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Richard Dawkins Talks Religion, Science, and Why He Thinks Obama’s an Atheist with Bill Maher
Mediaite ^ | 10/25/2013 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 10/26/2013 3:57:44 AM PDT by markomalley

Oxford professor and celebrity atheist Richard Dawkins joined Bill Maher Friday night to talk about his personal evolution from theism to atheism, why a scientific view of the universe does not entail a series of random events, and which public figures he believes are secretly atheists.

Maher and Dawkins agreed that people like them are often called “militant” atheists, when, in fact, the real problem people have with them is their “clarity” and how steadfast they are on these issues. Dawkins acknowledged he used to be religious, adding, “When I became a man I put away childish things.”

Dawkins dispelled some truly erroneous myths about science and atheism, said that something as simple as a sneeze can change the fabric of human history, and shared this colorful metaphor for the creationists.

“If you believe that the world is only 6000 years old, as some of these people do, given that the true age of the earth is 4.6 billion years, it’s equivalent to believing the width of North America is eight yards.”

Maher asked Dawkins if he subscribes to Maher’s theory that Pope Francis is an atheist. Dawkins said, “I’m sure Obama is an atheist, I’m sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.” He said the fact this new Pope is “nice” is “dangerous,” because he still subscribes to the same religious system as previous Popes, just with a softer tone.

Al Sharpton shot back, “I think he makes it harder for atheists to dismiss religious people as being people that are so in the past and limited and don’t think.”

Maher concluded, “Gay marriage, pot, religion’s the next one to fall.”

Watch the video below, via HBO:


TOPICS: Politics; Religion; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; atheism; billmaher; gaymarriage; michaelmoore; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; pot; religion; richarddawkins; valerieplame
I’m sure Obama is an atheist, I’m sure Kennedy was an atheist

What is that about a broken clock...?

1 posted on 10/26/2013 3:57:44 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Al Sharpton for the defense. [Groan]


2 posted on 10/26/2013 4:01:01 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ted Cruz/Sarah Palin 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Big Al makes even the atheist sound logical. But, his jive keeps him from paying millions in taxes.


3 posted on 10/26/2013 4:23:24 AM PDT by BTCM (Death and destruction is the only treaty Muslims comprehend.)
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To: BTCM

It’s the same jive that keeps all of them from paying taxes.


4 posted on 10/26/2013 4:33:42 AM PDT by sakic
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To: markomalley
Obama believes in God. He just sees something different than sane people do.


5 posted on 10/26/2013 4:37:09 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: markomalley

The older I get, the more I observe of nature and life, the more convinced I am that the chances of the complexity of life developing from chance, trial and error, random errors, chemical combinations that work is nil.


6 posted on 10/26/2013 5:02:07 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: markomalley

If believers Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein were alive today, Dawkins would be shown to be an intellectual joke by comparison....


7 posted on 10/26/2013 5:45:12 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
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To: Vinnie
The older I get, the more I observe of nature and life, the more convinced I am that the chances of the complexity of life developing from chance, trial and error, random errors, chemical combinations that work is nil.

These may help your "Dawkins & Maher wannabes" friends and acquaintances to come to the same conviction.

Molecular Visualizations of DNA

Unlocking the Mystery of Life (Chapter 1 0f 12)

Privileged Planet (Chapter 1 of 12)

("a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters eventually produced this entire post." /s)

8 posted on 10/26/2013 5:47:31 AM PDT by BwanaNdege (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. J.F. Kennedy)
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To: markomalley
Maher concluded, “Gay marriage, pot, religion’s the next one to fall.”

Homosexuality, drug abuse, atheism. It doesn't add up to a grand unified theory of atheism, but Maher is on to some important synergies.

9 posted on 10/26/2013 5:50:20 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: markomalley

Obama is no Atheist, he is a Muslim.

Which is practically the same thing.

Obama is a man who believes in another man called Mohammed, Much like a Hitler youth believes in Hitler who was another evil man.


10 posted on 10/26/2013 6:02:36 AM PDT by Venturer (Keep Obama and you aint seen nothing yet.)
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To: markomalley

it’s always right 2 times per day. 0 is not satan, maybe his forerunner, thus an antichrist.


11 posted on 10/26/2013 6:21:51 AM PDT by GailA (THOSE WHO DON'T KEEP PROMISES TO THE MILITARY, WON'T KEEP THEM TO U!)
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To: markomalley

Obama is one of satan’s minions posing as an atheist!!!


12 posted on 10/26/2013 6:42:53 AM PDT by tired&retired
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