Kudos to McGrath - he spoke for 20 minutes without actually saying anything.
@TBOTSS
3 ай бұрын
McGrath spoke for 20 minutes and David Race is too stupid to understand what he said.
@davidrice6224
3 ай бұрын
@@TBOTSS good one, mate! 😆 Bless
@adamjamir2212
3 ай бұрын
@@TBOTSSWell! David is smart enough to understand nonsense & you are the stupid one here....
@xpidxb
3 ай бұрын
Blessed are the Stupid for they see the Stupidity in others!
@nilavakar8068
2 ай бұрын
Rationale and religion are being used together... like, really?? 😂😂😂... making absolute horrible statements about reality without providing any kind of proof is rational ?😂😂😂😂
@ngwee1
3 ай бұрын
Whenever an apologist replies, "That's an interesting question, …" they are usually at a loss for a convincing answer.
@chaospoet
Ай бұрын
More likely they don't actually comprehend the question.
@Coltsfan421
27 күн бұрын
Incorrect again lol 🤣
@baileyrob
3 ай бұрын
McGrath looooves to listen to himself pontificating. To him, a conversation isn't an opportunity for learning, it's an opportunity for self-aggrandisement.
@frreinov
3 ай бұрын
What's with his leant head when talking?
@Jane20121985
2 ай бұрын
sounds like you are describing Dawkins
@baileyrob
Ай бұрын
@@Jane20121985 No, it really doesn't. Dawkins actually has the patience of a saint (pun intended) with these people. Choosing to believe what you've been TOLD to believe over hard cold material evidence is exactly what's wrong with the world.
@rogerjamespaul5528
20 күн бұрын
It is extremely difficult to listen to religious cultists trying to justify why they believe in an imaginary God thing.
@dennisevans6544
4 ай бұрын
Why does the phrase “pompous git”spring to mind? Verbosity devoid of substance . You are so wonderfully patient, Richard.
@fergusologhlen8426
4 ай бұрын
Because he sounds like he’s talking from a pulpit .. self righteous attitude
@urasam2
3 ай бұрын
Brilliantly put
@davidevans3227
3 ай бұрын
because that's what bishop Dawkins is
@RidetheGeoffening
4 ай бұрын
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, the wise as false and by the rulers as useful. Seneca.
@bardoface
4 ай бұрын
“I don’t need the testimony of men.” J.C.
@noahsub6372
4 ай бұрын
It’s a shame that the wisdom & teachings of someone like Seneca is not more widespread. Unfortunately, it appears that humans, collectively prefer the solace of myths/religions rather than seeking the truth or fully using the faculties that nature & evolution has bestowed us with.
@theresa42213
4 ай бұрын
@@bardoface ~ AMEN!
@theresa42213
4 ай бұрын
Geoff ~ _''But God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong''_~ 1 Corinthians 1:27 Why? Because _''God resists the proud, but He gives grace to the humble''_ ~ James 4:6
@adamjamir2212
3 ай бұрын
@@theresa42213Well! It's really funny that you proudly quote the words of self proclaimed prophets of ancient times as something that belongs to the most reasonable set of arguments..... It is what it is....
@mindymild
4 ай бұрын
“I understand this is what you believe, I just wish I understood why” That sums it up 😂
@patricklincoln5942
4 ай бұрын
To understand that you would have to be able to have a whole computer model that describes the belief process in the brain, and then when the model can prove that the beliefs were unfounded, you would hope they would stop believing. Hopefully, something like this can be realized in the future. As of now, no one knows what spurious things could be going around in the brain of a Christian that causes them to believe. No doubt they are built into us by a selection process, where non believers were tortured, burned at the stake or worse. We still live with the consequences of that past today.
@gosh5137
4 ай бұрын
"Psychologist Paul Bloom, in a 2005 article published in The Atlantic ("Is God an Accident?", Dec. 2005), made the provocative claim that explains our innate willingness to separate physical and intentional causality the fact that religious beliefs are virtually universal. He noted: "We perceive the world of things as largely separate from the world of the psyche, and this enables us to imagine soulless bodies and disembodied souls." , to which our perception is attuned, lead us to accept the two central beliefs of many religions as a matter of course. An immaterial deity is the ultimate cause of the material world, and the immortal souls control our bodies as long as we live and leave them again as soon as we die." In Bloom's view, the two concepts of causality were each formed separately by evolutionary forces that built the origins of religion into the structure of System 1." Source: Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast, Thinking Slowly, page 103
@mindovermatter3328
4 ай бұрын
Indeed it does sum it up, in the sense that trying to force this issues through a linear chain of facts will never bear fruit. The linearity is the problem, not the lack of facts that don't support it. Life is not a set of facts, that's as abstract as is the notion of God. He and you can't see outside your own limited way of thinking and perceiving
@mindymild
4 ай бұрын
@@gosh5137 that is certainly a provocative claim
@gosh5137
4 ай бұрын
@@mindymild Provocative for religious followers who always dislike conclusive arguments.
@the_luggage
4 ай бұрын
"He is a theologian, a nice enough fellow, but I wouldn't go out of your way to listen to this interview unless it's to remind yourself what an empty, vacuous, non-subject theology is" in the description is brutal, haha.
@HarinderSahota-r7n
4 ай бұрын
Evolution is a government supported RELIGION It isn’t a proven science. Without taxpayers pick pocketing it will never last more than a year 😂😂
@larryg6865
4 ай бұрын
As an ex Christian atheist I can’t imagine going back to believing utter nonsense.
@crockmans1386
4 ай бұрын
Larry, i agree with you. I am a free thinker myself. But back then, 2000 y ago, i would have been with the Club. It makes sense as a group ideology in those olden days. Around year 1540 the european glass craftsmen made the first real good lenses, microscopes and telescopes ..... there is no going back .... when you can see for yourself.
@billmartin3561
4 ай бұрын
I’m sorry for your apostasy, atheists believe there is no God, and eternal separation from God is hell, so you will get what you have chosen…
@brucew646
4 ай бұрын
@@crockmans1386 the only time you would have been a free thinker is like before your mother gave birth to you or your progressive dad gave birth to you. That is the only time your mind was a clean slate. After that you were never and never will be a free thinker
@skeptcode
4 ай бұрын
Agree, and yet I would advise anyone new to that position not to throw everything away just because the foundations are undermined. For instance, I think many traditional Christian values are heuristics for living a "good life." They are likely an accumulation of successive learnings from situations experienced by individuals and their consequences. Naturally, one would be compelled to question everything, but before taking alternative paths, try to understand the naturalistic reasons behind those values to ensure you are on firm ground.
@hilaryraftery3628
2 ай бұрын
So so true
@vonneely1977
4 ай бұрын
I find the ability of the British to be completely civil in these kind of debates to be quite refreshing.
@michaelmelamed9103
3 ай бұрын
Don’t hurry to come to a final conclusion. You are watching two Oxford scholars who are in front of a lens. Now watch a video about the Birmingham football (soccer) fans rioting in the streets 😂
@urasam2
4 ай бұрын
I can’t bear the pomposity of McGrath, an erudite and eloquent man who never actually says anything of any substance
@fernandoelias3745
4 ай бұрын
Yep, that’s what you get when you add academics to belief … unintelligible stream of consciousness
@danielpaulson8838
4 ай бұрын
It's strange to think people eat that up without realizing it's just bs. BS that is so easy to see.
@tongleekwan1324
4 ай бұрын
All believers behaved in a same way, just like John Lennox, Petterson, William Craig, etc. They all talked nonsense, or pulling the wools over your eyes, no one including themselves, knows what exactly they were talking about
@MDMB53
4 ай бұрын
He's always been like that, just getting worse by the year. Pompous ass, springs to mind.
@warrenchinn4114
4 ай бұрын
McGrath. What a pompous arse. Linguistic flatulence.
@sturm4n
4 ай бұрын
Hey Richard, I hope this message finds you. Thankyou for your work, you have taught me so much not only on our likely origins, but of philosophy also. A true Legend.
@WayneLynch69
4 ай бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/2X9-s6J6a3h1mI4l Dawkins sits mute/deaf/sub-moronic as ACTUAL ACCOMPLISHED biologists, 2 Nobel laureates & atheist Craig Venter ALL SAY, "it is IMPOSSIBLE that humans will EVER know life's origin". Life's origin is SINGULARLY, SOLELY, Dawkins' contribution; it's not his work on RNA, MRNA, retrovirus.... His ONLY claim to fame is his "imprimatur" suggesting he has "EVIDENCE" on natural origin of life. IT'S A LIE!!! WHY isn't he illuminating the above BIOLOGISTS on this GREAT GASPER OF HIS?!?! 'CAUSE HE AIN'T GOT SH%T!! Other than tons of $$$$ from his scam....
@UniteAgainstEvil
4 ай бұрын
Where did life come from? Oh, you probably haven't learned that from him yet...
@jacksitch1469
4 ай бұрын
@@UniteAgainstEvil Science accepts that we don't know everything and there are things we may never know, and thats ok. Claiming to know the origin of life and whatever else is merely human arrogance, we are not that important
@PJM273
4 ай бұрын
@@UniteAgainstEvil Do you have an answer?
@mavrosyvannah
4 ай бұрын
@@UniteAgainstEvilyou can learn it from me.
@jamesratcliffe8470
4 ай бұрын
It is so refreshing to see people discussing things intelligently and with respect to each other without the usual shouting and abusive remarks you get in other media forms
@VaughanMcCue
4 ай бұрын
DikkiDawk was the intelligent one, and Bent-Neck talked piffle. Bent-Neck showed no respect. He has all the makings of a Pythonesque skit.
@DennisMSulliva
4 ай бұрын
These people who say they had been atheists have some explaining to do. How could you ever go back? The incoherence, the contradictions?
@juanvaliente5421
4 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@stephanielee869
4 ай бұрын
I struggle with this, too. I'd think because they were never really atheistic in the first place even though they claimed to be.
@andecap1325
4 ай бұрын
If you have a brain,you may be brainwashed..
@eddiewinehosen6665
4 ай бұрын
I know right! It's the epitome of stupid. It's like Tropic Thunder "You never go full retard" but they went beyond full retard.
@protonman8947
4 ай бұрын
When someone says they were once an atheist, but are now a Christian, I would suggest that their atheism was never well grounded. One can become an atheist through good or poor reasoning. Adopting atheism because you jumped upon a Marxist bandwagon is a ludicrous reason.
@kikoissa
3 ай бұрын
Go on, Richard! Greetings from Brazil.
@FirstWayHockey
3 ай бұрын
“You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe” Carl Sagan
@marcusmaddox2176
Ай бұрын
The history of the Jewish people argues very much against this hypothesis about the psychology of those who believe Jesus is raised from the dead Carl Sagan has had , by now , plenty of time to reconsider his thesis I am very sure of my hypothesis about Carl Sagan - Marcus Maddox
@Johnboy33545
Ай бұрын
@@marcusmaddox2176 Nice vague assertion you've got there. The dead are done with reconsidering. Your surety is irrelevant to others.
@marcusmaddox2176
Ай бұрын
@@Johnboy33545 And you know this about the dead how ?
@Coltsfan421
27 күн бұрын
@@FirstWayHockey first I'd like you to understand Carl Sagans point in it's context, you assume he's speaking based on your comment of believers in Christ but in fact his statement covers all belief which all humanity holds in something as you do your atheism and if you try to deflect by saying you don't believe it you only have confidence then I'd ask do you know the origin of that word and it's meaning..
@fretbuzz59
26 күн бұрын
@@Coltsfan421 "... I'd like you to understand Carl Sagans [plural] point in it's [it is] context ..." Jesus, man, get it together.
@MedicRN
4 ай бұрын
Imagine a world without religion.
@PietStassenAdamastor
4 ай бұрын
Easy ... just go holiday in North Korea or Nazi Germany for a year or two.
@Druid75
4 ай бұрын
@@PietStassenAdamastorNorth Korea is a religious state. Kim Jong Un is a god to the North Korean people. And Kim Jong Un is his father reincarnated into him. The citizens of North Korea do nothing but praise and worship their holy leader all day everyday. They’re arguably one of the most religious state on the planet. They didn’t outlaw other religions cause their atheists. They didn’t cause they didn’t want competition As for Nazi Germany, Hitler despised atheism. He himself was brought up as a Roman Catholic. He later denounced the faith and revived an ancient Teutonic pagan type faith. The majority of nazi citizens (with the exception of the jews of course) were catholic. Hitler’s first political treaty was with the Catholic Church. Not to mention all the belt buckles of Nazi officers said “gott mitt uns” or “god is with us”. It’s amazing what a bit of reading and research can do. Try it sometime
@gowdsake7103
4 ай бұрын
It would be so much safer and more humane
@conspiracy1914
4 ай бұрын
chaos.
@VindensSaga
4 ай бұрын
@@gowdsake7103 What makes you think that? Do humanity really comes off as peaceful to you?
@DaveKerrGentleExperimental
3 ай бұрын
Every religious person is a product of their own interpretation of the texts they like, while ignoring passages from their holy book that they may not like so much. I like Prof Dawkins mild mannered extraction of inteesting answers from these people and watching his reaction to their interpretations or set of beliefs.
@sulljoh1
4 ай бұрын
These two Brits are opposites on the clarity spectrum: Dawkins: "X" McGrath "I take your point and I think what I'd like to want to try and say is perhaps X, although I'm not saying X per se"
@vijaymenon1301
4 ай бұрын
This was just great….. I am at awe at how clear and logical Dr Dawkins was. I am glad these contents are still out there for people to really question there core beliefs… we humans are amazing story tellers and religion is a great story … not true but makes up for a good story.
@xalspaero
4 ай бұрын
I have a friend who was atheist and converted to Islam. Facepalm. Feel bad for the dude.
@l3eatalphal3eatalpha
4 ай бұрын
Not really any worse than many forms of religion. Christianity purports to be most benign, but it is yet another trumped up death cult.
@danielpaulson8838
4 ай бұрын
Any Abrahamic religion for that matter. Same invented God. Different tribes using it.
@toni4729
4 ай бұрын
A lot of young girls marry into the religion and regret it. By then it's far too late, they're pregnant and can't get out and neither will their children. It's spreading all over the West this way.
@Finckelstein
4 ай бұрын
Is he an "alpha male"? Because that religion is very attractive to people like that. I can see its pull all over social media. They don't get convinced over good reasons. They just want to postulate how totally alpha they are. The hating women part is also quite important.
@danielpaulson8838
4 ай бұрын
@@Finckelstein You’re describing a brain type and the same people are Abrahamics as Christians. Especially the GOP. Trumps, Taliban
@danf7568
4 ай бұрын
I am your age and have admired your dedicated willingness, knowledge and ability to explain the value of focusing on reality over mysticism.
@TBOTSS
3 ай бұрын
I admire Dawkins' ability to run away from William Lane Craig.
@johncarter1150
4 ай бұрын
Looking young, Richard! Post the origin date so we don't get the false concept that you are immortal, LOL
@SleepyPenguin-8og
4 ай бұрын
That would include an expiration date not yet available.
@anatolydyatlov963
4 ай бұрын
Richard left the concept of death far behind on his path of continuous evolution. He's becoming a theosapiens
@SleepyPenguin-8og
4 ай бұрын
@@anatolydyatlov963 intellectuarthal.
@SleepyPenguin-8og
4 ай бұрын
@@anatolydyatlov963 least i am.
@danfriend9567
4 ай бұрын
It was shot sometime in 2004,2005 ,so RD would have been a young looking 63 or 64 years of age.The series this is from aired in England in January 2006.
@RobKHere
Ай бұрын
As a man of 62 who comes from a world of faith, and who is truly seeking facts and truth, I can say I have yet to truly find anything concrete I would bet my life on and die for. The more I study and listen to many people, I have found that pastors and priests are a confusing mess and work off people fears rather than being honest with them about anything. The Catholic world has its exorcisms and so called Eucharist miracles, but it’s still a huge mess. I find more and more I am a humanist and care about people. I do good as I can because that is who I am, and not because fear of an avenging God prevents me from acting like an immoral animal. Thank you for posting these talks.
@ctsirkass
4 ай бұрын
This guy has McGrath fellow has an arsenal of 20-30 prepackaged answers and he serves them as they are just prepending "This is a very interesting question". I don't believed he answered a single question.
@Sociology_Tube
4 ай бұрын
i kinda respect at least the english gentlemanly ability to kindly discuss
@Durzo1259
4 ай бұрын
Whereas American tactics dictate that, "he who yells his points louder has his points heard, and therefor wins the debate."
@MyBlitz7
2 ай бұрын
I can’t be the only one who sees McGrath’s “religious dead eyes”. There’s just something vacant about believers when they talk about their faith, like autopilot.
@pixie3458
2 ай бұрын
That's the first thing I noticed about him. Where does that look come from? I have found evangelicals in particular to take on this glazed expression
@rexpayne7836
4 ай бұрын
Richard, you are a hero to so many. Thank God for you. 🇦🇺 😁😁😁
@KhunRay-y6k
3 ай бұрын
For me, Richard Dawkins wins hands down. McGrath speaks with his head on the side. Body language shows he is not comfortable with his beliefs.
@JackMichaelPeterM
Ай бұрын
‘The God that I believe in…’ I think that says it all. Look at my toy. Do you like it?
@raycaster4398
4 ай бұрын
"Science works ... _itches."
@SleepyPenguin-8og
4 ай бұрын
Never wanted it anyways.
@SleepyPenguin-8og
4 ай бұрын
U cant remove all the Fs and Es youve given me. Nor would i want u too.
@kookamunga2458
4 ай бұрын
Experiencing the wonder and mystery of the universe is akin to the most profound religious awakening. This is your proud and friendly neighborhood god-free hellbound, atheist, sinner heathen speaking.
@Lopfff
4 ай бұрын
You left out a word. The actual quote is, “Science, IT works…bitches.” Why you leave out the it?
@RichardLelandLevineIII.
4 ай бұрын
Atheism has nothing to do with science actually it's anti-science. Atheism is a disbelief which means it's an unwillingness or inability to accept as true the origins of life is the result of creation AKA God . Agnosticism believing in God and atheism you can only hold one of these positions while being completely brain-dead void of any thought consciousness and that would be atheism because you wouldn't have to the ability to accept God
@ElkoJohn
Ай бұрын
Much obliged for this video
@bardoface
4 ай бұрын
I think the problem is that there are devout longstanding families, communities that choose Christianity and we need to have respect for their choices and history and engage with and respect their point of view rather than being so arrogant and disrespectful. Not arrogantly trying to destroy it like we are destroying all values. It’s sad.
@_a.z
4 ай бұрын
McGrath's verbal diarrhea does nothing to advance his position!
@frankxu4795
4 ай бұрын
He does not have to. The fact that he accepts all the scientific facts yet never admits any problem of believing the highly improbable things, is good enough to show the religious people that he is not defeated in an argument with the "infamous atheist" Richard Dawkins
@farvision
Ай бұрын
"To be able to say you once were an atheist gives you a certain amount of street cred". Not for me. It tells me that the person failed intellectually and got caught up in one of the religious scams.
@Animatthias
4 ай бұрын
I can't believe it is the year 2024 and we're still arguing about the existence of a god. The more we know about the world, the more pathetic those come across trying to give a rational explanation for faith. Even if religious people were better people, that still wouldn't make their belief true. Only the actual historical truth is true. Everything else is just a tale. If you don't find scientific facts and findings more impressive than a tale, you haven't understood the facts.
@paulm3805
29 күн бұрын
seems many believers are not happy with the thought that dying is the end
@warren52nz
4 ай бұрын
I've noticed people who are trying to convince someone on weak arguments tend to tilt their heads to the right and here it is yet again.
@jackiedouglas4483
4 ай бұрын
Yes, what is that about?
@Wol747
4 ай бұрын
Yet another discussion which proves the fact that rational debate is impossible with a religious thinker. Dawkins’ attempt to explain evolution to that Wendy (?) woman is a classic case of argument from ignorance and if I feel a low blood pressure coming on a couple of minutes watching her pops it up into the dangerous numbers.not for nothing is it called “blind” faith.
@mikeflannery7905
3 ай бұрын
"You make a really really good point Richard, and it gives me a chance to postulate and use lots of big words in a pompos accent as I then ignor what you said and waffle on for a few minutes to take up your time..."
@nirnrooter
4 ай бұрын
Sorry but I couldn't make it through more than about half of this video. Theology is a complete non-subject, devoid of any real meaning. I know because I studied it (sadly), and this man wrote the textbook we used. Thankfully I'm now a former Christian who doesn't believe in any gods. Also, everyone who is religious is a former atheist, aren't they? Since no one is born believing in deities.
@auturgicflosculator2183
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for this comedic 17 minute video!
@anatolydyatlov963
4 ай бұрын
The person filming it has clearly watched too much anime
@SaerdnaOoOoo
3 ай бұрын
3:15 I love Richards smirk I bet he was thinking "Im going to eat this rubble up".
@ScroogeMcWhat
4 ай бұрын
I’ve seen this before so I’m going to search for that joke
@RyanJones-ew8vm
4 ай бұрын
Why is it not sir richard dawkins.
@arthuroldale-ki2ev
4 ай бұрын
He would have to suddenly have a spiritual experience, to get a Nighthoody!
@EleanorPeterson
4 ай бұрын
I'll assume that you're asking a serious question, so I'll give a serious answer: dunno, mate! 🙂 Most of what follows is probably not news to you, but I'm writing it because most KZitem peeps aren't Brits and may not know how the ancient honours system works. To get an honour of any sort, whether an MBE or OBE, a CBE or even being made a Lord, an Earl, or Billy Big Trousers, you have to be nominated (there's an official form to fill in; it's free and anyone can do it. You can even do it online). The person being nominated doesn't have to know that he's being nominated. You can tell him that you're putting him forward if you like, but it's kinder to keep quiet and not get anybody's hopes up. "Many are called, but few are chosen..." It's a completely democratic process. It's all down to public opinion. Once a name's put forward, the Awards Committee will do a lot of digging to see that the person's real, 'worthy', not an escaped criminal, and won't bring the system into disrepute. You can't buy an honour, but getting to the top in some careers almost guarantees that you'll be offered one. It used to mean winning a Nobel Prize, becoming Prime Minister, winning a war, discovering a new treatment for leukaemia, or holding the post of Admiral of the Fleet, but nowadays it can be for selling pop records, writing a book on transgender parents, or Standing On One Leg in a Meaningful Way. There has to be a category definition: you can't be honoured simply for looking nice, so you need to be recognised for (for example) services to the theatre - 40 years running the Royal Ballet, maybe - sporting excellence (getting 5 Gold Medals at the Olympics and then using your fame to inspire kids); doing outstanding work for charity; for services to literature (such as inventing Harry Potter and getting loads of kids into reading); for environmental activism; or - in someone like Richard's case - for promoting the advancement and understanding of science. Meanwhile, the guy who proposed the candidate will have to get several independent people (not relations) to send hand-written letters of support, backing the proposal, to the Committee. It's not difficult, but there's a good deal of snobbery [allegedly], and common people sending scummy letters probably won't help, unless there's a minority quota to fill. Whoops. Allegedly. So... you need to have friends in professional positions - doctors, lawyers, councillors, teachers, Members of Parliament, engineers - in order to be taken REALLY seriously for a really serious honour. The more genuine letters the Committee receives, the better the chance that the candidate will be considered for an honour. The highest awards are rare and go to prominent people who've lived long enough to have done something special with their lives, so even with a million letters of support, Mavis the school dinnerlady wouldn't suddenly be made a Dame, but she might get an MBE. A nationally famous actor or musician could get an OBE. An internationally famous one might even be knighted. The head of a major corporation, a Chief Constable, an MP, or a High Court judge could get a Knighthood. Alas, the honours system has been rather hijacked by box-ticking of late, so all sorts of previously undeserving people are being honoured for some exceedingly lame reasons. I won't say any more about that or my Comment will be removed.🙄 Someone like Richard Dawkins does deserve recognition for having devoted much of his life to promoting the teaching and understanding of science and also for his contribution to literature but... But to a lot of influential people he's a controversial figure. Wild-eyed religious nuts loathe him. Attracting that kind of attention may be reason enough for the Awards Committee to pass him by. It's also possible that Richard's already been offered an honour, but has declined to accept it (it's a private matter that some candidates choose to keep to themselves). Some people don't want to be associated with the honours system any more because they feel it's been devalued by modern political changes. It's definitely not what it used to be. On the other hand, maybe Richard's not been proposed yet. If you think he deserves a Knighthood, why not start the process yourself? Could be tricky getting enough letters of support unless you're well connected, but there's no harm in trying. Naturally, not everybody supports England's [Britain's] constitutional monarchy; many right-on Brits despise the Royals and 'the Establishment' and would never accept an award that seemed to endorse its existence. I think John Lennon turned down an OBE for political reasons when the Beatles were at the height of their fame. Perhaps. Allegedly. His writing partner didn't. The Beatles' bassist went on to get a Knighthood. Hello, Sir Paul... Militant socialists and anti-monarchists, having formally been recognised by the King/Queen, sometimes refuse an honour VERY VERY LOUDLY, then capitalise on the publicity, making a lot of noise about how much they detest the honours system and how unfair it is and please, please, please buy my latest book of angry poetry... Not surprisingly, the Awards Committee is wary of making ANY award when they know it could be used for political reasons to beat them over the head. That kind of thing reflects badly on them, so part of the Award Committee's job is to determine whether a candidate holds 'unfashionable' views. These days that's a minefield of gender, inclusivity and diversity, so I imagine a lot of otherwise deserving candidates are passed over when the Honours List is made up. Did you know that the comedian Jim Davidson received an OBE? Yep. That's democracy, folks...
@amoh5
4 ай бұрын
The English monarchy is Anglican Christian. Therefore, heathens like Dawkins can't be knighted. 😊
@amoh5
4 ай бұрын
The English monarchy is Anglican Christian. Therefore, heathens like Dawkins can't be knighted. 😅
@RyanJones-ew8vm
4 ай бұрын
😂@@amoh5
@DarthwRath
4 ай бұрын
The funny thing about most so callled ex-atheist I've met is, they revert back to the exact same religion they were indoctrinated with before the age of reason (the same religion their social surrounding follows). Which makes me question, were they ever actually an atheist? If they changed religion, now that's much more interesting and probably more genuine.
@briansmith3791
4 ай бұрын
I've noticed that too. Most go back to their original conditioning. I was brought up Christian, became an atheist for years, but now believe there could well be a Creator, owing to the fine-tuned Physical Constants. There can be no going back to any Religion as fine-tuning precludes any God of Religion.
@gsp3428
4 ай бұрын
I will always remember Dawkins debate with Lennox, and Lennox completely calling him out that he totally lied in his book that scholars dont believe Jesus existed, almost zero scholars believe that, yet he wrote in his book as it was a 50/50 proposition, Dawkins will lie just like everyone else to get the answer he wants.
@Thomas-bq4ed
4 ай бұрын
Which book? What’s the quotation? I would like to see
@mpockley
4 ай бұрын
I wish I were as polite as Prof. Dawkins.
@brucew646
4 ай бұрын
me too I find athiests in their ignorance to be so exasperating
@ofrabjousday1
4 ай бұрын
So wait, God is outside of our space and time? Well, if he's outside of our space, then he isn't here. If he's outside of our time, then he never was and never will be here.
@briansmith3791
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, a Creator must be outside of the universe, only Religion says it is inside. The universal fine-tuning argument precludes any physical interference, ruling out any God of Religion but not the possibility of a Mind behind all of this.
@jyrkiseppala3385
4 ай бұрын
Alister McGarth sounds like a little boy playing grown-up. McGarth spits out fine words, a blank look in his eyes, and doesn't even understand what he's talking about.
@micheldisclafani2343
2 ай бұрын
Richard sounds like an intelligent young boy, that in spite of his acquired knowledge, cannot make his Father, tell him the secret of life.
@preuton
2 ай бұрын
I am not a believer or an atheïst. I am just a human being who lives his daily life. That’s all.
@Jeroen4
4 ай бұрын
I’m a nonbeliever, but Dawkins attitude has really turned me off over the years. Oh well they had a nice run haha
@steveperreira5850
4 ай бұрын
Huge audience here for Richard. He’s beginning to rival me, a nobody. (I have one 30 second KZitem video)
@aang7295
4 ай бұрын
Turned you off how? And who had a good run? I’m so confused.
@garyt123
4 ай бұрын
Turn off? Yeah, he can be perceived as somewhat arrogant, but how could one not _appear_ arrogant when debating someone who has silly beliefs, like "I am Napoleon reincarnated", or "God exists because, well 'faith'...". Speaking logically with anyone who _believes_ anything so silly will _always_ appear arrogant.
@robertfletcher11
4 ай бұрын
A quick summary. Where did God come from? Interesting question but Christians don't care so therefore he exists. There is no evidence for Jesus, but its a nice story that makes me feel good so therefore he existed.
@frreinov
3 ай бұрын
- Evolution is improbable - Your alleged Gawd is even more improbable
@ChineduOnoyima
3 ай бұрын
I’m only more happy that Dawkins didn’t allow him to sit down 😂😂😂
@ollipollii1932
4 ай бұрын
Appears upper class and Stares Dawkins the Whole Time and talks and talks... and talks. Doesn't seem to affect Richard much so props to him hehe
@petretepner8027
3 ай бұрын
If he "appears upper class", it is because he has chosen to. His rather artificially "posh" Oxford accent was adopted along with his new faith in the 1970s.
@mausperson5854
3 ай бұрын
"In the beginning..." The fundamental claim has clay feet. The first three words!
@micheldisclafani2343
2 ай бұрын
The enormous amount of time employed by humanity to prove or disprove the existence of God, could have been and should be employed to eliminate war in this world. God in my opinion is the most evident thing in this world. I feel God in myself and I see God as part of every quantic atom of the universe. The skill, knowledge of the English language by Richard Dawkins is exceptional. He would be a perfect lawyer.
@iXpress
4 ай бұрын
As an India Atheist - Respected him, then he supported Javed Akhtar - a closet Islamist in India just bcz of his views against Hindusim Javed Akhtar is no Atheist just a Muslim Apologist. Dawkins lacked wisdom here.
@MAY-bm3lh
3 ай бұрын
What a respectful christian! Probably because he was an atheist in the past.
@Richard-b5r9v
4 ай бұрын
God was created by mankind not the other way around
@timelessone23
3 ай бұрын
What keeps us from finding common consensus and unity is intersubjective linguistical conceptual dissonance. We use words wrong. God is a word. Love is a word. Their meaning is anchored in deep history. We learn these so meaningful words in certain context and everything gets mixed up politically. Thus people wonder what is outside of their skull while living inside a simulation. The words you utter resonate in the universe of others and get reflected back at you either friendly, or fiendly. Friendly feels good, makes you feel warm inside and fiendly forces you to strengthen the subject-object divide. It is equally so in our philosophical discourse. People sit on opposite sides of the table and forget to realise how fragile we are. Sting eachother with accusations while grasping for followers acknowledgement. They speak of truth, science, facts and God, while bluntly and maliciously confusing categories. It is the abstraction of war on an intelligent level, but had there be no rules, sticks and stones would kill the opponent. Trying to transcend our base nature, we have to become judge of behaviour, in our self and in others. Thus arises a certain culture that people cling to in terror of consciousness being wiped out. Unity, love, wisdom transcend God, because history is always followed by the future and this is where our dreams live. In the complexity of life we need people who see through the illusion bring minds to peace and help others to dance in unison. I wish we all remember who we are, children of what lies beyond words, human responsibility.
@matthewaustin9790
4 ай бұрын
"Dear God, I know I am a sinner. I want to turn from my sins, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe He died for my sins and that You raised Him to life. I want Him to come into my heart and to take control of my life. I want to trust Jesus as my Savior and follow Him as my Lord from this day forward. In Jesus' Name, amen." Did you pray this prayer?
@Boris194786
3 ай бұрын
Thank you Richard, you are an excellent communicator and a good listener. Logic and reason are on your side. Theologians can't offer any rational explanations to substantiate their childish and primitive collection of legends. As Einstein once said
@Boris194786
3 ай бұрын
I saw Elvis two month dago.
@gerardlewis209
3 ай бұрын
Maybe it's the camera aperture, but their heads seem too close together for them to be sitting in separate chairs as is usual for such discussions. You get the impression they're awkwardly standing in a draughty college hall holding a glass of sherry, which makes the earnestness of the conversation seem faintly surreal.
@Iphigenia-hl5uc
4 ай бұрын
I love the end: I understand what you believe; I wish I understood, why. Typical Dawkins! I read God Delusion mutiple times and I might do it again and again. You are the reason for my being a reasonable atheist now and forever. RD needs to be awarded a knighthood. Love from Sri Lanka❤
@colinjava8447
4 ай бұрын
It would be very humbling to actually just once see one of these christians realise there is a problem with their belief, and have a discussion about it, and then change their mind during the discussion. Problem is they have so many nonsense beliefs confirming their religious belief, there's always enough to support it even if you can destroy some of those beliefs.
@AstaraBrightwing
2 ай бұрын
You can see in Alister's face that he has no idea what he's actually saying. I don't mean this as an insult, but as a genuine observation. It's the sort of look that a professors gives a student who has asked a question that the professor doesn't know the answer to, but doesn't want to look bad.
@schmetterling4477
2 ай бұрын
A capable professor will simply tell the student "Interesting question. Let me think about it and I will get back to you.". One does not "look bad" for not knowing an answer to a non-trivial question.
@patriklindholm7576
4 ай бұрын
Mr Pompous Priest didn't utter one word giving credence to what he believes, only a plethora to hide behind.
@derrickwright9456
4 ай бұрын
11:15.. the Athens starts talking about his own faith" but he doesn't realize it"😅
@donthesitatebegin9283
4 ай бұрын
Is the "Athens" the Atheist? Perhaps you should put your faith in a spellchecker, since you can't get the simplest thing right.
@haberjennings475
4 ай бұрын
He has then clearly lost his mind. Not Dawkins btw just in case you’re wondering
@debravewolf
3 ай бұрын
The guy should stop right after 'you make a good point, there'.
@ScroogeMcWhat
4 ай бұрын
People quit using the word faith like people would have been when they considered faith a word for a realized complimentary reward for following a promise
@ScroogeMcWhat
4 ай бұрын
It must’ve happened a long time ago
@robertmcclintock8701
4 ай бұрын
( ゚∀゚)ノ This is the artistic proof that the universe was created. When you paint a shadow its the opposite color of the object that made the shadow. Nobody knew what the opposite color of white was so the artists avoided painting white on white. The opposite color of white is baby blue and baby pink. The first artist to figure it out was Norman Rockwell. I was the second artist to figure it out. I saw it in the corner of a white room. The lighting was perfect to see it.
@jkkjeldsen8249
4 ай бұрын
"But where did God come from?" This nagging question got me booted out of Catechism as a kid and has yet to be answered to my satisfaction.
@etienne_laforet
4 ай бұрын
There is so little consistency and analytical depth in Dawkins’ thinking. Denying God is no less metaphysical talk than theology. Or in a modification of a famous sentence by the physicist and Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Pauli: "Richard Dawkins has a religion. And the motto of this religion is: 'There is no God and Dawkins is his prophet'." Elsewhere Dawkins said: "There is no evidence that any religion is true.” I agree - and include his own. Ican easily deal with Dawkins' atheism, but as a mathematician I can't accept his stunning lack of logic. What is a “religion” but a metaphysical worldview based on dogma and shared with others? And doesn't Dawkins share with his followers a worldview based on a dogmatic claim to empirical evidence (rather than simply reason, which is actually the basis of science by not ignoring the fact that there is a lot of "non-empirical" reality, such as dealt with in mathematics, e.g.) ? This is obviously a very dogmatic stance, because where the hell is the evidence that all existence is empirically evident ? It is Dawkins' faith, his “religion“, he believes in it without evidence. On the contrary, It is astonishingly illogical, especially for an evolutionary biologist. For obviously there is a reality beyond the horizon of Homo sapiens, just as there is beyond the horizon of Pan troglodytes. This is what is called “transcendence” - something that Dawkins seems completely blind to, although if it lies in the very logic of evolution. So when Dawkins finally understands that there is no evidence that ANY religion is true - including his own - he has finally discovered the fact of transcendence 😆
@faizanqaiser4027
4 ай бұрын
Im 25 and already hate standing, how did these guys carry out this interview standing
@gps9715
4 ай бұрын
This was very awkward and it almost felt confrontational. Quite strange to conduct the discussion this way.
@carlosbardales4179
3 ай бұрын
For those that are spirituals and/or religious... the bible gives them the answer..."for faith IS the evidence of things seen and onseen and the hope of things to come".
@schmetterling4477
3 ай бұрын
So what's the question to the talking donkey? ;-)
@SimplyPumpkins
4 ай бұрын
Wow, I haven's watched this since it was originally aired. Its crazy how foolish Christianity was and still is.
@Nik-wj6zv
3 ай бұрын
22:48 I can't believe he said 'religion's primarily concerned not so much with origins but with the way things are now.' That's absurd. It's perhaps true for one religion, in its purest sense, which in that same sense is arguably mis-labelled as a religion entirely.
@eddieheron1939
4 ай бұрын
I confess to having been amused by Dawkins’ accusation that he has “grafted on” the Christianity bit to his apparent Agnosticism 😊
@arthuroldale-ki2ev
4 ай бұрын
If RICHARD is an agnostic, he is a lapsed one!
@ScottWoodruff-wh3ft
4 ай бұрын
If not the most convincing apologist I've ever seen, certainly the most entertaining. I can't help but like him, not the typical sleazy apologist, a true lily amongst the thorns.
@thefunpolice
4 ай бұрын
I have never understood how anyone who is an atheist or one of the many forms of agnostic can latch on to any single religion like Christianity. It demands the kind of newly adopted faith which is not true of people indoctrinated into that same religion since birth and it further demands a conviction to disbelieve all other religions. As an avowed agnostic, I don't need an answer to the question of a god's existence, the question is open and destined to remain open. Suddenly believing in some creator would likely predispose me to deism rather than some doctrinaire religion and certainly not a religion as vain and egocentric as Christianity which asserts not only that blind faith and ignorance are virtues, but that god wants a relationship with me and I can open up a channel to this being by folding my hands and offering a magical incantation.
@veraluxmundi2032
3 ай бұрын
I think religious belief is based on mental and emotional trauma, but what or why I don’t know.
@Joshua-dc4un
4 ай бұрын
Richard's face was like "are you shitting me" when the guy tried to play the faith rigmarole 😂
@clivejenkins4033
4 ай бұрын
Another dead end Richard dawkins interview, The big question is consciousness for sure
@uriituw
2 ай бұрын
It's still hard to believe that a grown adult can believe all that.
@tk75jo
4 ай бұрын
Can't imagine myself going from atheist to believer. It seems impossible for me, at my self professed extreme level of atheism. Imagine Christoffer Hitchens going theist. Unthinkable.
@SteveAndFantaTime
4 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this interview.
@ScroogeMcWhat
4 ай бұрын
Histories are examined in a state of contrast against the other myth which surrounds them which includes myths legends or hearsay. Myths legends and hearsay are not evidence but in history and archaeological they are examined simultaneously beside the mete.
@harryflash5202
4 ай бұрын
I don't think that McGrath really fully understands Christianity. Never once does he mention the vital importance of the Jewish law in reference to the crucifixion of Christ and the fulfilment of Old Testament prophesy.
@Kjell_G
4 ай бұрын
1:06 to skip the commercials.
@amton8823
4 ай бұрын
First rule in objective moral 1 keep fantasy for yourself...don't preach it
@etaylor8028
4 ай бұрын
“The poetry of reality” is an interesting title for this channel.
@steventai65
2 ай бұрын
Is this the same camera man who shot the Dawkin's lecture with muslim students?
@knowledgeckr786
3 ай бұрын
Actually no answer that respected gentleman could present again Richard Dawkins questions but just poetic interpretations. But one thing is clear these are centuries old traditions and societies are knitted in it's fabric. Science definitely will take a long time to replace this social fabric.
@schmetterling4477
3 ай бұрын
It has replaced it completely already. Very few Christians will have a root canal without anesthetics. That's a complete failure to trust in god. ;-)
@Andre_XX
4 ай бұрын
That McGrath dude had nothing sensible to say.
@jozsefnemeth935
4 ай бұрын
... for you
@Andre_XX
4 ай бұрын
@@jozsefnemeth935 No, only to the uncritical indoctrinated masses.
@dvanaestcestica1135
3 ай бұрын
Mr McGrath incredibly resembles the utterly ridiculous, pompous character played by Stephen Fry in "A bit of Fry and Laurie", the guest on various TV talk shows who's spilling word salads while saying something that could be said with 10% of the words used, and with a much simpler vocabulary 😁The "I will be completely inebriated with the exuberance of my own verbosity" character.
@Luizanimado
2 ай бұрын
this is not a criticism to this theologyst, it's more an observation, but he talks like he is reading something all the time 😂
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