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September 7, 2010 by Fixed Point Foundation
A debate on atheism with Christopher Hitchens, author of "God Is Not Great(Thanks mlon)," and David Berlinski, author of "The Devil's Delusion
." This event was hosted by the Fixed Point Foundation in Birmingham, Alabama.
I agree with the woman in the audience that bursted into laughing at the start
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ReplyDeleteThat Berlinksi fellow is annoying muddled in his thinking.
ReplyDeleteHis final remark was that the atheists don't have an answer ot the quesiton of what "forces, not just persuades" us to behave morally.
I can't wrap my head around this statement. Does he think we actually are forced to behave morally? It seems obvious we are not forced to be "good." Otherwise there would be no action ever committed that is "wrongful".
All this time I wanted to ask him wtf he thinks atheism is. He doesn't seems to believe in anything more than a "higher power" if even that.
Poor guy is so confused...
Easy pickings for the Hitch.
ReplyDeleteThat was so funny when that lady bursted out laughing at the beginning, and <span> Berlinksi gave her a facial expression like he was thinking "I WILL ATTACK YOU FOR INTERRUPTING ME" *lol*
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Audio uploaded in mp3 format here for those on the go, http://drop.io/ddi5mcf
ReplyDeleteGotta love that Hitch. Not even a speed bump in his logic
ReplyDeleteYou've got to love that Hitch. Not even a speed bump occurred in his logic. By the way I was pleased to see that he looks quite well considering his illness.
ReplyDelete"If I could change just one thing, it would be to disasocciate the idea of faith from virtue"
ReplyDeleteAnd with that, Hitchens summed up the very reason I am evangelical about my atheism.
Yeah that's right. Tell somebody undergoing chemotherapy that it's their atheism that's poisoning them.
ReplyDeleteHitch has lost nothing when his health dipped. He's still got that amazing sense of clarity, something that Berlinski can't dilute with his sloppy poetry.
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David Berlinski equals the master of straw. This guy pukes so much straw you'd think he was a horse.
ReplyDeletemaster of straw? don't get it
ReplyDeletewell, im glad both berlinski and the presenter disqualify themselves.
ReplyDeleteI just loved Berlinski's double standards. For his first consideration he admits that religions have committed atrocities throughout the ages and seems to be fine with that. Then he turns around and says atheism is worse because they did the same thing. Not that his examples actually proved his position. Hitch easily swept them aside with his reasoning and the facts. His second consideration was that atheism is dogmatic. WTF? Aside from the fact that he gave no evidence for this position he came to conclusions about its effect on science that are just insane. Obviously this man has no idea where the word 'dogma' comes from. His third consideration about atheism's relation with morals was again deftly swept away by Hitch, but more than that he completely failed to demontrait religion's superiority in that area.
ReplyDeleteHe means the dude's making huge 'strawman' arguments. Which means you put false words in the other person's mouth and then you say how they're wrong. It's like knocking over a 'straw man'. Cheap, easy, deceptive lies, and totally full of crap.
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