Militant atheism | Richard Dawkins
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- www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins launches into a full-on appeal for atheists to make public their beliefs and to aggressively fight the incursion of religion into politics and education. Dawkins' scornful tone drew strongly mixed reactions from the audience; some stood and applauded his courage. Others wondered whether his strident approach could do more harm than good. Dawkins went on to publish The God Delusion and become perhaps the world's best-known atheist.
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Back when TED hosted all sorts of discussions instead of non controversial ones
Good ol' days. Today it's all so tame.
It literally banned all the ones dealing with religion, whether opposed or for lol
"For his invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world's creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable." Ro 1:20
"those who exchange the truth of God for the lie and venerated and rendered sacred service to the creation rather than the One who created" Ro 1:25
Is he judging correctly if he judges all religions as a danger to human society and God as non existent?
"Open your mouth, judge righteously and plead the cause of the afflicted one and the poor one." Pr 31:9
While it is noble to speak up for those who have been or could be afflicted or impoverished by religion is it righteous to prejudge all religions as the same. That is prejudice. That is like judging that all races are or everyone of a certain race is the same. It is like saying all countries are or everyone of a country is the same and condemning them for it. Should he not make such negative assessments on a denomination basis? Putting them all in one basket approach is unjust!
@@bjm6275 It is pretty obvious he is talking about all religious which have influence enough to affect society. Anything else small enough which doesn't come under all, but certainly does not have any influence either.
With how common religions like Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, ect. Leave a lot to be desired compared to modern standards of morality. People tend to ignore all the flaws and keep believing and twisting it to their liking which leads to a lot of problems.
“As has been said before, we are all atheist about most of the gods humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further”, One of the best lines this speech!
@Torvic it's not a lie. He believes in one less god than you do. It's an irrefutable truth.
@Torvic have you listened to yourself?
@Torvic it might be dull and tiresome to you but that doesn't make what he said any less true.
@Torvic and the reason you cannot begin to give a lengthy and reasoned exposition is because you literally cannot. You have no valid point to criticise him on.
Hardly, his groups' main objective is the destruction of Christianity, Antichristers are not concerned about undermining anything else.
Atheism feels like something that would be controversial in the 1600s
Galileo was under house arrest for the rest of his life because he backed up Copernicus idea that the planets revolved around the sun with proof using his telescope. Talking about unfair treatment of logic
They still seem to think it is, when the fact is that most of us don't even care about the 'issue' (except for maybe those _other_ Fundie 'True Believers').
Lol nobody got the joke
@@thetp816 i mean i don't mind a bit of theological discourse here and there xD
@@khedarenperumal8906 Here's a rather shocking thing that I've read somewhere. In ancient Greece, the secret mathematical society had a member slain for divulging that the length of the hypotenuse of an isosceles right angled triangle cannot be expressed as the quotient of two integers, i.e. the square root of two is not a 'rational' number.
I have since then learned Cantor's proof that although all the rational numbers can be matched with the equally infinite number of integers, the non-rational numbers cannot!
There are too many of them!
I prefer questions with no answers, than answers you cannot question.
I haven't met anyone who rejects the theory of evolution who actually understood the theory of evolution.
Me neither. Although evolution does not disprove God.
Francis Collins is a good example. He's a born again christian who is the founder or at least a high level part of the human genome project so he knows his biology. He wouldn't DREAM of denying evolution as he would make zero sense doing so. Those who reject evolution are simply wantonly ignorant.
@@TheEternalOuroboros No that's of course impossible. It's like saying evolution doesn't disprove the flying spaghetti monster. It does however make god completely unnecessary as an explanation for how life came to be.
@@blacbraun -Somewhat, indeed. But science can't yet prove how the big bang certainly happened.
Same
Reading the Qur’aan changed my life.
I left it immediately and read about atheism. Never been happier.
Had us in the first half.
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@@idonthavetime2reply14 wtf?
@@idonthavetime2reply14 I bet there is a lack of tin foil in your town. Conspiracy nuts are by far, the most ridiculous people on earth
@@idonthavetime2reply14 If you're going to present a conspiracy by playing with letters, at least make sure the letters actually form something coherent.
I'm french and honestly I'm always baffled to see that atheists seem to be badly treated in countries such as america, while it is such a normal thing here
Croissant and baguette man?
Usa has 200 million christian.Even if people say Christianity,people will remember majority of Christians are from US
@@jarrygarry5316 yeah and? Does that justify how poorly atheists are treated?
That’s why chréstian people are considered strange or even attacked here but there is no atheist attacked in america….
same reason why racism and bigotry isnt much of a problem anymore in other developed countries but they are in the US.....
The most brilliant speech I ever heard from Dawkins was his reading from his own book on evolution about the way the human bodies ability to fight off infection through the immune system. It was spoken so plainly and made absolute perfect sense, anything I had known or thought to have known went right out the window because it felt like primary school explanation suddenly supplanted by collegiate theory that I felt In My bones. Richard Dawkins, along with the rest, hitch, Harris, etc. Are needed at the right time.
Dawkins + Hawkins
Such atheists, especially Mr. Richard Dawkins, if they would have spent only a small fraction from their time dedicated to depart humans from the most important truth, God/Jesus, for a useful thing instead (such as solving cancer etc.)
it would have been really beneficial, as I did more years ago, discovering and posting on such videos both the simple correct treatment for cancer and the demonstration of God's existence, as anyone who sort the comments can see in my recent and quite recent messages.
I agree except Harris seems to be spellbound by leftism in a very non logical way.
@@filmeseverin you are really an ignorant my friend. They speak the truth and the need to speak about it is because religion is dangerous, for the very believer and for the people around them. This people have done in seeking for truth than any religious would ever do. Did you know these people are neurologist, biologist, professionals in a subject or another and spreading more and more truth and knowledge?
For humanity's sake friend, before crying like the typical child-minded believer/religious, take some time to see what is more important here, human life. Not god, did you know some people give their life for god? kill others for god? love more god than their own family members? You have to be very naive to think there is someone in the sky looking up to you.
When I was 9 years old I attended a catholic school, I was in 3rd grade and a malignant nun organized and commanded the whole class to humiliated me and indeed they destroyed me.
I am now 57 years old and the evil action of this woman still pains me and I do not know why.
Ever since I am 7 years old I remember the masses and churches brought me very frightful emotions and this never ended until I conquer my liberty to never enter this horrible places and their horrible cults; which is when I was 18 years old and I escaped with my ex husband then my boyfriend.
Long ago I discovered that the beautiful universe is indifferent to our sufferings and I love and I am profoundly grateful for the amazing chance of my existence in it and to have a brilliant professor Mr. Richard Dawkins as my brother comforting me and teaching me of our miracle of evolution, harmful people with their religions and their god.
I marvel at myself because I was regaled with the gift to be born antitheist.
Sorry,
@Scott Scotty The Vatican leaves out a lot of what Jesus said. He is defined in Islam as Isa and he says a whole lot more than what is written in the bible. You should read the Quran to find out what he actually was about.
@Scott Scotty The Roman empire had a historian named Tacitus who had no vested interest into believing Jesus because it wasn't their belief and was prosecuted by Roman leaders. He wrote about Jesus being crucified by Pilate. It points to more than just speculative evidence and he isn't the only Roman historian of that time that spoke of him. I am unsure what more proof is needed to prove Jesus was a real person.
You are right even Islam doesn't recognize Jesus as being divine and I could see where people would have reservations against thinking he was who he said he was. However, there are many authors to the original scrolls of the bible and to corroborate such a claim in a time where blasphemy was punishable by death it doesn't make sense to me that these people would lie and increase the odds of death.
I guess its a personal experience thing but the reason I believe it is because Genesis 1:3 explains sonoluminescence and it correlates strongly, there is no way Moses knew about physics but yet he described it with that verse. Plus it accurately predicted the rise of atheism, thats a prediction unheard of during that time as civilizations of the time centered around God and that would have been blasphemy.
Also there is the fact that the conservation laws of thermodynamics will not allow for nothing happening after death. Energy doesn't work like that. Its not created or destroyed but yet some people seem to think we are capable of violating a law of physics thats impossible to violate. That is 50% of an atheist view proven wrong by science so the question becomes can they be wrong about the other 50%.
@Scott Scotty Bart Ehrman is an atheist and agrees that Jesus existed. The Christ myth theory is a myth. He wrote a whole book debunking it.
The fear of being publicly outed and destroyed is the main weapon religions use against children. That's how they get you to never question the beliefs. "It could be you that we turn against next."
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation, so that belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin.
Minchin is great. "Do you know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine!"
Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1
Science is the search for truth. The Bible is the truth. Science will seek the Bible. Why do you think it is that most of the founding fathers of modern science happened to all be Christians? It's no coincidence.
If something is unobservable then it is like Schrodinger's cat. If you believe the cat is dead, but no one can actually look in the box, then are you still going to demand that you have proof the cat is dead? Until the box is opened, how can you demand that you have proof of anything?
Faith changes alot bro, it's quite adaptable
“Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority".
-Richard Dawkins
@nakedBison69 There's no "Atheist Authority".
@nakedBison69 Okay let's break it down. Could you kindly define "Atheist authority" with/without quotes? You've used the term. Care to define it? I do/have not heard/know of such an authority, but perhaps you do; so kindly enlighten me.
@nakedBison69 You seem to have confused people with liberal stances as being "atheist authority". Seems like you're just a salty illiterate Republican. ;)
@nakedBison69 Joseph Stalin was a student of theology, Adolf H. never left the catholic church, Charles Darwin another student of theology ........ This is where good religios indoctrination takes you.
@nakedBison69 Sorry , Charles Darwin was right. The other ones (Stalin and his "dear" friend Hitler) where terribly (in the true sense of the word) wrong.
I remember when I first read the God Delusion and feeling outraged by it. Following much debate, research and soul-searching, I now salute this man as a brave hero. Thank you, Professor D!
So you became uneducated, Kudos. Richard Dawkins is a brilliant idiot.
I was once a brainwashed young earth creationist, who came to my sense, and I owe much of it to this great man. Love him. The world is a better place for having Richard Dawkins in it.
@@ABARANOWSKISKI You are lying and you are wrong.
@@ABARANOWSKISKI A proper sequitur for your claim is that Richard Dawkins made you stupid.
@@TheMickeymental
Quick IQ test...
Solve: 4, 5, 14, 185, ...
Leaving Islam was one of the best decisions i ever made in my life.
Same with me and Catholicism
@@Maghribi100 i highly doubt it is their real name.
@@Maghribi100 didn't you watch Spider-Man
@@shimnakt955 what do you mean??
@@Maghribi100
"With bully as name you can't be muslim"
LOL . People leave Islam and People join it every day. Same with every religion.
Also Bully Maguire>--Spiderman 3
"I know Jesus will return in my lifetime !" said billions of dead people
1000 years on earth is like 1 day in heaven, so Jesus is coming back soon, are you ready?
@@samuelcalderwood1379 tell him to bring me a cornetto when he comes
@@zonzaykay mockers and scoffers 👏🤔 Jesus will return and l pray you don't miss out, heaven will be beyond anything you can imagine
@@samuelcalderwood1379 That sounds great, but do you have any evidence? Of course not.
@@riglancer5473 with some people they still wouldn't follow God even if he appeared in front of them
We're all thinking it and he just goes ahead and says it.
And makes a fool of you too.
Kinsley Lewis it’s commonly said here in the U.K. I’m from Wales I am anti theist as most of my friends are too. We know that theists are just ‘Pork chops’, born of pork chops and destined to rear a fine crop of Pork chops themselves. Ever tried educating a Pork chop? You’d know what I mean.
All religions are barriers to learning, and dangerous to the human race. Religion too, thrives in suitable habitats. Guess what they are? Where they are is America, but why? Why?
@@jimbojet8728
Why? Because of the belief that this is the "promised land"....😐....
Things are really looking grim lately 😥
@@jimbojet8728
Christians believe in science and science has it's place in the world but God is neither subject to man's ideas rather the opposite.
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence.
Elija D blah blah blah.you are just regurgitating nonsense. Man made all gods. No gods exist or all gods exist, but the chances of your one god existing are minimal.
I remember watching this video as a teenager and, having grown up in an extremely evangelical christian family, It really meant a lot to me. I often think that people that haven't grown up in that sort of environment don't understand what a challenge it is to be an apostate. My views have changed over the years somewhat and I wouldn't say that I agree with Richard Dawkins on every point but I do feel a debt of gratitude to him for helping me to have the courage to be intellectually honest in the face of adversity. I very much appreciate this talk that he gave.
99.99999999999% of people are fast asleep..................falun dafa
Believe it or not, God is not the enemy.
@@jeffforsythe9514 did you pass out on your keyboard my good sir
@@jeffforsythe9514 God doesn't exist. Religious beliefs are the enemy.
I have grown up in an evangelical Christian family as well, which has always been very closely connected to the local church. To treat evolution as a possibility is practically blasphemous. I have changed my thinking recently, and have made the decision to put aside the frustration generated by unsatisfactory explanations and arguments, as well as the fear of offending God. Well, if God is real, and since God must be the God of truth by definition, then in no case could he be offended by me accepting the facts as they are, according to the present evidence, and according to the logic with which we are endowed. Evolution offers me no reason to stop believing in God (leaving aside Dawkins's narrative, about which I have some objection), in fact every time I consider an issue I try to get closer to God with that issue. Not fearfully, but openly and honestly (as it should be), but without letting it affect my relationship with him. However, what I haven't done yet is share this with my family. Perhaps it is cowardice, but from my point of view it is not necessarily important. I do not want arguments or problems with them, and the fact that I believe this or that they believe something else does not affect their lives or my life or my faith.
13:35 "We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in... some of us just go one god further".
That statement is so absurd. It is akin to me saying, "We are all murderers, some of us just go one murder further."
@@ethanm.2411 Don't argue with me, I''m just repeating what Dawkins said. On the other hand yes I will argue with you. NO that statement of yours is not akin to anything. Dawkins says most of us disbelieve in the existence of every god other than the god of our personal choice. Some of us (the pure atheists) disbelieve in every god so far imagined. Your statement says "we are all murderers" but some of us murder one more than the others. Take your pick, which is more absurd or elucidate Mr bard.
EDIT: Sorry for this thread taking up space out of all proportion to the content of Dawkin's lecture, but you can read a lot into a simple statement. And maybe people who use numbers of those who share their belief as validation off their religion should also agree that the greater numbers who don't share their particular belief greatly invalidate their position. After all that's how democracy and legal judgements work. And by that measure all faith is invalid.
R.F.Burton: "All Faith is false, all Faith is true: Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own".
@Emmet Bergin I was using a reductio ad absurdum argument. I was taking Dawkins's statement and reversing it using a positive action rather than a passive one. It reduces to nonsense.
Furthermore, disbelief is also an action.
Another person who plagiarized Hitchins and pretends he came up with this observation
Zenodotus Of Athens I know what a loser lol
Dear Dawkins,
Please visit Kerala, India.
Many are looking forward to hear from you.
Thanks.
we are in every corner living with keeping secret about our atheism in india ... UPWALE
Yes, welcome to kerala😍
🙄🙄
We have a Ravichandran C ❤️
@@nikhilanp who is he ?
"Let's stop being so damn respectful! Thank you very much." Awesome speech
shaqpopcorn34 Who would'nt?
+shaqpopcorn34 And they are right. Like I said, they understand better than you that evolution is not like pokemons.
+shaqpopcorn34 Like I said, it is not that simple. If you were smart, you would go on google or grab a science book. I guess I can't expect that much of you.
shaqpopcorn34 The observations you have made, in the short amount of time you have lived, show this. Science extends much further than you; much, much further.
I have to modify your second assumption as it is erroneous in many ways.
Common ancestor of frogs and humans*, giving rise to a progeny with a different genomes and possibility of mutations [in an environment where migrations can occur, where populations of the same species might meet, where natural catastrophes might happen and where individuals breed randomly,] will give rise to other such progeny and after over 300 million years*, the amount of genomic variations occurring will have resulted in a plethora of organisms with different traits, including a Prince.
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has believed in. Some of us just go one god FURTHER." YES!
Atheists all criticize the sheep and their lying greedy leaders and actually think that that is proof that God does not exist, sorry, for a child maybe. Adults realize that great achievements are achieved by hard work and long hours. Imagine if Michelangelo had spent two weeks on the ceiling instead of years on his back. A great achievement is finding God not denying Him........................Falun Dafa
You don't need to go one God further. Just stop with the one true God. You need not resort to really stupid statements and make believe they are clever.
@@robertszontagh1297 you’re in the wrong comment section my man, Ken Ham’s is that way 👉🏻
@@ConVict2 And cwieb is just a ham 🐷
@@ConVict2 Haughty Atheist Minion🫵🏼
Christians (or religious people in general) call Dawkins a fundamentalist, evil etc. I call him a realist.
Mesafint Fanuel that’s because they can’t prove anything
Mesafint Fanuel
As it turns out... www.atheistmovie.com
Then you have those, like Kent Hovind, that routinely go around calling atheists " stupid". He calls himself a christian and many creationists respect him. Despite his long prison sentence and selling of fake cancer cures.
The Atheist Delusion Paperback 2009 By Ph.D Phil FernandesPope Benedict attacked what he called militant atheists on his visit to England.
His previous job was head of the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition which has a particularly nasty history.There you go.
Hesusio xD
I just looked it up, the definition. "a person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly".
The man who changed so many’s future...love & respect from Iran.
Much love to beautiful Persia from Australia
@Σאgßと I don't think he'd have much choice in the matter if they decide to come after him. At least not if he wants to live. All one can do if persecuted by their own government is to run and escape the country to one that won't extradite you for most likely made up crimes(by your home country) just so you can be sent back to be imprisoned, interrogated, tortured or executed. All because you're a possible threat to their regime. Or you can stay and start a revolution that'd most likely fail and end with you dead. May cause enough uproar to change history but it's doubtful since all the government has to do is change the narrative, mix in some verifiable truths with the lies and most people will believe it.
اگر داستان آدم و حوا و دیگر ماجراهای دینی به این شکل رو اسطوره و استعاره و تمثیل در نظر بگیریم هیچ گاه با نظریه داروین در تضاد کامل نیست ؛ مشکل اینه که به خصوص مسلمانان تاکید دارن که قرآن لیتراله٬ نه متافور
you take a shop, there is a boss,
every shop has a boss
you take a city, there is a boss (called mayor)
every city has a boss
you take a flock of birds, there is a boss
every flock has a boss
you take a country, there is a boss,
every country has a boss
and so on...
it is always so,
there is a boss, not none nor several,
now,
you take the universe, there is a boss
You sir are a boss with balls as heavy as some dumbbells.
I'm so glad he wasn't shot for this.
Only atheists would be paranoid of such a thing...
*+Morgan Micawber*
Shot for what? His worthless opinion? Derkins is a false authority... he's a joke. Shooting him ain't worth the bullet.
He was. With a camera.
Couple of years ago, in Bangladesh or India, some agency made a list of 84 notable atheists. By the end of that year, 10 of them have been assasinated.
Ivan Haboić unfortunately idiots make up the majority of our population, but still feel just as strongly on their beliefs. like children they lash out with violence when they are unhappy with a situation or an idea.
Back then to the time when TED was not yet plagued with unscientific, uneducated, amaterish talks of some novice speakers. TED was once upon a time a global stage for elite speakers. Live long Dawkins!❤
This is one of the best TED talks of all time. Dawkins is amazing!
I knoww!!
An amazing fraud who doesn't acknowledge the implications of the theory central to his beliefs.
wooo weee still waiting for elaboration...
@@woooweee what?
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
I respect christians, muslims, and all religious people.
But that doesn't mean I have to respect their religion.
@J S Which rapid change 15,000 years ago?
Richard Dawkins...one of my VERY FAVORITE PEOPLE on planet earth!!!! Keep fighting the good fight, sir!!!
We were put on this earth to test our faith in God. You get the opportunity to write your own report card.
Proof and evidence have nothing to do with what is important which is FAITH in God. In my opinion, many atheists got hurt somehow and cannot understand how God could allow their suffering and then they lose their faith in Him. But, again, in my opinion, they have failed their test, showing God how weak their faith was in the first place. Sad.
Fighting? Believe it or not, God is not the enemy.
@@jeffforsythe9514 Why would we think someone we don't believe exists is the enemy?
It's the *people* that spread beliefs that arn't true to great human cost that are the enemy.
Any time an atheist expresses frustration with god they are just entertaining the hypothetical while discussing wether the god character in the bible story is a morally good character or not.
(kind of like if you are angry at an annoying character in a movie while still knowing it's a movie)
It's not like they are angry at a god they actually think exists.
Can I ask you something? Can a people become a nation again after having been dispersed in different parts of the world for more than two thousand years? And in the countries where they were exiled, they were the minority and were heavily persecuted. They were not allowed to secure jobs and were often expelled from their lands..
And throughout the ages, kings, queens, political and religious leaders tried to annihilate them...do you think they could survive as a people? Could they become a nation again and become a powerful force in the region shortly after they reestablish themselves in the land of their forefathers?
And as they tried to rebuild their tiny country, they have to survive the attacks of the neighboring nations that have more well-established armies? Considering they are a small country, with no army at that time, as small as New Jersey with the land mostly dessert, surrounded by enemies who attack them from all sides--- and with hardly any natural resources that even Mark Twain in his diary said that even a cactus was having a hard time to grow in this arid, bone dry and dessicated land ? Will they survive? What do you think?
Still listening to his wisdom while he's still alive in 2023!
thank you richard dawkins....i feel less alone....
Well said.
@BARBATUS 89 Or go to university :-)
@BARBATUS 89 in a way the turn away from God, instead turn to worship Kim Jung Un, I say very surely, that Athiest typically are skeptical about worshipping anything. And when Kim Jung Un promises more than Yahwey, and also claims to have more power than him, why wouldn't theists worship him?
@BARBATUS 89 He didn't move the goalposts or throw out any red herrings. How can you be stupid enough to believe that?
@BARBATUS 89 Also, Atheists don't worship the devil because we are not convinced of the existence of ANY kind of deities. Nice job, but your circular logic Fallacies make you look like a moron.
Dawkins is so harsh that most people don't get him.
I love his bluntness
I think that no matter how ideas are spread it's not great to always be blunt. Have you ever met a blunt religious proselytizer? I'd rather have someone be nice to me and explain their point of view rather than condemning mine, maybe I would consider their point of view then.
I tend to find it distasteful, but I quite liked this presentation.
Is he? I actually think he's quite polite. Of course, he won't belabor the truth and facts, but he's shown a considerable amount of sensitivity for others in his arguments. I rank the following names on an increasing order of harshness:
5. Sam Harris
4. Richard Dawkins
3. Matt Dillahunty (possibly misspelled)
2. Michael Sherman (possibly misspelled too)
...and of course...the one with the least f*cks to give...
1. Christopher Hitchens (RIP)
@BTIsaac as long as childhood indoctrination occurs it will be an uphill battle.
He's a tool of the mainstream agenda.
Let's engage in civil dialogue.
An educated mind can entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle.
Amen!!! Pun intended. 😁
Americans don't like to think, they prefer to follow.
We were put on this earth to test our faith in God. You get the opportunity to write your own report card.
@@jeffforsythe9514 and that's exactly what's wrong with Americans
I think this is one of the best speeches ever. I hope for the day when I will see this on the major networks in the U.S.
Don't need to Atheism is already very mainstream especially in the US and the West.
Yes, most networks never tell the truth, good point.
“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
Equality, feminism, his ilk believe in worse based on his own very theory of evolution. There are beliefs which further the long term interests of the group, and there are those that don't. The smug throw away lines hide just how shallow the thought behind his ilk really is.
wooo weee he didn't ask us to go in the way of evolution and natural selection. He wants us to be enlightened about the actual truth instead of fairy tales.
I definitely go one god further in the case of naturalism. All these man made gods are delusions that separate us from our Creator, God, from and to whom are all things; from the universe to the atom, from heaven to our soul.
A lot of Christians need to show more respect to scientists who study God's original textbook; nature. On the other hand a lot of scientists would greatly benefit by acknowledging the limits of science and by being open to the profound truth of the inventor, manufacturer and sustainer of the things that he studies. How do you explain the computer software program, Paganini's concerto or the Lamborghini without its designer or author?
Living things, the cell and the language of DNA are infinitely more complex and built on a language system. Evidence tells us that such things are logically derived from a planner, a mind, an intelligence and a power.
We would do well to discard the little man made god of naturalism to open out minds and soul to the reality and person of our Creator, God.
That’s like saying we are all unmarried, because unmarried people go one person further compared to married people.
That quote makes no sense. If, Christians, Jews, and Muslims add another God to their pantheon, than they wouldn't be Christians, Jews, and Muslims. They would have to believe in an entirely different belief system.
Humanity:
Fact = Just a theory
Belief = FACT
stupidity is the real enemy
Asy Ko: brilliant!
Read my former professor of law and apologetics, Dr. John Warwick Montgomery's "Faith Founded on Fact." Used copies in good condition are available from Amazon.com.
When thee are FACTS, one doesn't need faith.
Christianity isn't just a matter of faith, but it's based upon historical, legal, bibliographical, internal, external, scientific, archaeological, logic and personal evidence (Greenleaf. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists by the Rules of Evidence Administered in the Courts of Law. McDowell. New Evidence That Demands a Verdict. Lisle et al Basics of Creationism. Stoner. Science Speaks. Bruce. The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? McDowell. More Than a Carpenter. Montgomery. Faith Founded on Fact. Clifford. Leading Lawyers Look at the Resurrection. Lewis. Miracles. Strobel. The Case for Christ. Montgomery. History and Christianity. Anderson. Christianity: The Witness of History. Revelation and the Bible.. Sherman-White. Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament. Kenyon. The Bible and Archaeology. etc.)These are just a few of the thousands of books that present the overwhelming evidence for Christianity. Used copies in good condition can be obtained from Amazon.com.
ALL religions rely on faith, because there simply is no evidence. If you have actual evidence, you don't need faith, and you certainly don't need to threaten anyone to try to MAKE them believe.
Russell's Teapot is actually way more likely than god, the only error is location. There are billions of teapots orbiting the sun.
I did not know that! But it's very funny. I presume that they are not only invisible, but highly reflective on any surface that faces the sun.
@@albertrogers2506 evey teapot on Earth is orbiting the sun.
@@awakeningtovacuity8372 Good point. But I've never yet seen an invisible teapot.
Oh, neither has anybody else!
@@albertrogers2506 i don't think Russell said it was invisible.
@@awakeningtovacuity8372 You are apparently right, in that i find it reported he said it was too small to be seen.
we're going to miss this man. it's wonderful how polite he seems while destroying every sheep out there that follows religion of any sort
Jesus knows His sheep by name, and they know Him.
I would be disparaging the sheep if I were you.
@@Ingot54 Baaa.
@@Ingot54 Darwin and Dawkins rest their case...Baaa indeed!
@@paulvr3158 george carlin too hes one of my fav atheists
@@choongwenxiskss783 Yes, and Bertrand Russel and the Hitch!
I remember watching this for the first time in 2012. Richard Dawkins was the force that led me to drop my belief in a Christian God! He is an incredible personality and a great speaker of our time. Thank you, Richard, for all you do! :D
and how much further is he going to fall?
Richard Dawkins Suggests Eating Human Flesh to Overcome Cannibalism ‘Taboo’
and who else is he going to take with him?
Degjoy-Sam Harris did it for me, sort of. I was raised catholic but never bought it. I kept my disbelief to myself for decades. Sam let me know it was ok to not believe
Mybizzz 17, wtf are you talking about?
What took you so long? I became a gnostic atheist [ _without even knowing those words_ ] *before* I made my 12th cycle around the Sun.
@BARBATUS 89 You couldn't even rise to the level of the trash they throw into the trashcan --- BOTH of them are so far ABOVE you.
Mark Y..... The best way to fight the misconceptions about atheists is not in changing our label to skeptic or humanist but in living well, being kind and so on.
My favorite moments are when, while volunteering at a homeless shelter, I often get asked what church I go to or if I'm a Christian. When I say no, I am an atheist, it is difficult for them to say much bad about it in that moment
There are no atheists in foxholes. By not having faith in God, you have no idea of what blessings you are denying yourself. Good luck. I was blessed 16 years ago after seeking the Lord for thirty five years.
I get "you are such a kind and good person I can't believe you are an Atheist".
2019 and I still believe he’s a force to be reckoned with. Logic is the greatest weapon in ANY fight.
Freedom Found in Faith of Loving Jesus :-) ruclips.net/video/6WtV1XtqsW0/видео.html Stronger than logic, more powerful than talk.
The man who bends to feminism while talking about evolution is not dealing with logic. The reflexive leftism of skeptics like Dawkin's is entirely incompatible with their claim over evolution, equality would be the ultimate in extraordinary claims, and he fears this truth to the point where he must lie. And so they have become creationists, because people like him can't deal with the fact that they have proven the case against themselves based on his own theory, the ultimate mind virus is atheism as it kills its host.
@@woooweee At the risk of you adding dressing to that word salad...what are you on about?
Have you ever had a conversation with a Trump supporter?
Too bad atheists have none.
Thank you Richard once again for helping us to try to understand how special our lives are.
I dont need dawkins to help me understand how special our lives are. I use the Bible. Without G-g the commandment to not commit murder is just a mans opinion. Why do atheists follow a mans opinion? If science showed that murder was ok would you be ok with it?
@@petero7937 very stupid comment. Science is about truth. If you need to read your holy book to find out you shouldnt kill someone your an idiot. What if your book said you should go kill people I bet you would. Many that read those retarded books do.
God considers us to be His most precious creation, just for your information.
@@petero7937 we don't need religion to establish our own morality. Also, religion's morality is quite questionable in manner of human rights
@@petero7937 God himself is a man made creation
"To put it bluntly: American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest" Yuppp!
We were put on this earth to test our faith in God. You get the opportunity to write your own report card.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
@@jeffforsythe9514 but you believe in the wrong God
@@Stumc46 There is no wrong God, God is God and the devil is the devil. Without God in your life, the devil can have you for lunch.
@@jeffforsythe9514 the devil only exists in the minds of the insane and the delusional religious cultists.
If I was going to pick a god dionysus seems quite cool. I hope you haven't chosen yaweh... we all know that story is fake
It's very hard to respect an adult with imaginary friends.
Its very hard to respect an adult who continues to belittle and bully others based on their beliefs, but I assume you wouldnt understand tolerance if you worship Dawkins (dont take that literally) :)
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 All hail Dawkins!
I do not believe in a god, but the people on either side who insult the other are just frankly ridiculous.
FriendlyNeighborhoodDerp At least one of you in this comment section has a heart to speak of....I thank you. I don’t want to fight with these people, but they constantly push and shove, and in any conflict, we should simply be like those of Dr Kings time, respond not with anger, but with love.
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 Yeah but as I always tell myself "the loudest people tend to be the most ignorant". There are problem children on both sides, I typically just ignore them.
Right, thanks for being respectful and all that. I honestly appreciate it!
The best way to combat theism is to just have a better education system which we need desperately in America. I would imagine that there are more atheists in Europe due to the better education system they have compared to America.
MrNihilist74 Maybe, here in England many children start school in church of England influenced establishments and though religion never dictates the content in the learning of science and the world we live in it does run a parallel lesson of bible stories and the teachings of jesus.
I think a lot of children from 7 or 8 are able to compare the two and fairly quickly dismiss the religious portion, those children who still believe in the God are often from religious family background so potentially the possibility of expanding the discovery and knowledge acquired at school is left at the school gate.
I have no problem with a personal faith and that schools teach about the world's many religions but when schools start the indoctrination of young minds with teaching that a religion is the literal truth then it troubles me.
Luckily my children do not appear to have caught the God bug 😊
We have more atheists in Spain, but our education system is as bad as yours (even more). I think it's more related with politics.
MrNihilist74...unfortunately our religious institutions and educational systems are cut from the same cloth; both are designed to keep people ignorant, compliant, divided and easily manipulated.
yes. and all the churches paying taxes would be nice, too.
I remember being a little girl around 7. I was playing with my barbies in my room at my grandmother's house, and I thought to myself "I wish I could die soon before I sin, I want to go to heaven and play with barbies forever". Teaching religious doctrine to children is so unbelievably cruel. In any other context, I would be assessed by a psychiatrist for being suicidal, yet because that thought is based around religion, it is widely accepted.
Catholic indoctrination is a strong drug to inflict on children. I escaped it all eventually, thank god. Doh!
Cry more 😭😭😭
Same
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
@@ZZ_ZRØ Is that you, Deepak Chopra??
Dawkins in his pomp.
Eloquent, humorous, accurate, honest,
piercing, entertaining and very correct.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Blunt and genteel, peppered with humor. I love Dawkins!
Giggles a great combination eh?
Julie Wake Yes brilliant atmosphere for brain washing.
7pinky7 he is brain washing no one. The main thing he advocates for is non-conformity and free thinking. Both of which are contradictory to brain washing
There is nothing "genteel" about a man who says that people with Down Syndrome should be "exterminated for their own sake".
@Gaytony lol, hypocritical Dawkins was not terribly concerned about "increasing happiness and reducing suffering" of his wife when he was traveling the U.S. chasing tail back in 2013.
Ok that guy nearest the camera's laugh is HILARIOUS
It gets me every time. Love it. Love Dawkins, love TED & the whole video.
We were put on this earth to test our faith in God. You get the opportunity to write your own report card.
In 50 years our children will learn about this man from history books
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not if any governments have anything to say about it.
Atheism is the fear of a higher Being. That's why atheists serve only themselves, and that's why all atheist societies have failed.
@@zachsmusicandcomics
Any totalitarian government that tries to silence this narrative is doomed to disappear eventually.
Religions and gods come and go.
Reality doesn’t.
keep dreaming
17 years old, but still brilliant.
Actually, he was 61 years old at the time
Man Dawkins looks old for 17
Are you sure?
I think
I think he means the talk itself
Thank God I’m an atheist!!!
Psalms 14:1 - (To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.) The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good...…………………….Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand...…………….2 Corinthians 4:4“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
Jr tabor you are a moronic brainwashed idiot and I pity you
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@@jrtabor713 "I am what I am, an' I'm not ashamed. 'Never be ashamed,' my ol' dad used ter say, 'there's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth botherin' with." - Rubeus Hagrid to Harry, Ron, and Hermione in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
@@jrtabor713 You're a fucking idiot who is using 'god's' verses to prove his existence. Get a life, moron.
I am an Atheist
morecrows gta Good.
Me too. Ex-Muslim as well.
GnR 788 welcome aboard brother.
GnR 788 Congratulations! You just made the world a better place. One Ex-Muslim at the time, and the World will become a better place.
morecrows gta im a mormon jk.. Ex Christian here :D
I'm deist non religion, but my respect to all atheism, agnostic and religions people
I am forever grateful to this man. The man I loved was trying to kill me to hide his crimes, the ones he committed against my person and my daughter. I held on to Richard, the most kind human I have ever seen. He spend the past 5 years showing me how justice, kindness, manhood existed. Not all men where like my evil pseudo lover. I survived. And I love this man, he held my hand when a group of idiots thought that they could just kill a black woman and get away with it. And get paid for it. I left the UK and I survived, just about. I am so grateful Richard. Thank you.
lol "kill a B woman and get away with it" you mean like in Chicago every weekend?
Trust me, this man is more vile than the man you have mentioned. You are simply deceived by his appearances. This man - Dawkins is literally preying on your soul and you are unaware of it. I pray for you
If Dawkins had been my biology teacher, I'd have learned a lot more than I actually did at school. Witty, concise and engaging.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Dawkins is an embarrassingly ignorant fool. He’s a far better talker than he is a thinker. In today’s world, appearance comes before everything else. Which is why fools like you love Dawkins: he sounds and looks intelligent without having enough nuance to actually invoke any real critical thinking. He makes you feel smart when you listen to him without actually making you think. He was a mediocre biologist who got famous by applying his knowledge in biology to everything. It’s how he created his theory of memetics: applying knowledge from a field he’s experienced in to one he isn’t experienced in, and that’s what we ended up with. It’s like your grandparent who has no idea how a computer really works explaining it with analogies to stuff they know from their lifetime instead of actually trying to learn how a computer works. You don’t need to be smart, intelligent or open-minded to understand what he says. It just makes you feel smart, and I guess that’s enough for you and the rest of the other fools praising him here.
Magnificent. I am from India and we need to start translating these videos in our languages. The only thing is there is no guarantee that you are going to survive. But someone need to take that risk. It's worth dying for.
I know man, people say that India is very tolerant towards atheists but forget about people like narendra dabholkar and gauri lankesh
@@pruthadeshmukh153 Hindus are tolerant towards Atheists - not all Indians
One of the 6 schools in Hinduism is Atheist - I myself am a Atheist Hindu
Atheism is nascent in india. Needs to get a boost..
What a silly comment, sorry.
I agree that we need to translate these languages but we won't survive? Excuse me? Are you that much of a coward?
The man is a legend.
Thank goodness he and others can still carry on the fight against the pernicious worldwide ignorance and sheer evil of religion.
Oh and RIP Hitch. 👍
I am out ex-Muslim atheist.
50% of those who leave Islam are.
Welcome to sanity!!
Me too ❤️
Dekh ly ga tu... Marny dy sirf... Ye abba bachae ga tujhy
Waqar Yousuf ager asal khuda tumhara wala na hua to? To tumhara abba Muhammad tuje bachai ga? Wo to khud bhi mn chupata pir raha ho ga!
"How dare you mock Intelligent Design? DO NOT DESECRATE THE PURITY OF THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER. It's clear that you don't receive the blessings from His Noodly Appendages but that gives you no right to insult a devout Pastafarian like me!" : every other creationist
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Honestly, if atheism was a 'religion' Dawkins would be a deity!
Al dente I hope.
Epic
R’Amen
I wonder if religion is getting pasta joke.
@@TonyEnglandUK that's in poor taste. You've gone too farfalle.
I'll get me coat
All teenagers need to watch this.
+Sebastian Molina *Everyone
Sebastian Molina already doing so for a while now
Yeah they need a good dose of marxism!....yeah!!
Their parents are watching...always watching...
Yes, indoctrinate the youth. That's the way
The legendary Professor Richard Dawkins! ✨
Quran [23:99] - [23:100]
(such is the state of the disbelievers) When death comes to one of them, he says, ‘My Lord! Take me back,
that I may act righteously in what I have left behind.’ ‘By no means! These are mere words that he says.’
And before them is a barrier until the day they will be resurrected.
@@SasukeUchiha-mp2wh ... what a kind & loving god islam worships! Actually, it’s the same vicious, psychotic monster-god of judaism & christianity. What a sick plague is relIgion.
The Just and the Wicked perish alike
@@SasukeUchiha-mp2wh It's pretty well known now that the catholic church created Islam. Stop being controlled by long dead greedy humans.
The level of common sense in this Ted Talk is over the top. Loved it.
If he had any common sense he would wonder why his fellow skeptics are effectively creationists now, as is most of scientific academia. He lacks that level of self awareness.
@@woooweee
Your facts are fake news. There are no sceptic creationists. Only biased and indoctrinated fools in that team.
The level of worship for the atheist god in this comment section is ridiculous
Is scientific fundamentalism, and the worst thing is the bigotry, they disapointme to be honest... Just to make it clear Im not Cristian, but people that feel superior for living in two dogmas like evolution and science fundamentalism make me sad. Your comentary was really acurate, my congratulations and sorry for my English.
Can I ask you something? Can a people become a nation again after having been dispersed in different parts of the world for more than two thousand years? And in the countries where they were exiled, they were the minority and were heavily persecuted. They were not allowed to secure jobs and were often expelled from their lands.
And throughout the ages, kings, queens, political and religious leaders tried to annihilate them...do you think they could survive as a people? Could they become a nation again and become a powerful force in the region when they get back from exile, considering they are a small country, as small as New Jersey with the land mostly dessert, surrounded by enemies who wanted to annhilate them amnd with hardly any natural resources that even Mark Twain in his diary said that even cactus were having a hard time to grow in this arid, bone dry and dessicated land ? What do you think?
I live in a society where Islam is the most common, most widespread religion and I have just shared this video on my Facebook profile. I am aware that many of my Facebook friends will not be delighted with this video, but that is their problem, not mine.
I come back every year to watch this, I wish I could interact with this great person one day.
Why not reach out to Dawkins?
You could email him
Can I ask you something? Can a people become a nation again after having been dispersed in different parts of the world for more than two thousand years? And in the countries where they were exiled, they were the minority and were heavily persecuted. They were not allowed to secure jobs and were often expelled from their lands.
And throughout the ages, kings, queens, political and religious leaders tried to annihilate them...do you think they could survive as a people? Could they become a nation again and become a powerful force in the region when they get back from exile, considering they are a small country, as small as New Jersey with the land mostly dessert, surrounded by enemies who wanted to annhilate them amnd with hardly any natural resources that even Mark Twain in his diary said that even cactus were having a hard time to grow in this arid, bone dry and dessicated land ? What do you think?
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Why is being a “militant atheist” considered objectionable but being a militant Christian considered being “evangelical”?
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Because atheism is based on hate and egoism, whereas christianity is based on loving one another.
@@Isaiah4110H wrong 😂
@@Alex-bl8uh Societies based on atheist beliefs always end up in genocide and oppression.
@@Alex-bl8uh So communism and national socialism is not based on hate and egoism? Atheists disprove themselves.
Prof Dawkins is one of the greatest geniuses of our time
You must live in a cave... full of moraless retards.. That's what imurges from his philosophy
He is an idiot.
Don't get carried away... :).
The man doesn't even accept the implications of his own theories, like the rest of the surviving horseman, just another coward. If he were a true genius they wouldn't have let him speak at the TED, they would have deplatformed him.
@StevenWayneJones
Fantastic and well argued point. BTW your t-shirt noting I like Jesus is enough for me to become a Christian. I'm convinced. That four years I spent at University wasn't worth it. Not when I can watch your eloquent videos, full of compelling evidence.
I'm Buddhist
Buddha was not son of god
Buddha was not Prophet
Ｉ think he was philosopher
I respect to him !
+AlexOfMacedonAOMH YES,THEY BELIEVED IN RE BIRTH!! BUT EMBRACE THE USEFUL PEACEFUL PHILOSOPHY!!!
and you top them all
you dont know if your reborn. you wouldnt know cuz your thoughts stay in your brain when you die and your brain rots. and even if there was a heaven where would you keep your memories. you could have live a thousand lives before this and you wouldnt have a clue
at least theres proof of buddhas existence
PapaKay
these are spiritual things. i wouldnt say these are like religion, where you believe in an entity who rules everything. buddhist are mostly peaceful with their believes and their are alot of non-buddhists who believe in reincarnation and karma.
I love Dawkins' British accent, it's clear and confident.
He makes the Bri'ish joke questionable.
@@juanjoyaborja.3054 donkey donkey sun a washing machine
I love Dawkins I miss the way Hitchens and him would go on. Hilarious, witty and right!!!
In the development of life we take it for granted that as such life develops it become equipped with mechanisms for its protection. In animals we have T cells, antibodies, and leukocytes, however in higher species like apes and especially humans there has arisen a dimension of life that cannot be protected by biological means, and that is the dimension of rational thought and what we call intelligence. With intelligence - by its necessity to be complex - protection cannot be administered by antibodies, T cells, or leukocytes so evolution, over time, has developed an external form of protection for the frailty in humans, and possibly lesser animals, stability and what we call sanity.
This is implemented by deputizing some complexity to the care of a higher entity which is created within intelligence to facilitate stability and security. Whether this higher entity is real or imagined is open to conjecture, but as it is a product of the mind and also has a necessary function, perhaps it falls into a twilight zone of existence in our understanding?
So full of themselves. More ego than actual achievements.
@@poetry7260 what a fool you must be.
@@poetry7260 you sir are ignorant he was a decorated writer, journalist and stood up and debated with the veracity, facts and wittiness like no other he went to Oxford as well there you go for achievements and his ego Is not a façade it’s pure intellectuality with no remorse he completely devastated every person that ever tried to go against him, nice try though but this man achieved more than you or your family to come. Good day
@@derekddurbin Oh, so you know who I am and what I have accomplished along with that same knowledge of my family? Are you psychic? Read truths over the comment section of the internet? I thought you were all about proof and evidence. "You sir are ignorant." What makes you think I am a sir? Do you have proof. Who really is the ignorant one here?
I'm in love with Dawkins.
+Christa Stempel me too and I'm gay! lol
+Rhoda Mackenzie I'm not, but you're my kind of person.
+Rhoda Mackenzie gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy jk :D
+shaqpopcorn34, hilarious comment. :)
+Christa Stempel very intellectual, start a cult.
I watch it every year in 1st of December. Still amazing after 12 years.
@@jackburgoyne1769 sigh - debunked so many times but here we go again......do we have evidence of how building are built? yes millions of examples
We were put on this earth to test our faith in God. You get the opportunity to write your own report card.
In the USA, we must repeal the tax-free status of a church. Particularly because while they are not suppose to engage in politics, they most definitely DO without any legal consequence yet enormous political consequences
RD is without question my FAVOURITE speaker ever. He is soooo 'easy' to listen to and understand. Salute Richard Dawkins.
Rejoice in the knowledge that no one matters :)
@@ZZ_ZRØ Or as the late,great Christopher Hitchens once said, 'Religion makes normal people do un-speakable things!(and never was a more truer word spoken)
@@ZZ_ZRØ I've seen many clips of RD in debate and as of yet, I've Never seen him walk away defeated. Never. (the same applies to Hitchens)
@@ZZ_ZRØ atheist here, just watched the debate with Hitchens and Craig thanks to your recommendation. Craig delivered his arguments very well and probably made the best case for God's existence that I've ever seen, but not nearly good enough for me to change my views. His arguments on morality and the creation of the universe stood out to me as especially weak, but it was genuinely interesting nonetheless.
All those bemoaning dawkin's outspokenness are foggy eyed, have you forgotten already all of the great division, blood shed, and nonsense that religion has spread through the world? I wish there were even more outspoken atheists out there.
I myself couldn't see religion go away soon enough.
@BARBATUS 89 Shameless self-promotion.
@BARBATUS 89 Truth? How can your fantasy be truth, if it's just a fantasy?
Also, calling others maggots is not very Christian of you. :^)
@BARBATUS 89 Why are you namecalling other people with insults? I thought religion was supposed to be friendly and peaceful. What would Jesus think of you?
You better repent for that sin, my friend.
@BARBATUS 89 Such language. How very un-Christian like. Shouldn't you love thy neighbour, instead of name-calling them with insults?
@Hitler was Vegan All wars are started by Atheists. The true Atheist has no empathy or compassion for anyone or anything, except themselves. No one with an ounce of decency can possibly be an atheist. Our free will gives us the choice of becoming GOoD or dEVIL. Our actions define us, not our opinions. He (Christ) was speaking to the
Atheists of his generation, but those of differing opinions do not come to KILL, STEAL, and DESTROY; they are only kicking against the organized religions led by ATHEISTS that do come to kill, steal, and destroy. Those that you are lambasting may or may not find the truth that they seek, but you have slammed the door in their face; so they lump, as
you do, everything they don't yet understand into a box and cast derision upon it. A professing Christian is called to a higher standard. Does it upset you when you are derided? It affects everyone the same way. Remember the vow you made to the GOLDEN RULE. The life of GOoD is on the inside, hidden in our thoughts. Do really think you are doing God's work? The war is within, not without.
“When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.” GaRdZ
“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them - the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
"I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within." Socrates
If you can't see God in All, You can't see God at All. ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Yes, there is a Divinity, one from which we must never turn aside for the guidance of our huge inward life and of the share we have as well in the life of all men. It is called the truth. ~ Henri Barbusse
"Thus men forgot that all deities reside in the human breast." William Blake
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” ? Mahatma Gandhi
An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth; or it is an error: it can never be a crime or a virtue. ~ Frances Wright
"We live in our imaginations desiring to fulfill our phantasies" me
ah so sad this is eight years old and nothing has changed
Well,I was a theist 8 years ago,and now I am an atheist.
I knew nothing 78 years ago. At age 6 I became an atheist.
Might makes right. Kill all the non-non-believers and put in place a eugenics programs to cull those not smart enough to live in the utopian xanadu of communism. "If all men were angels you wouldn't need government" If people are smart enough they will not be evil like religion is and communism will work.
It's now 16 years old and nothing's changed.
Me too
Rate of ignorance in Nigeria is very pathetic, we need help here. Love this video 💓
We need help here really cracked me up 😂sorry but yeah we can only hope it gets better
Let's stop being so damn respectful....thank you very much...
this is by far the classiest smackdown i've ever seen
British style.
The number of creationist trolls in this comment section is truly mind boggling.
Thomas, if they are stupid enough to be creationists, what else would you expect?
keltar2007 I wouldn't expect much else.
Once you have a different view than you they are trolls. Talk about intolerance. Idiot
No, Stian, you are wrong. Of course different views are perfectly possible without trolling. The amount of creationist trolls in this comment section is just stupendous.
I would say, however that it must be very hard to defend creationism, without coming off as a troll. The reason of course being, that the idea is totally obliterated by all the evidence - amounting to proof - of evolution.
You might be able to follow the logic, or you might be the real idiot here.
Thomas Kirk Larsen Dawkins switched to agnosticism. L0L
I keep coming back to this lecture every year, it's just that good
You put your faith in authorities as far as you can enthrone them.
"Trust them as far as you can throw them"
18:46 "To put it bluntly: american political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest" - Dawkins 2008
No surprise there
Not True.
The Victimization Approach...once again.
The satanists are running, and ruining this flat world.
@@bignoseharry6561 THE SATANISTS? D: AMG!
How to spot an atheist:
1. They are holier than thou (they are intelligent vs you, practically mere cattle, in their eyes), this displays their lack of intelligence
2. When you tell them they can't possibly know there is no God as that would be a faith, like religion, they say they didn't say that, they suddenly transform into agnostics, this displays their lack of honesty.
We need a new term to describe the point of view that "atheists" are trying to take, which is: I despise you and your view of God, if there is a God, it will be my God, a God designed by me and not the one you imagine. Too bad they are not honest to be able to acknowledge that about themselves.
Of course, Christians believe atheists will be burned for eternity by our loving creator and that too is ridiculous.
I think we live many lives and Jesus was part alien, but not to cheapen it, the sacred aspect is real too.
@Mike fu Fair point Mike. Just that's a pattern I've noticed in the atheists I have tangled with. I attended a local meetup of atheists too. That was sad actually. They were very good people who were planning to go to a church to try to interact with Christians to free them up from their delusions. Funny thing though, not funny, every single one of the atheists were joyless people, and no sense of humor. Attend a church and you'll probably spot some genuine smiles, not forced at all. So it's all a tough thing to grapple with. Just throwing up my hands, I want to work on being kind because I think I can see a sweet soul at the core of everyone, all trying to do our best. Or good enough. :)
@@garyha2650 moron
Oh, I am not the only one who has chosen music for my funeral.
After becoming an atheist I completely quit drinking and using all drugs. Religion poisons everything, and we only have this one life - we should cherish it.
Destroy with humour and laughter. Better and more efficient than an atomic bomb.
Yeah we're all laughing at this fool.
@@johnc.8158 In the development of life we take it for granted that as such life develops it become equipped with mechanisms for its protection. In animals we have T cells, antibodies, and leukocytes, however in higher species like apes and especially humans there has arisen a dimension of life that cannot be protected by biological means, and that is the dimension of rational thought and what we call intelligence. With intelligence - by its necessity to be complex - protection cannot be administered by antibodies, T cells, or leukocytes so evolution, over time, has developed an external form of protection for the frailty in humans, and possibly lesser animals, stability and what we call sanity.
This is implemented by deputizing some complexity to the care of a higher entity which is created within intelligence to facilitate stability and security. Whether this higher entity is real or imagined is open to conjecture, but as it is a product of the mind and also has a necessary function, perhaps it falls into a twilight zone of existence in our understanding?
New fan here guys ❤️ thanks for opening my eyes to truth
Prove that there is no God please.
@@jeffforsythe9514 theists have to prove that there is god because you cannot prove nothing
Try the late, great Christopher Hitchens' lectures and debates too. BUt you will have been offered those by RUclips already.
@@TerryMcGearyScotland thanks man
@@alexfraserjones958 You are welcome. I'm enjoying Prof. Jordan Peterson's material too...but he surprised me and let me down slightly with his leanings towards theism. Take care.
Absolutely one of the best speeches ever.
Proof and evidence have nothing to do with what is important which is FAITH in God. In my opinion, many atheists got hurt somehow and cannot understand how God could allow their suffering and then they lose their faith in Him. But, again, in my opinion, they have failed their test, showing God how weak their faith was in the first place. Sad.
Believe it or not, God is not the enemy.
@Jack Probert I received God's blessing so of course you are "wrong". Why, do you think I should change fact for fiction, God is watching, not at all pleased with your lack of faith. I think that if you asked Him to help you realise what a precarious path you have chosen for yourself that He would rescue you. Good luck.
@Jack Probert I do not threaten people, I just warned you. You do not seem to be very happy, perhaps I can help?
@Jack Probert When I see a small child playing in the middle of a busy street, I pick it up and move it to safer grounds. I am sure that you would do the same.
As a child I thought, “how can adults believe this fairy tale”? I’ve read the bible twice and the gospel a half dozen times. My opinion has not changed.
That’s because you’ve never read it. Or because you’ve never read it in a language intelligible to your mind.
@@allanliang9072 What? He said he read it? Is he supposed to read it in a certain way? The best way to read it is with an unbiased mindset. That way, when you finished reading it you can acknowledge it as make belief.
Without the eyes of faith through the indwelling of the Spirit of God, one cannot comprehend the Bible. St Paul says the "natural man cannot discern the things of God" for they are "foolishness" to him. You prove St Paul right: he knew sinful men and women would hear the message and read the scriptures and totally miscomprehend them: you need faith and you need repentance.
If you don't want it, that is your choice and that is your decision, but one can chose to be humble and open to the possibility, as millions have been. The pride of many keeps many away.
@@mevangel9898 in other words you need to be gullible to believe it.
@@mevangel9898 Why do you willing choose to bend down towards authority? To make matters worse he probably isn’t real.
Religious leader to an atheist. "You are like a blind person looking for a black cat in a dark room that isn't there." The atheist to the religious leader. "You too are like a blind person looking for a black cat in a dark room that isn't there. The only difference is that think you've found it."
Psalms 14:1 - (To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.) The fool hath said in his heart, [There is] no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, [there is] none that doeth good...…………………….Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand...…………….2 Corinthians 4:4“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
@@jrtabor713 well maybe if you speak of facts instead of quotes of fantasy books, or parables as you may say, we could take you seriously.
To use beliefs in a debate about facts is no different that trying to contain the ocean waters within your hands, just accept that you don't have what is required.
@RUSSIAN ROBOT Wrong. Atheists do not believe. Not believing in God is different than believing in no God. Any knowledge is always open to questioning. If it is not open to questioning, it is dogma. If it holds up to questioning, it it true. If there are discrepancies, such as Newtonian physics, the discrepancies are acknowledged until a better explanation is discovered: Einsteinian physics. If there is any indication of a God, I'll be a theist. Without any indication of a God, save people stating that there is one while offering no evidence, I am an atheist. It's that simple.
is his collar bothering anyone else ffs
No. Why should anyone care about that?
I noticed it, didn't really care about it though.
See this is why people should finish watching a video before reading the comments. Now its fucking bothering me too. Thanks.
Akash Kvijay
But why does it bother you?
Toniehoek Idk. There must be an evolutionary reason.
That's brilliant. 👍
"A truly remarkable situation;
"A grotesque mismatch between the American intelligencia and the American electorate. A philosophical opinion about the nature of the Universe which is held by the vast majority of top American scientists, and probably the majority of Intelligencia generally, is so abhorrent to the American electorate that no candidate for popular election dare affirm it publicly.
"This means that high office in the greatest Country in the World is barred to the very people best qualified to hold it.
"Unless they are prepared to lie about their beliefs.
"To put it bluntly, American political opportunities are heavily loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest."
*claps*
that last quote is brilliant af
I fear that it might be too late before we realize how big of a crisis we face due to religion.
The biggest argument AGAINST Intelligent design; is that we don't have four arms.
I always thought that it was that we were eating and breathing through the same tube. It's such a stupid idea, and thousands of people die every year because of that design flaw.
Forewarned is four armed.
@Kakashi Hatake So you say the loving God wants people to horribly choke to death on a regular basis?
The ones that argue for intelligent design are usually the same ones that say masturbation is evil. If we are intelligently designed and the designer didn't want us masturbating, we would have shorter arms.
@@cnault3244 “BUt iTs FrEe WiLl!” Every Christian argument ever when someone discusses the morality contradictions and flaws that God seems to exhibit
Creationists actively seeking out atheist video speeches are like Bieber fans commenting on Metallica video's..... you have no place here ;p
Robert Rijkers lol okay
Robert Rijkers I say let them come. If the believer watches the entire talk, a seed will have been planted (despite the near-certainty that the believer will vocally deny this fact.) Perhaps one day this seed will bear fruit & we will welcome another non-theist to our ranks; however, even if these theists never entirely "convert," there will always be that wee bit of doubt thanks to videos such as this. Watching this type of material with me is the way I converted my ex; once a vehement Baptist, he's now a confirmed de facto atheist.
Robert Rijkers Atheists do that even more than religious people do.
I love this man. He is wonderful.
He is but he takes it too far wit his antireligion speech. Religion is an ideology like democracy for example it is not inherently bad. Smart people refusing to participate in religion and lead religious thought is what makes it bad. It leaves religious institutions to be led by power hungry egomaniacs who would betray their own mother to stay in power.
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He can also learn the vices of hubris from religion for example.
@@santos122122 You do not need religion to learn that hubris is a vice. You can learn that from Greek tragedies from where the word hubris originates.
Smart people also refuse to participate in the retelling of fairy tales or tribal convictions or myths and legends for which there is no evidence. That's not to say myths and legends are bad. What makes religion bad is that it imposes a faith on people, it creates a class of spiritual expert (priest, rabbi, imam) who is considered holier than you and better at understanding scripture than you and some of these experts are con artists and others are violent powermad psychopaths. It would not matter how many intelligent people engage in religion if they lop the heads off or set fire to those people who dissent.
So I disagree on pretty much all counts. If the guy takes too long for you to make his point maybe find someone punchier but don't expect me to agree with your opinion of him because I don't.
@@muttleycrew I agree that religious leaders need to be taken down a notch.
But advocating the complete wipe out of an ideology because someone decided to abuse it is a tremendous error and hubris.
As a matter of fact Jesus fought religious leaders of his time as well which was the main reason he was crucified.
Religion is a great tool for betterment of humanity building cohesion between people and shared value that everyone agrees to respect which is the reason it survived so long and still survives.
Not all religious people believe that god is some guy siting on a cloud in the sky passing judgement to people.
But sadly it i left to the people that take the stories in religious text at face value to defend religion because those that know better are afraid to speak out of fear of being labeled as being stupid.
I agree with your point about the Greek tragedies but sadly they are not as widely distributed as religious teachings are.
Furthermore Dawkins because is an intelligent and educated man falls into the trap of thinking that all people have the same level of reasoning and values as him.
People that take religious texts at face value will find some new god to worship even if all existing religions are wiped out somehow, but that new god will be something much worse than what we currently have.
@@santos122122 This guy right here is smart. His position is stated with respect and class.
I believe in God and can see a similarity between the fact Dawkins is somewhat preaching and it does affect his bottom line. He is making money on a philosophical belief and requires there be an audience.
The reason I believe in God personally is because I can't say why I believe there are 7.28 billion people in the world. Its an ever changing variable and impossible to count because death and birth rates play a part. It takes a leap of faith to believe it and that told me faith does play a role in humanity and so I believe in God but outside the confines of a single book or religious view. I simply didn't write off God because it wasn't God who defined himself and so I have no clue as to the nature of his existence, but choose to believe in him because of personal experiences I can't quite justify with a logical and reasonable line of thinking.
I respect you for your non-argumentative way you handle explaining your belief, it is a characteristic I wish all of us had to that level, including me. Thank you for your insight.
@@evilcowboy Although I'm an athiest, I think believing in something and admitting what you don't know is great. Respect.
Am I the only that goes to sleep
Listening to Dawkins and Hitchens. I love it.
I'm glad that so many people watched this.
I love how he drops a witty joke every other sentence.
Snark is not wit.
We were put on this earth to test our faith in God. You get the opportunity to write your own report card.
I used to be an atheist.. then I watched this life changing movie called ' God's not dead '.. so now I'm a militant atheist.
Quran “Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain.”
Unfortunately my outspoken Islamophobia keeps getting me banned from commenting on RUclips
Relax folks, there's no god
Fernando Rodrigues proof?
@@SleepDaMouse-xd8dn Wow you really debunked that argument there, didn't you?
Just Another Guy how is me asking for proof debunking? I think your upset that someone wants you to back a claim you can’t
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Unfortunately, that is as much a faith statement as declaring there IS one.