Yes, you are confused. Atheism is also not a philosophy. The only thing that it "opposes" is the irrational acceptance of claims in the absence of evidence. The objective that is accomplished is guarding against such claims being used as a basis for controlling the behavior of others through law, policy or practice. You see atheists "opposing" evangelical Christianity but not Buddhism for that reason. Although atheism is not a philosophy or value system, there are value systems like humanism that many atheists adhere to that provide a strong ethical basis for actions without subjective promotion of scripture nor reliance on unsupported claims about the supernatural. Frankly, I feel like I am explaining these things to a child who doesn't have the capacity to figure them out on his own.
Common ancestor in the biological sense. Maybe god created all things, but he did it using evolution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor Yes it is certainly possible and it's what happened, here is the wikipedia page for speciation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation Here's the wikipedia page for human evolution, which will give a detailed account. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution If you really want to understand, read these and think about it. If you are being insincere, don't expect another reply
Lmao you didn't read anything I linked and are clearly not prepared (or perhaps unable) to engage with the factual evidence. I note that you have never responded to any of my questions relating to evolutionary evidence, other than with your original, rather obvious, observation that a monkey cannot give birth to a human. Atheism isn't of moral benefit to humanity per se, but believing in evolution and religion aren't antithetical. You could believe in the moral teachings of Christ and that God created the universe and evolution, as every Christian with an IQ above 75 does. I'm not trying to convince you to follow atheism, I'm happy to respect your religious beliefs and would ask the same of others, I'm trying to help you see that evolution is one of the strongest pieces of science every to have been conceived on "God's green earth" and to deny it is to literally deny all science. Bear in mind that medicine is hospitals is derived from biology, and can only really be understood in an evolutionary context.
Don't stop studying the morally perfect life of Jesus (as you clearly don't want to), but please accept evolution. Why don't you think you can believe in evolution and God? I've answered your question, now answer mine please
Yes, thank you, Richard Dawkins, for speaking up in a crowd and saying what's right against religious bigotry. One reason I love you. .You are wonderful. Keep going for us. You are not arrogant. The arrogance belongs on the religious side and we KNOW it. The religious lady's views are not valid when she is being arrogantly bigoted against homosexuals. GO RICHARD!!
Of course they were deluded. Obviously. This is not rocket science - there's no more reason believing in the devil than there is for any other made up supernatural being.
devil can't exist if god exist. Why would god allows something like devil comes to exist and out of his control and ruining earth and humans. If god is the cosmic super power for everything to exist, why would he leaves a negative thing like devil to exist. Either god alone or not both of them at the same time.
_"A personal opinion which is not informed by evidence is not of interest."_ I love how well-composed Dawkins' statements are. If everyone lived by that statement, we'd be living in a utopia.
@@late8641 The bigotry of that African Pastor-ress; thinking that her religion gives her the authority to tell gay people that they are immoral and wrong for being gay and then suggesting that gay people choose to be gay!
y2dvd religion is the word of darwin and it evolved from the will of christ to read a book that told him mohammed said if we dont face our issues we are going to face them anyways...Audiance : clap clap clap..
Tyrannosaur Rex you can see he understands it but he never explains it to the people he talks to so that they understand. He just needs to say claims to knowledge regarding the existence of god cannot be falsified and therefore has no place in scientific study. Discussion of gods is a discussion of philosophy, this cannot result in reliable claims to knowledge
Robert okello but god is evil? Why worship a god that wants to be feared? Why thanks god for the food you have? Havent you made it you self? Universe came from something we has to figure out,, just to believe that god has made the universe things on earth etc. Is a childs mind. A fairy tale. Too simple. God do not exist get over. And tell your kids that you go to hell and will burn forever just to scare them, circumsizing, born in sin .. no. Religion is an old pathetic way for corruption anf money. And why do allways abrahams religions laugh when i mention that odin and thor and zevs have bin gods. You are uneducated, want power, want thing to be so easy that you think god is the reason for everything. And you are allowed to go freely around. And 40 % of the american ppl thinks that the wordl is 6000 years old. Terrifying.
How is atheism a dead end? Religion and believe in god is a dead end. You guys knows everything and christianity or whatever is perfect. THAT is the end. We atheist, we are evovling our mind, not go after a book that is 2000 year old from the desert. sentenced to death? Im against death sentence wtf. If you hate the guy who killed someone ,how can you justifie that by killing him? You guys are the most hypocrite ppl ever. Jesus was corrupt, and knew how to earn money, not just as carpenter. Bible is hand/man made, virgin maria have bin penetrated if she got a son, i say again Born in sin! A little child. You guys are disgusting. Wake up, or maybe Odin wil take your bloody, brutilizing cross from your neck and burn it.
Avenged Nightmare it would need an army of your kind to make a strand of Hitchens hair. That man made this world a better, much better place. I would without any doubt donate him my kidney if I could be of any help. And I mean it.
Robert okello oh please you religious people are the cheapest of our kind, using people's sickness to push an agenda...thanks for helping me make my mind more about religion
Well how do you know he didn’t exist. I mean 99.99999999% of all living things are now extinct. And how would you be able to know for 100% certainty that a single individual did or didn’t exist. I mean 2000 years from now will there be any proof that you me or Dawkins existed ? Any physical evidence? Will we show up in an archeological dig ? Not likely. And just because somebody is a scientist doesn’t mean they have the answers for every single thing in the world. “I’m sorry , look I’m a scientist “ is nothing more than trash talk it doesn’t prove anything. Dawkins is an emotional crybaby. He got so worked up once in a debate with a Muslim that he had a stroke. Not a very stable individual.
@@gregsmith5134 Have you heard of evolution, mate? He says Adam (that being a first human coming out of nowhere) didn't exist, because such concept is nonsense. Nothing as "the first of a species" exists, evolution doesn't work that way. It's not about the individual or his story or anything, the concept of a being existing like that goes against all the evidence we have about life and species.
@@gregsmith5134 so adam and eve were the first humans then? As the bible stated. Then how do you explain the fossils of our distinct cousins? Does satan made them to fool you guys ?😂 .. And if adam and eve were the first human, you must first explain how did their offspring reproduce normal people and not retarded one.
Yes, but I think it speaks volumes to our current world; religious and superstitious people, unfortunately, are the majority in the world. It’s a mad world. Keep promoting values of science, evidence, and logic.
@@Mr_Uni I'm so happy that I live in Denmark here like 80+ % are atheists. I have such a hard time understanding people who keep believing in fiction/fairytales.
Very true. Why does the BBC rent out the lunatic asylum and throw in a few intelligent people and hope to get sensible discussion. One flew over the cuckoos nest springs to mind. The mental defective in formation!
ekim I feel deeply uncomfortable about Westerners converting to Islam. Quite how a Western education allows you to then take onboard the bonkers beliefs of the Abrahamic religions is beyond me.
@@jckensway2956 some people are just thick as pig shit and no amount of information or education will change it. they're about as useful as 12 bottles of fermented dog piss
Richard Dawkins at the beginning is like "What the fuck are you even talking about let me nap a little and wake me up in 20 minutes" lol. Thank fuck this man exists.
Dawkins "i didn't say that she shouldn't speak and i didn't call her stupid. i said her personal opinion is of no interest on a factual statement" Bitch: RICHARD, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS? me: i think it means that her personal opinion is of no interest on a factual statement...
"The devil the only satisfactory answer for the Holocaust." Eerily, this was the same type of reasoning used by the Puritans during the Salem Witch Trials. How else can a family of good Christians suddenly get sick and die, if not for witches performing curses in our town? Witches was the most satisfactory answer, because it was the EASIEST answer. Nothing about reality, the universe or human experiences is 'easy', so if you have an easy answer, you're answer is almost certainly WRONG. I hope that man was not elected as the Major of London or whatever position he was seeking. He's medieval in mindset, and London won't progress towards any betterment with him holding office. Why do people believe the Devil was responsible for the Holocaust? Because the real reasons are too complex and require too much study for the average idiot to understand. Simple answer for a simple mind... Devil did it. Explain how the universe began. Simple answer for a simple mind... God spoke it into existence. Explain how life started and diversified on Earth. Simple answer for a simple mind... God created it. You literally don't need any education at all in order to feel like you have answers for everything about the universe, when you're religious... and that's why the majority of stupid people love religion. They love thinking they have answers when in fact that know absolutely NOTHING about anything. It's blissful ignorance, which is sometimes very dangerous and harmful to others. Especially children.
It's also the same reasoning behind saying the wind blows because God is breathing, or it rains because he's crying, it thunders because he' angry. Anti-scientific, ignorant and infantile thinking to the extreme. The fact that that vicar probably has a community that listens to his advice is disturbing.
"The devil....etc." You know you might be right. The devil, aka satan, also called Lucifer, the light-bearer, Babylonian god, is the head of the synagogue now. Research. Since the time of Moses....
I disagree. It's because he would have to admit that even normal people like himself are capable of the most evil acts imaginable. And he simply cannot admit that to himself.
I find it weird how often these questions come up, especially from younger people, regarding things like 'Where does hope come from without God?' and 'Where does morality come from without God?' and I have to wonder: just what in the hell are the parents, not to mention the schools, teaching these children? The Universe is massive beyond the scope of our entire species' comprehension, we have a massive history for which much information exists, we live in the modern age, we're the product of biological and social evolution that's shown selection for empathetic qualities, and these bloody kids turn to the concept of a deity to explain hope and morality? Wtf...
nilesrock024 It don't think we should blame the school ( Ok , you got me ...with the exception of some school ) for these people believe ... Parents and emotional instability is more up there on the list .
Reina Sanchez I honestly don't think so. It's like this weird, selective filter that blocks otherwise rational people from thinking properly. You can see it when speaking to them about religion - their eyes kind of cloud over as the filter kicks in and reason exists out the back door.
Iain Rae next weeks question! Does freedom of expression, the right to chose etc allow humans to marry dogs, cats, ducks, pigs, cows etc ? #Freedom of choice
I find this very disrespectful to Richard Dawkins, where they invited him, as a special guest, and gave him almost no time to voice his idea, which based on evidence.
As an daughter of African immigrants and an Atheist that woman in the video basically describes a decent chunk of what I had to deal with. It is also the reason why I am glad I live in America and I have had this chance at viewing all sides, getting an education because freedom + education really is the end of nonsense.
My respect to Dawkins for enduring through all the nonsense on that seat. I don't think I would have the patience but simply call them what they are (idiots) and leave. And that African lady who "helps possessed by the devil" is simply a broken record of utter rubish.
How Dawkins doesn't just walk out when grown adults talk about belief in the devil is beyond me. The lady at the end summed it up perfectly. We have to take responsibility for our own actions.
To the second discussion... One thing I have learned over my years of social activism and being someone who promotes science and reason.. people do not give a shit unless they are directly affected by something or they are pissed off or insulted... if they are neither of these the chance of them even listening in the first place is slim.
Color exists in my world I just don't need to use a constructed concept like race to refer to someone's physical appearance. Btw what the hell is colored? did you come out of South African apartheid society or what? I bet you wouldn't refer to a white person as "that white man/woman". That's the vibe I'm getting from your comment.
"Do we have the right to offend?" That's a seriously malformed and senseless question. The question should be "Do we have a right to be offended?" The answer of course is YES. You have the right to be offended by anything I say... but what does it fucking matter? All it means is that you chose to take offense, which shouldn't have any effect on me whatsoever. Being offended was your choice. So, you DO have a right to be offended, but you do not have a right to affect me with your choice to be offended. Being offended is entirely on you, and if you have a problem with it, crack a beer, listen to some music and take a fucking nap. I honestly don't care what you do, as long as it doesn't physically affect me or my own rights.
The Devil ........................ omg, people are pathetic, just pass on the blame for everything bad onto something called the Devil, people do bad things accept your responsibility.
Empathy is the basis of morality. I can't imagine anyone would want to be discriminated against themselves or be seen as inferior for something that they could not control so you shouldn't do it to someone else and make someone else feel that way.
If religion is removed from the human population, then we are all on an equal plane, and just people who can get along without divisions that religion brings.
1:58 Immigrants running away from RELIGIOUS persecution , bring their RELIGION that can give solution to social problem . This is a contradictory statement.
I loved how his question "Does the Devil really exist?" was followed by a cheerful breakfast TV jingle. It was something like out of a Chris Morris sketch. :)
No, I don’t have to accept that I have to tolerate people that don’t tolerate me. I have the obligation to make sure they aren’t accepted in society. I don’t mean people who just disagree with me, I mean people who fight against my rights.
People are offended by different things. I am offended by what the majority of mainstream religions preach, and just as they have the right to believe what they do I have the right to disagree. Therefore this should apply in reverse. Also, it is clear that many religious people go looking to be offended. If they are offended by a certain film, cartoon, book or speech, then they always have the power to ignore it.
If the african lady represents the values of immigrants then maybe we shouldnt have those immigrants. And im a black American. That woman was beyond stupid. Everything that came out of her mouth had me in tears with laughter.
"there are some British people that are as intolerant as me, therefore you should start to listen to me, irrespective of how stupid my ideas are and how small the minority that agrees.".
"Homosexuality is wrong because you would not be here today if your parents were homosexuals." And he would not be here today if his parents never had sex. So I guess abstinence is evil too?
When you have to alter your speech so you don't offend a single person, you no longer have freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is freedom to offend and be offended. Just because someone has freedom of speech, doesn't mean they will be listened to or not ridiculed.
One's freedom to swing their fists ends at another person's nose. You are free to say whatever you want. But you are not immune to the consequences. If you want to act like a dick, you'll be treated like one. And it is your freedom to avoid those negative consequences by adjusting your speech.
That mayoral candidate had the nerve to defend making homosexuality illegal as a valid viewpoint on the basis that it is "arrogant" to say those people, who hold such views, don't get to participate... I really wish Dawkins would have simply turned to him and called out the blatant hypocrisy.
The Devil, when science dies. The “great ju ju up the mountain” is one of my favourite RD’s phrases. Miriam totally avoided the question about Islam’s attitude towards about homosexuality. Of course some non Muslims are homophobic, but Islam is yet to mature, which, to a great extent, the other main religions have. Still a long way to go of course.
Jordan Peterson is absolutely right when he asks who gets to decide who decides what is hate speech. Are we to be denied the right to speak the truth for fear of offending liars?
"The universe does not owe you a sense of hope." Professor Dawkins, I applaud you Sir.
Thats really depressing
Loved that statement
@@randomhuman2595life isn’t sunshine and rainbows 😂
I just farted
@@Binda-ju8jlI bet my farts smell like your breath 😊
'All our views are valid aren't they?'
Dawkins: 'No not necessarily depends on the evidence' THANK YOU
Danilo Pochini 7
Yeah .
Robert okello A measure of the value of a set of ideas is not the BS it can provide in response to currently unanswerable questions.
You sound confused--atheism doesn't have a set of ideals.
Yes, you are confused. Atheism is also not a philosophy. The only thing that it "opposes" is the irrational acceptance of claims in the absence of evidence. The objective that is accomplished is guarding against such claims being used as a basis for controlling the behavior of others through law, policy or practice. You see atheists "opposing" evangelical Christianity but not Buddhism for that reason. Although atheism is not a philosophy or value system, there are value systems like humanism that many atheists adhere to that provide a strong ethical basis for actions without subjective promotion of scripture nor reliance on unsupported claims about the supernatural. Frankly, I feel like I am explaining these things to a child who doesn't have the capacity to figure them out on his own.
Dawkins is right. Some values are NOT valid. Mistreating other people based on own religious views are wrong. Period!
lmao soooo your god was the original and all the others are copies, but Christianity is a very recent religion.
How does that work Mr Simple Concepts?
Common ancestor in the biological sense. Maybe god created all things, but he did it using evolution. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_recent_common_ancestor
Yes it is certainly possible and it's what happened, here is the wikipedia page for speciation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation
Here's the wikipedia page for human evolution, which will give a detailed account. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution
If you really want to understand, read these and think about it.
If you are being insincere, don't expect another reply
To understand the world.
You're deluding yourself with your sky man. Jesus died and I'm glad come get me Satan
Lmao you didn't read anything I linked and are clearly not prepared (or perhaps unable) to engage with the factual evidence. I note that you have never responded to any of my questions relating to evolutionary evidence, other than with your original, rather obvious, observation that a monkey cannot give birth to a human.
Atheism isn't of moral benefit to humanity per se, but believing in evolution and religion aren't antithetical. You could believe in the moral teachings of Christ and that God created the universe and evolution, as every Christian with an IQ above 75 does.
I'm not trying to convince you to follow atheism, I'm happy to respect your religious beliefs and would ask the same of others, I'm trying to help you see that evolution is one of the strongest pieces of science every to have been conceived on "God's green earth" and to deny it is to literally deny all science. Bear in mind that medicine is hospitals is derived from biology, and can only really be understood in an evolutionary context.
Don't stop studying the morally perfect life of Jesus (as you clearly don't want to), but please accept evolution.
Why don't you think you can believe in evolution and God?
I've answered your question, now answer mine please
Yes, thank you, Richard Dawkins, for speaking up in a crowd and saying what's right against religious bigotry. One reason I love you. .You are wonderful. Keep going for us. You are not arrogant. The arrogance belongs on the religious side and we KNOW it. The religious lady's views are not valid when she is being arrogantly bigoted against homosexuals. GO RICHARD!!
Peace be upon him
Does the devil exist? A real question in the 21st century!?! The stupid hurts my brain!
leeturnbull82 Anyone who thinks the devil exist is delusional more crazier then alien abductees.
Of course they were deluded. Obviously. This is not rocket science - there's no more reason believing in the devil than there is for any other made up supernatural being.
Tell that to Tom Ellis
devil can't exist if god exist.
Why would god allows something like devil comes to exist and out of his control and ruining earth and humans. If god is the cosmic super power for everything to exist, why would he leaves a negative thing like devil to exist.
Either god alone or not both of them at the same time.
I was about to say the exact same thing...
Richard Dawkins is one of the most reasonable person in the room. HE IS A SAINT!
Do u worship your saints?
He is like the only reasonable one there.
Maybe the gay guy too
The rest…
Douglas Murray, Peter Thatchel !Hello!
_"A personal opinion which is not informed by evidence is not of interest."_
I love how well-composed Dawkins' statements are. If everyone lived by that statement, we'd be living in a utopia.
I know he's very inspiring. A great logical rational thinker.
This crowd isn't challenging the bigotry!
@@Xxx-y9d What bigotry are you referring to?
@@late8641 The bigotry of that African Pastor-ress; thinking that her religion gives her the authority to tell gay people that they are immoral and wrong for being gay and then suggesting that gay people choose to be gay!
Why are crowds at these shows always so quick to clap at anything? You can say whatever and they will clap lol.
y2dvd exactly what i was thinking.
y2dvd religion is the word of darwin and it evolved from the will of christ to read a book that told him mohammed said if we dont face our issues we are going to face them anyways...Audiance : clap clap clap..
No, people clap because they agree with the points. There is nothing wrong with clapping if you agree with a point.
That's freedom of their claps lol 😂
Religious folks are often not the brightest .
Professor Dawkins is truly a man among ants. These people don't understand the difference between opinions and evidence.
***** You mean among amoebas?
Tyrannosaur Rex you can see he understands it but he never explains it to the people he talks to so that they understand. He just needs to say claims to knowledge regarding the existence of god cannot be falsified and therefore has no place in scientific study. Discussion of gods is a discussion of philosophy, this cannot result in reliable claims to knowledge
God do not exist! Its all your own actions. not god.....
Robert okello but god is evil? Why worship a god that wants to be feared? Why thanks god for the food you have? Havent you made it you self? Universe came from something we has to figure out,, just to believe that god has made the universe things on earth etc. Is a childs mind. A fairy tale. Too simple. God do not exist get over. And tell your kids that you go to hell and will burn forever just to scare them, circumsizing, born in sin .. no. Religion is an old pathetic way for corruption anf money. And why do allways abrahams religions laugh when i mention that odin and thor and zevs have bin gods. You are uneducated, want power, want thing to be so easy that you think god is the reason for everything. And you are allowed to go freely around. And 40 % of the american ppl thinks that the wordl is 6000 years old. Terrifying.
How is atheism a dead end? Religion and believe in god is a dead end. You guys knows everything and christianity or whatever is perfect. THAT is the end. We atheist, we are evovling our mind, not go after a book that is 2000 year old from the desert. sentenced to death? Im against death sentence wtf. If you hate the guy who killed someone ,how can you justifie that by killing him? You guys are the most hypocrite ppl ever. Jesus was corrupt, and knew how to earn money, not just as carpenter. Bible is hand/man made, virgin maria have bin penetrated if she got a son, i say again
Born in sin! A little child. You guys are disgusting.
Wake up, or maybe Odin wil take your bloody, brutilizing cross from your neck and burn it.
Christopher Hitchens would destroy everyone in that room on all 3 of those questions...
alicantino11 HITCHSLAP!! 👋
Exactly my thought. This would be a Godsend to Hitch, forgive my G word lol
Geez , the idol of Chris Hitchens that his fanboys have created. That is a religion
Avenged Nightmare it would need an army of
your kind to make a strand of
Hitchens hair. That man made this world a better, much better place. I would without any doubt donate him my kidney if I could be of any help. And I mean it.
@@XxAizenxX187 such hatred. So much for move thy neighbour. You betray your own inadequacies.
love how Richard is just sitting there chilling
Felt like he is watching a play !!
Agnostic Mind he is the judge !!!
Robert okello oh please you religious people are the cheapest of our kind, using people's sickness to push an agenda...thanks for helping me make my mind more about religion
'How do you know Adam didn't exist?'
'... I'm sorry, look, I'm a scientist'
Me and my sister's favourite Dawkins Quote x'D
Well how do you know he didn’t exist. I mean 99.99999999% of all living things are now extinct. And how would you be able to know for 100% certainty that a single individual did or didn’t exist. I mean 2000 years from now will there be any proof that you me or Dawkins existed ? Any physical evidence? Will we show up in an archeological dig ? Not likely.
And just because somebody is a scientist doesn’t mean they have the answers for every single thing in the world.
“I’m sorry , look I’m a scientist “ is nothing more than trash talk it doesn’t prove anything.
Dawkins is an emotional crybaby. He got so worked up once in a debate with a Muslim that he had a stroke.
Not a very stable individual.
@@gregsmith5134 Have you heard of evolution, mate? He says Adam (that being a first human coming out of nowhere) didn't exist, because such concept is nonsense. Nothing as "the first of a species" exists, evolution doesn't work that way. It's not about the individual or his story or anything, the concept of a being existing like that goes against all the evidence we have about life and species.
Greg Smith Adam and Eve is an allegory. Even most Christians know it’s just a story. Only Fundamentalist nutters actually literally believe it.
@@gregsmith5134 so adam and eve were the first humans then? As the bible stated. Then how do you explain the fossils of our distinct cousins? Does satan made them to fool you guys ?😂 .. And if adam and eve were the first human, you must first explain how did their offspring reproduce normal people and not retarded one.
Holey shit I love prof. Richard Dawkins! The only intellectual voice in that crowd!
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Douglas Murray is insanely good too.
K Russell Yeah I would have to agree too :)
AGREED!! :) I'm agnostic but I love Richard Dawkins way more then any of the bigots sitting on the stage
You love him because he tells u the lies that u want to hear. Meantime, you remain a noncritical thinker that loves to be spoon fed ideas.
I find it frightening that people blame Hitler and Stalin on a supposed supernatural force.
It's what happens when you deny your humanity.
There are people who forgive murderers in the name of god
This show always has a bunch of lunatics and two too three normal people.
Yes, but I think it speaks volumes to our current world; religious and superstitious people, unfortunately, are the majority in the world. It’s a mad world. Keep promoting values of science, evidence, and logic.
@@Mr_Uni I'm so happy that I live in Denmark here like 80+ % are atheists. I have such a hard time understanding people who keep believing in fiction/fairytales.
"Two too three"
Very true. Why does the BBC rent out the lunatic asylum and throw in a few intelligent people and hope to get sensible discussion. One flew over the cuckoos nest springs to mind. The mental defective in formation!
the more i listen to religious people the more im happy i dont buy into those myth's
ekim I feel deeply uncomfortable about Westerners converting to Islam. Quite how a Western education allows you to then take onboard the bonkers beliefs of the Abrahamic religions is beyond me.
@K KK indeed and the reason(s) is emmigration to Western nations along with the same religious spin that Christianity enjoyed for centuries.
@@jckensway2956 some people are just thick as pig shit and no amount of information or education will change it. they're about as useful as 12 bottles of fermented dog piss
@@jckensway2956 do you have any stats?!
@@GaganSingh-nx2yv stats for what?
Richard Dawkins at the beginning is like "What the fuck are you even talking about let me nap a little and wake me up in 20 minutes" lol. Thank fuck this man exists.
Dawkins "i didn't say that she shouldn't speak and i didn't call her stupid. i said her personal opinion is of no interest on a factual statement"
Bitch: RICHARD, WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS?
me: i think it means that her personal opinion is of no interest on a factual statement...
just the smug smile as she said it. as if she at just outed him or something.
Profesor Dawkins is so patient with all of these dumb ‘religious’ people( who don’t really practice their religion), he is a SAINT
"The universe doesn't owe you a sense of hope" love it so true.
Such admiration for Richard Dawkings.
I too like him, but King?
"The devil the only satisfactory answer for the Holocaust."
Eerily, this was the same type of reasoning used by the Puritans during the Salem Witch Trials. How else can a family of good Christians suddenly get sick and die, if not for witches performing curses in our town? Witches was the most satisfactory answer, because it was the EASIEST answer. Nothing about reality, the universe or human experiences is 'easy', so if you have an easy answer, you're answer is almost certainly WRONG. I hope that man was not elected as the Major of London or whatever position he was seeking. He's medieval in mindset, and London won't progress towards any betterment with him holding office.
Why do people believe the Devil was responsible for the Holocaust? Because the real reasons are too complex and require too much study for the average idiot to understand. Simple answer for a simple mind... Devil did it. Explain how the universe began. Simple answer for a simple mind... God spoke it into existence. Explain how life started and diversified on Earth. Simple answer for a simple mind... God created it.
You literally don't need any education at all in order to feel like you have answers for everything about the universe, when you're religious... and that's why the majority of stupid people love religion. They love thinking they have answers when in fact that know absolutely NOTHING about anything. It's blissful ignorance, which is sometimes very dangerous and harmful to others. Especially children.
AClRCLEOFLlGHT I actually paused and cringed at that point of the video.
ACIRCLEOFLIGHT, I think youve hit upon it. Very concisely stated.
It's also the same reasoning behind saying the wind blows because God is breathing, or it rains because he's crying, it thunders because he' angry. Anti-scientific, ignorant and infantile thinking to the extreme. The fact that that vicar probably has a community that listens to his advice is disturbing.
"The devil....etc." You know you might be right. The devil, aka satan, also called Lucifer, the light-bearer, Babylonian god, is the head of the synagogue now. Research. Since the time of Moses....
I disagree.
It's because he would have to admit that even normal people like himself are capable of the most evil acts imaginable. And he simply cannot admit that to himself.
I find it weird how often these questions come up, especially from younger people, regarding things like 'Where does hope come from without God?' and 'Where does morality come from without God?' and I have to wonder: just what in the hell are the parents, not to mention the schools, teaching these children?
The Universe is massive beyond the scope of our entire species' comprehension, we have a massive history for which much information exists, we live in the modern age, we're the product of biological and social evolution that's shown selection for empathetic qualities, and these bloody kids turn to the concept of a deity to explain hope and morality? Wtf...
nilesrock024
It don't think we should blame the school ( Ok , you got me ...with the exception of some school ) for these people believe ...
Parents and emotional instability is more up there on the list .
Robert okello you really have no idea how crazy that sounds
+howie b oh he does but he will never say
Reina Sanchez I honestly don't think so. It's like this weird, selective filter that blocks otherwise rational people from thinking properly. You can see it when speaking to them about religion - their eyes kind of cloud over as the filter kicks in and reason exists out the back door.
If it's any consolation , the vast majority of young people in the UK aren't religious .
ironic how Dawkins has the patience of a saint
Next week's questions.
' Do dogs go to heaven ?' and
'Why do religious folks often seem extremely silly'
Iain Rae next weeks question!
Does freedom of expression, the right to chose etc allow humans to marry dogs, cats, ducks, pigs, cows etc ? #Freedom of choice
@@ahsanjawad8819 Did Mohammad marry and fuck a 9 year old? Yes. Oh and donkey fucking is quite common in Muslim countries.
Haha
Richard Dawkins for president !
Reason enough to strike the 'natural born citizen' requirement of the Presidency.
clapping loudly for Richard Dawkins.
I love you Richard Dawkins
Me too he is amazing
I always love watching this show on youtube! So much greater than anything we have in the states!
Same here mate .. The Middle East ..
26:09 Richard: "Why do i keep coming to this? i feel as if my brain is melting away.."
If you believe in a devil, you might as well believe in Santa Claus.
some believe they're the same person
Not comparable at all. I know for a fact the I got candies from santa based on personal experience.
Peter Tatchel the voice of reason
"How else can you explain " is the argument from ignorance fallacy.
YES. I wish someone on the show pointed it out because it was used at least twice by the religious people on the panel.
I can't believe that lad was running for mayor.....
who? sorry i'm not british?
I find this very disrespectful to Richard Dawkins, where they invited him, as a special guest, and gave him almost no time to voice his idea, which based on evidence.
As an daughter of African immigrants and an Atheist that woman in the video basically describes a decent chunk of what I had to deal with. It is also the reason why I am glad I live in America and I have had this chance at viewing all sides, getting an education because freedom + education really is the end of nonsense.
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My respect to Dawkins for enduring through all the nonsense on that seat. I don't think I would have the patience but simply call them what they are (idiots) and leave. And that African lady who "helps possessed by the devil" is simply a broken record of utter rubish.
How Dawkins doesn't just walk out when grown adults talk about belief in the devil is beyond me. The lady at the end summed it up perfectly. We have to take responsibility for our own actions.
I'm with you Richard, these people bore me too. *Yawn*
To the second discussion... One thing I have learned over my years of social activism and being someone who promotes science and reason.. people do not give a shit unless they are directly affected by something or they are pissed off or insulted... if they are neither of these the chance of them even listening in the first place is slim.
👏👏👏👏👏 Precisely!
I actually love this show :') It's ridiculously fascinating.
Dawkins handling questions very well.
The depths of Dawkins' mind!
Most people will always feel offended or insulted when their world view is criticized. And to resort to death threats is uncivilized.
im a simple man, i came here for dawkins and murray
I think Dawkins is just so intelligent when people say absurdly stupid things to him he doesn't acknowledge them.
And i thought people in the US were stupid
+ben zhong Britain is becoming more and more Americanized lately.
A sad truth.
Man Child At least you haven't got your own "kardashians"
@@Ben-fx9kx yes they do it's called The Royal family.
@@shivanj1 The world has respect for the British royal family. The world thinks Trump is a joke. There's a difference.
Everything instantly changes when Dawkins starts speaking. Vast mind.
omfg i wish they would stop the obnoxious clapping >_
The audience could be a group of trained seals and you wouldn't tell the difference.
I agree 100%, I HATE the applause.
Sakuragi Rokurouta why is the color of the skin so relevant to you?
Abcflc he was simply using it indicate which person said what, even i do it sometimes if i need to direct attention towards a certain person
Color exists in my world I just don't need to use a constructed concept like race to refer to someone's physical appearance. Btw what the hell is colored? did you come out of South African apartheid society or what? I bet you wouldn't refer to a white person as "that white man/woman". That's the vibe I'm getting from your comment.
DOUGLAS MURRY IS TRULY A HERO OF MINE...WHAT A GUY!!!
"Do we have the right to offend?"
That's a seriously malformed and senseless question. The question should be "Do we have a right to be offended?" The answer of course is YES. You have the right to be offended by anything I say... but what does it fucking matter? All it means is that you chose to take offense, which shouldn't have any effect on me whatsoever. Being offended was your choice. So, you DO have a right to be offended, but you do not have a right to affect me with your choice to be offended. Being offended is entirely on you, and if you have a problem with it, crack a beer, listen to some music and take a fucking nap. I honestly don't care what you do, as long as it doesn't physically affect me or my own rights.
Fantastic reply
The Devil ........................ omg, people are pathetic, just pass on the blame for everything bad onto something called the Devil, people do bad things accept your responsibility.
Let’s invite Dawkins and then keep him quiet for 15 minutes and only ask questions to idiots
intellectual minds like Dawkins are a danger to myths and fantasy , the animation of religion is darkened by scientific evidence
Empathy is the basis of morality. I can't imagine anyone would want to be discriminated against themselves or be seen as inferior for something that they could not control so you shouldn't do it to someone else and make someone else feel that way.
"the doctors couldn't diagnose him, therefore it's devils"
Is this like god-of-the-gaps, but devil-of-the-gaps instead?
The devil exists where common sense doesn’t.
Richard Dawkins is a real truth seeker. SALUTE.
“He chose to be gay, whether he inherited it or not”
Err, what?
What a moron she was.
He had sex with men so he chose
@@owenthompson5214 so did he inherit the desire or did he choose to have it?
@@beigealert4268 probably wanted to, who knows why
@@owenthompson5214 there is an empire KIS difference
If religion is removed from the human population, then we are all on an equal plane, and just people who can get along without divisions that religion brings.
1:58 Immigrants running away from RELIGIOUS persecution , bring their RELIGION that can give solution to social problem .
This is a contradictory statement.
Yes. So, so stupidly ironic to flee something only to try to bring it back in your new place.
Extraordinary claims need to be backed by extraordinary evidence.
I loved how his question "Does the Devil really exist?" was followed by a cheerful breakfast TV jingle. It was something like out of a Chris Morris sketch. :)
No, I don’t have to accept that I have to tolerate people that don’t tolerate me. I have the obligation to make sure they aren’t accepted in society. I don’t mean people who just disagree with me, I mean people who fight against my rights.
by the end of that Dawkins was doing the "i give up" lean thingy he does when he well, realizes theres no arguing with simple minded people
Whether you’re offended or not is irrelevant to whether something is right or wrong, Being offended is not an argument
“Some people think he’s the devil”
*smiles into camera*
if he's the devil , Id Serve him in hell 😂
I wish Christopher Hitchens was in this debate. The sheer stupidity in this debate is too strong!
'How do you know that Adam didn't exist?' 'I'm sorry, look, I'm a scientist...' xD
9:48 i praise her straightforwardness and unreluctance 😊
I so so wish we could hear richards thoughts as he's listening to this.
That would have been funny 🤣
I want a show like this in America
People are offended by different things. I am offended by what the majority of mainstream religions preach, and just as they have the right to believe what they do I have the right to disagree. Therefore this should apply in reverse. Also, it is clear that many religious people go looking to be offended. If they are offended by a certain film, cartoon, book or speech, then they always have the power to ignore it.
These are some of the best shows to watch.
I strong believe, u and I will not b seating here if we never had a mother , she is absolutely right.
Well done Richard for calling the black lady out for her bigotry.
Patience is the first skill to self-mastery.
It feels like the host cuts off Dawkins too quick each time he gets to make a point, right before he's about to drop a major punchline
There is no "right to offend". There's also no "right to not be offended".
Freedom of speech is essential. However, that does not give you freedom from responsibility.
I want to see a debate titled,"Can there be morality without religion?" or "Is promise of paradise/heaven after life a form of moral bribery?"
And Hell is threat also...
"Let's not generalise." *Proceeds to generalise about Polish immigrants*
The worst person in the room is not the black lady but thepolitician, the mayoral candidate.
We do not have the "Right to offend"!
We have the OBLIGATION to offend!
Those who would kill us for being what we are.
If the african lady represents the values of immigrants then maybe we shouldnt have those immigrants. And im a black American. That woman was beyond stupid. Everything that came out of her mouth had me in tears with laughter.
"there are some British people that are as intolerant as me, therefore you should start to listen to me, irrespective of how stupid my ideas are and how small the minority that agrees.".
Coming up next, that orange thing in the sky and what you can do to please it
Something is either true or false. Personal opinion is irelivent if it's not backed by evidence.
Nice attempt spelling irrelevant there😂
The more sense you make, the more devout their conviction!
"Homosexuality is wrong because you would not be here today if your parents were homosexuals."
And he would not be here today if his parents never had sex. So I guess abstinence is evil too?
`did you see the host of the show smile, at 21:25 when he asked "does the devil exist" xD even he thinks its ridiculous
+Devon van Dort
He also quits the show by saying 'may the force be with you. bye bye.' =D
Dawkins should have his own Sunday show💥
This woman lol, let me answer her: yes, sometimes we need to "offend" in order to criticize bad ideas.
Yes. The Empire State Building.
When you have to alter your speech so you don't offend a single person, you no longer have freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is freedom to offend and be offended. Just because someone has freedom of speech, doesn't mean they will be listened to or not ridiculed.
One's freedom to swing their fists ends at another person's nose.
You are free to say whatever you want. But you are not immune to the consequences. If you want to act like a dick, you'll be treated like one. And it is your freedom to avoid those negative consequences by adjusting your speech.
That mayoral candidate had the nerve to defend making homosexuality illegal as a valid viewpoint on the basis that it is "arrogant" to say those people, who hold such views, don't get to participate... I really wish Dawkins would have simply turned to him and called out the blatant hypocrisy.
we know adam didnt exist because of evolution.
...if only the words" I believe" were replaced with "I have evidence"....
The Devil, when science dies. The “great ju ju up the mountain” is one of my favourite RD’s phrases.
Miriam totally avoided the question about Islam’s attitude towards about homosexuality. Of course some non Muslims are homophobic, but Islam is yet to mature, which, to a great extent, the other main religions have. Still a long way to go of course.
Jordan Peterson is absolutely right when he asks who gets to decide who decides what is hate speech. Are we to be denied the right to speak the truth for fear of offending liars?
This is hilarious! Especially the debate about the devil. Seriously...? This is the 21st century, NOT the middle ages.
The immigrants were pretty defensive. I wonder how Britain's doing with its immigrants.