Richard Dawkins - BBC HARDtalk Part1

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Richard Dawkins is interviewed by the BBC's Stephen Sackur for News24's HARDtalk.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: August 5, 2007 at 2:30 pm
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Length: 00:09:12
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pisscunt (December 1, 2008 at 5:33 pm)
Atheism, in itself, can't be a fundamentalist doctrine, because there is no holy text that the atheist can hold as absolute truth. On the other hand, Stalinism does have central doctrines that dictate the will of centralized government to the people. They may have killed in the name of atheism, but that isn't atheim's fault. The killing is from Stalinist doctrine. On the other hand, if someone killed on the basis of scripture, like Lev 20:13, the religion would be at fault b/c that's doctrine
pisscunt (December 1, 2008 at 5:25 pm)
you're right though. He is being a lot more civil to Dawkins than I gave him credit for. It wasn't his argument.
pisscunt (December 1, 2008 at 5:16 pm)
Im not saying he should have criticized the quaran in this case. I'm just saying that if he had an opportunity to do it in a relavent interview, he'd probably leave it alone, if he's like everyone else.
gusphraba (December 1, 2008 at 4:20 pm)
Stalin was married to a catholic woman and had a catholic marriage, doesn't sound like an atheist. Mao was only about himself, he was supposed to be kicked out of his party, he was a slightly insane prankster, all about himself, not an utopia. What you claim in your second paragraph isn't true, he clearly said Hitler's deeds had nothing to do with his religion as he didn't commit them in the name of religion. You made up that he implies it's ok for anyone to be dogmatic. How does he?
gusphraba (December 1, 2008 at 4:16 pm)
He just picked up random pieces from other critics, he even said so. Why would he suddenly start to talk about the Koran, that's not the topic of the episode. If he had a radical muslim at his show he wouldn't attack atheism. Or shouldn't. His arguments sucked though. It's like smurfs attacking a grown man, not even worth replying. I hope someday people will come up with useful criticism towards atheism, until then I see no point in replying.
pisscunt (December 1, 2008 at 12:31 am)
That guy interviewing RD is so full of shit. He's all over atheism, but he wouldn't dare get onto Islam's ass. In the Koran, a book that's believed to be absolute truth by hundreds of millions of people, directly encourages violence in several passages.
potter1s (November 30, 2008 at 9:27 pm)
Well put pisscunt. Well put.
majav15mg (November 30, 2008 at 8:55 pm)
Atheism doesnt inspire genocide or anything like that.
DrCruel (November 30, 2008 at 12:36 pm)
Dawkins is incorrect - the Bolsheviks and Maoists were not only atheists, but militant and committed atheists. They were also of a mind not to give religion any "undue respect", in fact were committed to dispose of it entirely, and engaged in some very deliberate and violent policies to that end.

What Mr. Dawkins implies is that those with religious faith dare not be dogmatic, but that it is entirely justified for atheists to behave so. Fundamentalists of every faith feel similarly.
sajeevmango (November 30, 2008 at 7:10 am)
For a religious criticism with surprises

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