Dawkins in Lynchburg VA (part 2) The God Delusion

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PART 2: Richard Dawkins reads excerpts from The God Delusion and answers questions at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia on October 23, 2006. This Q&A features many questions from Jerry Falwell's Liberty "University" students.

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Uploaded: November 13, 2006 at 1:07 am
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simbofats (November 17, 2008 at 7:32 am)
Richard Dawkins -

"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."

The same logic can be applied to the argument for birth control. When the faithful man ejaculates into his good wife, only one out of a million sperm actually makes it to and (god willing) into the egg, while the other 999,999 are murdered. I, a condom user, just go one sperm further...
simbofats (November 17, 2008 at 7:33 am)
...Furthermore, any god fearing, anti-birth control advocate who comprehends the nature of impregnation is committing not only mass murder, but no less than extinction, when he has sex at any other time than at the moment at which conception is most likely to occur, precisely once a month. No different from the one who uses birth control, or the natural human act of masturbation.
fuuunnnn (November 16, 2008 at 10:51 pm)
How did the ancient Jews of the bible know so much about sanitation when they have no knowledge of bacterias and viruses over 2k years ago, if God isn't real and loves them?(read Leviticus 13-15 for yourself)
papke25 (November 15, 2008 at 2:15 pm)
Jesus is a myth and god's a delusion - and if you try to work it out it lead's to confusion!!!!!!!!!!
Neoklassic1 (November 14, 2008 at 8:13 pm)
The Universe is naturally good, unnatural is the opposite, or low frequency. As a human develops self or high self esteem, one tends to become more good or more natural, closer to one's true self. Low self esteem, or lack of self love tends to attract or project low frequencies. These feelings create bad decisions, or unnatural thoughts, which can be seen as bad /evil.
rocas511 (November 14, 2008 at 11:04 am)
Who let this inbred redneck on to this thread?
Magnulus76 (November 14, 2008 at 11:01 am)
Atheists are not unusually immoral. We are all immoral, living in a veil of sin- CS Lewis called this life the "shadowlands". Only God can bridge the gulf and make us holy. Maybe you have misunderstood somewhere what Christians actually believe.
madananuj (November 13, 2008 at 9:34 am)
The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced
LucaEnzo (November 13, 2008 at 7:40 am)
your not the only one, because he speaks of reason and facts that we use every day of our lives, it makes sense. And we use it for the good
jacejay75 (November 12, 2008 at 11:38 pm)
He doesn't say they're mutually exclusive. He's saying that something which is comforting is not necessarily true, although in some instances it obviously can be.