoking is "better" than eating properly.
All of a sudden hard work isn't earned, reward doesn't persist and by extension, less valuable. Now you can shield your personal issues like instead of properly grieving and saying goodbye to your love ones, you can give yourself the superficial hope of seeing them again in heaven
It's just maladaptative behaviour centered around comfort and fear of growth. If these people are the target of this video, they'll already have been shielded themselves and rigid from suggestions of change
the lack of humility in some of the comments from the 'other side' aren't much better, maybe even worse 😂
Of course they don’t even consider watching them. They have been warned all their lives that the Devil is trying to deceive them.
You sound like the mirror image of a religious fanatic. A missionary of no God...
Dawkins is simply brilliant. I'm surprised to see such a small amount of subscriptions. Let's share more! People need to start thinking or at least they need to question the dogma. I'm an atheist church goer. I love the mass for it's relaxing and inspiring affect on my emotional state, I adore architecture, ritualIism and music related to Christianity or other religions. I recognise the historic, cultural and social importance of the religion, but I also understand that the religious fanatism is the corner stone of the extremism of many kinds. The only solution to that is the secular humanism and education. Thank you, Professor!
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
"religious fanatism ( _sic- )"
Fanaticism of ANY kind is dangerous - as you well know - whether it be that of the Muslim jihadist, the heretic-burning Church, or the _quasi-religious_ secularism of Hitler or Lenin. If any of the latter has ANYTHING to do with the Jesus-taught belief in an all-loving, all-compassionate Divinity, I'd like to see how! Perhaps YOU could tell me? Not ONE single person in the past 2000 years has ever been harmed as a result of the TEACHINGS of Jesus; on the contrary, hundreds of millions have BENEFITED from them, both directly and indirectly (contrast with the death cult of Islam). As for all the tedious 'religion leads to...' arguments regularly peddled by smug atheists (who often seem to think that they are the ONLY ones to 'do' reason - quite UNreasonably), the same could as easily be said of Politics in general - and Democracy in particular. Is it the fault of the latter, for example, that America - which LOVES to think of itself (somewhat erroneously) as a 'democracy' - has killed an estimated 35 MILLION people since 1945, as a result of its rapacious foreign policies, and has so far failed to introduce an equitable healthcare system - as opposed to a healthcare business? I don't think so. Dawkins and his fellow-travellers have simply SUBSTITUTED 'Reason' for 'God' - just like those 'fanatics' of the French Revolution (and look how 'enlightened' THAT was!). The fact is: there is nothing _inherently_ unreasonable about belief in a Supreme Being _itself_ : rather, it is the _form_ and _manifestation_ of that belief which very often IS demonstrably at fault.
(Discuss)!😀
@@marvinc9994 Heretics burnings, the Crusades, slavery, racism, inferiority of women - that was all justified and supported by the Church. I wonder where they got the inspiration from. Was it Bible or some other scripture? Does the Old testament champion genocide, murder, and incest in the name of some other Deity? Are you aware of the existence of dozens of apocryphal gospels?
@@marvinc9994 In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
if the best a god could do is the very flawed humans (and in his own image) that is not a competent god. How do a few coincidences of 'answered prayer' outweigh the billions of unanswered prayers. What kind of god would grant a ball-teams win and not save a murderer's victim ?
Absolutely! And a god that incompetent and malicious (and not real, really) would accidentally cause cancer, war, famine and all those other horsemen :)
@@occamraiser In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
Jesus? The same guy who told his followers they don’t need to wash their hands died for us? No one can prove that Jesus did anything. With that type of thinking no one will go to hell because he paid for our sins, so why do people still go to hell supposedly
God is perfect. Atheists from here can sort the comments and read for real at least my recent messages / demonstrations to find the answers to their questions, to not be in error / deceived anymore.
@@jonathanhernandez5722 Jesus said few go to Heaven, why? Yes, Jesus died on the cross and rose again from the dead for our sins but the bare minimum He requires in return is to repent and believe in His good news to go to Heaven not Hell.
How come I can listen to Dawkins lectures for hours on end but I lose total interest in religion after reading one quote from the Bible ? We are the universe observing itself.
As an atheist and antitheist who's spent COUNTLESS hours reading the Bible, I can offer an explanation for why you quickly lose interest in it:
It's quite possibly the WORST piece of popular literature ever composed! It's incredibly repetitive, it's constantly self-contradictory and, thanks to numerous careless edits and revisions by incompetent and ignorant scribes and priests, much of it is fairly incomprehensible.
@@pcbacklash_3261 The Bible is full of grand narratives that have inspired the greatest art, the greatest music and the greatest literature not to mention the greatest movies - let me give you a few examples from possibly tens of thousands : Michelangelo's David and the Pieta, Raphael's Dresden madonna, Handel's Messiah, Saul, Samson, Solomon, Athaliah, Judas Maccabaeus, Milton's Paradise Lost. It's obvious you know very little about great art, great music and great literature!
@@kaloarepo288 You're right. I don't know a lot about great art, though I have seen the Pieta up close. It's a thing of beauty. But that doesn't make the story that inspired it any less ludicrous and horrific, or the book that contains that story any less asinine.
As for literature, I've literally read hundreds of books in my lifetime, though the vast majority of them were non-fiction. I'd say that qualifies me -- as much as anyone else -- to have a valid opinion on literature. Compared to those hundreds of books, the Bible is an absolute mess. It's highly repetitive, incoherent in a great many places, and I could personally list dozens of inconsistencies and contradictions, though I've seen hundreds cited.
The Bible is literally THE WORST piece of literature I've ever encountered. Even back when I was a believer I couldn't make sense of it. I'm certain it's the mostly widely owned, yet least read book on the planet.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Easy to answer. You pursue that which you deemed important to your life style..and another, you recognize bs when you read it or hear it!
I love when a sports team loses. You never hear 👂 the following: “ Jesus wasn’t with us today.” 😂😂😂😂😂 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲
You understan jesus wrong.
If you loose dont blame your fathers
Jesus is always with us. His ways are so far above us. Trust in him
@@johnglad5 Why do religious people feel the need to watch and comment on one of the worlds best known atheists. Are Dawkins points of view so strong, that your faith is under threat of collapse.
Religious people seem compelled to blurt the same nonsense that brought them mockery in the first place.
Shouting bible quotes at the nonbelievers, as your faith fades away, seems rather sad to me.
@@I.Reckon My faith is always under attack. If I knew that bad things were to befall upon someone and I didn't warn them what kind of person would I be. God instructs me to do the logical thing that is spreading the Gospels. All of creation points to Jesus. Blessings
@@johnglad5 I assume that you mean that your faith is always under attack from your own logical thinking.
This is probably because your indoctrination occurred when you were a susceptible child. Where as the attack is coming from your logical adult brain.
Bad things won't befall you just because you accept the reality of God not existing.
Continuing to try to convince yourself that 'all of creation points to Jesus' is unhealthy. Relax and let the fairytale go.
There are many support groups for new atheists. Go easy on yourself and accept the deprogramming help that is available in your area. Good luck.
Dearest Richard, Thank you.. this was awesome
Does he not believe in an after life? Is he adamant there isn't one?
@@DeadlyKiss000
No. There's no proof of a life after death.
Life doesn’t die, it sheds its elemental (physical coat) and continues on. @@pappy9473
@@pappy9473 Go and see a good medium and you will get messages that are not cold readings. Messages that specifically apply to you.
@@annemariededekind6271 should have been a comic
Dr. Dawkins is well educated and extremely intelligent, but he can’t prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no Flying Spaghetti Monster. He is my Lord and Savior and He boiled for my sins. R’amen.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
"Most people are never going to die because they'll never be born." I am in awe that in a huge, complex universe, I came into existence and in this power filled universe that I can only glimpse or understand tiny aspects of, I can determine my path in life, make choices, survive. That is why I don't find death unfair, that's why I don't concern myself about why we are here.
If you can absolutely determine your path in life, the congratulations: you have just solved one of the great mysteries of the universe - uncertainty.
@@peterrauth118 I can't, of course, absolutely determine it, kind of my point that there are so many factors beyond my control or understanding yet despite that, that I can still determine my path to any extent is amazing. Even the math-historians in Asimov's Foundation series couldn't predict or account for The Mule. Like you said...:)
@@maggienewton8518 Well, I do agree about Asimov. Read every single one of his novels
Yes, the great God Almighty created this huge complex universe.
I'm more concerned about where I was before landing here on earth. I'm thinking in death I will just go back there. Maybe even get recycled?
This is Dawkins on fire..quite magnificent.
Don't worry. He'll soon vanish into nothing for so long it'll be as though he were never here. Same for you. That is, if you hold to your current beliefs.
@@lawrence1318shut up
Boo hoo mf@@lawrence1318
@davehall8584....yep, a magnificent liar. Wake up.
@@lawrence1318 Are you claiming that it's impossible for an atheist to lead a meaningful and purposeful life, and be remembered long after they are dead for the good things they've done, or contributed to society?
This book cemented my atheism.
Wow, then books I know of would make you a fanatical anti-theist!
Have you any idea on how the shroud of Turin was made ,pliz let me kno,
Shame. Well look on the bright side....at least you have nothing to hope for now. Plus, you will have had nothing to offer the universe that would be of any lasting consequence or significance. Just a sad existence from nothing back to nothing. I mean, what a noteworthy achievement!
@@mlafi7 Lets get more fundamental. Prove supernatural agency. Any at all. What 'DO YOU' bring to the table? Anything at all?
@martinblank-cl7sv Not sure what you are attempting to say, but if you are inferring that Axolotl is proof of evolution, it still provides no explanation as to who or what gave it life.
❤❤❤Great Professor!!
An untouchable. So enlightened and helping to raise
consciousness to truth.
👍👍😊
Mr. Dawkins has done a lot for humanity. Thank you sir.
Thank u 🔥😈🔥😈🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@tomasp2899 has he got a shock coming
@@tomasp2899 and you all sit there wanting him to convince you that you are right to think what you believe.when a pupil leaves the room of a teacher he is nomore than a clone of that teacher.Think for yourself
Dawkins still does Not know HOW Life appeared in the molecule soup -- only when.
Abiogenesis is still a magical fantasy belief of Dawkins.
About nothing, just evil🔥
I don’t want some pie in the sky when I die, I want something sound on the ground while I’m still around 😀
You don't have to reglionis to believe in life after death. I can't believe there is nothing what is nothing what is for ever and ever? To me there is something after death.Dawkins never really liked him Christopher Hitchin was great to listen too.
@@amysands8925 People often say, “I’m not hurting anyone so it’s ok to sin (lying, stealing, sexual sins, disrespecting parents etc)” The same God who said to love your neighbour first said to love Him to the best of your ability. If you carry on sinning, then you do not love God but are selfish like the devil so you will be joined to your father in hell or repent of your sins and believe in Jesus as God so Jesus adopts you as His child and you will join Him in Heaven forever.
What a great talk ! Thank you !
Don’t let yourself be played🔥
That was amazing! Intelligent and entertaining. Loved it. I am now subscribed to your channel!
All Humans need to repent & Believe in Jesus as their God. Why? Because all Humans have sinned (lied, lusted sexually, stolen, dishonoured parents, unbelief etc). Avoid the fires of Hell (justice of God) and choose Heaven today. Jesus defeated death by rising from the dead. GOD IS HOLY
@@claudiahillman606 intelligent.?
@@patrickkelleher5336 i think so yes.
I worship the sun ☀️ but I pray to Joe Pesci! - George Carlin
What a ridiculous thing to say, whoever George Carlin is.
Praying to a sky daddy sounds better?
For one, I can see the Sun!
Joe looks like he can get things done!
@@paddymeboy that you do not know whoo george carlin is is realy sad.
"People would rather believe than know." E. O. Wilson (1929-2021)
"Faith is evidence of things not seen"
Read your Bible and get educated.....
Well that's not true..I bet all you atheists would love to know....
Believe in Dawkins lies?
Your lectures work miracles, dear Richard.
I guess the irony of your remark is lost on you
@@peterrauth118keep crying 😂
And u never have nor ever will emotionless robot. U guys are like gotti jr. Hearing his father weep in the bassment @@yj9032
@@yj9032 About what? 💩for brains.
Faith is the death of reason.
Religions are relics of the 'childhood phase' of human evolution, and difficult to shake off in the process of growing up. We are currently experiencing that struggle, which seems to be a centuries-long affair, so we must learn patience.
People often say, “I’m not hurting anyone so it’s ok to sin (lying, stealing, sexual sins, disrespecting parents etc)” The same God who said to love your neighbour first said to love Him to the best of your ability. If you carry on sinning, then you do not love God but are selfish like the devil so you will be joined to your father in hell or repent of your sins and believe in Jesus as God so Jesus adopts you as His child and you will join Him in Heaven forever.
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 That's a nice story.
@@oldnewsclipster The Gospel is not simply a story but poweranda gift for ssalvation
People underestimate hell, it is bad because it is separation from God. In a vision I was shown a person who claimed to be Christian but started fornication (premarital sex), He died relatively young and went to hell forever (1 Cor 6:9). God’s holiness means He will not coexist with sinners forever therefore Repent (Luke 13:3) and have a relationship with Jesus.
An "intelligent" designer would not design flightless animals with wings. This simple fact alone proves evolution and debunks the Middle-eastern god.
You completely miss the point. Are you aware the DNA is a massive computer that one has more data than on it than all of the computers the world? Indeed, the four aspects that program the DNA is a massive language that dictates how the host will look. This evolved from rocks? Quantum physicists will tell you there is no matter, that mass and frequency are equivalents, that we live in a hologram.The atom is 99.9% VOID. All is a matter of electromagnetism. NDE returnees who describe the hologram and our nature as part of it. Don't just grab onto a superficial observation to justify your opinion. You flightless animal is one place natural selection actually makes sense, but you won't know that as you think Darwin actually even mentioned evolution,.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
Richard rocks! 😎
And snorts
What a comedian! So much laughter in the audience! The ear has designed itself to hear him speak.
Great presentation Dr. Dawkins! Big fan! Cheers! ❤
A fan of what? Disingenuous opportunism?
Big fan of loser Satan!🔥
Not in our family! At the age of nine or ten I started to question Catholicism which didn't go down too well as my uncle is a priest. He's a really good bloke and has done a lot of good in our family but I just don't buy the religion.
THE FULL HAVESAUS IN HIS HEART THERE'S NO GOD
@@clivehonore6952 In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 I HOPE YOU REPENT FROM YOUR SINS ALREADY AND BE CONVERTED. BECAUSE YOU ARE ENCOURAGING ME TO DO SO. I HAVE DONE FORTY EIGHT YEARS AGO,AND HAVE NEVER REGRET DOING SO.
@@clivehonore6952 Congratuations
Make sure as a you are a repentant Christian. Read the Bible daily and pray often throughout the day, the devil is trying to make lukewarm Christians everywhere (Rev 3:16). Join us in spreading the good news of Jesus Christ.
If you tell everyone that you are a mechanic but day in and out, you do the work of an accountant are you truly a mechanic? No, you are an accountant. Likewise, a Christian by name who lives contrary to Jesus’ teachings by living sinful/worldly is not a real Christian.
Great presentations from a true Scientist !
I was sick for about 18 years with epilepsy. I prayed and read the Bible daily, and I was healed.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
More people need to hear this.
Almost as good as Darwin...........another know all
Everyone on this planet including children in their own language.
Professor Dawkins 🌟🌟🌟
I love you so much. I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for your profound contributions to the fields of science and reason. Your unwavering dedication to advancing knowledge and promoting critical thinking has inspired countless individuals, myself included. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 infinitely for your tireless pursuit of truth and your commitment to fostering a deeper understanding of the natural world.
Warmest regards 👩🔬🔬🩷
Reason? What reason?
Yes, please explain. He has been shown to be behind on relevant science to his assumed field of expertise/authority (see, Noble lectures). Moreover, how is he an epitome of reason?
RICHARD ,YOU CAN ONLY BE AN ATHEIST UNTIL THE PLANE START TO CRASH .
Jesus is the truth .
Thanks again for this wonderful lecture wish all a great Life
I don’t believe in religion or astrology; I’m a Capricorn and we’re skeptical.
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 You are in a large cult. REligions are waning. Time to get out now before you become an embarrasment.
Best is being a Christian and saved.
@@davewalt1781 I dont believe in cults (large or small). Have you tried Islam? I think you will like it better.
@@MoneySavingVideos No thank you, Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and will be through all eternity in heaven. Have you tried Christianity? 2 billion Christians will be in heaven, the Door is open if you want to join us.
❤👍🏼from kerala, India
In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
Respect for you!!,❤❤
For the servats of the devil!
Brilliant speech, thank you.
The one who opened my eyes to the greatest show on Earth. He unweaved the rainbow for me and also helped me climb up mount improbable... Thank you dear Sir...
Can I ask which part and which work opened your eyes, and what was the exact process to your realization? My family is religious and I'd like to raise their consciousness
Atheist religion: The religious belief that it is _liberating_ for women to be sent to hospital by pdf file atheist men in womens only competitions
Religion as a whole has been devastating to this world and to the people in it, if there wasn't any of this division, then we could work together to create the things that we need much more easily ineffectively incoherently, religion makes absolutely no sense. It's driven my fear. Of the unknown and that's it
Excellent explanation...Long live Richard Dawkins...
He has had a stroke and will "soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb". It is the righteous, God fearing believer who "lives forever". Wake up sit. Creation testifies of God.
@@shiningstar3312So true, and more and more I realize how hopelessly lost some people are, denying the very Creator who breathed life into them.
Thank goodness we have human evolution-derived morality and experiential (what works over time) moral progress to judge the negativistic intolerance, absurdity and preposterousness of events and characters contained in such outdated old or ancient pre-science tribalist books such as the Jewish Bible, the New Testament, the Quran, and the Book of Mormon.
There is no "moral progress". Humans didnt change much genetically over the last six thousand years. The change in human culture is also negligible - its exactly the same rules for as long as we can track backwards. The only change comes from our technical development, but that has also been used to prevent it from becoming a driver of evolution so far, and thats even a good thing.
its all only a game and look at his face as he is full of fear..to make money on social media as richard does you have not to believe in God....however whether we choose to believe in a God or not does not exempt us from having to face him on our last day......even richard will be on his knees beging for forgiveness for misguiding all the sheep.
@@andyMSH700 If we can choose to not believe in him, we certainly can also choose to not have to face him on any day, including the last.
To be fair, the book of Mormon was written after the Industrial Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment, so it is not pre-science. It is a relatively modern work of fiction.
@@andyMSH700 This is the exact problem with religion. It is fine with me if you believe in some fantastic tale of mysticism. Pathetic and foolish as I may think your beliefs to be, I accept your right to be wrong and feel no need to force you to believe what I believe. But it's not the same for you religious types. People like you have a history of trying to force your nonsensical beliefs on everyone else. Two thousand years ago, an itinerant carpenter, supposedly spent his short adult life wandering around the Jordan River valley, teaching people that they should love others as they love themselves. Then those who profess to believe in his teaching, spent the next twenty centuries killing countless people and causing untold suffering across the face of the planet. And they seemingly spread this death and destruction over what is the correct way to follow his teaching. His teaching that we should love other people. Yet, you think we should all follow that historical tragedy. You must have lost your mind.
Fantastic lecture.
You misspelled fanatical... 😁
Says the fanatic@@SeanL-jw9rr
My family was at the dinner table, I was 10, and the Easter bunny came up in conversation. My older brother snickered because I still believed in it, and I saw my mother's smirk. Then, in my mind, the dominoes fell. The tooth fairy, Easter bunny, Santa Claus.. But it didn't stop there. Jesus, God and the church dominoes fell, too. I've never gone back. It seems we learn these characters to prime us to believe in other characters we will never meet, like Jesus or god. They ended up undermining my concept of faith without evidence, faith in the face of intangible things. I later learned that this kind of faith can lead to atrocities. Now I can't go back or risk participating in atrocities.
Thank you Dr. Dawkins!
Great topic. My son is 6 years old and knows many gods, Horus, Rama, Jupiter. He calls them imaginary creatures like Unicorns. Maybe one day he will hear of the middle eastern god called Yaweh and Allah.
Talking about Yaweh, now Imagine how childish it is to have a religion which exclude 7 billion people, solely because they are born somewhere else.
There is only one selection who are the pure and holy people and Gods worth and let's keep this tribe pure through the mother. Historically my family is sefardic Jew, but it such nonsense really. I definitely don't consider myself as a jew because I don't believe in this rubbish. It's an idea and to become this idea you have to at least believe the idea.
I mean most religions are a waist of time, but to create a religion and God which exclude others is really something else and fanatic in my book. There are conversions in judaism but a lot of Jews will not consider you as a 'real' Jew 😂.
It's just so messed up and elite really.
Universes exploding from magical firecrackers (Big Bang) is a good fairy tale.
@@boebsiebyarada9964 at least the Jews have some connection to the religion. It gets really silly when Megachurches in Africa (where I am from originally) start raking in money based on a religion which was brought there by colonisers, racists and slavers. I smelled the BS when I saw how people in our church supported Apartheid.
@@blupandax7902 at least it's scientifically plausible. An old man in the skey thinking things into existence is not (who thought him into existence?). He's pretty stupid if he created it all...female hyena genitalia...google it.
@@blupandax7902 "Universes exploding from magical firecrackers (Big Bang) is a good fairy tale."
exactly. That's why you cannot cite any scientist who calls the Big Bang an explosion. Or any who assumes magic in Big Bang Theory. There is no magic in Theories.
(see the Germ Theory of Disease as a reference and become a bit less ignorant)
I'm offended that these bloody awful things are happening in the modern world and we're allowing them to happen. When is it going to be stopped?
The fact that the religious think they are hurting us by saying "Atheists don't believe in anything!" That's actually quite true, we don't believe in things we cannot prove for ourselves, we can refer to others who've found answers, who've found evidence and can exhibit that evidence by replicating the experiments.
I'm far more interested in questions that cannot be answered, not answers that cannot be questioned. Like Carl Sagan said, "Question everything."
Luckily, a mind as brilliant as Dawkins has dedicated some of his attention to such an important topic. Many of us are delighted to have lived at the same time as Dawkins. Reading The Selfish Gene just gave me the final push to abandon the religion that had been "imposed" on me since I was born. I finally managed to understand that there was another explanation for my existence than a God. This was Evolution.
Nonsense. "Evolution" is just a fancy word for "It just happened by itself".
@@lawrence1318 Don't you have some kids to scare and brainwash instead of flashing your ignorance in here.
What's religion all about ? Control .you get people to dress a certain way prohibit certain foods get them to perform ritual acts ...and you own them ...
There are two kinds of atheists: those only temporarily deceived, being too superficial regarding the Creator of this reality (as I used to be due to the atheistic education under the communist regime) and those who do not want God to exist, who deny everything that proves their errors, such as all my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations, found very easily after sorting the comments, for example (at least), my thread posted 19 hours ago, starting with "In brief...".
@@filmeseverin hate to tell you this but your God is simply Stone age Wishing ...
@@TechnoMagi-h4r Only those too deceived will not sort the comments to read *entirely and carefully* all my demonstrations (which prove their errors) just to keep their deceiving. Furthermore, only those who renounce intentionally to elementary logic cannot understand my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations.
@@filmeseverin you romanians take that romania is the only holy land chosen by god? oh the irony, as a romanian myself thats funny because now i know its not just my father thinking that way
Not an old Christian or religious person in the audience. How nice.
Hi
I’m Christian & believe in evolution, & all universe Theories. Read many of Richards books. He’s a good scientist. Got talking to a Creationist the other week I said, just because a scientist may not be Christian, doesn’t mean their theories are wrong.
I believe the Bible like the forgiveness verse:- Now I tell u forgive 70x7. Obviously, there isn’t a creationist out there, who only forgives 490 times,… it’s a figure of speech meant aragorically Likewise:- ‘ To the Lord a day is like 1000 years. It doesn’t say is IS.
He’s was talking metaphorically.
Creationist’s can’t see that though.
I like Connor Cunninghams documentary. Did Darwin Kill God?
I like Andy Stanley. Bible for grown ups etc.
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Ok boomer.
@@martinhoy1 You and anyone else can cherry-pick your favourite bits from the Bible but they don't make them theories.
Thank you pop for attending unto our OWN!
If we simply put aside God fundamentally it doesn't exist at all. It will be a tremendous relief to humanity. Religion and Gods are basically not solving any problem but they are creating more and more problems. And every society has to understand this because day by day we are becoming more and more tribal and divided. Religion, God and society creates so many problems in the world and day by day these problems are increasing
The point is - religions don't solve problems, on the whole and don't cause problems, on the whole. People would find reasons to start wars without religions or race. BUT what religions do is parasitise societies and subvert them, stealing resources and power from legitimate owners by intimidation, brainwashing, cultism or just plain extortion.
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I've become a better, sober smarter, kinder person since I discovered Dawkins many years ago during the atheist explosion 🖖 This man is a hero to the rational thinker
Enjoy Reliable Reason, Instead Of Unbridled Fantasy!👍🏼🌈 44:32
Truth! Thank you for the profound and stimulating inspiration!
Nothing profound whatsoever. Standard talking points of all atheists.
@@peterrauth118 It's just over theists heads. Everything is actually over their heads. That's why they issue up logical fallacy. Congratulations. The many called are always playing Pharisee.
@@danielpaulson8838 What are you talking about vis a vis my post?
First seeing your topic caption, I couldn't laughing...🤣😭😂😭🤣😭😂😭💯✔️
Future is coming, Ladies and gentlemen!
Pew Research says that the # of aheists will drop to 4% of the global population by 2050.
...Sorry, kid
Can’t really disagree with that. It is one of the statements of all time.
We can always hope that the future will be free of superstition.
@@jlankford Faith in a divine Mind who created the comos is NOT a "superstition." Defined in part as a
"widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief."
The evidence for the resurrection of Christ and for immortality of the Soul is overwhelming....if you are honest and fearless.
plural noun: superstitions
"she touched her locket for luck, a superstition she had had since childhood"
Similar:
myth
belief
old wives' tale
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@@jlankford "When you get to the origin of the physical constants, physicists agree that if you change any of those constants even by a very small amount then we don't come into existence, the universe does not come into existence. They have to be like that for galaxys to form, for stars to form, for chemistry to form actually. And then the prerequisite for life to evolve as well. That's the nearest to a good argument for God's existence."
~ Richard Dawkins
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SUPERSTITION?.....
_"You only have visit a hospital ward for terminally-ill children to know there is no God."_
- Dan Barker
Cheap manipulation from those deranged by the perfection of our Heavenly Father because children have always suffered due humans stupidity, which is the main way Satan and the other fallen angels have operated and still operate in this world.
Because each child is a chance for a soul to escape hell, the fallen angels want to destroy us since our physical body conception (all the time in any way possible). That is why they make us suffer, as much as possible, by using our stupidity and the stupidity of the other people around us.
@@filmeseverin Seek help, NOW.
@Flandiddlyanders so do you think evil doesn't exist?
@@yonnitdk9023 'Shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?' Amos 3 6
'I create darkness and create evil, I the LORD do all these things!' Isaiah 45 7
'I will bring evil upon this people, even of their thoughts!' Jeremiah 6 19
'I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD!' Jeremiah 45 5 @samuel8354
@@yonnitdk9023
All religion is evil.
I am God and i have a new message. I just need to choose one man to give it to, and tell him to tell everyone else in the whole world. What could possibly go wrong? 🤪
😂😂😂
1.8 billion followers, seems like something went right.
@@hammedal-mutawa4935 most of those follopwers believe in different things, I give it 2 out of 10 for effort
Verily, thou shalt trust me bro
AND OH GOD WHY ARE YOU A JEALOUS GOD THO 😂
Thank you, Dr. Dawkins! It was wonderful to watch the video with great sense of humours at the same time touching very important topics.
What happened to "Agnostic" just meaning: "It is impossible to know the answer, therefore no reason to pursue it."
The only people I know of calling themselves agnostic are just doing so to not incense their superiors by calling themselves openly atheistic and lower their chances of getting promoted.
It's stupid and lazy, that's what happened.
I think that agnostic always meant 'unable to be proved one way or the other' but I don't think it means 'so stop thinking', why do you?
God is not a delusion. God is an illusion. BELIEF in a literal God is a delusion. It's only with the thumbnail that I disagree - Richard's speech was typically beautiful and brilliant.
I think that is the most accurate statement. The issue I have with Dawkins is that he disregards the entire idealist philosophical system and it is one of the central considerations on the topic because Christianity most definitely was built upon Platonism and Pythagoreanism.
Of course one doesn’t need to stick with the same terminology as an ancient Platonist but to believe that all Christians are literalist even 2000 years ago is provably false.
I for one think what was referred to as God by them was a “thing” not just a culturalism it is an aspect of the mind that is still elusive, but it can be summed up as a greater totality of the human psyche most of which we are unconscious of. When we project this totality onto an image we have the illusion of God. But this illusion can be retracted and we can meditate on the phenomenon of its function in the psyche itself.
Past meditations in this naturally fall into paradoxical experiences of consciousness which are often more easily expressed in metaphor, but then someone clings to a metaphor and the idolatrous anthropomorphic God or some other literalist concept then exists as an illusion yet again.
Raise children in the truth.
It's much better to teach children _HOW_ to seek and discover truth.
@@pcbacklash_3261 Discover truth.
@@JungleJargon I try, every day.
The truth of the Cabal🌎
@@LarsGsanger There’s only one truth. Everything else is a lie.
Dear Richard Dawkins: Thanks for questioning all this religious nonsense. It would be great if you could also do it (dubbed) in Spanish..some of us understand English, but most persons don't, and in LATAM the need for questioning is much, much greater than in the English speaking world. The reformation, the simplest form of questioning, has still not happened in LATAM
(From the news of the Royal Society ,19 July 2017):
"Richard Dawkins' 1976 book, The Selfish Gene, has topped a public poll of the most inspiring science books of all time, commissioned by the Royal Society to mark the 30th year of the prestigious Royal Society Science Book Prize. It is followed by Bill Bryson’s 2003 book A Short History of Nearly Everything in second place, and Charles Darwin’s 1859 classic On the Origin of Species in third place."
Bad.......no sense.....looks like to me
Dawkins is awesome.
Richard the greatest of all time
Is he?
What about Nikola Tesla?
The greatest hypocrite - he’s the delusional one 😂
You are so Hillarious! I am enjoying the episodes so much! Thank you. You should definitely have a conversation with Ricky Gervaise again. I laughed so much.
No hate like Christian Love…
Religion was founded when the first scoundrel met the first fool.
Voltaire.
I am not religious but I will offer that religion served a valuable purpose because it instilled peaceful virtue during a barbaric time. Religion demanded peace, cooperation and kindness to your fellow man in exchange for salvation. Jesse was a real human being, who spoke of peace and love and was crucified on a cross.
@@CJ-gv6bq Tell that to the victims of the crusades. The victims of the Spanish inquisition and anyone else that was tortured, murdered and/or suffered untold oppression in the name of religion.
@@gerrybailey447 That was a long time ago. We can apply the same critique to the Roman empire who enslaved and brutalized many countries of mixed races including Sicily. Sicilians were also brutalized and sold into slavery by Muslims. So you see we can apply the same logic throughout history as you tried to apply. My statement stands. The holy crusades were no doubt terrible as were the other historical instances I referenced.
@@gerrybailey447 science was founded when man thought he was God
@@CJ-gv6bq you got it in a nutshell
How dare he say Zeus and Thor are an illusion.
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@@LarsGsanger In heaven no unclean person is allowed in, you are unclean if you have sinned just once like lying, stealing, sexual immorality, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, evil thoughts etc Jesus (God manifest in the flesh) can put his sinless righteousness on you since He died on the cross, rose from the dead so REPENT AND BELIEVE IN HIM TODAY.
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 Yes?
@@LarsGsanger This is coming from a good place, my love for you are drops in the ocean compared to God’s love for you.
Jesus loves you and wants to save you from hell so love Him back.
@@thereisnonegoodbutgodjohn363 Hell is reduced to the world economic forum, how pathetic of Lucifer!
Dawkins has a very simplistic view of God and faith. Religion is an easy target, sure, but there's a distinction
Go on....
@@w8m4n don't hold your breath, mate!
You have a lot of explaining to do.
luckily, the g0d cannot be a target. For nobody KNOWS what the g0d even is.
believers are called believers for a very good reason. Nobody calls them knowers. Because religi0n is a scam.
Simplistic is believing in God. Richard's views are anything but simplistic. To begin, knowledge of science is needed to understand evolution and find an alternative explanation to God as the origin of different living beings. To believe in God you do not need knowledge of any kind.
RELIGION NEEDS PEOPLE, I DONT NEED RELIGION
There are two kinds of atheists: those only temporarily deceived, being too superficial regarding the Creator of this reality (as I used to be due to the atheistic education under the communist regime) and those who do not want God to exist, who deny everything that proves their errors, such as all my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations (found quite easily after sorting the comments, for example, my thread posted 5 days ago, which starts with: "In brief, the Creator of this world (God/Divinity) exists because...").
@@filmeseverin IM HAPPY TO BE IN GROUP 3 AND SEE IT AS WHAT IT IS A WAY TO CONTROL PEOPLE WITH FAIRY STORIES, AND TO MAKE MONEY FROM SIMPLE AS THAT
@@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of Those too deceived will not sort the comments to read *entirely and carefully* the messages that prove their errors, just to keep their deceiving. Only those who renounce intentionally to elementary logic cannot understand my simple, clear and undeniable demonstrations.
@@filmeseverin YES MOST JUST LIKE TO KEEP THEIR DELUSION GOING
@@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of Divinity has offered 100% freedom here intentionally so that anyone can choose freely to love goodness, wisdom, justice... perfection, which means to love God/Jesus, or not, to fight against perfection, against Divinity.
The unbelievers of the truth should ask themselves why they choose to fight against our perfect Heavenly Father, when they see the huge suffering caused by the fallen angels and by their tools, the evil=stupid humans, who have used (and are using) for evil intentionally the freedom offered by God.
The illusions of the hopelessly real people, of what is behind their blind spot, is created by doctrines of falsehood against falsehood, grown in centuries of fear of each other, has fueled every conflict for profit. Sheep; sad to say. Peace
I'm pretty sure I have absolutely no fucking idea what you just said.
But more than that, I am pretty sure you have absolutely no fucking idea what you just said.
Words is hard.
@@godless1014He said people refuse to see that religions are layers and layers of lies built up over centuries and are weaponized for war, power and profit.
Let me know if you need any more help understanding words. If it’s easier I could draw little pictures instead while you clap and make grunting noises.
But Jesus is the real God. He just showed up late.
Where would we be without this man?
Look, I love Richard Dawkins’ work, but perhaps we could accelerate the rate at which religious people doubt their obsolete beliefs if Richard left out all of his sarcastic comments. But yes, I understand the charisma through these sarcastic comments.
I see your point, but try to explain to people why pokemons aren't real for so many years and they still don't get it... imagine the frustration. I admire him for mocking them and the religion so little TBH :D
Big words for a insignificant clump of matter in this magnificent universe 🐺
"Big Words?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤭🤭🤭🤭
@@calonstanni GIVE ME SOMETHING and I will explain it HOW PATHETIC 🐺
@@AltafHussainn-v6j Get some professional help, STAT.
My man loves consciousness raising
Here we can add that... The Indian concept of spirituality goes hand in hand with profs theory about universe being so large and about the Multiverse...