Prophiscient
Speaker: Daniel Dennett
Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Z5YFvo1vQ&feature=PlayList&p=7624790FA13C8F78
The “La Ciudad de las Ideas 2009 Re-Evolution” Festival witnessed a very exciting event, where great theologists, philosophers and thinkers debated over the eternal conflict between science and religion, reason with faith and Darwin vs The Bible. The opinions and views expressed are strong, we recommend open-mindedness for its enjoyment.
Debaters: Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett (new atheists) vs. Shmuley Boteach, Dinesh D’Souza, Nassim Taleb (theists), and Robert Wright (neutral).
Original full-length video (2:16:26):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hnqo4_X7PE
With Spanish narration (2:22:42):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H0VX0vgy44
YouTube channel: LaCiudaddelasIdeas
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Hitch would say it is religion, not people, that is evil. I completely agree with Hitch that it's poisonous.
religion is unneeded.
@superduperjew "like a fish needs a bicycle"; agreed, my friend.
@jeremyemilio wrote "It's quite another to continually characterize everyone on the other side of the debate as being deluded, evil, stupid, or some combination of the three."
His approach may be distasteful to you, but if you want him to be "open and vigorous", as you yourself suggest, you have to be willing to hear what he says. How is belief in a young earth not deluded? How is genocide & acceptance of slavery not evil? How is belief in Noah's ark not stupid? All are biblical tenets.
@jeremyemilio You are suggesting that even christians can disregard whole sections of the bible, at their own personal discretion, and still call their religion "necessary and respectable". The same bible that they uphold as the perfect and holy word of God himself. That seems contradictory. Would you consider a science textbook to be "necessary and respectable" if it contained ridiculous content that could be disregarded?
@jeremyemilio wrote "The Bible is held up 'as the perfect and holy word of God himself' only by a very few and very recent segment of the Christian population known as fundamentalist literalists."
I disagree. It seems like the phrase "Holy Bible" is a pretty old and widely used concept. So is the notion that it is "divinely inspired". I hardly think reverence of the bible is restricted to a very recent fringe group of extremists.
@jeremyemilio You described the world of scientific literature very nicely. You say the bible is the same? Do they question the validity of the genesis story and demand repeatable peer-reviewed experiments to support the theory? Do they cite references for incredible claims like the miracles of Jesus? Or do they just read one single patched together book and accept it all on faith? The bible and science are hardly the same, IMO.
@xTRUExHATEx apt
Dennet is Darwin.