There are so many layers of misunderstanding in the video that it would be very difficult to unravel them all.
The speaker mentions the possibility of something being "objective for you", which is self-contradictory. He then outlines an argument that asks why, if Darwinism is true, are we not all solely focussed on our own survival all of the time? While involvement in human culture in its various forms may not give much of a survival advantage to an individual, a tribe that has a highly developed culture will certainly have survival advantages over a tribe with a more primitive culture. The speaker finishes with an assertion that Darwinism is an incitement to crime, with no real explanation of why this might be the case.
Distorting Richard Dawkins' face to look evil and scary on the still image at the front of the video gives you a clue about just how intellectually valid (or otherwise) the content will be.
William Sollas, a professor of paleontology and geology from Oxford University, set out his views in his 1911 book Ancient Hunters:
Justice belongs to the strong, and has been meted out to each race according to its strength ... It is not priority of occupation, but the power to utilize, which establishes a claim to the land. Hence it is a duty which every race owes to itself, and to the human family as well, to cultivate by every possible means its own strength: directly it falls behind in regard it pays to this duty, whether in art of science, in breeding or in organisation for self-defence, it occurs a penalty which Natural Selection, the stern but beneficent tyrant of the organic world, will assuredly exact, and that speedily, to the full.41
The strongest get to pass on their genes, which seems very much the same as justice belongs to the strong; because they take what they want. When the strong take what they want, justice suffers.
In the spirit of praying for justice for all people.
The strongest get to pass on their genes, which seems very much the same as justice belongs to the strong; because they take what they want. When the strong take what they want, justice suffers.
In the spirit of praying for justice for all people.
Our friend Mr Dawkins said he would not like the human race to live by Darwinian principles, and rightly so. If only he took the time to try and understand that God is all about helping the poor and oppressed, he might look on religion more favourably.
In the spirit of praying for justice for all people.
Our friend Mr Dawkins ... If only he took the time to try and understand that God is all about helping the poor and oppressed, he might look on religion more favourably.
Problem is, Dawkins blames religion for all the ills of the world! Albeit, rather hopefully He's so ardently opposed to the idea of God, it does make me wonder why he spends so much time attempting to refute the idea of God. Maybe it's because he's not really an atheist... maybe it's because he is in actuality, a misotheist. Dun dun dunnnn!
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He's so ardently opposed to the idea of God, it does make me wonder why he spends so much time attempting to refute the idea of God. Maybe it's because he's not really an atheist... maybe it's because he is in actuality, a misotheist. Dun dun dunnnn!
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