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Harvard psychologist, Steven Pinker, and UPenn law professor, David Skeel, on “The End of Violence: A Christian and a secular humanist discuss human nature and the possibility of peace” at The Veritas Forum at Harvard, 2015.
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Yessss! About time Stephen Pinker going on here
Dude I can totally take this guy! Like everyone of this guy's arguments are rooted in a bad doctrine, false premises, slander and lack of education. Secularism is responsible for the arguably the most or second to most death tolls in all of history.
David Skeel isn't two-faced enough to be an effective proponent of Christianity. His stubborn need to adhere to logic and reason causes him to stumble over his words.
14:25
Non-religious people roll their eyes when they hear people bring up Jesus in these types of conversations. It's 2015 people, get with the program.
Christianity does not TEACH anything. It says a lot, and takes your time saying a lot if obvious things, but it also says a lot of really really wrong things. What religion does not excel at that? Right? All do.
39:38 (book of evident)!!!!!
David Skeel offers such weak responses to Pinker. I’m incredibly surprised. Personally, I’d jump at the chance to debate Pinker. Humanism is relatively new ideal. There is no empirical data that, as a philosophy it can change the gravity of human behavior.
It would have been nice had the topic been approached as a conversation about how some elements of humanism stand on Jesus’ shoulders, rather than a worthless debate. I’m kind of disappointed in how the person representing Christianity conducted himself.