Comments on: The Root of All Evil? – Richard Dawkins http://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:31:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stuarthttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-5811 Stuart Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:38:13 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-5811 911 was a inside job. World Trade Center 7 was not hit by a plane at 5:30 P.M 9/11/01 and was brought down like WTC1 and WTC2 by explosions planted by the U.S. government and Israel. Google: (911 revisited 2) news videos filmed that day that you have not seen for over ten years. I do not believe in religion. Most wars are caused because of religion and corruption for money and wealth. 911 was a inside job. World Trade Center 7 was not hit by a plane at 5:30 P.M 9/11/01 and was brought down like WTC1 and WTC2 by explosions planted by the U.S. government and Israel. Google: (911 revisited 2) news videos filmed that day that you have not seen for over ten years.
I do not believe in religion. Most wars are caused because of religion and corruption for money and wealth.

]]> By: Mikolaj O'Brienhttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-5799 Mikolaj O'Brien Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:07:37 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-5799 If your going to make a comment about religion, please use respectful language, not impuslive vulgar terms, as it only makes your argument sound more incredulous than it already is. Even Mr. Dawkins does not demote himself to using such language, or call religion 'Bullshit'. And another thing, anyone that has faith is an idiot. Scientists have faith without faith they cannot have the gut's to prove what thier faith dictates. If you are a secular scientist, you still must have faith in what you are trying to prove to prove it. On an ending note, if Chrisitans are idiots, does that make Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Pascal and many other famous Christian scientists idiots? I thought not. If your going to make a comment about religion, please use respectful language, not impuslive vulgar terms, as it only makes your argument sound more incredulous than it already is. Even Mr. Dawkins does not demote himself to using such language, or call religion ‘Bullshit’. And another thing, anyone that has faith is an idiot. Scientists have faith without faith they cannot have the gut’s to prove what thier faith dictates. If you are a secular scientist, you still must have faith in what you are trying to prove to prove it. On an ending note, if Chrisitans are idiots, does that make Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, Pascal and many other famous Christian scientists idiots? I thought not.

]]> By: mowgliehttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-5585 mowglie Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:00:13 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-5585 one difference between science and religion is evidence vs faith. science uses conclusions drawn from repeated testing, religion does not. those tests used in the scientific method can be repeated and confirmed again by an outside/independent source. religion has no such tests, and if a religion does, it has failed many times. stop thinking that science has no evidence and get out and actually find out for yourself. one difference between science and religion is evidence vs faith. science uses conclusions drawn from repeated testing, religion does not. those tests used in the scientific method can be repeated and confirmed again by an outside/independent source. religion has no such tests, and if a religion does, it has failed many times. stop thinking that science has no evidence and get out and actually find out for yourself.

]]> By: travishttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-5573 travis Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:15:34 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-5573 ur big bang is my Gods voice ur big bang is my Gods voice

]]> By: travishttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-5572 travis Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:06:25 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-5572 how is that people who have faith n science have 2 tiptoe around anything religous? as of late im seeing more and more documentarys bashing religon n the name of sceince and anyone that says science is wrong is looked at as ignorant. science is continually changing. finding new discoverys that changes the history of the world by a few billion years here and there. everyone has the right 2 belive what they want 2. people who belive in science over religon are only taking someones elses word for it. have u anything 2 prove we evolved from a monkey or has someone told u that enough u belive it. have u urself seen proof of it. no. but since uve been told by people u blindly belive. how r u any different than someone with faith n God. u just place ur faith in urselves as gods. were not allowed to talk religon but u force feed evolution on our children as fact. dont play along and they fail. how is forcing ur religion of science on me and mine rite for u to do? how is that people who have faith n science have 2 tiptoe around anything religous? as of late im seeing more and more documentarys bashing religon n the name of sceince and anyone that says science is wrong is looked at as ignorant. science is continually changing. finding new discoverys that changes the history of the world by a few billion years here and there. everyone has the right 2 belive what they want 2. people who belive in science over religon are only taking someones elses word for it. have u anything 2 prove we evolved from a monkey or has someone told u that enough u belive it. have u urself seen proof of it. no. but since uve been told by people u blindly belive. how r u any different than someone with faith n God. u just place ur faith in urselves as gods. were not allowed to talk religon but u force feed evolution on our children as fact. dont play along and they fail. how is forcing ur religion of science on me and mine rite for u to do?

]]> By: Kerstinhttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-3125 Kerstin Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:48:04 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-3125 I find it interesting that many religious people seem to think that non-believers don't care about other people suffering or dying. Do you really mean, that the only thing preventing you from killing or hurting other people is that God says that you shouldn't? In that case, please continue to believe (unless you think God says you should kill others, of course). We other have this feeling of compassion to others integrated, we don't have to ask God to know. I find it interesting that many religious people seem to think that non-believers don’t care about other people suffering or dying. Do you really mean, that the only thing preventing you from killing or hurting other people is that God says that you shouldn’t?
In that case, please continue to believe (unless you think God says you should kill others, of course). We other have this feeling of compassion to others integrated, we don’t have to ask God to know.

]]> By: edhttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-1574 ed Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:41:11 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-1574 i hate to break it to you, but evolution is an established fact. "If we really did evolve from a cell why is there no proof of it. No remains of bones, nothing of evolution." one word for you - fossils i hate to break it to you, but evolution is an established fact. “If we really did evolve from a cell why is there no proof of it. No remains of bones, nothing of evolution.”
one word for you – fossils

]]> By: Anirthttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-1117 Anirt Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:02:04 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-1117 It’s always interesting to observe how the opposition perceives you. I guess I fit into the category of Evangelical "fundies” that Dawkins refers to as he slams all religion to the ground. Before I offer a rebuttal, I do agree with Dawkins on some key observations. Dawkins brings up some valid points to which the Christian church needs to listen. It is sadly true, in an effort to make the Bible answer all of life's questions they have naively posited simplistic answers which invalidate and minimize human suffering and loss. I agree that in an attempt to separate from the world they have dismissed good reputable science and psychology. The richness of the Biblical text, the grand story of how God initiated and accomplished His plan to restore creation to what was lost to human sin and rebellion, sadly gets trivialized to an inspirational blurb at the least, or wielded as a sword and justification for shed blood at worst. But while Mr. Dawkins was busy denouncing God and faith he failed to recognize his own faith assumptions. Is modern science truly an unbiased, empirical observation, or does science operate under a faith assumption as well? Mr. Dawkins was quick to authorize science as the only credible, objective, and trustworthy means of acquiring knowledge. By implication then, science can offer the only adequate understanding of reality. In contrast, he defined faith as a “suspension of critical thinking” assigning it as outdated , used only by the weak and those seduced by the established religious system of their time. In Dawkins view, faith and science cannot play side by side, for the one is intellectual and sound, while the other is fanciful, a flimsy structure for measuring actual “truth” and an unreliable source for knowledge. To sharpen his point, Mr. Dawkins cleverly draws his audience into agreement by showcasing the worst case examples of faith expressions to represent the norm. Mr. Dawkins too has been conditioned by his culture and past thinkers. Thinkers that built a system of understanding reality and human purpose divorced from a transcendent authority. Science claims to be the only unbiased ,objective way to obtain objective truth. If looked at closely, science operates under a faith assumption as well, that is, the material world is all there is. Science has proceeded under a method that adopts the philosophical assumption that the “natural” world of matter and energy is all that exists, ruling out the existence of God or immaterial reality. This way they can easily “prove” scientifically that God doesn’t exist, since they begin with the premise that there is no God. So all their conclusions will naturally supply the evidence they need to support their theory, that is, God doesn’t exist. If Mr. Dawkins and the others truly operating in an unbiased fashion as he claims, shouldn’t he and the other scientists be searching? Mr. Dawkins posits that there is no evidence for God, but he has never demonstrated any evidence to show clearly otherwise. His demonstrative evidence against the existence of God is hardly scientific. He has attempted to disprove God by deductions based on the deeds of religious fanatics which demonstrate more of humanity’s evil heart then the non-existence of God. Maybe this problem has nothing to do with religion, or non religion, but with people. Maybe what is evident is that humanity has ignored the transcendent God, rebelling against his moral and protective authority? Maybe what is clearly evident is humanity needs redemption, to which the Biblical God, properly portrayed speaks. I would ask of Mr. Dawkins and his followers to consider two things. I will do my part to carefully listen to your arguments, not drawing conclusions from only those who oppose you. But I ask you to do the same, and in fairness allow the Bible as whole to speak on its own term, offering a holistic view of God and his redemptive plan, weaving around four major themes of creation, the Fall(man’s rebellion) Redemption and Restoration. I don’t wish to give an airtight argument to prove the existence of God, but describe briefly the central tenets of the Christian faith, culminating at the cross. Genesis, records that God created everything in perfect harmony, wishing to glorify himself as humanity reflected his character and found fulfillment through harmonious, trusting, self-giving relationships as we stewarded his earth. Evil resulted when man acted independently, choosing his own way, thus breaking relationship with God and sending creation into distortion and decay. History records the manifestations of that one act ever since, the tragedy of broken human relationships, death, sickness, and suffering. Evil was not the way it was supposed to be. Yet the Biblical God did not leave mankind and without hope. The love of God intervened at the cross where God himself, in the person of Jesus Christ, died to satisfy the just requirements of God’s holiness and also provide a way of dealing with the plight of the human condition and save the guilty. At the cross God took on the guilt and punishment himself. God paid the price. The biblical authors, as eyewitnesses, testified that that God himself took on flesh to redeem mankind from their rebellion and self-incurred suffering. Scholars have found the writings of the gospel accounts date close to the time of Christ, giving further evidence to an actual resurrection, giving credence to their story. The biblical gospel message depends on the life, death and resurrection of Christ, although received through faith, is not without evidence. God continues to speak today, asking us by faith trust His story and participate in his task of reconciliation. Certainly not without flaws, the church has faithfully testified to gospel’s message of grace and reconciliation for the past 2000 years. Although not yet complete, the Christian message of hope lies in the fact that one day God will ultimately fix what sin has broken. So, Mr. Dawkins, I will admit I live by faith, but I ask you to recognize the same. You claim science hold the keys to the future. But what evidence do you have to support that? Where is the evidence for the belief of that claim. There is no evidence from the past to secure such a claim. You take that on faith. Faith in a system that is predicated with the assumption that the material world is all there is. Surely, science has made medical and technological advances that have enhanced life, but science hasn’t provided any solid solutions to the problem of human suffering and evil, except to blame God, or put trust in education and technology. Further, science can’t answer the central questions of meaning and purpose and existence. If we are just a combination of atoms, why do we think in moral categories? We all can bear witness that our souls long for love and acceptance. We know in our inner recesses, we are more than a sum total of atoms involuntarily reacting to stimuli. Further, science Mr. Dawkins may have given an apologetic for the existence of God more than he wants to admit. I suppose Dawkins, according to his title wants to indict religion as the root cause of evil. Well, I will concede that many evil acts have been unjustly committed in the name of “God” , but it goes without saying, that just as many evil acts have been committed by people that call themselves atheists, agnostics or don’t ascribe to any label. He failed to mention that. Perhaps, the root cause of evil should not be blamed on God, or be used to disprove God, but actually serve as a signpost pointing to God. Perhaps it time to acknowledge a transcendent Creator, whose name has been maligned by humanity’s choice to rebel. What is promoted as “freedom” has really enslaved us. Perhaps his moral order was for our good not harm so that we could flourish and reflect God’s character in and through our relationships. Perhaps our current evil state is more a reflection of humanity’s alienation from God, instead of the “enlightened era” that Mr. Dawkins wishes for you to subscribe. In addition, I wish to call those who profess to be Christ followers, to quit harming our witness by cynical responses and unfair name-calling, or firing simplistic answers to opponents about issues the Bible doesn’t even address. We must truly live the gospel we profess, giving an intelligent and visible alternative to a broken world in desperate need of reconciliation and restoration. Most importantly, its time to expose the truth about what Mr. Dawkins calls science, and reveal modern science is heavily layered in faith, that is faith in philosophical naturalism. For indeed, Mr. Dawkins, perhaps its faith in naturalistic philosophy that is the deceptive teapot circling the universe? It’s always interesting to observe how the opposition perceives you. I guess I fit into the category of Evangelical “fundies” that Dawkins refers to as he slams all religion to the ground. Before I offer a rebuttal, I do agree with Dawkins on some key observations. Dawkins brings up some valid points to which the Christian church needs to listen. It is sadly true, in an effort to make the Bible answer all of life’s questions they have naively posited simplistic answers which invalidate and minimize human suffering and loss. I agree that in an attempt to separate from the world they have dismissed good reputable science and psychology. The richness of the Biblical text, the grand story of how God initiated and accomplished His plan to restore creation to what was lost to human sin and rebellion, sadly gets trivialized to an inspirational blurb at the least, or wielded as a sword and justification for shed blood at worst.
But while Mr. Dawkins was busy denouncing God and faith he failed to recognize his own faith assumptions. Is modern science truly an unbiased, empirical observation, or does science operate under a faith assumption as well?
Mr. Dawkins was quick to authorize science as the only credible, objective, and trustworthy means of acquiring knowledge. By implication then, science can offer the only adequate understanding of reality. In contrast, he defined faith as a “suspension of critical thinking” assigning it as outdated , used only by the weak and those seduced by the established religious system of their time. In Dawkins view, faith and science cannot play side by side, for the one is intellectual and sound, while the other is fanciful, a flimsy structure for measuring actual “truth” and an unreliable source for knowledge. To sharpen his point, Mr. Dawkins cleverly draws his audience into agreement by showcasing the worst case examples of faith expressions to represent the norm.
Mr. Dawkins too has been conditioned by his culture and past thinkers. Thinkers that built a system of understanding reality and human purpose divorced from a transcendent authority. Science claims to be the only unbiased ,objective way to obtain objective truth. If looked at closely, science operates under a faith assumption as well, that is, the material world is all there is. Science has proceeded under a method that adopts the philosophical assumption that the “natural” world of matter and energy is all that exists, ruling out the existence of God or immaterial reality. This way they can easily “prove” scientifically that God doesn’t exist, since they begin with the premise that there is no God. So all their conclusions will naturally supply the evidence they need to support their theory, that is, God doesn’t exist.
If Mr. Dawkins and the others truly operating in an unbiased fashion as he claims, shouldn’t he and the other scientists be searching? Mr. Dawkins posits that there is no evidence for God, but he has never demonstrated any evidence to show clearly otherwise. His demonstrative evidence against the existence of God is hardly scientific. He has attempted to disprove God by deductions based on the deeds of religious fanatics which demonstrate more of humanity’s evil heart then the non-existence of God.
Maybe this problem has nothing to do with religion, or non religion, but with people. Maybe what is evident is that humanity has ignored the transcendent God, rebelling against his moral and protective authority? Maybe what is clearly evident is humanity needs redemption, to which the Biblical God, properly portrayed speaks.
I would ask of Mr. Dawkins and his followers to consider two things. I will do my part to carefully listen to your arguments, not drawing conclusions from only those who oppose you. But I ask you to do the same, and in fairness allow the Bible as whole to speak on its own term, offering a holistic view of God and his redemptive plan, weaving around four major themes of creation, the Fall(man’s rebellion) Redemption and Restoration. I don’t wish to give an airtight argument to prove the existence of God, but describe briefly the central tenets of the Christian faith, culminating at the cross. Genesis, records that God created everything in perfect harmony, wishing to glorify himself as humanity reflected his character and found fulfillment through harmonious, trusting, self-giving relationships as we stewarded his earth. Evil resulted when man acted independently, choosing his own way, thus breaking relationship with God and sending creation into distortion and decay. History records the manifestations of that one act ever since, the tragedy of broken human relationships, death, sickness, and suffering. Evil was not the way it was supposed to be. Yet the Biblical God did not leave mankind and without hope. The love of God intervened at the cross where God himself, in the person of Jesus Christ, died to satisfy the just requirements of God’s holiness and also provide a way of dealing with the plight of the human condition and save the guilty. At the cross God took on the guilt and punishment himself. God paid the price. The biblical authors, as eyewitnesses, testified that that God himself took on flesh to redeem mankind from their rebellion and self-incurred suffering. Scholars have found the writings of the gospel accounts date close to the time of Christ, giving further evidence to an actual resurrection, giving credence to their story. The biblical gospel message depends on the life, death and resurrection of Christ, although received through faith, is not without evidence. God continues to speak today, asking us by faith trust His story and participate in his task of reconciliation. Certainly not without flaws, the church has faithfully testified to gospel’s message of grace and reconciliation for the past 2000 years. Although not yet complete, the Christian message of hope lies in the fact that one day God will ultimately fix what sin has broken.
So, Mr. Dawkins, I will admit I live by faith, but I ask you to recognize the same. You claim science hold the keys to the future. But what evidence do you have to support that? Where is the evidence for the belief of that claim. There is no evidence from the past to secure such a claim. You take that on faith. Faith in a system that is predicated with the assumption that the material world is all there is. Surely, science has made medical and technological advances that have enhanced life, but science hasn’t provided any solid solutions to the problem of human suffering and evil, except to blame God, or put trust in education and technology.
Further, science can’t answer the central questions of meaning and purpose and existence. If we are just a combination of atoms, why do we think in moral categories? We all can bear witness that our souls long for love and acceptance. We know in our inner recesses, we are more than a sum total of atoms involuntarily reacting to stimuli. Further, science
Mr. Dawkins may have given an apologetic for the existence of God more than he wants to admit. I suppose Dawkins, according to his title wants to indict religion as the root cause of evil. Well, I will concede that many evil acts have been unjustly committed in the name of “God” , but it goes without saying, that just as many evil acts have been committed by people that call themselves atheists, agnostics or don’t ascribe to any label. He failed to mention that.

Perhaps, the root cause of evil should not be blamed on God, or be used to disprove God, but actually serve as a signpost pointing to God. Perhaps it time to acknowledge a transcendent Creator, whose name has been maligned by humanity’s choice to rebel. What is promoted as “freedom” has really enslaved us. Perhaps his moral order was for our good not harm so that we could flourish and reflect God’s character in and through our relationships. Perhaps our current evil state is more a reflection of humanity’s alienation from God, instead of the “enlightened era” that Mr. Dawkins wishes for you to subscribe.
In addition, I wish to call those who profess to be Christ followers, to quit harming our witness by cynical responses and unfair name-calling, or firing simplistic answers to opponents about issues the Bible doesn’t even address. We must truly live the gospel we profess, giving an intelligent and visible alternative to a broken world in desperate need of reconciliation and restoration.
Most importantly, its time to expose the truth about what Mr. Dawkins calls science, and reveal modern science is heavily layered in faith, that is faith in philosophical naturalism. For indeed, Mr. Dawkins, perhaps its faith in naturalistic philosophy that is the deceptive teapot circling the universe?

]]> By: aran Younghttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-1110 aran Young Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:34:03 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-1110 I just think it,s quite funny that the only place that Jesus ever got pissed off was,it was at a church!Not that I believe in any of this bullshit,people with pious values and morals well your always the first fuckers to trip yourselves up.So I decide to sit on the fence with the whole thing, but not because I can,t make my mind up but you just get a better view of all you idiots. I just think it,s quite funny that the only place that Jesus ever got pissed off was,it was at a church!Not that I believe in any of this bullshit,people with pious values and morals well your always the first fuckers to trip yourselves up.So I decide to sit on the fence with the whole thing, but not because I can,t make my mind up but you just get a better view of all you idiots.

]]> By: Duncanhttp://www.documentarytube.com/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins#comment-1058 Duncan Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:55:56 +0000 http://www.documentarytube.com/religion-documentaries/the-root-of-all-evil-richard-dawkins/#comment-1058 If religious people are offended by this, you shouldn't be - you're going to heaven and if you truly believe you are right, then we are going to hell. Stop being spoiled and accept your percieved fate. If religious people are offended by this, you shouldn’t be – you’re going to heaven and if you truly believe you are right, then we are going to hell. Stop being spoiled and accept your percieved fate.

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