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View Full Version : Like Debates? Here's a doozy...Dawkins vs. Muslim Extremist


EGarrett
13th July 2006, 08:48 AM
(to the people here who I'm sure have already seen this, I apologize)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76UDVB-ofpI&search=dawkins

Starts exactly 5 minutes into the video.

I think the only useful political television are the shows where people with both points of view argue in real-time. Everything else tends to be biased and edited.

So you can imagine that this video is like the holy grail to me. Richard Dawkins (yes, THAT Richard Dawkins) visited the home of a Jewish man who turned into a Fundamentalist Muslim thinking the man would provide some perspective on both points of view. Instead the man aggressively attacked Dawkins, evolution and atheism in general.

This is absolute gold. The only problem is that it's been edited!! (ARGH) I would pay to see the raw footage of this debate. Fox News WISHES they could get two people this genuinely opposed in one room.

It's also a great opportunity to understand Dawkins and why he's aggressively against religion. You can see the vein in his neck stand-up while he tries to explain his logic and reasoning to the guy, and the guy shoots it right back in his face.

Dawkins seems to be the type that understands things and makes sense of them very quickly, and gets frustrated and impatient with people who can't or won't do the same.

CFLarsen
13th July 2006, 09:38 AM
"The Root of All Evil?" is a great show.

Diabolos
14th July 2006, 02:25 AM
"The Root of All Evil?" is a great show.
I second that. Here you can see both of the entire episodes (each around 48 minutes):

Episode 1: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6193866746249268230&q=richard+dawkins
Episode 2: http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-8239331458224461127&q=richard+dawkins

Watch out for a classic confrontation with evangelist Ted Haggard in Ep1 - hilarious!

TheChadd
14th July 2006, 05:15 AM
Yes one of my all time greatest faves. As far as debates tho, it's sad... that muslim guy said 'you're scared' and he's right. We are scared, we have every right to be scared with people like him around.

EGarrett
15th July 2006, 12:07 PM
Have you guys seen Dawkins on Charlie Rose? It's on Google Video. Should still be free.