A brilliant man, and I still hope to meet him. Conversations like this need to be heard by everyone.

@abdiadan4837

2 ай бұрын

A wonderful man critcally thinking for himself asking him self great question that my direct him find his creator and creator of the universe and that are known and unkown and are on universe or on universe hidden or unhidden ;

@gerardmoloney433

2 ай бұрын

A deceived man believing in evolution theory that is scientifically and mathematically impossible. That's bad enough, but he is DECEIVING MILLIONS OF GULLIBLE PEOPLE AS WELL. If Darwin was alive today he wouldn't believe in evolution. Darwin knew NOTHING and the complexity of the simplest cell. He knew nothing about DNA and NOBODY has found the trillions of fossils that should exist if evolution was possible. Saying words like natural selection means nothing when there us nothing to make selections naturally. That's the LIE that Dawkins keeps pushing and gullible people believe. It's time to wake-up people and start thinking for yourselves. Read Darwin's book for yourself. He knew 0% of what we know today about biology, and information contained in cells. Information is primary and only comes from intelligent mind. Dawkins by his own admission is not intelligently designed. Would you trust a computer that wasn't intelligently designed? Read the Bible to know the truth and stop listening to Atheists. Maranatha

The extraordinary thing about his works on evolution is that they are not merely fine works of scientific education, but also literary masterpieces.

@briansmith3791

3 ай бұрын

Dawkins is a great communicator of Science, his books are marvelous. Unfortunately outside of science, in the real world, he's seriously deluded. Many of the 'intellectual elite' have little idea of the real world the rest of us live in.

@davethebrahman9870

3 ай бұрын

@@briansmith3791 Very true. His takes on politics are embarrassing.

@briansmith3791

3 ай бұрын

@@davethebrahman9870 There's more than Dawkins like that. In this age of social media , we can now know how the academics and the intellectuals view the world. I find it disturbing that many of them are so far removed from the real world. They live in an intellectual bubble.

@trout3685

3 ай бұрын

​@@davethebrahman9870care to elaborate?

@davethebrahman9870

3 ай бұрын

@@trout3685 He’s Progressive, just standard politics for his class.

My favorite part was calling out those parents and others who label children with their religion. Brilliant!

@samdg1234

3 ай бұрын

My favorite part (mind I'm only 4 minutes into it) is Richard's immediate jump into propaganda. At 3:20 he says "That is not what we do" after they just did it.

@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761

3 ай бұрын

It is Abuse...

@TheWorldTeacher

2 ай бұрын

Brilliant and lacklustre are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱

@user-of9qq6op5u

2 ай бұрын

@@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761 Hear, hear. But incomplete. It also pushes people away from their own curiosities about any hope of there being an actual - non commercial product - god. Once a child becomes a fully-reasoning adult, they know religion is a scam. But now their parents have associated god with that scam, so they turn their backs on all that might be.

@granthurlburt4062

2 ай бұрын

Or their atheism before the age of reason. Very important in both cases. I'm lucky my parents let me choose.

How lucky is humanity to have such a wonderful mind amongst us in our time. I do hope we have Dawkins for many more years.

@ossiedunstan4419

3 ай бұрын

Would be lucky if religion did not exist.

@BoylenInk

3 ай бұрын

Evolution is in no way a reason to be atheist. In the history of the world there has never been a person who looked around and said, look at all this bio-diversity, there must be a god. No religion in the the history of the world has used bio-diversity as an argument for god(s) existence. And yet it is a historical fact that evolution is fundamental to the modern rise of atheism and it utterly fails as a logical reason for it.

@fionagregory9147

3 ай бұрын

@@ossiedunstan4419 it will be gone in another century.

@Manehoph

3 ай бұрын

are you really lucky?

@fionagregory9147

3 ай бұрын

I am lucky and English too.

Three cheers for Richard Dawkins.

@RichardDawkinsIsaNonce

Ай бұрын

Three boos for Dr Dick Dawkins

“Atheism is a natural result of intellectual honesty.” (Paulo Bitencourt, book ‘Liberated from Religion’)

@ObservantHistorian

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. I should think that following the daily news and a general familiarity with history would be enough to dispel the notion of a merciful god.

@briansmith3791

2 ай бұрын

@@ObservantHistorian We have observable evidence for one fine-tuned universe. For me, that points to a creator of some sort. That fine-tuning precludes any physical interference, so a creator cannot physically interfere even if it wanted to.

@ObservantHistorian

2 ай бұрын

@@briansmith3791 Which is your personal take. You should take a look at the arguments against "fine-tuning," that take into account reality, instead of ignoring everything that ISN"T fine-tuned. Like all religious claims, there are millions of others who will make the opposite claim, so that the "god" assertion has NO agreed or understood meaning whatsoever, beyond what any INDIVIDUAL believer says it means to them. On the other hand, ALL the gods ever proposed have all shared the common trait of being invisible and evidence-free, and all for the same reason. You need to learn the difference between evidence and assertion. Atheism is a natural result of intellectual honesty.

@briansmith3791

2 ай бұрын

@@ObservantHistorian What are the arguments against fine-tuning? If you had known anything about the universal fine-tuning argument you would know that it's not a Religious claim. Fine-tuning precludes any physical interference in the universe, ruling out ALL Religious Gods. The fine-tuned Physical Constants were inherent in the initial conditions of the Big Bang. Let me hear some of that "intellectual honesty" you claim to have.

@ObservantHistorian

2 ай бұрын

@@briansmith3791My comment had to do with atheism. If you acknowledge that your beliefs precludes religious gods, what about my initial comment prompted you to talk about the "fine-tuned universe"? Nothing I said raises the topic one way or the other. If your argument isn't religious, what are you rabbiting on at ME about? Regarding the arguments against the "fine-tuned universe," I'm exhausted with people who expect to be spoon-fed information they can't be bothered to look up for themselves.

Janna is a gem. Lovely interview.

@TerryMcGearyScotland

3 ай бұрын

Well-read and has clearly done her homework. Good interview where she gave the good professor all the room he needed for thoughtful answers.

Janna Levin is absolutely brilliant in this presentation. She brings out the best in her guest, Richard Dawkins. What a great host, and even better conversation. Thank you!

@TheWorldTeacher

2 ай бұрын

Great and lowly are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱

There's no hate like Christian love.

@phildoodler2199

3 ай бұрын

Don’t attribute hate to Christian’s alone.

@Discountninja23

3 ай бұрын

​@@phildoodler2199 facts

@phildoodler2199

3 ай бұрын

@@Discountninja23 oh, well. That one word beats all debate and argument. Congratulations!

@Glasstable2011

3 ай бұрын

@@phildoodler2199nobody is attributing hate to Christians alone. But for a group that professes love above all else, it’s kinda ironic how many relish the idea of terrible things happening to none-believers.

@phildoodler2199

3 ай бұрын

@@Glasstable2011 that’s easy to say without any statistical analysis of which groups of people have a monopoly on hate. Hatred is a human failing which everyone suffers from to some degree. Anyway, some people call themselves Christian’s, but are far from it.

The world needs leaders like, Mr. Dawkins. Critical thinking like his makes the world a better place for everyone. Thanks for what you do! Mrs. Levin you rock as well!! 😄

@christinleetmaa8259

2 ай бұрын

Critical thinking requires a bit toleration towards the subject you are handling. Just hating religions and laughing about "silly people comments" shows you need just audience who agrees with you. Here is nothing to do with critical thinking.

@Slywulf86

2 ай бұрын

@@christinleetmaa8259 None religious people are not the ones that have been offing one another in "biblical proportions" for at least centuries, just because they don't follow the same god that the other made up, Talk about intolerance. On that topic, why are you here if you don't like them? Because from here it looks like you are just stirring the pot. A pot you obviously don't understand at all. I'll take a stab in the dark here and guess you are a religious person. I say that because your lack of "practice what you preach" is showing.

@pankaja7974

2 ай бұрын

@@Slywulf86 whatever you expressed above sweetie, are those thoughts of yours simply by products of chemical reactions going on in our brain when your wrote them or do they more than that ? if more I want to know why you think so.

Followed and respected your good self as well as Hitch (greatly missed) and Stephen Fry for years and have always been filled with admiration for you all. I hadn't heard about your stroke but I am glad you are pulling through nicely by the looks of it. More power to you Professor.

One of the best conversations on this channel! It was a joy to watch 😊

Doctors Dawkins and Levin, you are my favorite people in all the known universe. Fondest regards, David Silverman, MİT, 1962.

Dr Richard Dawkins, a gift to humanity from the universe.

Scientists and philosophers of the 21th century. Keep it up!!

Jenna is amazing! What a treat to see you two together!!

Tremendously enjoyed this episode and the host - always a pleasure seeing you both. Thank you!

I have followed you through the years and read The Selfish Gene and The Extended Phenotype. you help me to understand the the world and universe better!!

The fact that religious people watch and comment on a video like this one, that points to the redundancy of religion, underlines the shakiness and vulnerability of their faith. Without even trying, the spotlight of science and application of commonsense, continue to relegate religious dogma into anthropological history, where it belongs.

@blusheep2

3 ай бұрын

Dawkins hardly challenges the position of a theist. Maybe the young earth creationist types but not the rest. Dawkins is kinda good at his job but hes more of a self promoter then an amazing scientist. He is absolutely horrible at philosophical reasoning.

@I.Reckon

3 ай бұрын

@blusheep2 I don't think Dawkins cares too much about theists or their religion, so long as they keep creationism out of the science classroom and stop indoctrinating children with their nonsense.

@blupandax7902

3 ай бұрын

Atheists comment on religious videos too. What do you have to say about that?

@I.Reckon

3 ай бұрын

@@blupandax7902 I agree that some atheists are actively anti-religious but most of us don't care so long as they keep their 'god bothering nonsense' to themselves.

@geneticalintrovert226

2 ай бұрын

​@@blupandax7902Because we either like the Content or are searching for Answers to Question we have. Whats your point? Your "Argument is as stupid as saying "There is a Heavymetal Concert, i wonder why so many HM-Enjoyers are gathered here".

One of my most favourite conversations. I love how Richard always combines scientific facts with such eloquence. It's just a joy to listen to him. I feel so lucky that I got so see him in person. What an incredible human being. And he's funny too. What else can you ask for?

Thank you, prof Dawkins. You are a gift to us all. Please know that you have brought so much positivity to this world, taught and helped us all so much, and I hope every day in your life, you are focussed on the positive in everything.

Oh I just love this conversaton between 2 brilliant people ! Janna Levin is inspiring and so intelligent. And Dawkins is one of my heros

@fionagregory9147

2 ай бұрын

Heroes*

@blessedbaphomet

2 ай бұрын

​@@fionagregory9147 pedant.

@fionagregory9147

2 ай бұрын

@@blessedbaphomet I don't charge for teaching. 👍

Greatest Exponent in search for scientific evidence, critical thinking and reasoning in the eternal quest for the Truth...Amazing Discourse..Thank You Sir Richard ( should be Knighted)..Appreciation Forever ❤❤❤

The man who speaks clarity and not confusion..each statement he makes makes so much sense to the hearer.You are our saviour!

THANK YOU RICHARD DAWKINS!🙂❤

Janna is an amazing interviewer. Her questions are every bit as interesting and clearly expressed as Dr Dawkins' answers.✨

Professor Richard Dawkins is great person who has changed the thinking of mankind

The best discussion ever!!!

Two things gave me the proof that I was right, one from Dawkins explaining the path of the laryngeal nerve of the giraffe, and the team of scientists that found the Tiktaalik fossils using their knowledge in a number of areas that turned speculation into their exact location. No quasi-based religion has ever accomplished anything of that magnitude.

@jordandthornburg

3 ай бұрын

Bro are you kidding? I mean that as a serious question. All the evidence of design and the spectacular complexity at the nano molecular level is overthrown entirely by one nerve which we don’t understand the intention of plus one fossil? That’s all it took?

@steelcom5976

3 ай бұрын

@@jordandthornburg Not a serious question by any stretch. Evidence of design? Where? Actually forget it. I'm not interested in your nonsense.

@jordandthornburg

3 ай бұрын

@@steelcom5976 the heart of my question is serious. I want to know if really that is all it took because that is wild to me if so. Why is evidence for design apriori nonsense? That seems like what you are implying or saying which is a very weird thing to say or think. I hope you don’t actually think that.

@blessedbaphomet

2 ай бұрын

​@@jordandthornburgThere is no evidence of design, much less intelligent design. You're confusing a subjective perspective of biology with objective reality.

@jordandthornburg

2 ай бұрын

@@blessedbaphomet yes there is. This is just nonsense question begging. All of our observations involve subjectivity. That doesn’t mean things appearing to be a certain way is not evidence they are in fact that way. Of course it is.

"test how hot hell is".There is a nice joke related to that.If all the scientists are going to hell it probably has AC already ;p

@TerryMcGearyScotland

3 ай бұрын

Maybe a deal with the devil could solve out energy crisis. Just a thought. But maybe he's burning fossil fuels so bad idea.

@n8rsk8r41

3 ай бұрын

It doesnt

@garyt.8745

3 ай бұрын

Of course it doesn't, it doesn't exist. It's a great joke though 😂👍

@sibanought

3 ай бұрын

Having to live in a non-secular country under theism would be hell for me. ​@@garyt.8745

@johnyang1420

3 ай бұрын

@@garyt.8745You will be surprised that it is real

Fascinating discussion. You kickstarted my old brain with this wonderfully accessible discussion.

People like you or Hitchens are really a blessing to people in overly religious=overly hippocritical enviroments. Thank you.

@briansmith3791

2 ай бұрын

Hitchens publicly supported the invasion and destruction of Iraq. I million died. Dawkins supports Israel even as it commits genocide. Where is the blessing to people?

@pankaja7974

2 ай бұрын

they are a curse. they are fooling you by hiding the truth

@mirandahotspring4019

2 ай бұрын

@@pankaja7974 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Long time fan. Thankyou for many years of contribution to science, writing and public conversation. My favourite Dawkins moment was probably the Q and A with George Pell…maybe not the most important contribution to the world but the funniest moment I’ve seen on TV and I must say reminds me of the reverse exorcism joke 😆

@vladtheimpalerofyourmom-ag5112

3 ай бұрын

Also if you ever come to Adelaide there is an ex-Mormon bishop/scientist you should meet named Simon Southerton. Would make an interesting discussion around religion and in particular around DNA evolution and the Book of Mormon.

ONLY science is same for EVERYONE. Cheers

@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761

3 ай бұрын

True, smart Word 👍

@missypead2293

3 ай бұрын

Wrong science is changing all the time.

@missypead2293

3 ай бұрын

especially the fact people. That science now says there are multiple genders, and there are more than two gender.

@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761

3 ай бұрын

@@missypead2293 science is changing all the time offcorse....

@babusastry

3 ай бұрын

@@missypead2293 silly!! Sciene is a process of investigating what is true in the universe and the found truth is same for everyone in universe. Oxygen, water, carbon and gasoline etc. are same in every corner of the universe! Understood?

EVERYTHING evolves, living and non living, at their own rate. That is an underlying theme ever since the big bang. Cheers

Great interviewer! Well done Janna!

Funny. I never "needed" a better theory to know that the current one was wrong. The contradictions, the immoral morals, the fact that the dedicated all believed something different and geographic influence were enough to turn me from "it".

@TerryMcGearyScotland

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. It's mainly an accident of birth: where and to what kind of parents isn't it? If raised in a restricted-reading cult what else can happen?

@mlthornton1

3 ай бұрын

@@TerryMcGearyScotland I think you are trapped by a learned helplessness in your own thinking. See if you can find answers your own questions without mockery and flippancy.

@mattorr2256

3 ай бұрын

@@mlthornton1religion should be mocked without remorse due to all of the tragedy that has been produced by it. I mock it multiple times a day everyday

@mlthornton1

3 ай бұрын

​@mattorr2256 good boy! I don't get it. You all go around looking for applause because you defy the man with your critical thinking powers.

@ZenTheMC

3 ай бұрын

@@mlthornton1religion is a dying concept in the age of the technological singularity. Most future religions if they’re still called that, will likely worship an artificial super intelligence, or “machine god”.

Elite conversation.

This is wonderful. Many, many thanks.

Best interview I’ve seen of Dawkins 😮

Welcome back Dawkins. Greatly missed over the last couple of years where woke idiots tried to cancel you. Brilliant scientist and speaker

You are right about “getting out the word”, to all the people, and continuing into old age!!!!!😂

Happy Birthday, Mr Dawkins! ❤🎉🌷🌿🌱🪴🌺😘🥀🍸🍾🍰🌹🪻🏵️🌼🌿🌷🌎🌱🪴

A great scientist, EDUCATOR and an AMAZING HUMAN BEING--better than all theists put together!!!

@TheWorldTeacher

2 ай бұрын

Great and lowly are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱

My son is 6 years old and knows many of the gods...Zeus, Mercury, Rama, Osiris, Thor (he calls them imaginary creatures)...he will not find it strange to learn about one called Yaweh or Allah.

@phildoodler2199

3 ай бұрын

I know of more than that, albeit I’m more than 6yrs old. Don’t block of his curiosity in finding the one true God.

@diaryofnricom163

3 ай бұрын

@@phildoodler2199 we are all ears to know. Tell us O the wise one, tell us about this true one.

@MedicRN

3 ай бұрын

@@phildoodler2199so many gods not to believe In.

@mlthornton1

3 ай бұрын

@@OnlyScienceRules ok John Lennon

@mattorr2256

3 ай бұрын

@@phildoodler2199disregard this. Let your son know the truth about the absurdity of the teachings of the bible. All of the killing in the name of god over thousands of years. A good a d moral person can cone about without worshipping any “one true god”.

THANK YOU JANNA LEVIN! ❤🙂

"... so many gods to NOT believe in ..." A very perspicacious observation. I wish I'd come up with that myself.

@johnhough7738

2 ай бұрын

On the Garden of Eden ... the minds boggles, flooded with unbidden images of naked couples, angels waving eviction notices, apples (some say pomegranates) and oodles of troubled cherubs. But ... all went exactly as the omniscient omnipotent had it all planned aeons before. (It couldn't do otherwise, could it? Yes, no, maybe?)

Thanks!

Studying religion as a full believer made me "atheist." 😅

@maxxkarma

3 ай бұрын

Then your still not where you need to be.

@Csio12

3 ай бұрын

Same happened to me

@jb6748

3 ай бұрын

@@Csio12 How old were you?

@Warschach87

3 ай бұрын

The Bible says "My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge". Why would you go by religions filled with men? “But the time is coming-indeed it’s here now-when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth."

@mikerodgers7620

3 ай бұрын

You'll believe in Jesus Christ when it's too late heathen.

*40:00** +++ Fan mail segment.* _JC

Non religiously (of course) I love your brain!

I love him reading his "fan" mail at 39:40.... It's always important to take a little part of your day to mock the fanatical, triggered, religious zealots around us.

Thank you once again Richard and you as well awesome Janna - great stuff :O) cheers, Sean

In High School I became agnostic. I then read the bible and became an atheist.

@johnyang1420

3 ай бұрын

Im a former atheist….I became a devout Catholic. Take RCIA and ask your questions there.

@anonemouse3768

3 ай бұрын

@@johnyang1420 why would you do something so foolish? Your statement doesn't ring true.

@blusheep2

3 ай бұрын

@@anonemouse3768 So only fools can evaluate evidence and reason and make judgments that you disagree with? Atheism is no different than theism. In both camps you have people with desire, and that desire skews the way they evaluate things. Most people don't believe because of evidence but because of their desires. Your statement proves the point because you couldn't just disagree with him or be curious about what changed him. You had to call him a fool. Because you haven't been convinced then there must be something wrong with someone who has. That is a very shallow take on reality.

@anonemouse3768

3 ай бұрын

@@blusheep2 One of the best definitions of faith. "Believing in something you know is not true". There is zero evidence in any religion. I was being polite when I used the word "foolish" I have read the bible, parts of the torah, and the koran. They are all fantasies.

@blusheep2

3 ай бұрын

@@anonemouse3768 _One of the best definitions of faith. "Believing in something you know is not true"._ Well that isn't a definition of faith. You might have invented that definition in your own mind but that isn't one you would find in any dictionary, so I'm going to just brush that away and act like you didn't say something so silly. _There is zero evidence in any religion._ If you think that, then you need to read more. _I was being polite when I used the word "foolish"_ Ok, thanks for revealing, again, your character. _I have read the bible, parts of the torah, and the koran. They are all fantasies._ Reading something doesn't make it a fantasy. Don't think I didn't notice that you were unable to address any of my points. I can only imagine that is because you aren't a critical thinker and your not that intelligent about the way you have addressed this issue. From what I can tell, from your comments, if you have an opinion on something then everybody needs to tow the line or they are fools or worse. This shows the shallowness of your intellectual honesty and returns us to my point that most people don't hold to their beliefs because of evidence but because of desire. I'd wager that your position is driven more by your desire then any honest critical analysis of the facts.

❤🧠🧬❤Richard and Janna ❤The Best Podcast ❤Thanks ❤

Not so long ago, I was told about a star in the Sword of Orion that we can see in the night sky. The James Webb telescope was able to zoom in closer than anything before and lo, the image showed a central star and around it was a solar system forming from gas and particles in a disk, much like our own solar system. It gave us a view of the creation of our own Solar System. Then it was discovered to be a million times the size as our own. That floored me.

@brendansherlock6442

2 ай бұрын

And all that and everything was created intelligently

Richard Dawkins made me an atheist. Thanks Mr Dawkins.

@johnyang1420

3 ай бұрын

Atheism is not good

@fionagregory9147

3 ай бұрын

@@johnyang1420 oh yes it is dear person. Bye.

The problem with religion is when it becomes institutionalized and used as a means to enforce the will of government.

As a Germanic person I choose to honor my ancestors! We where our own gods and goddesses! We where the brothers and sisters of Wodan and Freya 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

I was young when the new atheists really took off. Hitchens and Dawkins were selling out arenas in the mid/late 2000’s. For a few years there it was as though a new political and social movement had got going. It sort of fizzled out and it’s hard to imagine now, but a for a lot of us if that era, not being a religious believer was a significant part of how we defined ourselves.

@briansmith3791

2 ай бұрын

Dawkins, Harris and Hitchens used the new atheist platform to attack Muslims, just as the West was destroying Arab countries. It's no surprise the leading new atheists support Israel even as it commits genocide.

One day soon (for the END is nigh) the Tooth Fairy will RISE from the Dead and replace all of His believers' teeth.. with dentures. Sounds as logical as the story of Noah right?

@TerryMcGearyScotland

3 ай бұрын

🙂 Reminds me of one of our old Irish comedian's (Dave Allan I think) routines where he was relating a fire-and-brimstone minister shouting with vigour at the congregation about the last day when " there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!" . An old voice pipes up "But I haven't got any teeth!". The bellowed reply was " TEETH will be provided!!" 🙂

@briansmith3791

3 ай бұрын

Forget Religion, it's a throwback to ancient beliefs when we knew little about nature. We should be looking at present day science for our worldviews. We have observable evidence for one fine-tuned universe. Start there.

There's no argument that may be made for the existence of "God" (ie YAHWEH) that cannot be made for the existence of Zeus. In ancient times people were just as steadfast in their belief of Zeus as they are today in their belief of Yahweh, Allah, etc. Might be an interesting topic for a future debate/viddie Richard. A panel of 4 "experts": #1 argues for the existence of "God", #2 argues for the existence of "Allah", #3 argues for the existence of "Zeus", #4 argues for the existence of "Santa" (..I'm betting Santa logic wins :)

@Warschach87

3 ай бұрын

Allah means God. The Bible literally says there are other gods but only one God with an uppercase G, and the spirit of Santa is very apparently real. He may not be delivering gifts on a sled but parents bring his legacy to life. Better question is why, if the Bible isn't true, are people everywhere claiming to see and communicate with gods but they aren't talking to Homer Simpson, Al Bundy, or Roger Rabbit? They all confirm the truths of Jesus Christ. The reason for multiple gods is very obviously for diversity in peoples. God didn't want everyone to be exactly the same, hence, the tower of Babel.

@phildoodler2199

3 ай бұрын

Maybe you should read more and stop copying other peoples crude assertions.

@mlthornton1

3 ай бұрын

You are looking for proof of existence via the scientific method. They are all as real as love and dreams.

Re: the fig, I would think of the Garden of Eden as a metaphor. Yes Dawkins doesnt give a damn how it feels but a lot of scientifically literate people do. I must add that The Selfish Gene opened my mind to a tough way of thinking and it made sense in terms of what I then knew of biology, and still does.

37:29, actually there is a reason for that in terms of computer science, for some problem, it is easier to check the validity of a solution than to calculate the solution from scratch

Laws of physics created the universe, OK, then who created the law of physics?

@bazpearce9993

3 ай бұрын

Why does it have to be a Who??

@stuartmccormick5372

3 ай бұрын

no body, it all came out of nothingness ( explained by science)

@amagara1990

2 ай бұрын

Why do you assume everything has to be created? And your God can't be created!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Dawkins in Little Rock, Arkansas thanks to the Clinton Presidential Center for making it possible. It is my view that every person is born helpless and learn that great beings UP THERE can make things better. Thank you, Richard ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Cool show, interesting stuff, I like alot of Christians,and a lot of atheists. As also people of other faiths, Dawkins is a great humanist.

@briansmith3791

2 ай бұрын

"Dawkins is a great humanist"? LOL. He praised the warmonger John McCain as a "good man", has "no sympathy" for Julian Assange and supports Israel even as it commits genocide. Find someone else to admire.

@brightroarttttbbbb

2 ай бұрын

Atheism refutes its own discourse. Let's think of someone who does not believe because he does not see God. We do not see atoms with our eyes, we do not see the energy emitted by some devices that can be controlled by remote control. The eye cannot see everything. Human beings need to believe by nature because they are weak and face many struggles and troubles. A safe haven is infinite power. The owner is Allah, most people believe in Allah, they pray and Allah sees His servants, He helps when needed, the last religion Islam says that Allah exists and is one.❤❤

We are human beings and grow up differently religious and give others their choice to believe or not believe You speak so much of the past as to what and who we are to believe.

It wasn't an apple or a fig - everyone knows it was a Pomagranite! Thank you both for a brilliant conversation. I have been so much enjoying learning new true things, and finding out how to stop believing the untrue.

How did Dawkins keep a straight face when reading out the hate mail? I almost died.

39:40 love letters start

I like the part where they talk about the beauty of the creation and then saying it is

good work

I'm not university educated, but I do have an interest in science and the way the world works. Do you think I would be able to understand your books? Which would you suggest for someone who is new to your body of work?

@dogwithwigwamz.7320

2 ай бұрын

There`s a useful way to understand the interest you have in Science and that is first to get a grip on Maths. To this, there is a Website available free of charge here in YT called "Exam Solutions." The site is not mine, but you`ll likely find it useful nomatter the level you are currently in understanding maths, from GCSE through A Level to Further Maths. If you are not from the UK this means that the course ( divided typically between individual videso that are between 10 and 15 minutes long ) will teach you every topic required to teach you Basic Maths to and through Advanced Maths.

Janna is fantastic, a brilliant mind. Watched loads of her physics and astrophysics documentaries, she's enthusiastic about describing very complicated things in terms we can all understand

a privilege to see

"Ayam Atma Brahma" - Mandukya Upanishad ... on the ultimate reality. (If you don't get it this time you will always get another chance!)

John Baker is an example of someone who deals well with evidence! I will attempt to place evidence as highly as he did!

I never believed in an "instant" Creation even when I was a devout Catholic and Bible believer.

I lovel this lady

Love you RD

amazing, rich!

I'm an atheist, or at most a "believer" in Spinoza's God, but I find the rainbow has a beauty that is lessened when you think of the physical explanation, which makes perfect sense. Robert Pirsig (Zen & Art of motor. Maintenance) described two types of beauty: a. Romantic beauty, like the curves of a motorcycle; and b. classical beauty, in the sense of the functioning of a motorcycle. I would suspect Dawkins isnt a very good photographer and doesnt appreciate art much (I could be wrong). I use, teach, and apply statistics, and only accept empirical reality as truth, but I like the world of the romantic imagination too. To the best of my knowledge, it was Blake who said he'd happily have killed Newton for explaining the rainbow. But Keats may well have said what he did. To me, art is expressing reality with what appeals to the emotion, whereas science appeals to measurable reality and reason.

I've read all 17 of his books, and one thing about the guy, he's always been a sucker for that corny poetry, haha. I still love him though.

What you find inside you can be seen as a deity. If that is what you need to get your life together and you are happy to let the rest of us get our life together without a deity, I'm glad for you 🤗

Quantum world cannot be explained by Richard Dawkins theory of atheism.

Indoctrination takes the form of parental guidance, education, cultural influence, company policies, military disciplines, Oath of Office to the Constitution and a whole host of societal constructs. Religion is a part of the dynamic. Faith, on the other hand, is a realization of one's own agency in the lived human experience.

With how common religious beliefs are, I would rather claim that Evolution made people susceptible to religion. Reason could be how we deal with our instincts, which we, as analytical animals, make into myths and superstition, an intellectual extension of things we only are supposed to understand intuitively to guide impulses. Secondly, we are group animals. we love hierarchies. the concept of an imaginative chief monkey in the sky appeals to us, as the ultimate warrant for protection and favours.

If we have respect and thankfulness in our hearts for everything we got for free like air, water, beautiful planet to live with all required resources ,we need not entangle to anything specific religions . So without love care and thankfulness it's not aethism but carelessness /adamantly not bothered misguided preaching..

I woke up from religion by way of evolution. My religious leaders had brought out a book debunking evolution, promoting the biblical creation myth. My science teachers were able to point me in the right direction by simply explaining the evidence, how it’s proven, and what that means. I mentally checked out until I was 16, then left the religion. Carl Sagans ‘The Demon Haunted world’ was a life changing book. All the demons in my life just disappeared once I realized they didn’t exist.

Wow, that segment where he reads love letters had me dying laughing. Never expected professional comedy level convulsions from Richard Dawkins. 😂

Same! I believed it but didn't even think about creationists then until way later when I became interested in the evo/cre debate. I was Christian and believed in evolution and I was protective of what's true and then I finally realised that religion isn't all factual knowledge (like the creation myth). And that got me doubting religion. And the Bible did tend to wane my faith cos of the absurd magic tricks in it (like Zaron's stick). And after 2 decades I'm still a doubter. 😅

oh dear, those fan mails were wild.

Very interesting. I'd like to hear you discuss the potential for the degradation of the human genome over time.

Studying evolution and listening to Richard Dawkins affirmed my belief in Christianity

@ObservantHistorian

2 ай бұрын

So you believe in the efficacy of the primitive and barbaric practice of human sacrifice to appease a cruel god? You agree that anyone who does not accept this sacrifice and provide adequate saccharine adoration and worship to Jesus will suffer in eternal hellfire? If there is no Adam and Eve, and no Original Sin, can you explain the role of Jesus in Christian theology? If you accept at least some science, how do you know when the Bible magic overrides science (i.e., reality) and become real? How do you know when it switches back? Which parts of science and the Bible do you have to ignore to come to the conclusion that your version of Christianity is real?

@user-pw4by1gh5o

2 ай бұрын

@@ObservantHistorian Maybe you should spend a little less time strawmanning things you don’t understand very well and a little more time honestly looking at the anomalies in your belief system

@ObservantHistorian

2 ай бұрын

@@user-pw4by1gh5o What exactly am I "strawmanning"? The rest of your response is just nonsense.

@user-pw4by1gh5o

2 ай бұрын

@@ObservantHistorianUntil you understand and admit that the theory of evolution has serious anomalies that remain unanswered, you will see my worldview as nonsense because you are hiding behind a deeply flawed theory to keep “God” off the table. If you are a rational and scientific person, you should be able to admit that science admits to no “brute” facts and everything is up for reexamination if anomalies persist. One example: Every living organism has a DNA blueprint. Please explain the very first DNA code spontaneously coming into existence to form and organize the very first organism.

@user-pw4by1gh5o

2 ай бұрын

@@ObservantHistorianNot sure if my last reply went through. The theory of evolution is a deeply flawed and tautological argument that people like to hide behind so they can keep “God” off the table. The way I understand science is that if anomalies persist, the investigation is not over. One example: All living organisms have DNA code. Please explain how the very first organism’s DNA code spontaneously formed to organize its host..Whether you like it or not, intelligence preceded matter.

When was that recorded? 2024?

@mikedonald1974

3 ай бұрын

I think I heard him say 2021

@TerryMcGearyScotland

3 ай бұрын

I assumed so!

@TerryMcGearyScotland

3 ай бұрын

Why is it being released now?@@mikedonald1974

@Francisco-ou1us

3 ай бұрын

@@mikedonald1974Many thanks, Mike.

@user-xl8ku6uj3v

3 ай бұрын

2019

Simplistic faith must die to be replaced by a well reasoned one. Indoctrination, by reasonable thinking. If God gave you a good mind, use your Utmost for His working out of blessing this world.

Belief in Nature is unconscious. And Nature is, was, will be. The existences in Nature are unitary big or small, hence are as per definite laws being originated by intrinsic Quality interacting with outer circumstances which are infinitely varied units at various levels. There is infinity, eternity, hence ever creativity in Nature - all being related.

@yoso585

2 ай бұрын

Maybe. Could say it seems that way. Perception.

The new James Webb telescope has seen 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. This is so exciting to me, much more so than anything in religion.😮

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