Christopher Hitchens vs. Frank Turek: What Best Explains Reality?

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  • @JohnnyCameo
    @JohnnyCameo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I’m embarrassed for “Doctor” Frank Turek. I assume his PhD is in pant hooting and throwing his poo at a wall

    • @rherhe7773
      @rherhe7773 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was a redundant repeat of Sunday school " clichés I could have written what he wrote with lines and phrases I was fed by "christianity"
      So happy and liberated to know now I was in the most hidden and accepted cult- that was toxic to my life up until a year ago-

    • @StallionFernando
      @StallionFernando 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's funny that when people try to dismiss the arguments brought up they do it with an emotional response, not a reasonable one. Funny how Atheist always talk about science and logic and when facing in an argument automatically switch to an emotion answer lol.

    • @davidblackburn3396
      @davidblackburn3396 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@StallionFernando Oh, are your feelings hurt, you poor dear? Tough shit. There's nothing unreasonable or emotional about calling Turek a con man selling snake oil. It's a statement of fact.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      Let's see, Frank believes in a supernatural creator and Hitch believes this all came about on its own. You go with Hitch. You're rather clueless.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @petyrkowalski9887
      @petyrkowalski9887 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@2fast2block still at it I see. Yawn.

  • @avedic
    @avedic 11 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    That story Turek used at the end is disgusting.
    That soldier had WAY more integrity(and balls) than Jesus. He landed on a grenade to save his friends.
    Imagine if the soldier who sacrificed himself was the very person who set the grenade off in the first place..AND that after he died he came back to life..AND that he told anyone else who didn't see this happen that if they won't worship and thank him..he will throw a grenade at them.
    To use a REAL human sacrifice to justify Jesus...is just gross.

    • @josephfernandez4000
      @josephfernandez4000 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, that story was irrelevant.
      We don't know whether the SEAL was religious, based on its telling.
      For believers, that may be the hope, but as present-day America makes clear, religion does not make good patriots.

  • @mr.dankman
    @mr.dankman ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Turek sounds like the kind of guy who speaks in a condescending and frustrated tone because he's being challenged and has no real answer to anything.

  • @ParadoxPerspective
    @ParadoxPerspective 11 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Used car salesman vs. a Rockstar Philosopher

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      One believes in reality and one didn't.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @user-jg2uq8vx7d
      @user-jg2uq8vx7d 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That made me spit my drink😂😂

  • @ttrestle
    @ttrestle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    It’s hard to not fast forward thru the christian speeches

    • @steretsjaaj2368
      @steretsjaaj2368 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      If you can manage trought it, Hitches bit is much more satisfying

    • @SuperAnimal1970
      @SuperAnimal1970 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Have faith, it ends soon enough, make yourself a cup of tea while the Christian talk is going on you will not miss anything of importance.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ttrestle yes, for Hitch, the clueless being who thought we got all this on its own.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @Philusteen
      @Philusteen ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So much this, lol (and yes, I'm a "recovered Catholic")

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Philusteen great, so what? Hitch believed the universe came about on its own naturally. At least Catholics believe a supernatural God created, so have you outgrown that too?

  • @leona2222
    @leona2222 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Why is Frank shouting? Does he realize that he has a mic? Or could it be his anxiety leaking out because he knows he’s outmatched.

  • @user-pt1cz4ot1e
    @user-pt1cz4ot1e ปีที่แล้ว +19

    From moment one, Turek is a total douchebag. It’s always lovely to see the grace and dignity of Hitch. I miss that man every single day. 😢

  • @stefanoferri6257
    @stefanoferri6257 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    “Dr.” Turek was swimming WAY out of his depth here. Shouting and speaking intensely fast may have worked at one time against the other school children but it certainly would not work against Christopher Hitchens!

  • @directorrajeshmkumar
    @directorrajeshmkumar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Christopher Hitchen's sad demise is a big loss to Humanity and free thinkers.

  • @thekolstad
    @thekolstad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Turek proved in the first 20 minutes, that he doesn’t understand the difference between belief and theory.
    When he mentions precise “Fine tuning,” for instance, is a fundamental misunderstanding of the concept of measurement.
    It assumes “LAWS” as having been established prior to the existence of the very matter they are supposed to govern.
    In other words, an argument of unknowable possibility supported by a misunderstanding of known universal constants.

    • @AnkurBorwankar
      @AnkurBorwankar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He also proved that he cannot understand basic arithmetic. Summarising 200 pages in 20 minutes is not 20 pages per minute, Mr. Turek, it is 10. I'm supposed to believe this guy about complex concepts such as a divine creator?

    • @jorgeferreira2009
      @jorgeferreira2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The question would be: "what fine tuning?".
      That mask fell years ago. The universe is made of the same elements that we are. In pretty much the same proportions. Where is the awe? Then, the only place we can actually survive is in SOME places of this 1 planet in this solar system. Grand design where?

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      We know you and Hitch hate to think and follow science.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @drrickmarshall1191
      @drrickmarshall1191 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Turek, to his credit, understands the distinction between descriptive and prescriptive, but to his discredit, chooses to willfully conflate the two in the search of wealth and fame.

    • @drrickmarshall1191
      @drrickmarshall1191 ปีที่แล้ว

      Turek, to his credit, understands the distinction between descriptive and prescriptive, but to his discredit, chooses to willfully conflate the two in the search of wealth and fame.

  • @TonyCanones
    @TonyCanones ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Turek’s opening could not be cringier.

  • @mu9284
    @mu9284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Though Christopher is now long gone. ( I hate to use the word long but 11 yrs has passed since , so… ) but I am glad he left us in the age of the internet. Immortalising him forever.

    • @julianatrapkova1736
      @julianatrapkova1736 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Mu wouldn’t be nice to have his voice of reason and wisdom in this tumultuous time that we are living

    • @poeethics9331
      @poeethics9331 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed. Absolutely...as someone who only discovered him not too long ago, I am grateful. His legacy does indeed live on.

    • @defyyourlogic487
      @defyyourlogic487 ปีที่แล้ว

      To continue to mislead the masses for many years to come

    • @JamesLangston-cr2wx
      @JamesLangston-cr2wx ปีที่แล้ว

      He's gone but do remember that " it's appointed unto man once to died but after deth judgment "
      And how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation,

    • @FJano12
      @FJano12 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sure he converted in his last minutes though….

  • @GayorgVonTrapp
    @GayorgVonTrapp ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Frank is like your money box full of 1p and 2p coins, collected over years. It makes a lot of rattle and feels heavy but then at Christmas, when you want to treat the kids, you empty the contents and you have £1.49. Fuck all.
    (I’m not sure of USA coin denominations but I guess that’s about $1.86). Still fuck all.

  • @clivesangster6754
    @clivesangster6754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I thought de souza was weak but Turek talks pure rubbish.

    • @JaredibleProductions
      @JaredibleProductions ปีที่แล้ว

      So history, philosophy, physics, and archeology is rubbish to you? How can you possibly credit yourself and beliefs? You’ve given up all logic and consistency. No wonder you side with him…

    • @crismyph
      @crismyph ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JaredibleProductions dang, that was a 360 day awaited roast. People from New Jersey always hope not to be ignored. It’s compensation as they hope to feel as valued as the Parkway.
      More importantly than who Jesus was rests our* collective perspective how people viewed it, that is the history circulating the writings. Whether Judas Iscariot was close in the painting of the last supper or distant and distracted is of course irrelevant to the history of what transpired in 3AD, but remains philosophical.
      If Turek can sense that nature is self sustaining, to a point, and if no creator is needed, then his “philosophy” is explicitly explaining a super nature transcendental to human health. That’s especially bogus when faiths have made personality disparities that have formed several messiahs.
      He mocks Julie Andrews in the first 5 minutes without having the talent to speak at a normal tone much less relax. He would have a stroke before he could ever attempt even a tenor note. He’s alto-falsetto, Frankly outspoken.
      What happened to your own education? When you referred to philosophy and,… you should have used are* not is. When you make a list, you should refer to it in plural unless you are citing the group rather than its members.

  • @markcreitzman8728
    @markcreitzman8728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    I find that my brain tank is filled when Mr Hitchens is speaking and I feel the same tank draining away when Dr Turek is shouting.

    • @rogerandjoan4329
      @rogerandjoan4329 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Frank just blathers.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Let's see, Frank believes in a supernatural creator and Hitch believes this all came about on its own. You go with Hitch. You're rather clueless.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @rogerandjoan4329
      @rogerandjoan4329 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@2fast2block There are plenty of theories that do not require a creator. Paul Steinhardt and Penrose propose 2 different cyclic models. You can find Steinhardt’s paper online. Pay attention to the concept of entropy density. Vilenkin has a completely different idea. Guth and Hawking have even other ideas.
      Conservation of energy is violated any time the conditions of Noether’s theorem is violated. The universe expanding violates the theorem and photon energy is lost due to red shift. Dark energy also violates Noether’s theorem.
      Furthermore, setting aside dark energy, the sum total of energy in the universe is zero because gravitational energy is negative. You can make two things out of nothing as long as the two things have energies that cancel one another.
      Look it up.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rogerandjoan4329 two things canceling out each other don't do a thing. Nothing does not have two things to even cancel out each other. Nothing has no space, matter, and time for anything to exist. Nothing is no thing. You are so clueless along with the others, I had to explain that to you. Such BASIC thought and science put as simple as can be, yet, you still don't get it. You don't get nothing is nothing. You don't get those laws can't be violated. You don't get having space, matter, and time already there is something already there. You can't see even what an embarrassment you are.

    • @rogerandjoan4329
      @rogerandjoan4329 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@2fast2block You’re responding without doing any research. You can’t “intuit” an understanding. If you’re not willing to learn, fine. Let dogma direct your life but don’t bother engaging people.

  • @INdifrnve
    @INdifrnve ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Why are religious ppl so angry? Go believe what you want. Just leave the rest of us out of it.

  • @clarelane7995
    @clarelane7995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Hitch is simply asking us to think for ourselves, hone our critical thinking skills about the world we're in, and be humanists. I despair that a basic education doesn't do more to encourage this. Hitch is also asking parents not to decide matters of faith for their children. Let them grow up and decide for themselves.

    • @SuperAnimal1970
      @SuperAnimal1970 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yep one engages the listener to think, the other tells the listener what to think

  • @cj1000
    @cj1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I wish the faithful would at least acknowledge the intensity of their desire to believe because of their hope that they and their loved ones could conquer death. Anytime we choose to believe in something so incredibly desirable, we should allow ourselves to be honest about that desire.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      Hitch and his followers desire to remain clueless.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @andjunglepunkthirteen760
      @andjunglepunkthirteen760 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good point.

    • @drrydog
      @drrydog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      not my problem, I have cut them all out of my life, their loss.

  • @paullever9219
    @paullever9219 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Poor Frank is absolutely out of his league 😂😂

    • @JaredibleProductions
      @JaredibleProductions ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He clearly won the debate if you’re able to follow logic and consistency. Frank beat him.

    • @happyhappy85
      @happyhappy85 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@JaredibleProductionswrong. Frank knows absolutely nothing about logic and simply defines god in to Existence using leaps in logic, and logical fallacies galore. Christopher absolutely destroyed him.

    • @davidstaffell
      @davidstaffell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@JaredibleProductions😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @JaredibleProductions
      @JaredibleProductions 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@happyhappy85 you didn’t even watch 🤦🏼 it’s not good off the gaps of your using what we know without gaps.

    • @happyhappy85
      @happyhappy85 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JaredibleProductions I never said anything about gaps.

  • @joannahampton5979
    @joannahampton5979 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Turkey seems to believe the loudest person wins the debate 😂

  • @davedav214
    @davedav214 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Turek Basically starts out by saying. If things were different they wouldn't be the same. WTF. ..How is that proof of anything?

    • @leichtmeister
      @leichtmeister ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Logic is not exactly the strongsuit of religiots.

    • @yomilalgro
      @yomilalgro ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAO 😂😂😂

  • @anthonyward6898
    @anthonyward6898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Even Turek knows his case is weak but he can't let go of his delusions.

    • @teramasz
      @teramasz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True. On top of that he used the death of the soldier trying to dissolve the audiences focus. Cheap trick, low hanging fruit what ever you call it. Turek might seem like a nice (possessed though) guy but in reality he is a scavenger praying on others pain to achieve his goals.

    • @japaneserequired6314
      @japaneserequired6314 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he steals money from stupid people. It is his job to lie. He might not even know he is doing it anymore.

    • @Brianbeesandbikes
      @Brianbeesandbikes ปีที่แล้ว

      @@japaneserequired6314 Yes and in this regard he's a less 'successful' mother theresa

  • @Poseidon6363
    @Poseidon6363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    It's incredible that in 2022 there are some adults who still cling on to this mythical god/jesus/santa nonsense, it's so childish, so naive and so bizarre.

    • @check9094
      @check9094 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      that's what happens when they are taught that from childhood

  • @petyrkowalski9887
    @petyrkowalski9887 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    One thing I do agree with Turek on is in his closing statement that « god could still exist even of everything Christopher says is true ». Yep and so could fairies, unicorns, leprechauns, the loch ness monster and the tooth fairy. Until there is truly compelling evidence to back up the supernatural god claim, I am with Hitchens and remain unconvinced just as Turek is unconvinced about every other god than his favourite one.

    • @drrydog
      @drrydog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      not really

  • @reisekeller6859
    @reisekeller6859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Turek... just another theological "used car salesman". Always enjoy watching Hitchens embarrass this circus act!

  • @neworleans75
    @neworleans75 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I AM FRANK TUREK AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW MICROPHONES WORK

  • @RedDiomedes
    @RedDiomedes ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hitchens is an elite debater when he fights Turkey I really can’t think how valuable the right voice is. Turek speaking just grated on my ear, it’s an unfortunate handicap.
    Not sure if anyone else feels that way.

  • @krisaaron5771
    @krisaaron5771 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Frank Turek should be deeply ashamed of using the sacrifice of that young Navy Seal (2:02:40) in his transparent attempt to shame Christopher Hitchens for not "accepting" the unverifiable sacrifice of a self-proclaimed "son of god" whose existence he cannot prove!
    Turek's cheap shots fell far from the mark throughout the entire debate. Hitchens never claimed Turek was asking people to believe something he has no evidence for. But Turek's irritation at being confronted with challenges to his self-assured statements seemed to irritate him beyond tolerance, if his loud voice and combative tone were any indication of the man's emotional state.
    Hitchens never lost his dignity or his composure. His calm demeanor and rational responses were a pleasure to listen to, while Turek came across sounding like an angry child furious at not being believed. Even if Christians' claims could be proven without a doubt, the way believers attempt to coerce listeners into agreement would be sufficient to drive me away from their faith.
    Hitchens asked listeners to think. Turek demanded they believe. I know which approach I prefer.

  • @cherriefrench7231
    @cherriefrench7231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Christopher Hitchens, such a great man with a brilliant mind - he makes so much sense. Sadly he has passed on but he is always on my to watch list.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      Hitch hated reality.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @petyrkowalski9887
      @petyrkowalski9887 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@2fast2block are you going to copy paste the same ridiculous and ignorant comment everywhere?

    • @happyhappy85
      @happyhappy85 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@2fast2blockyou don't get to just get out of scientific laws by saying "god dun it" lmao

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      @@petyrkowalski9887 what parts of what you gave show what I gave is incorrect? The answer...NONE. You must be having fun though pretending you're smart.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      @@happyhappy85 That did nothing to show I was incorrect. Your side sure follows that pattern. Just letting you know.

  • @raphaelblevans2289
    @raphaelblevans2289 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I feel bad for frank, this was not a fair match

  • @maxxwellbeing9449
    @maxxwellbeing9449 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Turek’s jibberish is mind numbing.

  • @ttrestle
    @ttrestle ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The final speech by Frank is one of the greatest examples of pandering known to mankind.

    • @marvelsandals4228
      @marvelsandals4228 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, Frank suggested that the late navy seal was a good man because he sacrificed himself to protect other people, which is a good thing...and has no bearing on the topic at hand. Christopher would surely agree with this, I fail to see the relevance. Frank also says Christopher doesn't believe in God (true) and says "I hate him" which he never did at any point, probably because he doesn't believe in God. And once again how does Frank know God believes in Christopher? How does Frank know God loves him? He seems very confident in his claims, but if anything that shows he is capable of showing great confidence in things with no basis in evidence, which sets you up to be wrong. Even if you get lucky and you happen to be right, if you rely on that thinking surely you will get it wrong way more than you get it right, its just luck.

  • @agiraffe3673
    @agiraffe3673 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That Yeller reminds me of when I was 9 and went to church on May 18, 1980 and heard a sermon about how I was a sinner and would go to hell if I didn’t repent (I was 9, how much sinning could I have been up to?) and then my dad put us all in a van and we started out driving to a picnic, and Mt St Helens blew. I just kept screaming (from the back of the van and out of smacking reach) “That’s it, WE’RE ALL GOING TO HELL 🔥” because I thought the world was ending. Now I came to realize it was just nature, not damnation 😂

    • @GayorgVonTrapp
      @GayorgVonTrapp ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s a brilliant anecdote … I can picture you in the back of the car going full ape! 😂😂😂😂

  • @marykavanrensburg9693
    @marykavanrensburg9693 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    When Turek speaks for 10 minutes, it feels like an hour, and there's very little that is factual or thought provoking of what he says. Literally feels like I'm sitting in a sermon. When Hitch is on the mic, I rewind (and need to research some of what he spoke about) and am fascinated by his word-smithery when he speak.

    • @japaneserequired6314
      @japaneserequired6314 ปีที่แล้ว

      I skip it most of the time. I've heard all of the arguments. They make week arguments and then resort to attacks on morals when they are proved foolish. Turek lacks even a social ethical code nevermind a supernatural one. Hearing him talk about how it is impossible for anyone but Christians to love or care for other people is like listening to a crow with bowel distress.

  • @anghusmorgenholz1060
    @anghusmorgenholz1060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I must commend Turek. His opening statement was a truly masterful Gish gallop. One of the best I've ever experienced. The sheer amount of worn out, meaningless, blithering " arguments" and "facts" he spews would exhaust all but the most practiced skeptics. All garbage of course, but undoubtedly in his mind his best and only chance against Hitch. Poor little fella.

    • @StallionFernando
      @StallionFernando 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is an emotional claim/response not a rational/factual one, so why not try to explain why his arguments don't work? Assuming you can even comprehend them.

    • @laulau5356
      @laulau5356 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Don’t feel sorry for Turek. I’m sure he doesn’t even know that he lost 😂

    • @anghusmorgenholz1060
      @anghusmorgenholz1060 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@laulau5356 how could he not. I was shooting for condescending, text lacks vocal nuances. Someday I may overcome it.

    • @laulau5356
      @laulau5356 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anghusmorgenholz1060 I mean he doesn’t know he lost because people like this always think they went out there and killed it. Even when that clearly wasn’t the case.
      I went to a baptist school when I was younger. In highschool, they had dinesh d’Souza come in and debate a free thinker on exactly this topic. I wish I had told that guy he made some really good points, and he reached me that day. And I commend that guy for walking into the lions den. But dinesh spoke just like this guy. And everyone thought he won. But he didn’t! It was just the brainwashed audience. Hardcore baptists would also listen to this and think turek won. Because these arguments won them over at some point. And I think turek genuinely believes this stuff too.

    • @anghusmorgenholz1060
      @anghusmorgenholz1060 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@laulau5356 I to went to a Baptist school. Kindergarten and 1st grade. Unfortunately there were no ontological debates. But they did and I have no bad memories of the school quite the opposite in truth, but apparently in some sects of southern Baptist they view the left hand as I guess the devil's hand. Didn't find out this until I was 17 in basic training. And it solved the issue I was having on the rifle range. And went a long way to giving me some clue as to the trail of clumsy mayhem I still leave in my wake. And not one bad memory. I have an obnoxious memory. But it has soured me on church led/focused schools. If a bronze age superstition is having negative consequences 2000 years later it has no place whatsoever in the place where young minds are taught and still vulnerable to BS.

  • @lumpheadthump
    @lumpheadthump 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Turek's only contact with logic is when he makes leaps

  • @captainmarvel76927
    @captainmarvel76927 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hitchens win the debate and the Calvinist did poorly

  • @coffeetalk924
    @coffeetalk924 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The world was lucky to have Hitchens. Whether you agree with him or not, the man was brilliant and fascinating.

  • @dasfndr
    @dasfndr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m guessing it’s not available but if anyone gains access to Vatican archives please pull the Christopher Hitchens vs Mother Theresa testifying tapes for all to admire.

    • @pedroporto6729
      @pedroporto6729 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Please do!! That must be pleasent to listem!

  • @eduarchavarria
    @eduarchavarria 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I really admire Hitchens' patience wanting to debate people like Frank Turek and William Lane Craig.

    • @Wag-ue
      @Wag-ue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree, why is Christopher even debating this scrub.

    • @idontgetnotifiedaboutrepli2332
      @idontgetnotifiedaboutrepli2332 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every time Craig appears it soaks I actually shout „CraaaaAAAAAAIIIIIggg!“

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      Hitch didn't have much to desire except to get away from that clueless being.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @stonehouseguitars3869
      @stonehouseguitars3869 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have this thought all the time. He must have been so bored.

  • @oldskeptic1513
    @oldskeptic1513 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    ... there are very few on this planet who could put it as lucidly and concisely as this man could ...

    • @KMMKda
      @KMMKda 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree. On the other hand, Mr. Dawkins was completely clueless

    • @marklester4540
      @marklester4540 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KMMKdais that meant to be ironic?

  • @haydenwalton2766
    @haydenwalton2766 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    what best explains reality ?
    when frank turek debates hitch - frank gets smashed

  • @lumpheadthump
    @lumpheadthump 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The religious apologists ALWAYS interrupt or shout over their opponent when their arguments are getting dismantled.

  • @daveshonk7702
    @daveshonk7702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Turek brought a bowl of ramen to a gunfight

    • @dingdongism
      @dingdongism ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Then he jumped around ranting about how Hitchens couldn’t explain how ramen could exist without a celestial restaurant.

    • @henryng9406
      @henryng9406 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Please do not disrespect ramen with this piece of fecal matter.

  • @tb995
    @tb995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    🤦🏽‍♂️ a seal/soldier sacrificing his life for his friends is nothing like a human sacrifice to a needy deity.

    • @pjdiver3
      @pjdiver3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That really was a disgusting attempt to earn points with the audience

    • @Genesis-xd1id
      @Genesis-xd1id 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, seemed like the only reason to provide an emotional feeling to try to show people that god was trying to tell them something

  • @trainerd1
    @trainerd1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’m not sure Turek needed a MICROPHONE!!!

  • @acerbicatheist2893
    @acerbicatheist2893 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Poor Frank Turek ; he's at least hysterical, and quite possibly psychotic.

  • @jadezee6316
    @jadezee6316 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    i must say this turek guy has about the weakest argument i have seen in all these hitchens debates...

    • @philip0602
      @philip0602 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's because you don't have answers to his precise and intellectual questions...and also because you are a moron

    • @poozer1986
      @poozer1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@philip0602 says the guy who appears to conscript to primitive dogmatic bullshit, that literally had no evidence to it

    • @philip0602
      @philip0602 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@poozer1986 that shouldn't prevent fools like you to give answers..if he is illogical state where he is...else answer his queston fool...why should we entertain your bullshit?

    • @philip0602
      @philip0602 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@poozer1986 hitchens the cry baby wss almost in tears...is that your hero you morons...

    • @poozer1986
      @poozer1986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@philip0602 almost in tears? Whatever you have to tell yourself buddy. He was most likely drunk, and still made a fool of your idol.

  • @racebannon5523
    @racebannon5523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Did anyone else think it's strange that Frank said Jesus came to make dead people live

    • @JamesLangston-cr2wx
      @JamesLangston-cr2wx ปีที่แล้ว

      The fool has said there is no God.

    • @drrydog
      @drrydog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol

  • @jgibson5041
    @jgibson5041 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Based on this performance, perhaps it would be in Frank Turek’s best interests to decline future debates.

    • @JaredibleProductions
      @JaredibleProductions ปีที่แล้ว

      You’re right, Frank beat him too much that it’s embarrassing for all the others. 😬

    • @yomilalgro
      @yomilalgro ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

  • @dingdongism
    @dingdongism ปีที่แล้ว +33

    1:48:58 Turek’s delivery of that line, and the way he stepped back from the podium, and the look he had on his face, gets my vote for the unintended comedy moment of the evening.

    • @beeehappy1597
      @beeehappy1597 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      cant wait till i get there lol

    • @alanwilson8407
      @alanwilson8407 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saw it! That was a Charlston Heston move!😝😂🤪

    • @fugu_3467
      @fugu_3467 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think he believed it was a mic drop moment no?

    • @SS-yr3ij
      @SS-yr3ij ปีที่แล้ว

      it has that same awkard effect in that crap Last Jedi movie when that girl said That’s how we’re going to win, not fighting what we hate, saving what we love. lol..the whole theatre went silent

    • @stevenhetzel6483
      @stevenhetzel6483 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMFAO. Thanks for the comment, I was listening without watching and i woulda missed that mannerism.
      Hot fucking damn that is hilarious

  • @oldbk4281
    @oldbk4281 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Turek is definitely one of the weaker opponents in these “debates” with Hitchens. Rabbi David Wolpe was far better. Sharpton was the worst.

  • @acosmicsimian3994
    @acosmicsimian3994 11 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It's almost too bad there isn't an afterlife because Christopher Hitchens is one man I'd love to share a few bottles of Scotch with. Atheism for the win!!

  • @josephno1347
    @josephno1347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Tureks matter of fact demeanor is naseating

    • @barbara.sexaloid
      @barbara.sexaloid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To him, make believe sky daddy is a matter of fact, so that means it should be obvious to everyone. 🙄

  • @paullever9219
    @paullever9219 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Every time poor frank opens his mouth, some fool speaks…

  • @mattyguitar22
    @mattyguitar22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Is Turek deliberately misunderstanding or misinterpreting Darwin and Dawkins in his opening argument? 🤔

    • @maxwell4431
      @maxwell4431 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, listen to the way he misquotes Hitchens in the same conversation. It's crazy to hear the actual quote and then compare that to turek's interpretation

  • @maxxwellbeing9449
    @maxxwellbeing9449 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The stretching of reality that Turek has to make in order to make his case is shameful. He’s all over the place trying justify his nonsense. No matter what he flaps on about, there is absolutely zero verifiable, evidence for the confirmation for the existence of God. You literally need faith to believe in God, unfortunately, faith in one’s beliefs is evidence of nothing.
    If nothing can come from nothing, and we need a creator to create the everything that we are, and all that we see, then something had to have created God, and another creator would also be needed that creator and so on and so on to infinitely. If the something from nothing argument is to be taken seriously, then they must concede that God also needs a creator, which in my view he does. Man created God, not the other way around. Turek can’t produce enough snake oil to convince any rational person that his God or any God has any verifiable evidence than can confirm the existence of God. Again, you need faith to believe in God, faith in that belief is evidence of nothing.
    God does not exist.

  • @amellirizarry9503
    @amellirizarry9503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Turek thinks that being materialistic means that one believes that everything is explained at the level of the atoms. He keeps asking how atoms can give us logical and moral, when it is obvious that this is not how it works and nobody has suggested that.

    • @RobertASmith-yy7ge
      @RobertASmith-yy7ge 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amell Yrizarri then how does it work?

    • @jdkhaos4983
      @jdkhaos4983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@RobertASmith-yy7ge well step away from the quantum realm when talking about morality and look at our evolution and the way we structure society, and observe the usefulness of that behavior. You won't find morals in particle physics. No atheist says we don't have feelings or desires or empathy or any of that. We have it because our conditions demand it, minus those few psychopaths which seem absent of morals, who have faulty biological wiring due to the imperfect nature of our existence. We need morality to not just survive, but to thrive. We do much better in groups, and advance much faster as a species,, than to try to survive independently like animals.

  • @mahmoodmokhtari9355
    @mahmoodmokhtari9355 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The level of the arrogance of some of these Christian preachers is beyond pale. And does this guy think that the louder & faster he talks the more the bs he spews becomes more believable? Thanks for the great Christopher Hitchens. RIP.

  • @mockingbird195
    @mockingbird195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Turek went 5 minutes over his time in the opening statement. Hitch had 2 minutes left!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      And? Does that make Hitch some thinker?
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @andjunglepunkthirteen760
      @andjunglepunkthirteen760 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@2fast2blockahhhh, the envious 2fast returns…

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andjunglepunkthirteen760 how the universe created itself and got around the laws I gave..."ahhhh, the envious 2fast returns…" I'm NOT envious of your answer.

    • @user-jc8py7dw7r
      @user-jc8py7dw7r ปีที่แล้ว

      @@2fast2blockYou aren’t smart enough to post serious responses.

    • @albertmorrow3645
      @albertmorrow3645 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@2fast2blockscientific laws do not govern how the universe acts. They are DESCRIPTIONS of things we've observed about the universe.

  • @Bluesruse
    @Bluesruse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Frank sounds like Bill Burr having an angry rant. Except Bill makes sense when ranting.

  • @momoyagga
    @momoyagga 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "The Holy Spirit" 1:14:29 Speechless 😐

  • @ForrestWest
    @ForrestWest ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Christian speaker is assuming right from the beginning that if the universe had a beginning something had to create it, while ignoring the question of where the Creator could have come from? Just an age-old religious ignorance on display

  • @teeceesmusicvideochannel1282
    @teeceesmusicvideochannel1282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Turek is a poor TV evangelist

  • @psyok
    @psyok 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the most replayed moment in the video being when Turek ends and Hitchens starts is simply poetic

  • @SuperAnimal1970
    @SuperAnimal1970 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Turek is contradicting himself Sooo Much, for anything to be eternal it has to have started, so Hitchens asking who created God is valid, is Turek saying there is a god before the god ?

  • @Fullyautomagic
    @Fullyautomagic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Turek is the loudest person

  • @drrydog
    @drrydog 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It hurts my brain cells listening to christians preach

  • @PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude
    @PuffyCloud_aka_puffeclaude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The very existence of apologists is a refutation of the definition of god that they defend.

  • @steveloafe
    @steveloafe ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can justify morality without there being a God. The preservation of a species is predicated on the outcomes from the deeds that we call moral. Murder for example isn't necessarily a moral thing because like species do not kill themselves because they would cause their own extinction.

  • @krisi7562
    @krisi7562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    On reasoning and presentation it is hard to overtake Christopher Hitchens......His 'English accent' has little to do with it. Hitchens reasoning said in any accent would be equally persuasive.

  • @timmarrier
    @timmarrier 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    2:05:25 - The dying words of a circus ringleader......well Frank, the Great Leprechaun at the end of the rainbow thinks you exist, and would love for you to be rich with his gold. Find him, Frank.......find him.

  • @rampagingibex3181
    @rampagingibex3181 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The universe wasn't made by God, it was made by my Aunt Merle.

  • @roberttomkinson8315
    @roberttomkinson8315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Religious debaters always they provided evidence when they haven't because there is none

  • @IllyaLeonovMorganFreepony
    @IllyaLeonovMorganFreepony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What best explains reality? Observation and description.

  • @OregonINK
    @OregonINK ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Frank must be tired from all the mental gymnastics he has to do to even try to make sense. Not saying he did but he definitely tried, it was honestly hard to listen to

  • @lumpheadthump
    @lumpheadthump 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is why they should have debated with no moderator

  • @cynphyll8272
    @cynphyll8272 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    26:00 is where you want to start

  • @danielmoose1273
    @danielmoose1273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Turek's points are the proverbial 'tempests in a teapot' ...

  • @fernandoprieto1340
    @fernandoprieto1340 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    when they start to debate one on one toward the end the moderator should have not interrupted them

  • @Fullyautomagic
    @Fullyautomagic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I like how Turek presents faith as a bad thing in the beginning. “It takes more faith to be an atheist”. We are not only better atheists but also believers.

  • @un2mensch
    @un2mensch 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @TheDJKareem I find it intellectually disgusting that someone can say something as stupid as "if it has a beginning, it has a beginner", as if some-*one* has to be the cause, and not some-*thing*. And then his argument for why it isn't a "god of the gaps" argument is an exact version of the "god of the gaps" argument! It hurts to hear this.

  • @vernellmiller1176
    @vernellmiller1176 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I guarantee you Chris wishes he could come back, but start over

  • @lindaforzani8215
    @lindaforzani8215 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I do not appreciate Dr Turek's style. He is not funny. No contest!

  • @Freddyfrm18
    @Freddyfrm18 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Maaannnn the guy I don't like destroyed the guy I like.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you liked Hitch, did either of you deal with....The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, energy can only change forms, energy creation/destruction can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. Creation had to be done supernaturally at some point.

  • @anthonyz548
    @anthonyz548 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Imagine of Christopher just stood there quoting all the scientists, physicists, etc. that support a rational explanation of the universe.... I imagine he'd still be talking now.

  • @DiustheZ
    @DiustheZ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If the universe needs "Something" before existing then god needs "something" before "he created the beginning" you can't argue that the universe needs to have a creator because nothing existed but the creator was able to exist without needing a creator. The ONLY record of said creator existing was the WORD of people that supposedly witnessed these miracles, we know that today human recollection is horrible if you have 10 people witness the same event you'll get 11 different explanations of what happened and today we have video evidence! People are able to write down what they saw the key words being "What they saw" that doesn't mean what they saw is what actually happened key evidence of this is a magic trick and "magicians' have been around for centuries.

  • @mu9284
    @mu9284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Though it’s true that Christopher lives on through the internet and the internet almost acting as a home of his where we can visit any time we want and have a small or long conversation. But still I miss his sharp intellect so very much. In my opinion no other atheist personality have the uncanny combination of wit and humour and razor edged word precision like Hitchens.
    Sir you will be missed forever and ever.

    • @pedroporto6729
      @pedroporto6729 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Feel exactly the same!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pedroporto6729 yep, and just as clueless as Hitch was.
      The 1LofT states that energy can't be created or destroyed, it can't happen naturally. One aspect of the 2LofT shows that the universe is winding down, usable energy is becoming less usable. It is clear creation had to be done supernaturally yet it is still denied because people are just too proud to accept that, among other things.

    • @pedroporto6729
      @pedroporto6729 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@2fast2block what is clear is that you don't understand the words you are using.. supernatural isn't a thing, just a silly way of showing you, like everyone else, don't know the answer. Also, using that nonsense in 2023, shows that you are not prepared to discuss the subject and should just say you don't even know what it takes to understand what to ask and "are just to proud to accept that, among other things."

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pedroporto6729 clueless one, I made it CLEAR. The laws I gave show creation can't happen naturally. We have one choice left, it had to be supernaturally. Very easy to follow but YOU don't like the results and have no logical/evidence-based alternative so you cry about it with nothing better to offer. It's what all you clueless beings do....cry.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @hogienutz6869 I give hard-evidence, you give nonsense and you're proud of that.

  • @dhruvvaranasi3374
    @dhruvvaranasi3374 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's extremely cheap how Turek hijacks a soldiers sacrifice, which is completely out of context with regards to Jesus's sacrifice, which at best is metaphorical, to justify his epistemological beliefs. Shame on him. Jesus did not give his life for the soldiers, God did not, that man did. And to use his death to refer to his imaginary friend as loving, and to paint Christopher as ungrateful for that love, is extremely reprehensible. Shame on Turek and people like him.

  • @whirledpeas3477
    @whirledpeas3477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Frank is a Carnival Barker, but funny

  • @Futt.Buckerson
    @Futt.Buckerson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it weird to brag about your spoken wpm? If you're an auctioneer, I get it. But, it feels like a negative in this setting.

  • @zeldaofarel
    @zeldaofarel 13 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When the following writing appears in the clouds of Jupiter: "There is a God, and I'm him. I wrote the Bible, so follow it already." In English. Then I'll believe it.

  • @merrybolton2135
    @merrybolton2135 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you are seeing this 12 years later I hope see how Christopher shows how iron age thinking Turek has sounds . As a 85 year old with not long to go miss Christophers common since !!!!!

  • @berosi
    @berosi ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Theism and reality are two opposing "realities"

    • @stevenhetzel6483
      @stevenhetzel6483 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can't prove it one way or the other, so that's a faith-based statement you just made. Lul, it's like you completely ignored what Christopher said.

  • @MrBoglocks
    @MrBoglocks ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Shit closing statement for Turek

  • @jakethechef1
    @jakethechef1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m sure Frank thought the bit about the soldier was a mic drop, but it was sappy and sentimental; an appeal to emotion when the appeals to logic all fell short.

  • @stephenspreckley8219
    @stephenspreckley8219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you Christopher for your basic common sense. The Turek guy is a pain in the arse with his shouting and nonsense.

    • @racebannon5523
      @racebannon5523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's like a little mad Chihuahua trying to bite your ankles

  • @kirkp_nextguitar
    @kirkp_nextguitar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It think the title of this video misrepresents the topic of the debate. It was not “What best explains reality?”, though Turek has ever since claimed that it was. It’s my understanding that the announced topic was “Does God exist?”. Unfortunately, the moderator failed to mention the topic of the debate in the recorded introduction. There is a huge difference between the two topics, since “Does God Exist” does not give Hitchens a burden of proof. If anyone has documentation showing the previously announced topic I’d like to see it.

  • @seanrooney4847
    @seanrooney4847 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Turek is just insufferable

  • @lesbrown8099
    @lesbrown8099 ปีที่แล้ว

    Terrific interview… thank you…