"I have a problem with anyone who promotes scientific falsehoods to children." My HERO.

@andrewdouglas1963

3 жыл бұрын

I would guess every single Christian in the country agrees with this statement. I have a particular problem with those who teach abiogenesis is the explanation of how life began on earth. This is a huge scientific falsehood.

@stevejames5863

2 жыл бұрын

the thing is religion is not science, this is something he seems to not understand.

@harmonium8198

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevejames5863 I would argue the opposite: that he does, in fact, understand that religion is not science. That is exactly why he is bothered by religious believers treating their theology as a replacement for science and thus misleading children about what is true scientifically and what is not.

@stevejames5863

2 жыл бұрын

@@harmonium8198 most christains don t believe that the earth is some 6000 years old. a very small percentage of people and christains believe this. when they go to church, they don t expect an exam on biology or physics. he uses the most extreme christains, because he has an agenda. so he is manipulating you. the bible then is mostly stories, most of them have a moral lesson, or a spiritual teaching. again, you are right it is not science. bishop usher, thought up the world was 6000 odd years old, and people hang on to it like crazy. i mean atheists do, because it s not true....he s one guy, in the middle ages.. if anything, genisis, has some accuracy as to the big bang, ie god said , let their be light, etc..but most christains see genisis as more symbolic. and ok yeah i agree, der r sum krstinz, in da southern states....guess what, thats all he talks about. there are many other christains outside of the bible belt, who don t take the bible as literally as they do. but since other christains think they can be one...stupid or ignorant, or two...way to literal or extreme...he ll hide that also. i m a christain, i know many christains who think bible belt christains can be illogical, too severe, even racist, and even not talk the bible literally, they actually take the moral aspects out of context, esp if they are severe capitialsts , racists, and cruel to the poor.....has he talked about the billion s of christains who disagree with the central themes and extremism of the bible belt? the millions upon millions who do think evolution is probably valid? nope. do you know why? that would ruin the stronghold arguement he has...christains are stupid, deluded, and somewhat evil...if he talks about all kinds of other christains, many...many pillars of communities, and some very bright, anglicans, various catholics, some possible lutherans, who btw have same sex marriages, united church goers are liberal, and among the above, except catholic, actually have same sex marriages. you see there are many types of christains... but , shhhh he thinks all christains are those in the bible belt. if he added the rest, his arguement would be squashed.

@colinluckens9591

2 жыл бұрын

How is is SCIENTIFIC to state categorically the IMPOSSIBILITY of God existing??.- He wouldn't be much of a God if you could "FORCE" Him to reveal Himself....in any case He DID reveal Himself - 2000 years ago when He chose to come into His universe as a human being.....like it or not, you HAVE to deal with the historical reality of JESUS CHRIST....

Get rid of this interviewer. Not done his homework.

@bobblue_west

4 жыл бұрын

He's the traffic guy filling in.

@SANCuser

3 жыл бұрын

Great point.

Interviewer asks rather stupid questions while talking past Dawkins answers.

@twat240

4 жыл бұрын

@Markus Tanbeck no he was trying to challenge his views. It's what a good interviewer (politically) always does. The reason it was weak us because he clearly didn't believe what he was saying.

@Thomas15

4 жыл бұрын

Too many people believe that the stance taken by interviewers represent actual belief and opinions. Good interviewers will play devils advocate and take the opposing stance to the person they interview to challenge what is being said.

@Thomas15

4 жыл бұрын

Omniscient This style of interview is perfectly normal in the UK - it doesn't reflect the interviewers personal view. He doesn't give any slack because his role is devils advocate, therefore he wants to challenge Richard's position.

@ibnabdulaziz3652

4 жыл бұрын

Athiests are polytheists in Lordship as they took atoms and stardust as creators, thus making them worse than idolaters in shirk (polytheism). Because the idolater doesnt believe that his inanimate idol created the world, let alone carved itself. But athiests believe that the atoms of the idol did. And they have a large Hadron collider trying to figure out how their atom god did it. And they think they are ape mammals, awaiting to vanish into those particle gods of theirs once their despair kicks in. Thus no one ever had the truth, nor was anything right or wrong to them. The cannibal vanishes with his victims, and they with everyone they agreed and disagreed with. Thus doing good was useless as it eventually becomes equal with the evil, and the evil justified, as it becomes equal with the good. And thus athiesm is very dangerous for humans in this life. They have no Jizyah or protection status in Islam. And it is not lawful to marry their women, or eat the meat they slaughter, same as pagans.

@brennuvargr4638

4 жыл бұрын

@Markus Tanbeck Mark Urban isn't an Islamist. Don't know where you got that idea from...

The interviewer was a disappointment.

@aidsandfire

4 жыл бұрын

It’s actually quite shameful, an opportunity to teach us all something from a great mind squandered to try to drum up some controversy and hope it gets some views on KZread

@genghissmith4949

4 жыл бұрын

PrettyNeckslashes And with that nonsense you show yourself to be a poor specimen of humanity....get a life.

@WhoTheHellIsHarvy

4 жыл бұрын

A Disappointment? It's the BBC what were you expecting? I was not surprised at all.

@genghissmith4949

4 жыл бұрын

PrettyNeckslashes That’s funny bro....but we both know who the bigot is here 🤔😄

@genghissmith4949

4 жыл бұрын

Who The Hell Is Harvy You’re confusing the Beeb with a joke US ‘news’ outlet bro....but no, we have REAL news stations in the UK and the BBC is one of the best, globally respected.

Ive seen most of Mr Richard Dawkins debates and lectures, and I feel most of the interviewers ask the same questions over and over again. Even Mr Richard would be thinking of how to answer it differently. I wished the interviewers would do their research before conducting such interviews. Its waste of time if the agenda repeats.

@nevig6557

4 жыл бұрын

Yea..shame...he spends his days questioning repeatedly with many obtuse words contrary to 'life' Good thing death does its due diligence...It has the last word with no contrary...for Dawkins.

@osmomosis9216

2 жыл бұрын

@@nevig6557 At least he doesnt spend his days shaking his hands at the sky

@nevig6557

2 жыл бұрын

@@osmomosis9216 You must be watchin' the Simpsons😊

"Would you respect the choice of a flat-earther??" (Interviewer moves right along) LOL.

@andrewdouglas1963

4 жыл бұрын

This statement shows the ignorance of Dawkins. There is no evidence which supports a flat earth yet there is overwhelming evidence for the biblical God.

@andrewdouglas1963

4 жыл бұрын

Hermaeus Mora Saying there is no evidence for God does not make you correct. In fact the man widely regarded as the greatest legal mind who ever lived whose profession it is to decide what constitutes as evidence disagrees with you. (Professor Simon Greenleaf). What qualifications do you possess which gives you a greater understanding of evidence than he does which would allow your assertion to be taken seriously?

@andrewdouglas1963

4 жыл бұрын

@Not the real Tupac Can I ask your qualifications in the relevant topics here which would give you reasonable authority to tell the greatest legal mind who ever lived that he does not know what evidence is? Do you realise that just because thinking there is no evidence for God does not make you right? The fact that there is evidence for God proves you wrong. From above, the earth does look like a circle stupid. You misinterpret and cherry pick the verses. This is being dishonest.

@andrewdouglas1963

4 жыл бұрын

@Not the real Tupac Yes attitudes change over time. The evidence Greenleaf used doesn't. The evidence Greenleaf used to draw his conclusion is exactly the same then as it is now. If anything the same evidence has even greater strength now due to recent archeological discoveries. So again, what experience and qualifications do you possess which gives you authority to claim the world's greatest legal mind is wrong about what does and does not constitute as evidence? I can answer for you. None! You have no reasonable authority to claim Greenleaf doesn't know what he is talking about. Only your bias leads you to believe your own unsupported view. As for Isaiah 40 22, that was metaphorically written. But maybe your not clever enough to realise that either and you believe it is an actual 10 billion person tent that we are supposed to be living in.

@andrewdouglas1963

4 жыл бұрын

@Not the real Tupac Sorry but you have not given a suitable reason to believe that professor Greenleaf was wrong. You provided no evidence that the evidence Greenleaf used to reach is conclusion was not reliable. As I said in my previous reply, it is evident that it is only your bias which leads you to believe he was wrong as the evidence strongly suggests otherwise.

2007 wants it's interview back.

You’re in the presence of one of the greatest evolutionary biologists and all you have is a bunch of rinsed, repeated questions. Disappointing.

@AlanWattResistance

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Dawkins needs to stop banging on about God and return to science, then maybe the questions will get more sophisticated.

@ikballalli5539

4 жыл бұрын

"greatest evolutionary biologist" he has not written a scientific paper for like forever. Many in the scientific community find his tirades against religion embarrassing

@billibillion7287

4 жыл бұрын

Ikbal Lalli I know you like to think that as if scientists even believe in god anyway

@Joetheshow445

4 жыл бұрын

No he isn’t. He’s an ass clown. He makes sooooo many mistakes in his non-scientific, opinion based book; the God Delusion. He has zero understanding of geology and doesn’t know why mountains are important, makes MANY mistakes when talking about fossils and rocks, and doesn’t know that the sequencing of the human genome has proven that all human beings are related which is what the allegorical creation account explains. I bet you think Bill Nye is a great scientist too even though he’s not a real scientist

@vinayn9110

4 жыл бұрын

being famous does not make him on the greatest scientists, you have advance the field in some way, and he hasn't done that. He seems like an atheist fanatic.

How does Dawkins not get tired of hearing the same questions he's heard a thousand times before.

@roshanphilip6641

3 жыл бұрын

@@topologyrob I'm sure there'd be plenty people discovering Dawkins through these videos. I'd say it's totally worth it.

@roshanphilip6641

3 жыл бұрын

@@topologyrob do not agree at all. But ok. Your opinion.

Same old questions for Richard Dawkins.

@kascally

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's getting really tedious. In 2019 it is well past time to STOP: 1. proposing belief in fairy tales for adults as a way to ease emotional pain 2. proposing belief in a god as a celestial cop 3. suggesting we are being rude to Muslims because we don't respect iron age educational systems 4. labelling children according to the belief system of their parents Catch up Mark Urban - you're 20 years behind, like the rest of the happy Newsnight team.

Please don't get interviewed by 'uneducated' people!

@Jrenju

4 жыл бұрын

Poor Adam and Eve ..both denied of childhood !

@bandofhawks7316

4 жыл бұрын

David Charles Francis Topham de Vere Beauclerk Are you religiously?

Interviewer DESPERATELY trying to play Devil's Advocate... Prof Dawkins, as ever, keeping his dignity...

@nevig6557

4 жыл бұрын

Shame..it must be terrible to know the Devil's Advocate and imagine you flee from any belief in God 😂😂

@mikusguitarius

4 жыл бұрын

Nevi Gabriel just checking.... you what the phrase ‘to play devil’s advocate’ means? I’m not sure I understand your reply....

@nevig6557

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikusguitarius Sure I know what it means. ..It is based in "religious roots"...and to use it, you acknowledge "existence of the Devil and God"..otherwise you could probably say Voldemort's Advocate. .which is more 'fictional based' expression. You can find that in general religious connotations in most dictionaries...unless you want to redefine it's roots to self suit.

@mikusguitarius

4 жыл бұрын

Nevi Gabriel Devil’s Advocate: noun, a person who advocates an opposing or unpopular cause for the sake of argument or to expose it to a thorough examination.

@hareecionelson5875

4 жыл бұрын

@@nevig6557 Just saying 'devil's advocate' doesn't mean you have to be believe the devil exists: NASA scientists and astronauts say God Speed on the radio to mean good luck, doesn't mean they believe god is speeding them along to safety.

Interviewer was trying to debate😂

@mizzbella9324

4 жыл бұрын

Rob Jack and just looked like a fool, in front of an amazing intellect.

When I listen to Richard Dawkins it's like music to my ears

@Abdallah_79916

3 жыл бұрын

@@topologyrob 😂 lmao

@lightatthecape2009

10 ай бұрын

One of the most unpleasant influences in the new atheism Dawkins is an annoyance to many British scientists and is panned vociferously on questionnaires that do not even mention him.... "Though Dawkins wasn’t a part of the interview process, and researchers didn’t ask about him, 48 of the 137 British scientists they spoke to mentioned Dawkins. Of those 48 that referenced him, 80 per cent said they thought that Dawkins misrepresents science and scientists in his books and public speeches, according to the study by Rice University, Texas." See The Independent (Monday 31 October 2016 16:53).

Richard Dawkins is a brilliant batsman for the team of reason, batting away every old cliche of ignorance that is pitched at him again and again. Thank you Richard.

@andrewdouglas1963

4 жыл бұрын

"Richard Dawkins is a brilliant batsman for the team of reason". Lol. All Dawkins is good at is being well spoken and blinding people with nonsense. For example, Dawkins gives credibility to the untestable, unproveable multiverse theory! He calls it an "elegant theory" which he has "time for" even though it is science fiction nonsense. I rest my case.

It concerns me that we reserve spaces for religious figures in our law making. If your gonna play it that way, I want scientists of all fields and teachers and people of all fields there too.

@edism

4 жыл бұрын

Hear hear!

@twat240

4 жыл бұрын

@Retropolis I don't think it does? In the UK? I'm fairly certain we've got it particularly well, for the most part.

@osioda

4 жыл бұрын

@Retropolis there are 26 church of England bishops and archbishops that sit in and have a vote in the House of Lord's. Some form of ancient laws. Albeit in the second house, I think it's a disgrace that they're there and possibly giving guidance and moral direction, though why their morals I have no idea why

@StephenCowley001

4 жыл бұрын

Science deals with what is, not about what ought to be done.

@MrFuchsiamagic

4 жыл бұрын

@@twat240 What about the Lords? Most of them are Bishops...

it's inconceivable that in 2019 Dawkins has still to put up with such idiotic questions.

@nevig6557

4 жыл бұрын

It's laughably very conceivable that you don't know just '2019' IS the unspoken "anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi" 😂😁😃...and we still have to put up with idiots like you.

@FrancescoDiMauro

4 жыл бұрын

@@nevig6557 who told you that, Jesus himself?

@nevig6557

4 жыл бұрын

@@FrancescoDiMauro Actually it's historically Dionysius Exiguus who invented Anno Domini 'years'..but regardless of that.. the point is that every Atheist under the sun mentioning a 'year' like you do acknowledges "Jesus" unwittingly. That makes "you" specifically an idiot of note😂😂 Sorry to give you that bad news..lol..but your identity and birth documents are dated. When you manage to delete and vaporize all that..I'll stop laughing. Good luck...your time starts.......now😂😂

@FrancescoDiMauro

4 жыл бұрын

@@nevig6557 Oh, I thought there was something special about this year in particular, like he was going to come back or something... must be hard for you to wait, uh? By the way, you do know that Jesus (the man) was actually born around 4 BC? funny right? Probably you don't, like apparently you've never heard of conventions... Have a nice one, you moron!

@nevig6557

4 жыл бұрын

@@FrancescoDiMauro Er ..no.."2019" is just the Year of an Idiot...'you'..A.D...but good try deflecting from your stupidity 😂😂 Try not to 'think'..it's not exactly your forte.

Bbc anchors haven't yet 'outgrown' their ignorant questions.

Children should be taught to think and think critically.

@ricolucas3410

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@manco828

4 жыл бұрын

What about Jesus?

@ZaydDepaor

4 жыл бұрын

If children were thinking critically they would certainly reject the cult of atheism and evolution, which don't stand up to reason at all.

@twat240

4 жыл бұрын

Anthony Burke so ban religion in school. But allow them to create and believe what they want, without forceful teaching by schools. They can still go to Mosque, Church, etc. to learn religion as fact. And schools will always teach ABOUT religion and what's believed - its whether they are taught them as a fact like evolution is.

@magakag7639

4 жыл бұрын

Like your mother

Religious schools should be replaced with secular schools. Children need to be taught to question religion and think for themselves.

I am uncle of 8 children who believe all that god crap. It is painfull to watch them being taught ignorance, but they are smart and will find out the truth eventually. i`ll give them some hints.

@dominique2693

3 жыл бұрын

Well, if you are an uncle...

The interviewer obviously believes Adam and Eve to have been the literal blueprint of humans, and is so offended about Dawkin's claim

@dominique2693

3 жыл бұрын

Oh for God's sake!!!

@davidbrisbane7206

2 жыл бұрын

I'd believe in Adam and Eve if the science said this was very likely the case, but it doesn't.

If schools are going to teach religion as a serious subject, then they should not ignore astrology, witchcraft and alchemy as serious subjects too.

What a brilliant enlightened man Richard Dawkins is.

@WillScarlet1991

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@mawgans7470

4 жыл бұрын

The God Delusion is really quite arrogant and assumes that all Gods are abrahamic, and also that atheism is naturally correct. It doesn’t set out to disprove God, it aims to set out to assume God doesn’t exist and spit in the face of religious people.

@EuanMacLennan

4 жыл бұрын

@@mawgans7470 There is no need to disprove God. The claim of God's existence is made by religious people. As atheists we simply reject those claims, as we don't find them convincing enough.

@mawgans7470

4 жыл бұрын

Euan MacLennan The aim of the God Delusion, as implied by the title, is to prove that believing in God is delusional. There is no point to having a 400-or so page rant about how delusional humans are without why they are delusional. And, whilst I’m a de facto theist, I believe that neither side can be proven true or false, hence why burden really falls on either side. Both sides are making claims that draw away from the most truthful claim, which is ‘I don’t know’. Now, with a climate-change denier, or a flat-earther, we know (as in we have used scientific methods to reach the conclusion that) that the earth is spherical and climate change exists. So it is logical to assume that the burden of proof falls on climate change deniers or flat earthers, because they are making claims which are in opposition to common knowledge. Really, when it comes to God, there is no such thing as ‘common knowledge’. Now, that’s what we really mean when we talk about ‘burden of proof’, because if it did work as ‘you are claiming something exists, which means you must justify it’, then theoretically there would be no need to ask holocaust deniers or climate-change deniers for their proof, because they are literally assuming nothing is there, whilst somebody is claiming there is. But we don’t do that - because these two groups contradict common knowledge, we question them for their proof, rather than those who believe the holocaust did happen and climate change is a thing.

@EuanMacLennan

4 жыл бұрын

@@mawgans7470 I don't think your analogy works. Yes climate deniers are believing in the non-existence of something - however one would expect certain factors to be the case in a world without climate change - eg no temperature changes year on year which one could demonstrate. And you don't understand what an atheist is. I'm not saying god doesn't exist & neither is dawkins. We reject claims of God due to poor evidence. That doesn't mean we're saying god doesn't exist, no one knows if he does. It's just the evidence for his existence is nonexistent. So it seems unlikely to me that a God exists.

You couldn't possibly state that you'll offend the muslims 😂

Just substitute a few words and hear the gibberish is like this: Dawkins "Many uneducated people in the US were sold debt without realising the consequences" Journo "Why do you pick on people who have debt and say they are uneducated?" Dawkins "I didn't say that' Journo : "Yes but, what have you got against Americans?" Dawkins: "Err... WTF?!"

A lot of journalists are also not very scientifically literate it seems.

"One last question before we run out of time...." - interviewer proceeds to ask multiple questions in order to get a singular answer to all of them, talk over Professor Dawkins when answers are attempted to be given, oh and also the interviewer wastes time allotted, just as he had done throughout the interview. Interviewer of the year clearly...*rolls eyes*

I am not superstitious.It brings bad luck!

The fact that there's is tons of cctv footage (much of it available on you tube) of shoplifters stealing all sorts of things from anywhere and everywhere proves that in fact the eye in the sky deters very few shoplifters ,speeding motorists uninsured drivers any many other law breakers. Many law breakers work on the basis that they won't get caught (sometimes that enhances the thrill) and often don't get caught, and on the odd occasion that they do will see the punishment as par for the course. The eye in the sky, be it your god or a cctv camera only works on people who were unlikely to commit crime in the first place. I also agree that the interviewer one of newsnight's worst imo seemed to be trying (all be it meekly) to expose Dawkins as Islamophobic or a heretic or something. It wasn't a great interview but at least it opens up the discussion. BTW is it true the pope doesn't believe in Adam and Eve, does he believe in Noah then or Samson? Does he get to pick and choose which parts are "true " and which aren't ? I suppose he believes in Jesus right ?

@allmendoubt4784

4 жыл бұрын

Why is someone unlikely to commit a crime or feel guilty for doing so?

Few people would disagree that we ought to aim for truth, but it is not self-evident that the truth is on the side of a mechanical view of the world.

@chessandmathguy

4 жыл бұрын

This comment makes me think. You're right. It isn't self-evident that the naturalistic view is the right one. But it's the only one we can find evidence for at the moment. Whether or not there is more to this universe is something we don't know yet, so we have no good reason to just claim there's more, though of course any supernatural dimension might very well exist.

I completely agree with him. A great mind and a beacon of light. He can be a prophet to any religion that i can follow. And good thing we already know is that he would never do such a thing.

What an atrocious interviewer - expect much better from the BBC

@neotrio5615

4 жыл бұрын

expect much better from the BBC, really....was that a joke

@sivos8534

4 жыл бұрын

No joke

@sivos8534

4 жыл бұрын

I never said I hold the BBC in high regard. The point I was making was that this interviewer is so bad - and his questions so leading and poorly researched - that even the BBC could and should be doing better

@Prometheus4096

4 жыл бұрын

It's the fucking BBC. A bunch of government-serving brexiteers and a bunch of false equivalency post-modernists with extreme right wing leanings..

@bobblue_west

4 жыл бұрын

@@Prometheus4096 don't you mean ultra-left leanings? Try getting at the Beeb if you're not pro-Palestinian take-over of Israel.

"We should differentiate the admiration toward the Christian-oriented art from what is true or false. I DO care about what is true...." Richard's last statement completely resonated with me. ( Q: Why the interviewer didn't take him to his point earlier? while he is hasty enough to speak over him too often even in this already short-cut clip !!.)

How to waste Richard Dawkins’ time? Do exactly what the interviewer did...

Although the problems in Northern Ireland could be traced back to Religious intolerance hundreds of years ago It is not the main reason for the Community tensions today. The fact is that there are people who want to be British and maintain the Union or Irish and reunite Ireland. There is also a large number of people who might accept either outcome. If everyone could suddenly be transformed into Atheists tomorrow it would not make any difference - it is all about politics and identity. Religion is just a lazy way of identifying which group they belong to and is not always accurate. Did you know that one of the founding members of the Provisional IRA in the 1970's was a Protestant as mentioned in the recent Spotlight on the Troubles series. Also many people in NI as elsewhere in these islands have no religion but still have political views.

@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible

4 жыл бұрын

Does that mean that there is no predictive value in knowing someone's religious beliefs if you are trying to ascertain their attitude to Union for example ? It's clearly not all about politics and identity, unless you include which religion the children have been indoctrinated in as a part of that "identity". I do understand what you are saying, the old joke about an atheist being asked at a roadblock "But are you a Protestant or a Catholic atheist ?" holds true.

@petercarroll9167

4 жыл бұрын

AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible Yes of course there are some Religious bigots who just hate “themmuns” but I don’t think they would go out and kill some because of it. Imagine if a British reporter were to say “today in Northern Ireland there was rioting between British and Irish youths”. That would mean that they were associated in some way with one side. So instead it has become standard to distance themselves by identifying the two sides as Protestant and Catholic or Unionist and Nationalist. The subtext is that no one in N Ireland is really British. Now I know many will say that is true as they were not born in Great Britain but if you ask any Unionist most will say they are British.

@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible

4 жыл бұрын

@@petercarroll9167 Last bit was cut off. From this distance (NZ), it really does seem that religion is central to the conflict. "Papists", "kneelers". marching, colours such as Orange etc, but what Dawkins is pointing out is that continuing to indoctrinate children with a particular religion is counter productive to peace. The reason is that these two religions do indeed make conflicting existential claims. If the children could be educated in the facts, that there is no evidence for any theistic stance, this would remove barriers and promote peace. I know I don't speak from a deep knowledge about Irish History, but I did watch many episodes of "The Irish RM". I recall having a brief but heated discussion with supporters on an Lions Tour, (Now called The British and Irish Lions), when I pointed out that Ireland is one of the British Isles, so there was really no need to specify them separately from Britain.

@petercarroll9167

4 жыл бұрын

AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible Yes you need to be careful what you say, sometimes it’s best to say nothing. I agree that religion should not be forced on children as truth and it would be better if we did not have marches etc which just serve to antagonise the other side. Perhaps for some religion is more important than national identity. It would certainly be easier to accommodate a Protestant faith in a United Ireland than a British identity but its very complicated. You are lucky that you live in NZ - such a beautiful country.

@ryanbyrne259

4 жыл бұрын

@@petercarroll9167 amen to religion imagine no religion only brotherhood of man john lennon

Every question starts with the word 'but'....

I would like that Richard Dawkins would live forever. But it is a fact of life that that is impossible. As for now he is for me a hero to advertise science as the searcher for truth. Who stands next to him and is a follow upper when he is not more able to put all this energie in reasoning through science the facts of life? However as for now : Stay healthy and stay alive and be with us for a long, long time, Richard Dawkins!!

@KenMasters.

Жыл бұрын

Only Jesus can give eternal life, not to lying gaslighters like him.

The interviewer's tactics here are pretty clear. He treats Dawkins as if he thinks and does things only for emotional, psychological reasons rather than for logical reasons based on very simple ethics that most of us already understand. This is to undermine the reasons Dawkins has. The interviewer drags out his questions far too long and repeats them then interrupts Dawkins frequently, to minimise the amount of time Dawkins can spend giving clear and complete explanations. He cherry picks quotes out of context with 'you yourself say' in order to create the impression that Dawkins's position is inherently contradictory. He keeps up a calm, almost gentle tone of voice and non-threatening body language while asking questions that imply a very low opinion of the book and of Dawkins, which is insulting. This is, sadly, typical BBC interviewing but odd considering that Mark Urban writes books about military history and must know that many wars have a religious element.

@dominique2693

3 жыл бұрын

You're dead right.You certainly wouldn't want to meet him for lunch.

This man will be remembered as one of the most iconic figures in all science history and look at this clown next to him. What a shameless act.

Richard Dawkins is a great scientist, I completely agree with what he says,

Richard Dawkins is one of the best debaters out there with regards to religion and makes reporters like this one look very poor.

@floydian2007

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Davidson Why would a professor of biology need to do that?

@floydian2007

3 жыл бұрын

@@topologyrob Creationism is pig ignorance so to highlight that shows he is informed, has better answers based on scientific facts and simply showing how shallow, illogical and stupid such people like that are.

@floydian2007

3 жыл бұрын

@@topologyrob There is no comparison. He is absolutely correct in everything he says.

@floydian2007

3 жыл бұрын

​@@topologyrob No. I have read a number of his books and watched lots of his lectures, and he is spot on in his assessments. I can see from some of your other comments that you say you've outgrown atheism. I suppose people like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Ricky Gervas and the late Christopher Hitchens would be a threat to your way of thinking. I prefer to take the side of scientific fact rather than mythical stories, which is all what religion is. It's all nonsense. If you want to believe in something then fine, but don't tell the rest of us what to think when we can se the evidence for ourselves as to what is real. Dawkins is very clear in that he doesn't agree with the idea of indoctrinating people, especially children. It is however important that they learn the truth and appreciate what is real and beautiful about the world and universe at large how we got here etc... I think Dawkins has a better grasp of what religion is than most of these dedicated to what ever faith they have.

@floydian2007

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Davidson Not confuses at all. Ex-atheists are just people who have been conned by a snake oil salesman. Atheism is on the rise and most of Europe at least is turning more non religious. Most of Icelanders under the age of 25 don’t believe in God.

"Religious upbringing" can be shortened to "child abuse".

@AlanWattResistance

4 жыл бұрын

That's right comrade!

It's always a good thing to be skeptical and ask questions, regardless if people like it or not.

@colinluckens9591

2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY it's good to be sceptical and to ask questions.....however to then state UNSCIENTIFICALLY that "Science has disproved the existence of God", that person is the one who is being narrowminded.....

@KenMasters.

Жыл бұрын

@@Landmine10000 Speaking in the laws of physics: Existence without a God actually makes no sense. Nothing magically poofs out of nothing and nowhere like the broken logic of the Big Bang standpoint. Nothing on this earth exists without an inventor, creator, artist, pioneer, birthgiver, founder, planter, etcetera, and even time/space/matter has a Creator, our universe doesn't happen at random, that's a delusion.

what is there to be in doubt about? religion was born out of fear and for the need to explain thing we didnt understand back then. religion has outlived its use for to long already.

Salute to the great Richard Dawkins!

@lufcharrison2234

4 жыл бұрын

AllSeeingEye ofGod sorry for this late reply, it just took me that long to read it. Although I did fall asleep a few times 😴

If I have children I won't tell them about religion and neither will I baptise them.

@KenMasters.

Жыл бұрын

That's oppression right there.

Religion for many is a life lesson.

Do you think it's harmful to give children a complete misconception of the world they live in even if some of the lies are nice smiley lies?

@allmendoubt4784

4 жыл бұрын

So you suggest not reading bedtime stories ever or allowing them to play make believe? Sounds too harsh for the average parent.

Richard Dawkins knocks down another strawman! Go team Dawkins!!

@AlanWattResistance

4 жыл бұрын

The priest of atheism, everyone is religious for something.

@joehartwell8910

4 жыл бұрын

@@Balla1527 Yes thats it

Yes! 100x YES! I am sick our religion in schools my son was sent home with an illustrated booklet about the Easter story, it was presented as fact, they were read stories and given fun games to play and chocolate to eat, I consider this indoctrination, it's bad enough parents get to do it unopposed, but making it a part of school mean s they are either subject to it against your wishes or excluded and singled out if you ask they be removed, even then classrooms are unlikely to be free from it, I remember being shouted at in primary school for criticizing god and religion, I was a third generation atheist, so it wasn't condoned by my parents, or theirs, I remember in high school being threatened with expulsion on the grounds of racism, crime? I told the foreign muslim girl I didn't believe in God when asked about religion, to which she replied I was going to hell, I was insensitive for not "respecting her beliefs" her gleefully telling me how she believes I deserve eternal torture, not a concern. It's backwards, teach them critical thinking and ban any positive discussion of religion in classrooms, correct kids when they recite parental religious indoctrination as fact and explain that it is a myth with no basis in reality! Since the burden of proof is on the religion, it is not indoctrination! If your god wants to be featured in class, then he will present reasonable physical evidence! Books written or dictated by crazy people who wander in desserts, take drugs and/or are known paedophiles and slave be owners are NOT evidence, nor is Jesus's face appearing on your morning toast or any feeling you have!

An no mention of Brexit - how is this possible !

News Night interviewers have really gone down hill.

@dominique2693

3 жыл бұрын

Eh? But this clown has been on newsnight for decades.He is respected in his field I believe.

Urban is deliberately trying to ignore Dawkins’s answers and asks him completely unrelated/prescripted questions. I agree with Dawkins, children shouldn’t be labelled as followers of a religion and indoctrinated by religious dogma. To remind to Urban: dogma and truth are two completely different things.

It's fucking September 2019, how is the media still using these absurd clickbait titles. Didn't everyone agree to this 20 years ago?

As an American, we surely don't have a good education system lol. "What do you have against Americans and Islam?" 😒

Same old questions. Are you serious. Interviewer has got to go! Don’t waste Dawkins time ever again with these elementary questions.

It's a shame that the interviewer clearly had a specific slant in the way in which questions were proposed to Richard Dawkins, however Dawkins handled them with grace, as always. Keep on the good fight!

Dawkins has the patience of a sage. I would have slapped the interviewer 2 minutes into the interview

@dominique2693

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! But give him credit, his approach has provoked a sort of debate here.

Children should be taught philosophy, logic, fallacies, world religions and the history of con artists, sex crimes in churches/cults and religious wars. Then, they will drop religions on their own.

“Some people believe Adam and Eve really existed.” “What do you mean uneducated?”

@thecarpetman7687

4 жыл бұрын

It’s Adam and Steve now as well!

Not such a scandal. I was created less then 40 years ago

What the hell kind of questions were those? Jesus Christ. Puns intended. Talk about tired and pointless lines of inquiry.

I wonder did the bbc invite this guy because of the recent news about Sinead O’Connor

The interviewer is trying so hard to paint Dr Dawkins as someone who has an underlying agenda

@KhosTheorie

4 жыл бұрын

@Aaron Mason If there is any agenda to his work it is that facts matter and that they are more important than superstitions. And that we should base our decisions and policies on those facts.

Cant wait to get this book!

@allmendoubt4784

4 жыл бұрын

inshallah

@PRHILL9696

4 жыл бұрын

@@allmendoubt4784 best book ever

Let's separate the superstition in religion from the ethics on the one hand and the politics on the other. As far as I'm concerned there is considerable ethical wisdom - albeit in one religion more than the other - in religion, unless it becomes a set of irrational rules one has to adhere to (dress codes, dietary rules, the supposed inferiority of women, circumcision, etc.). As for politics, as soon as a large group of people (men, mainly) get together and organize themselves, politics polutes the air almost immediately. Science is not alll that different, allthough some would love to believe that the logical argument always wins in the end (happy ending). In that case we could argue that scientific paradigmas sometimes seem to have the same political implications as religious dogmas, in determining who gets research funds, managerial power in universities and so on. There was a series on the BBC - I thought it was in the nineties, called "Heretics" that showed how dissidents in science were treated by their learned collegues, being all but 'excommunicated' by them, while in some cases being right (If I recall correctly there was this Australian MD who discovered helicobacter pylori and the correct treatment, yet being shunned by scientists). In short, sometimes zealous belief in the power of science tends to have orthodox religious traits. What is regarded as superstition could (maybe should) be perceived as a set of metaphors by which moral lessons were being taught, not as explanatory myths or absolute explanations. I've always remembered one particular sentence (soory, don't know who said it and where) in the Bible that says: "Explore everything and conserve (only) the good." Just dismissing everything about religion as superstition is selling some aspects of religion short. And then there's the matter of the transcendent, which is seemingly outrageous and ridiculous. Well, if we look at present assumptions in quantum physics, we can see that what is deemed insane may sometimes hold some truth, so let's not dismiss it alltogether. Sometimes perception of truth is limited by our imagination.

Yes. Religion should not be taught by parents to their children. It disturbs the inner morality and personality relationship of the child to reality.

Well done Richard! Waiting for the book to arrive !

Awful interviewer

very well spoken mr. dawkins

Interviewer seems to have lots of preconceived beliefs he’s trying to square with Dawkins’ stellar logic.

00:54hrs...Evolution THOREY, emmm Seems that private school main stream reporters leak from didn't pay off, did it!

@unexampled

4 жыл бұрын

your point being..? evolution is exactly that, a *THEORY in the scientific sense- which means it's been postulated according to the scientific method. that doesn't make it any less true, because it is based on heaps of evidence. ...that's not to say the interviewer is worth the oxygen he's consuming.

@neotrio5615

4 жыл бұрын

@@unexampled oh dear...The only reason the interview stated Thorey was to try and undermind it and even to try and put it on the same level as religion. The only people labeling it as a thorey are the ones trying to defend a myth or feelings. This for obvious reasons needs to be shot down ever time...."My point being" as you put it.

@unexampled

4 жыл бұрын

​@@neotrio5615 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_as_fact_and_theory#Theory i think this section explains it better than i could in a few words. the word 'theory' in the scientific sense has a much stricter meaning than it does in daily language, so imo it's not used improperly by the interviewer. my guess is he knows the difference between that and something like flat earth "theory"... i mean, you could be right. but i'm not convinced that he's using it with malicious intent. he doesn't pause on the word, mentions Dawkins' love of science and is quick to move on to his question. the bigger problem i see is his choice of questions, the way he spins them and his weird off-putting attitude. on a sidenote: how do you manage to keep spelling _theory_ so wrong- even after editing your messages..?

I like Mr Dawkins coz he seems sincere. I know some people see him as evil and anti religious but i think i understand him. The thing most people don't realize is that too many of our own religious leaders claim to know things which they have no clue about, which means they are blatant liars and attention seekers. It doesn't matter which religion, coz all have that. I would really love to have a conversation with him coz i truly believe that i can prove a whole lot of things. Not by manipulation and deceit, just facts and a slight change of perspective. I hope i get the chance.

@stevevenit8042

4 жыл бұрын

i think he has already debated many people like you and his mind has not been changed. i dont think youd have anything new for him. but yea i do agree with the first part of your reply

@tabrezmoorad5089

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevevenit8042 Can you read and do you understand words? If you can, please tell me whats the difference between a conversation and a debate. And when you realize how stupid you are, il be expecting an apology

@stevevenit8042

4 жыл бұрын

Tabrez Moorad u mad? Debate converse there’s no difference. You said your goal was to prove religion or your believe or something to him. I think many people like you have already tried. Don’t know how u think you’re any different

@tabrezmoorad5089

4 жыл бұрын

@@stevevenit8042 Ok. u seem very smart. thanks

Usually love newsnight but you can’t say stuff like “apparent science” and “theory of evolution” as if it’s an alternate belief to the creation story. Usually it’s a programme in favour of rationality but I guess playing the devils advocate (if you pardon the pun) has clouded this slightly

Geez I swear Richard Dawkins has endured the worst fools.

Great interview. What I love about Richard Dawkins is that he bites his tongue for no one and says it how it is.

@ZaydDepaor

4 жыл бұрын

Rather he gets frustrated as his position is based on emotions and not evidence. He has zero evidence for atheism and zero evidence for macro-evolution...only circular reasoning and fantasy.

@twat240

4 жыл бұрын

Zayd Depaor imagine saying that NOT believing in something...that HAS no evidence....needs evidence. Lmao, grow up and stop playing with the fairies. He's very explicitly repeatedly explained the blatant contradictions, blatant lies and completely impossible (according to the bibles, Torah, Quran definitions) of god. What is your fucking evidence? Lmao fucking idiot.

@zephergaming4437

4 жыл бұрын

Twat He says he has problems with promoting falsehoods to children, but he doesn’t say they shouldn’t be taught the theory of evolution, child abuse is teaching children they were born in the wrong body. He sounds posh and Intelligent but he’s a hypocrite

@twat240

4 жыл бұрын

@@zephergaming4437 the theory of evolution has been proven. We've literally fucking studied and seen evolution of mosquitos into different species that can't interbreed. That's fucking evolution. Its proven. And when has he ever suggested forcing trans genderism being taught?

@ZaydDepaor

4 жыл бұрын

@@twat240 Funny you say it has been proven when science doesn't even accept the concept of proof. I guess you have to try and add false authority to something you have social and emotional motives for promoting right? A case of turning your erroneous religion of evolution and atheism into a protected religion. I guess you only became aware of Dawkins recently, I have been refuting his silly statements since before you were born probably. He still has no evidence, but plenty of emotions and frustrations, just like his fan club.

Evolution is a *hard based practical science with numerous applications and products* !!!!! It's not just a "theory"!!!!!!

@ZaydDepaor

4 жыл бұрын

On the contrary it is unscientific story telling, atheism masquerading as science with zero application and value to genuine biology...If you want to know the biological features of an organism, you observe them and test them, you don't invent stories about millions of years ago.

@twat240

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZaydDepaor this guy has a PhD in biology from Oxford university. He knows VERY well about science and evolution, and has contributed unprecedented studies helping society You have...? Weak high school grades?

@ZaydDepaor

4 жыл бұрын

@@twat240 Rather has dedicated his life to calling to atheism...which apart from having zero evidence or reason to support it, produces NO SYSTEM, NO LAWS, NO MORALITY, NO PHILOSOPHY and NO IDEOLOGY so is totally useless in governing society and provides no benefit. He also admits he can't prove it....So he has spent a life calling to nothing, based on nothing to achieve nothing...so very smart indeed, as evidenced by followers such as you.

@twat240

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZaydDepaor its proven. Very hypocritical that you're saying atheism isn't proven. Literally all atheism is, is not believing in something until there is evidence. The Bible has many blatant contradictions according to the rules and boundaries it itself defines. Thus it is NOT evidence of anything. It is a proven impossible book, by its own definitions of reality. Atheism doesn't need to, or ever claims to have to, be proven. Atheism doesn't claim to know EVERYTHING. Its the opposite. Atheism is believing when there's evidence. Believing there's no god, as there is no PROOF. It isn't saying god CANNOT exist - it's saying there's no evidence to SAY god CAN exist. It doesn't need to be proven.. Whereas theism claims very clearly to know the answers to life - ALL of them. And it has been contradicted many times, and is the one that needs answers. It is the one CLAIMING to have answers that needs to provide proof. Not the other way around. Suggesting otherwise is absurd.

@ZaydDepaor

4 жыл бұрын

@@twat240 You don't even understand the definition and etymology of the word you have based your life on. THEOS.... THEISM....THEO... 'A'....look up agnostic, atheism. you are confused with skepticism. Because you are a youngster you have no experience of the earlier usage of 'atheism' as opposed to 'agnosticism' The evidence for God is everywhere and on many levels, it is just you are in denial about it and don't understand it. Your failure to understand or recognize decisive proof doesn't mean it is absent.

How's RD's relationship with his daughter?

@damianeadie510

4 жыл бұрын

Yo mamma...

@delphi202002

4 жыл бұрын

@PrettyNeckslasheshow does his morality manifest itself?

Why does this interviewer have a job?

Richard *Dorkins*

@donaldmcronald8989

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Help yourself to a cookie and go and watch some more cartoons.

@yellowbeez93

4 жыл бұрын

@Retropolis If you murder someone in Islam, you will get the death penalty (and even far worse punishment on Judgement Day/Hell) not 'We will forgive you since you apologize only'. There are payments/repentance need to be done if you wronged someone else so its not just apology that will get God to enter you into heaven. In Islam, if someone is murdered, that person will get justice in the afterlife regardless whether the murderer apologizes or not. And lastly, an all forgiving God would forgive a person whose sins were to reach the skies. But a God that is not merciful or forgiving, would not forgive someone for the same amount of sins which then creates the problem of 'why would I accept a God that have a hard time or doubtful in forgiving people?'

Genesis 1: 14 says, the stars shall be for signs... Google, the Northern Cross, by Aquilla Fleetwood, youtube! Psalms 75: 6 is saying...North is where exaltation comes from God, using the stars as signs! I know how to read Paleo-Semitic Hebrew! Hence, the Northern Cross, which is the letter, "tau" is near the North Star! One variant is shaped like a fish! Evolution can't put a huge cross near the North Star! God can! There are about 70 branches of the Semitic alphabet!

@ZaydDepaor

4 жыл бұрын

@Retropolis Rather your emotions tell you that. Plenty of what the Bible speaks about is sound and applied today, but you have not read it in depth and not understood it, as you have emotional means of making decisions. And something carrying an error doesn't mean the error was always there, otherwise you will have to reject your science too.

Reporter: "So, you have a problem with Islam"! Dawkins: "..."

What harm is done when people believe in scientific falsehoods? Believing in science makes you a good person?

6:38 haha no reply to that one!

Long live Professor Dawkins!

The host really beat that "what's wrong with Americans" question into the ground...

Richard Dawkins gives clear and educated answers, I wish the journalist could give educated questions. No one should be promoting scientific falsehoods .

Whether you believe in religion or not, it has been shown to provide huge consolation to people at times of repression and suffering.One only has to think of the role of the Catholic church in Poland when it was a satellite of the Soviet Uniion

@eidiazcas

2 жыл бұрын

Santa claus provides that to children too, yet children can live happy lives without it

100% ON THAT ONE Teach them right from wrong is the best religion you can give to your child No books what so ever

Does he pass his atheism down from generation to generation?

@KenMasters.

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Because Atheism is just another religion.

It's worrying to think that the interviewer is the host.

What Newsnight should have done is brought in an academic heavyweight like Dr.John Finnis rather than throwing Urban into the deep end.

Richard's a genius. Can't say the same for the interviewer

@KenMasters.

Жыл бұрын

Dawkins is a manipulative snake. It turns out that the LGBTQ Community and their Story Hours are the child abusers and child groomers who persecute Christian who fight this agenda. Atheists helped the LGBTQ in the mess we are all in, only because the Bible is against everything they stand for.

Smart answers to dumb questions.

I used to have such a high opinion of the BBC. Just disappointing. Great to see Richard though, and enjoyed his patient and well reasoned replies to the banal and biased questions! Why are we still arguing about this -the enlightenment and 'age of reason' occurred several centuries ago!

so he mentions a god watching you, so if you steal , he is watching...there is also repentance, and compassion, and forgiveness in faith in god. but he says, god watching so you don t steal is ignoble. i wonder if have a cop, if you steal,then a judge , judging you and putting you in jail, ignoble as well, or may act as a deterent. perhaps we should get rid of cops, judges and jails based on his most elevated logic.

religion brings a whole set of healthy values, tradition and culture that's important for an individual, family and society. with all the social diseases of our time it is even more important to use religion as an anker of healthy thought. the homosexual, feminist agenda is highly toxic and dangerous for every child and society.

The two tribes in NI only being separated by Religion is bullshit, Richard. And I say that as a fan and holder of several of your books. I’m an Irish atheist. Yet I badly want to see a United Ireland. Catholic and Protestant is an over simplification of the two tribes. Fundamentally you have Irish and British in NI.

Ahh the interviewer got his feelings hurt

@thadlyken458

4 жыл бұрын

3/6 kilo