Is Evolution Racist?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- Answers in Genesis, a fundamentalist Christian apologetics organisation chaired by Ken Ham, think that racial prejudice can be blamed on society's belief in evolution. Yeah, seriously. I happen to disagree.
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TL;DR: No.
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More like "TL;DW"
I love learning new things. I feel like I'm back in school...a 76 yo student and an 18 yo teacher...kind of flipped around...lol
Buzz never too late to learn :)
The youth are the ones teaching these days, aren't they?
Buzz lol
Esᴘɪᴏɴᴀɢᴇ Uɴɪᴛᴇᴅ it's well known that Darwin was racist, just like everyone else in Britain at that time. he was wrong about that. so what? you do know that the evolutionary theory we have today is much more complex than Darwin ever thought, right? Darwin was a great scientist and he had a revolutionary idea about the diversity of life, but he wasn't an unfallable prophet, he was just a person and he was wrong about some things. that doesn't make the theory of evolution racist.
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This is a classic example of religious people trying to turn the table by saying atheism is a religion. Look your bible is racist too! 😂
I fucking love your channel, every video you make makes me think and learn something new.
the fact that someone only a year older than me knows so much and thinks in such a bright way brings me hope to the future of humans.
Liya Nadan he's a year younger than me but seems smarter than me lol
Liya Nadan x
Liya Nadan I find him extremely insightful, and I've got over twenty years on him... ;)
Why can't they make this guy Prez.?????
El Kudos yeah, filthy with facts!!!!
To an American ear, it sounded like you were saying "asses in genesis" (which is actually a very accurate description of the website).
asses in genitals!
Sweet art. Reminds me of Jreg. Rights for the people comrade, sure I may be a variation of anarchist, but our goals are the same. Death to the borgouise
If you do read through Genesis, it’s quite true. The Old Testament is filled to the brim with arses.
Alex you can't just pick random parts of the bible that enforce your argument but discard the rest. You'd never see fundamental Christians doing that..
...oh wait.
Sir Shammy man am I glad you put that oh wait part. I was already putting together my million word rant
the rest are also full of shit
he can pick random parts of the bible he can just pick one verse even i mean.. and just for the fun of it they claim its god's shit , god's shit breaks down if a mortal humble pathetic man reads it funny ? why ? god cant make his shit more solid and resilient to trolling ?... some god that is xD
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie
@Dillon Sudduth stop acting like a child... Insulting people will get you nowhere... They didn't insult you they insult your ideology... They think it's stupid so prove them wrong or stop mumbling on the internet...
evolution has taught me to be humble, if anything. we aren't the center of the universe, nor the prime reason the earth is here, etc. when religious people say that god put earth here for US and all that bullshit, I just cry inside. :(
agreed! this life is the only one we know for sure we have. that's the only 'hope' I need!
But you can accept evolution and still be arrogant and human centric. Like me! I am apart of the only species that can truly appreciate the universe and understand it on a level no other primate would be able to comprehend! This is the power of the Human mind Mwahahaha! :)
haha. human's strength might be in the mind, but I don't think we are that far separate from the rest of life here. the million years or so of evolution that brought us here from what we might call our ancestors is just a blink of an eye in the overall scheme of things!
ericsbuds I know God made the universe just for us but made 99.9999999999% of it completely uninhabitable and deadly to us in seconds. sounds tailor made right
FUCK THIS LIFE
Funny. As if organized religion is not a powerhouse for prejudice. Good one Ken Ham.
Sorry I had to get it to 69
Okay i'Diot people put black people in cages along side animals in Germany due to Darwin's second publication so yes compare blonde and brown hair if you want or better still compare Jane Elliott blue eye brown eye documentary and learn how Darwin and his counterparts believed in superior race's. Boy you have alot to learn.
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Short answer: No. Long answer: Noooooooooooo
Tonni someone's been watching zero punctuations spore review
Evolution and racial inequality are both correct. They both have an infinite amount of evidence.
@@mikemanners118 Nope. Racial inequality has nothing to do with evolution. Both have a lot of evidence and are true, but one does not cause the other.
@@harshildeora1001 He never said that though did he
Evolution is a clear racist ideology used to discriminate against blacks and holding a white supremacist point of view that’s undeniable.
Saw the title and said to myself "this should be interesting"
great explanation alex
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@@yourmother3237 I'll come back in 2021 to say penis.
Zen Vanden I’ll be back to verify this statement.
@@zenvanden991 maybe next year?
@@yourmother3237 Yeah, what was the point lmao?
Blaming evolution for racism is kind of a strange charge. Science will record some finding and then it is up to the various cultures to apply those finding wisely. It seems to me that there was slavery and racism before the time of Darwin. As for the Bible talking about slavery, that's the least of its shortcomings.
I think the African slave trade began in the late 15th century. That beats Darwin by a couple of centuries. The thing I wonder is: by studying human evolution can we determine the origins of racism in the human psyche?
Isn't it just basic tribalism? What is familiar hasn't killed you yet, but a stranger might.
Heather Watson exactly. People certainly twisted Darwins ideas to justify preexisting racist ideas. But that's exactly what it was. A post hoc justification for preexisting beliefs. Society was no longer accepting "God said so" as justification, so they came up with other justifications for why it was ok to steal land and enslave people with different phenotypical presentations.
@@huckthatdish but didnt his book originally say the superority of the races
miss south no. One title made reference to “favored races” but that was in reference to race as in the human race, ie a synonym of species. vHe certainly said a lot of racist things in his journal The Voyage of the Beagle, but Darwin being racist like every other Englishman of the time doesn’t make the theory of natural selection racist. Humans are a single species. The theory of evolution by natural selection just explains how speciation occurs. It says nothing about the cultural/phenotypical groupings we call race.
Rip. Someone disliked.
Probably Ken Ham
Ken ham is the definition of made up shit and ignorance.
Somebody else disliked. Must be josh feurenstein.
And another person disliked. Must be that stupid kid from high school.
I'm sorry to tell you, but we lost another. Rip the two lost souls.
If you are a christian and you have read these verses and remained christian, you have no right to accuse atheists of being immoral.
Eya the 666th if you did read the whole book, you did knew that those laws has been revoked after on, and that those laws where for Jews descendants.
the fact that God spoke that bullshit is enough to leave god i dont care who or what or where were they revoked , you have some fucking moody ass god
He is athiest
@@novaveevalentine3565 Your language and attitude shows your heart is being darkened and your pride will not allow you see teuth. They are reputable people who Beleive in God and specifically his son christ Jesus. We understand the Revelation of God throughout the ages and time and we understand that humans have fallen from the beginning. We are not just copying and pasting like you do so you can just mock your creator.
@@toyosioyejobi309 let's see: uses overly poetic language to seem smart, check.
Dose not answer anything and just avoids the debate, check.
Is condescending towards the people he/she is supposed to debate to, check.
Asserts complete and utter unproven bullshit (a creator), check.
And tryes to defend his/her ego and pride by claiming that they "understand the word of god" instead of just admitting to being extremely gullible, check.
Good job my person, you are 100% Christian.
Can you do the 'something out of nothing' argument? I'd be interested to see how you can disprove it.
Mimi simple ask them where god came from if they reply god wasn't created then they have debunked themselves
reasonable athiest you have to remember they believe in magic, god doesn't have to come from anywhere.
and isnt "Something cant come from nothing " just our present understanding? it might be that it can
Remember, God is at least supposedly supernatural, meaning he can be eternal, unlike matter and energy, so that refutation doesn't work. the truth about that argument is that while it is very convincing, it isn't 100% sound. It's an argument from ignorance. I as a Theist who uses that argument use it as a method to show that believing in a first cause is far more logical than not, not that it means I am 100% correct.
The problem is the only ones who say something was created out of nothing are the creationists. Science doesn't say that at all.
What was the religion of the US people arguing in the 19th century that the abolishment of slavery would be a disaster because of black people's supposed inferiority? Christianity. What was the religion persecuting Jews throughout the middle ages (and well into the modern age, I might add)? Christianity. What was the religion of British imperialists seeing the people of India as underdeveloped and childlike rascals? Christianity. Need I go on?
Rubjerg Religion has been the main/major propagator of rasism throuout history.
Rubjerg religion as a whole would be more accurate than just putting it on Christianity
+Tina Springer True that. I just think that, like charity, criticism ought to begin at home :)
Actually, there're people who say that Buddhism is an exception and not very racist. I don't know much about Buddhism, so I don't know; but if it's true, it could be because Buddhism has a long tradition of seeing "gods" as symbolic representations of what we today would call "psychological forces".
Rubjerg your right, thou they sometimes pray to Buddha also buddhism is more a lifestyle than a religion.
Ken Ham is really getting desperate.
Zvonimir Tomac Only more proof that religion is on it's last leg.
Zvonimir Tomac Yes, it's quite clear and obvious now.
Shammo Hamid yeah soon people in the million will command him take his ark encounter to be down
As someone studying Biochemistry in the hopes of going into the medical field, the fact that even an eighth of the stuff on Answers in Genesis might be believed to be true, let alone by "PhD Scientists" kills my soul.
One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of these so-called creationist scientists don't end up publishing many papers and/or don't have much luck in the scientific community to begin with. I mean, I don't want to sound like a conspiracy nut, but I don't think it's a far stretch to say that a lot of these "scientists" are basically doing this as their career. There are also "scientists" who get degrees from religious universities and colleges for this purpose specifically. Not to mention a lot of times where they end up quoting scientists about stuff outside of their field of study to begin with, which is just absurd. lol
garciajay71 isn't it lucky that souls don't exist?
Wow, even the religious people are screaming racism, beautiful. Just... Just... beautiful *sighs*
It _does_ say something when even Ken ham's organization seems against the same thing I am and feels the need to promote the idea that all people are equal, even if they probably were just using the popularity of the related discussions as a launching point for blaming evolution.
ladyunicornejg yeah christians see everyone equal as long as you aren't gay or another religion, an atheist or a woman. Everyone else is equal though
Tina Springer yes, all Christians are equal with each other...except Catholics and JWs and Mormons, they aren't really Christian. And all but whatever brand one subscribes to is wrong. But it's all equal!
That's what happens when you aren't allowed to own that you, like everyone, judge people without being seen as some massive flaw and sin, I guess. It has to be excused away somehow.
Tina Springer, that ranks right up there with, "I don't care what religion you are as long as you're a Christian".
Tina Springer no only Israelites are equal ohh wait rich Israelites yeah the bible is confusing
Lol. The Old Testament literally sets out who God’s “chosen people” are, yet evolution is racist.
As an Australian, we denounce all ownership of Ken Ham, and sincerely hope he (and his warped reality), never again attempt to enter our country 🇦🇺
He's all yours American 👌🏻
I think we should put him on his Ark and see if it floats... ;-)
Leanne Davis agreed.
as a fellow aussie, i fully endorse your comment and maybe we can negotiate a deal where they keep him and we also throw in... i don't know, maybe hanson, bernardi , malcolm roberts, where to stop? onya
Fit Sensei I know how you feel, us kiwis have ray comfort and his bananas
Liam Burr-Knight lol, what am I putting up my arse?
Yesterday i had someone call me racist for explaining to them what a subspecies was when talking to them about dogs and wolves. They said if i thought dogs were a subspecies then i thought black people were a subspecies too. i was like WTF. Below is what they said. Keep in mind we were taking about dogs and wolves. Nothing to do with humans at all.
Wolves can't give birth to something that's not it's own kind. And your explanation was rather racist as well which isn't surprising considering most darwinists are huge racists to begin with.
So basically white people and black people are different subspecies, so I'm to assume that if white people evolved from black people in Africa, that means blacks are less evolved than whites.
Or, you can admit that whites and blacks aren't more or less "Evolved" and were always that way.
Rofl. Well that person doesn't understand it, because white peepz didn't evolve from black peepz. We both evolved from a common ancestor that happened to live in Africa.
spaveevo I just . . . Wow. I had a teacher who'd make arguments like that constantly and didn't seem to have any basic grasp of how evolution works. She always spent at least half of class preaching instead of teaching. I was still a Christian at the time, but she once had this bullshit argument for creationism something along the lines of "You are alive, therefore you have a soul, therefore God." So I asked her if that meant animals had souls, and then so everything would still fit her "theory" she came to the conclusion that they had "half-souls" which meant they could only go to heaven. She was . . . interesting.
Since it's a Christian school we're all supposed to pray before school and lunch. After I became an atheist I eventually stopped bothering to pretend to, and once she looked up at me and was so overwhelmingly enraged, it was kind of scary.
She's the kind of person who would fall for any ideology as long as she's the victim. She would accuse the owners of sexism because she got paid less than the male teachers (even though they had years of experience there and everyone knew she was a crappy teacher).
Unfortunately I'm stuck at this shitty school for another three and a half years. My parents own it, I have no choice. And it's HORRIBLE.
Salty Stay strong. I went through the same. I often read this website to cheer me up and cope with the bullshit. Google "Biblical Nonsense Jason Long". Hilarious read of how the writer deconstructs christianity, its most used arguments and its most famous stories with sneering sentence after another.
Saren Areth It's not like us black people stopped evolving after the common ancestors of all Eurasians left Africa, am I right? Too bad some people genuinely believe this. If we did, we would either all look like the San people or Pygmies. Look at the differences between archaic Homo sapiens (found in Morocco to be 310,000 years old and thanks to the DNA of a San child, up to 350,000 years old), Homo sapiens idaltu, and Homo sapiens sapiens, which is every human being alive today. There are differences, however slight, between Archaic Homo sapiens and modern Homo sapiens.
That biblical verse is espoused throughout the Civil War as to the south's justification of slavery! lol The Creationists want to ignore that fact that their book has that in it! Don't take me wrong I personally detest slavery and racism but their foundation, the Bible, does not truly condemn slavery and they know it! Ironically they pretend it doesn't! lol Hypocrite much??! :)
"We're so lucky that we live in a time when people like Ota Benga don't exist."
- Alex J. O'Connor, 2017
Let's hope no one takes that out of context...
Cosmic Skeptic, your work reminds me of the Golden Age of TH-cam Skepticism, 2006-2009. Absolutely fantastic and original, not to mention funny. You've got an illustrious career ahead of you and you're doing a great service for the next generation of TH-camrs and online skeptics.
funny how the Bible pushers blantonly disregards all the negative and hateful teachings from the Bible
Hit me with your best shot...
Werner Heisenberg They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)
If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the coming of darkness. (Proverbs 20:20 NAB)
Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death. (Exodus 21:15 NAB)
“If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives.” (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)
Corinthians 11:7 - 9*7 For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.34. Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
(Woman to be silent in church. A woman is not to speak in church)
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
(Wives must submit themselves to their husband, afterall he is the head of the wife)
18. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
(Wives submit to their husband -- the Lord expects it)
9. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
(Women not to wear braided hair, gold, pearls, or costly array.
Women must learn in silence. Women are not to teach and not have
authority over men. Women must be silent. Adam was created first,
then Eve. A woman was deceived, but Adam was not deceived)
2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.
(woman bound to her husband for life)
3 The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
(Women to obey their own husbands)
1. Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2 While they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with fear.
3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.16. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
(Women will be ruled by men)
Leviticus 12:2 *2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.Leviticus 12:55 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
(Woman unclean for 7 days if she gives birth to a man child.
She is unclean for 14 days to 66 days if she gives birth to woman child)
22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.4 How then can man be justified with God? or , how can he be clean [that is] born of a woman?
(Any man born of a woman is unclean)
the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God.
I really love how much your channel have grown in such a short time! I bet that before summer, you'll have past 100 000 subs!
This boy needs a Nobel Prize.
Eragon 14 We may be looking at a future Richard Dawkins here ✌😊
Ready to take his place as one of the four Horsemen of John :D
He's far from a Nobel Prize. He's just a well-worded young man taking his cues from Richard Dawkins.
Werner Heisenberg Fyi, were talking his future here (that from here looks very bright).
Guy The Incognito, Oh, Sorry. When the commentator said "This 'boy'" I thought implied our present time.
I love your videos. You're so good at explaining things clearly.
I also mayyyy have stolen loads of your arguments to use for myself.
If by "Is evolution racist?" You mean, "can evolution play out in a way that one species can have variable races?" The answer is yes; for example, we call most animal's races "breeds." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Can I just point out that as secularism has grown in popularity, racism has drastically fallen. Many of the worst racists throughout history were not evolutionists but people with tribal religious beliefs.
Secularism is just another dogmatism aka religion. Evolution didnt start at the neck down..
yes because racism totally didn’t exist before evolution was discovered
Dear Alex. I think it's about time you start writing your own book. Your mind is a necessary thing to share beyond your social networks. Lots of love for you.
When you say it,is sounds like"Asses in genesis"
Bond Chemical Bond sounds accurate
ladyunicornejg It very much is
your a ridiculously smart individual. there aren't a lot of people who have this level of awareness and intelligence so opening our eyes and effectively teaching us about these things is highly beneficial. thank you.
CosmicSkeptic, 2017: “we’re so lucky we live in a time... when people aren’t put in cages in America because of their race”
America, 2019: 😬
@Hunter Marsh I mean, first of all, regardless of whether or not America is a racist country, people were (and still are) being put in cages because of their race.
Second of all, my dude, America is definitely racist. That doesn’t mean every single American is racist or even a majority, just that the systems in society (ex. The Judicial System) are fundamentally biased against minorities by design
You are a bit younger than me, but I am most certainly fascinated by your arguments, that is, the way you carefuly embellish the discussion in all of your videos. Thumbs up!
No dislikes and 60 likes? Never seen a video that didn't get dislikes instantly before people even watch it.
0:45 PERFECT! Long-time listener, first time caller. The highest praise I can give a statement (almost always read) is "Man, I wish I had written that!" so "Man, I wish I would have said that!" and anytime I use it in the future, you will get full accreditation. I have a unique enough wit that someone close would know I picked it up, anyhow. Rock on! If you evert find yourself in good ol' Pittsburgh PA 1st couple coffees are on me.
Hey, CosmicSkeptic, I really like your videos and I call myself agnostic atheist after having been a conservative Christian for many years. I'm not that content with your video today - and that's not because of the topic - but I have known you to be very fair, neutral and open-minded about the most stupid arguments from religious people. In this video, you have - at least that's my impression - not stuck to these premises and I missed that.
Yes, there are verses about slavery in the bible, but Christians can always argue, that those rules made the then-current circumstances better than they were before. The "eye for an eye" rule was better than war between tribes and the slave-rules might have been better than whatever was around at that time. By pointing a finger to the existence of slavery-related texts in the bible without putting them into context or adressing those counter-arguments, it felt a bit more biased than usual - which is fine by me, but it will rather put believers into a defensive position instead of making them think about the excellent points you have.
Again, I love your videos, I love your channel and the text you chose is great for this time! If you could go back to being a bit more neutral though, I think it would be even more perfect. Keep up the good work!
Der Chris Althou i agree with you, i don't think those lines he used had anymore context than what was given.
Der Chris the slavery rule might have been better than what was around before? What like doing your own work and people living free?
Tina Springer well it was not picnic before slavery. Most slaves were captured by fellow blacks. They didn't live in industrialized free for all democracy. It was tribal warfare non stop.
I love how respectful and intelligent you are, if you have no proofs to support your idea you just eradicate people with your kindness, I love your work and keep it up.
Another great video, well done Alex!
As a former fundamentalist Christian and apologist I absolutely love your site and love this video. Ken Ham is a disgrace as are inerrantists and fundamentalists. That people will worship a book - one that should go against their common sense on most occasions- in this day and age is extremely sad. Thanks again for your page! There is hope for the future with well informed youth like yourself speaking out!!!
I lost it at 6:00 😂
finally a comments section where people talk about the differences between human races without being racist
great video m8 keep it up
PS: happy fappentines day! you all
I'm agnostic and also work in the scientific field and the fact you use the phrase "scientific fact" discounts everything you say. The fundamental ideal behind what science is is that there is no such thing as facts. Especially saying you're a skeptic, skeptics don't use absolutes. Learn to be a skeptic properly. Is evolution a fact, pretty much yes, is it a scientific fact, no.
Is evolution racist?:
Answer: No, it's an objective fact of life lacking any kind of preference or intent. Next question.
Thank you for continuing to release such great content. I always look forward to see your videos.
Your video's title is "Is evolution racist". Instead of talking about and explaining why evolution is not racist, (which is what I was excited to watch), you rambled on about how bad Ken Ham and the bible are. I am not impressed.
WAKEISLAND99 He explained that evolution is not a ladder; it's just a tree with different branches. I would have said it's just a bunch of lateral movements. Evolution is the description of how life diversified on Earth with no other implications. Saying that a race is inferior to some other race or that a species is inferior to some other species is a product of the human mind. Those distinctions don't exist in nature.
@@exiledfrommyself Some random mutations or genetic combinations create variations in a species that make a life form less equipped to thrive and reproduce in its environment. Those genetic branches could be considered inferior, in the context of survival of the fittest.
If a person thinks that evolutionary theory supports racism, that person just revealed that *they* have a racist bias.
CosmicSkeptic, hopefully your parents are very proud of you. keep up the good work and I'll keep recommending people to your channel . Always looking forward to your next post
Evolution is incredibly racially sensitive in that it does not care about such frivolous man made issues like race.
I think people are confusing evolution with Darwin. : )
Alex, I have scars older than you and every time I watch one of your videos by the end of it I feel like i have half a brain youre so articulate. hopefully your an average example of the next generation coming up because if thats the case, we're in good shape. well done. as always!
How amazing is TH-cam’s algorithm to suggest me to watch this 3-year-old video. Can’t get more spot-on than that.
Re: "Superior"
This actually _can't_ be true because "superior" in this context is an entirely subjective term that depends on specific functionality. Our mouths may be superior to alligators' for the purpose of making multiple sounds, but we are inferior if you want to bite an animal in half.
What you could say is that one form appeared earlier on the chain and that the latter form is colloquially "more evolved", but that doesn't lead to superiority either.... unless you mean that it is "superior" to still be alive, but by that standard only tells us that all extant species are equally better than extinct ones. Great, glad we got that settled.
Once again, you are being far too generous with your concessions. :)
Fantastic video once again. I can't believe I've never seen another video about this topic given that I was taught this as a kid. Great idea and great work.
I honestly love your videos! I'm always super excited to watch a new video from you.
To blame evolution for racism is like blaming nuclear chemistry for the destruction caused by the atom bomb
Whenever I do anything tedious, I just listen to you debunk this stuff
Hello Daniel here big fan and follower of your page. For me you're not wrong and you're absolutely right but there's one problem we atheist sometimes try to hard to make sense out of the Bible in order to discuss it with people that accuse to have faith. We put ourselves in this circular argument. I Think is more productive to discuss religion and society, religion and men then discuss the books of religion like the Bible, The Koran for the Torah
As a christian, I'm glad I watched this video. It's made me want to go out and try and find if there are any arguments as to why this was considered acceptable in the Bible both new and old testaments. I have to admit one of my biggest questions that I have yet to be answered is as to why if the Bible claims God made us all in his image, why he had a chosen people who were deemed more important.
Out of interest, I am curious about one element of this topic actually. Do you think evolution had any part in white supremacy; or do you think it was just one of the ways society could just turn out through social interaction? I am currently living in Vietnam, and it is curious how so many Viets are trying their best to become as white as possible. Just curious as to whether you think this is a social pressure or it is evolution steering people this way. Sorry if this is dumb question.
Various groups have held a dominant position throughout history. Empires rise and fall. SOME "white people" were just the last in a long list and advances in technology allowed for a greater reach and made domination easier.
Farm tools for example can quite easily be turned into effective melee weapons. Making improvised guns is not as easy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_scythe
Ive been wondering how difficulty of life has affected innovation. Especially in the context of early civilizations. On one hand hard conditions might force people to seek new solutions to their problems. On the other hand without a sufficient surplus of resources its difficult to have the means, time or educated people to innovate. So my guess is that some balance of the two provided the greatest results.
This content is why I subbed. Keep up the good work.
I hope your next video is about the 'Something from Nothing' argument. I really wanna see your point of view, which always interests me :)
This whole argument also has to take into account that evolution is not something good or bad. it is not necessarily a fault to be less evolved (or should it not just be differently evolved?), because it is much less about intellectual capabilities than it is about physical features. We have hardly evolved at all! Societal, ethical or even technological progression and ARE NOT equal to evolution in the Darwinist sense of the word; although we have learnt to look down and capture/use creatures 'less evolved' than us so i can see why these people would put forward that argument as its implication
(although completely flawed, i really like how you argued this and so many other causes you are very smart and well spoken)
I see Quantum there on the desk - that's my current read; I'm about halfway through and really enjoying it. It's a pretty fascinating look not just into quantum physics, but also the people who made the discoveries. :)
You're dramatic reading voice is priceless man.
I love hearing scientific racism in the 21st century..... sad.
Thanks for bringing this to attention. Most skeptics (included the ones I usually liked) today seems only to care about the "hot topics".
Yes Alex, you are especially talented when it comes to clarity. Great respect for your work, it is evident that people like Ken and banana man do pay attention to youtube posts such as yours, even being prompted by their own flock. Heartening indeed. Ken would do well to watch this one. All the best from down under mate, keep it up, we're listening.
With this title, there should be a longer explanation why evolution is not racist. Maybe with a short mention that Darwin was against slavery and argued against it through his theory of the evolution of humans and how evolution was abused in history.
So in short, these people are looking at Eugenics and calling it contemporary science... got it!
I was wondering if you could do a video on the history of the mythology in the bible? Like how all the myths are borrowed from other cultures, cause I think it would be really cool and interesting to do!
Looked at a 'suggested video' which happened to be first in the list called 'destroying evolution theory' by 'The Real Merkabah' (typing this on phone so may have misspelled).
I think this is worth a watch as it actually seems like this dude has done his homework... until you realise he has done half of it and come to a conclusion nonetheless.
Sure you have no lack of material but if you fancy a weird angle on 'evolution debunking' (which it doesn't do... more about trying to attack white supremacists) then take a look.
Firstly it wasn't a ban on Muslims. Secondly Islam isn't a race.
What a video to post on valentine's day... either way, loved it!
I really like the way you think. Your channel is great
Great video!!! Keep up the good work☺
I just happened to stumble across this video, and it seems that I also stumbled across a brilliant channel as well. Subscribed
You raise a Ken Ham. I will deal you a James Dewey Watson. Folks from different parts of a spectrum can say and do things that offend. This is not a science or religious issue. It is a human issue. Humans will always find a reason to be awful to each other, whether they be religious or atheist.
dam you are a great speaker... when is your book coming out??
When I first heard their argument (and I use that term loosely) I thought your video would be based on how racism was widely practised long before anyone thought of evolution, showing that, at the very least, racism can spread without any help from Darwin. I love how you demolished them without even having to mention that.
This is like asking if falling or spinning in a circle is racist. Is counting racist because there was a first people to discover how to do it? Evolution is an emergent property of the universe like entropy. Evolution is the stepwise change from generation to generation of a thing. It is not a property distinct to life.
I used to have one of those mini Marshall half stacks. It had an adorable belt clip in the back and it was awesome.
I kept hearing you saying "Arses in Genesis" rather than "Answers in Genesis". Not that you have any problems speaking understandably; just my unconscious mind giving me things to chuckle at.
ken ham: living, breathing "missing link"
this came out just in time for my English paper. thanks for the extra source
I do love your descriptions.
"can't discredit a fact just because you don't like it"
That made me wonder. What's your stance on women? Is there a meaningful physical difference between the sexes that warrants differential treatment?
(Disclaimer: I'm a female and got denied a combat role based on that fact in the 2000s. I always wondered whether that was justified or bogus. Does femaleness alone make a person worthless, or was that decision purely based on prejudice?)
there are quite a bit physiological and physical differences between men and women to justify different treatment, but any legal differences in treatment isn't justified
The question is meaningless. A force of nature cannot be racist. Is Bownian motion racist? Is the photoelectrix effect racist? Is cancer racist? Is genereal relativity racist? Is quantum mechanics racist? Is mitosis racist?
I am a black American male and am Pagan and study evolution, Blessed Be.
A big misunderstanding is the use of terms like superior or inferior. There may be a serious scientific discussion over differences across human groups, but whether or not that means being inferior is a value judgement. WE know that there are no fundamental differences between humans but that does not preclude the possibility of differences in averages in IQ, athletic ability, resistance to disease, etc, but in all cases there is more within than between variation across groups and has no direct implications on political rights. Most racists today have become sophisticated enough not to talk about suprior or inferior races, rather they present simplistic and negative stereotypes about the people they pretend to marginalize..
Wait, Catch-22 is on the bookshelf...
That's actually really unintentionally clever, Skeptic.
It is not just you Alex. You are not alone...
Before they used evolution to justify racism, there was the Hamitic Hypothesis-the idea that all civilization in Africa came from descendants of Ham, the cursed son of Noah, and not from African populations. (They got really confused at some point, and somehow being cursed wasn't bad anymore-it was being black that was bad)
Its funny how Creationists think Atheists have some conspiracy against them, yet they're the only ones attacking atheism and evolution.
How the sweet hell have some people voted this video down? What are they not understanding?
When Alex gets testy, you know you fucked up.
Oh, my holiest holy, those guys are getting more and more desperate, are they not. There's really no end to the absurdity of their attempts to defend their crumbling worldview.
I once met a creatard who tried to say evolution is racist while at the same time defended slavery in the bible. No joke.