Richard Dawkins: I'm a Cultural Christian

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Famous atheist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins joins Rachel Johnson to reflect on Easter and the role of Christianity in British life.
A self-proclaimed 'Cultural Christian,' Professor Dawkins tells LBC that he is 'slightly horrified' to see lights celebrating Ramadan in central London during Easter and worries about a 'replacement' in this regard.
He says the construction of mosques across Europe concerns him, and that if offered the choice between Christianity and Islam, he'd choose Christianity "every day."
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@frkafkaz 2 ай бұрын

Her two year old son asked that question? Does this family think everyone is an idiot.

@thetruthhurts786 Ай бұрын

hahahaha

@cobra8888 Ай бұрын

Well...thinking everyone is an idiot is what a media personal need to believe in order to preach their message.

@suehussain1230 Ай бұрын

Both are an absolute hypocrite. Islamophobia is the flavour of the day. Guess he’s jumping on the same gravy train. Wonder how much was this worth in money

@jacksmith-mu3ee Ай бұрын

@@suehussain1230 what do u expect from uk where china is considered a threat

@loganjudy4089 Ай бұрын

I'll take Things That Never Happened for 500, Alex.

@dc56789 Ай бұрын

Two year olds can barely speak. Her kid apparently has theological discussions. This family has lies running through their veins.

@mattbrook-lee7732 Ай бұрын

And everyone clapped

@patrickodea6500 Ай бұрын

You're missing how powerful this question is. It points out the priest's own lack of faith. Like Jesus telling the Pharisees you worship with your lips but your hearts are far from me. This question challenges the church in a way that I don't think any family religious discussion would encourage.

@Aireck174 Ай бұрын

The left loves the idea of being led by ch1ldren who have not been influenced by life experience and knowledge.

@mattbrook-lee7732 Ай бұрын

@patrickodea6500 I don't think anyone is missing the power of the question. They just don't believe her 2 year old asked it.

@ionutsorinrusu7159 Ай бұрын

You lack a bit of info on what a 2yo is, like the fact that a 2yo can be 2 years and 11 months.

@aion5837 2 ай бұрын

How very bizarre. Dawkins has spent most of his adult life regaling against Christianity but now makes the rather awkward shift towards being a 'cultural Christian'. If Christianity didn't exist there would be no 'cultural' context. For a person who worships at the altar of rationality that bit of reasoning seems to have escaped him.

@trytellingthetruth.2068 2 ай бұрын

Can one live by Christian values, but not being a Christian?

@leftoflibra 2 ай бұрын

@@trytellingthetruth.2068this is giving the notion that Christian’s owns a certain set of values which it doesn’t

@benallen4986 2 ай бұрын

he's been describing himself in this way for decades, so it's not really an awkward shift

@bigkuriboh3814 2 ай бұрын

He has consistently called himself a cultural Christian.

@trytellingthetruth.2068 2 ай бұрын

@@leftoflibra I don't know how you come to that conclusion.

@mucro849 Ай бұрын

What is Christian culture worth without faith? Where will it get its strength from? Christian culture without faith is like a garden without a gardener.

@SunYellow-zh7vx Ай бұрын

Mmm which bits of Christianity? Bits i like were added later for example.

@mucro849 Ай бұрын

@@SunYellow-zh7vx Torture, slavery, and physical mutilations were first outlawed in the Christian West Culture. Prisoners of war were first treated humanily there. And this is no coincidence. This fits with Christian morality very well.

@SunYellow-zh7vx Ай бұрын

@@mucro849 oooo multiple factors.. Climate, geography, literacy, resurfacing of Greek texts, northern requirement for planning and cooperation, agriculture, work ethic (yes protestant work ethic :) and mainly security and stability, time for education, leisure, thinking!

@Jwet1100 Ай бұрын

Can you have faith in the core tenants of the message of Jesus Christ, like do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and other parts without the dogma of fundamentalist views which do not correlate very well with the scientific world. I don’t believe in the firmament, leviathans, walking on water, raising the dead, water into wine, parting a sea, talking snakes, talking donkeys, global floods, Semitic storm deities, or even the historical figure of Jesus. I don’t believe fundamentalism captures the core of Christianity. Zizek states the big other died on the cross as well as the figure of Jesus but the meta-narrative live on through the character of Christ (emphasis on Character).

@CJFashi Ай бұрын

This was an April fools joke

@Lazyormy Ай бұрын

Her 2 year old son also asked Stephen Hawking if every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center.

@roncarlin3209 Ай бұрын

She used to play Mommy and Son with Boris when they were growing up, and she's having flashbacks.

@Lazyormy Ай бұрын

😆@@roncarlin3209

@bugglebegger143 Ай бұрын

Did they meet on Epstein Island? That’s so adorBle❤

@mavi2263 Ай бұрын

"Behold the irony of fate's cruel jest, For what I once scorned, I now confess. Mocked by destiny's unyielding hand, I embrace the creed I once did reprimand."

@stephenreeds3632 Ай бұрын

He loves Christmas carols but is glad that Christianity is fading away? What inspired carols/ hymns etc? Happy that tenets like love thy neighbour, serve not be served etc etc. are no longer considered as meaningful! There's sth wrong with that bloke.

@randomcenturion7264 Ай бұрын

He’s been losing it for years, it’s just getting worse now

@sufyan56 Ай бұрын

He insults religion, claiming it's a fairy tale no different from leperchauns, then cries because churches are empty?

@Gilbert.Suhendra Ай бұрын

Nope, it's not fading

@Mr_user_1000 Ай бұрын

I'm an atheist, I love medieval cathedrals but I'm glad that Christianity is fading away. What's the problem? Carols and cathedrals were created a long time ago. I am able to appreciate something for what it is while welcoming change.

@Mr_user_1000 Ай бұрын

@CBaboon Doesn't matter the origin, they were spread by Christians and are part of the Christian tradition now. Cultural appropriation is totally fine, that's how culture evolves.

@niemand6031 2 ай бұрын

Yea right, your two year old asked about the difference between knowing and believing 🙄

@jlr108 Ай бұрын

A little genius, of course! 😄 What a family! /s

@kingkombi2868 Ай бұрын

😂

@mattbrook-lee7732 Ай бұрын

And everyone clapped

@Justiceactivist Ай бұрын

What a hypocrite 😅

@arthuroldale-ki2ev 20 күн бұрын

Well! Ill go to the foot of my stairs!

@nickmeadows8070 Ай бұрын

“I’m on team Christian” - Richard Dawkins 2024

@joecurran2811 Ай бұрын

😂 slightly taken out of context to be fair

@atilla4352 27 күн бұрын

yeah but he doesn't believe in any of your 💩05:00

@BenGuardian 2 ай бұрын

You can’t have your cake and eat it Richard.

@Spaceman-jk5fb 2 ай бұрын

I love Cake 🍰😋

@BenGuardian Ай бұрын

@@Spaceman-jk5fb that’s nice dear

@adamh5153 Ай бұрын

Yes he can. His issue is he wants a cake he wont eat.

@anwarsentinel1752 Ай бұрын

Atheists in a nutshell

@telamin1809 2 ай бұрын

What is the point of this conversation

@jn4126 2 ай бұрын

Racism?

@cannadodry7022 2 ай бұрын

@@jn4126religion =/= race

@Interestinguiniyyah 2 ай бұрын

Further discrediting his personal beliefs

@damienx0x 2 ай бұрын

A friendly chat about his atheism.

@maggieedwards3951 Ай бұрын

April fools day 🙄

@NickSlingerland-yd8hy Ай бұрын

He thinks that the things Christians believe are nonsense.. yet it is these very things which caused the society he loves to flourish.

@Lorem_ipsum_dolor_sit_amet Ай бұрын

This is what happens when intellectuals get what they want. Nature abhors a vacuum and the vacuum that Dawkins contributed to, he doesn't like what filled it...

@margaretmckay-os1sz 2 ай бұрын

I think Rachel is as mendacious as her brother.

@LDN-pup Ай бұрын

*”as”* !? Gurl… no

@SunYellow-zh7vx Ай бұрын

Indeed, shameful interview.

@fauziafarrukh6622 2 ай бұрын

He is hurting Christianity more than anyone else could. Taking spirituality out of religion!! What is left then? Alcohol?

@gwin8463 Ай бұрын

Lol, no one can hurt Christianity. If there's anything to take from the video, despite his ridiculous views on Christianity, he just said it's way better than isl@m, and it's funny to hear, considering all his efforts to defame Christianity all through the years

@Applied_Theory Ай бұрын

Brilliant 😂

@gwin8463 Ай бұрын

@@Applied_Theory f0olish, actually.

@jooseppielleese7156 Ай бұрын

Alcohol has nothing to do with christianity except if you're catholic and take communion

@kolmannen7766 Ай бұрын

He's talking about christian culture, not christianity itself. He is an outspoken atheist, but here it seems like he isn't an anti-theist which is disappointing. Taking religion out of western culture is an entirely different thing, and a very positive one, and many countries have done so without losing any of their culture. All they lose is the delusion and oppression.

@mosmanya 2 ай бұрын

April Fools .. Dawkins is actually observing Ramadan

@roncarlin3209 Ай бұрын

They are very lucky in Gaza because most residents this year have said it hasn't been difficult observing the Fast.

@Gilbert.Suhendra Ай бұрын

I don't think so, that what he Say that thing

@enthusiast0 Ай бұрын

😂😂

@vrishnisivakumaran1232 Ай бұрын

I'm a hindu but don't at all feel threatened by Ramadan celebrations in London. Why would you feel threatened by people being free to practice their own faith in a democratic society??

@user-tn2jv6me7k Ай бұрын

When he is talking about white and non-white .

@jeffersonsola Ай бұрын

Its not about celebrating, its about promoting

@fineagain7725 Ай бұрын

@@jeffersonsola Is promoting religion against democratic values? Would you be equally alarmed if Christianity or Judaisim or any other religion is promoted?

@mogznwaz Ай бұрын

@@fineagain7725This is a Christian country. Foreign religions should not be promoted

@artiomtristram9370 Ай бұрын

@@mogznwaztrue, welcomed but not promoted over Christianity.

@anwaralisayed9767 Ай бұрын

Asking an atheist to comment on Easter is like asking a blind person what the colours of a rainbow look like. Journalism in the UK is absolutely on the floor.

@reimmukhtarmohamedahmedalh8329 Ай бұрын

Well said

@Justiceactivist Ай бұрын

Exactly

@edcameron Ай бұрын

No, because it’s a cultural holiday that everyone can experience. You don’t have to believe that Jesus rised from the dead to enjoy Easter just like you don’t have to care about guy Fawkes to enjoy fireworks on bonfire night

@kasarabian3274 Ай бұрын

@@edcameron What's the cultural experience for atheists at Easter?

@adamfoofighters Ай бұрын

@@kasarabian3274 eggs bunny rabbits and family.

@attananightshadow Ай бұрын

Without having people believing in the Christian doctrine there would be no culturally Christian places…. Talk about whoosh.

@jboomhauer 2 ай бұрын

Dawkins gone from renting billboards with antireligion messages to identifying as culturally Christian. Dude has lost his mind.

@nugrohosetiyadi8186 Ай бұрын

Life Crisis Identity is common for his age I guess😂

@KJ-js7pi Ай бұрын

He literally said in 2007 that he was culturally Christian, he has never hidden this part of him.

@javi3701 Ай бұрын

He directly contributed in erasing Christianity from the hearts of people and now is complaining that the culture has been lost, I don't even know what to call this level of hypocrisy.

@samantarmaxammadsaciid5156 Ай бұрын

He cannot lose what he doesn't have! He's a obedient follower of the evolution of the wind in his stomach!

@samantarmaxammadsaciid5156 Ай бұрын

@@psyqueerdelic You think that he cares about evolution?! Or he cares about there are people who oppose it, and likes to argue?! It's a tool for him, otherwise if he cared he would've joined the world of scientific researchs! What did he discover, other than read what others write?! Either case, scientific theory is not his? Are you saying he invented scientific theory?! He is a loser, other than arguing to hype himself!!!

@richardhunter132 Ай бұрын

it's a weird position he's got. if no one goes to church, there's no need for church buildings to exist, and inevitably they will go to ruin or be repurposed; and if people aren't Christians then there's no cultural Christianity. I think he figures that he'll be long gone before it ever becomes an issue

@GwladYrHaf Ай бұрын

Dawkins evidently has no concept of causality.

@daviddestefanis2989 Ай бұрын

By your fruits you shall know them. He is appreciating our fruits, while rejecting our beliefs. Its a start actually.

@samboy90 2 ай бұрын

Why anyone listens to arrogant charlatan is beyond me.

@chrisbennett6260 Ай бұрын

people some people believe his science holds the facts about the orgin of life ,thats why people listen ,they think hes intelligent ibig up to the Cassius clay aka Muhammad Ali pic

@tomharney2703 2 ай бұрын

If he doesn’t believe in Christianity why does it matter what his views are?

@OrlandoDibiskitt 2 ай бұрын

So a Christian's views do matter?

@AyshaA-ml2rd 2 ай бұрын

Rich of him to having anything to say about it all. Whatever way the wind blows with such people

@OrlandoDibiskitt 2 ай бұрын

@@AyshaA-ml2rd He can say what he likes. when he lives in a world where religion, (especially "judeo-christian" religion) causes nothing but death and destruction.

@nugrohosetiyadi8186 Ай бұрын

No Christianity mean there is no Christian Culture or tradition.

@AyshaA-ml2rd Ай бұрын

@@nugrohosetiyadi8186 I was pointing out to his hypocrisy? Never mind.

@adamhurd1560 2 ай бұрын

Dawkins throwing his beliefs under the bus in order to be Islamophobic. Wow.

@user-oo1zh5vw7t 2 ай бұрын

He qualified his statement that re-enforces his atheist beliefs. Your point is erroneous.

@joshuaDstarks 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s Sam Harris lite 😂

@sarahnewton2550 2 ай бұрын

A phobia is an irrational fear.

@user-ug3cc6vq5j 2 ай бұрын

“Islamaphobia” doesn’t exist

@damienx0x 2 ай бұрын

Calling him names is childish.

@SPIRITofHEDONE 2 ай бұрын

These comments make me feel better about humanity. This conversation is a sham. MSM trying to make thee whacky ideas the norm 😅

@joshuaDstarks 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, we aren’t rocking with Dawkins in 2024…or Boris in a wig for that matter.

@brianferguson7840 2 ай бұрын

If you repeat a lie often enough eventually it will become Israel 😪

@babymonalisa Ай бұрын

🤣😂🤣

@valentino3228 Ай бұрын

If you repest a l ie often, eventually you become a Mu slim that practices Taqqiya every single day 😂😂

@gwin8463 Ай бұрын

Takiya bredda

@There-is-no-God-but-Allah775 Ай бұрын

@@valentino3228share sources of what taqiyya is or shut up.

@holyromanemperor420 Ай бұрын

No, it will become Palestine😂

@Scroteydada Ай бұрын

Sometimes I feel being old is a fate worse than death

@CCP-Dissident Ай бұрын

It's like being conscious about your death, it's terrifying

@MrBell-iq3sm 2 ай бұрын

Dawkins has come the full right wing circle. From atheist idol to Christian cultural warrior.

@rachelfurnival2065 2 ай бұрын

Given his recent foray into 'Gender Critical' territory to promote his podcast yeah I'd say he is either senile or he is about to drop a book. It's a pity because I used to look up to him a bit. Meh I gues we shouldn't admire our heroes.

@andrewholdaway813 2 ай бұрын

@@PhilBaxter Sound advice that no one will take.

@PhilWare1 2 ай бұрын

If you have ever read his books, you will find he has talked about being a Cultural Cristian for a long time. Nothing new.

@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922 2 ай бұрын

Christians lol those fake cult members@@PhilWare1

@jimmaughan1898 2 ай бұрын

How disappointing. He'll be going full "Blood and Soil" before we know it.

@KevinMurphy0403 2 ай бұрын

That’s a pretty advanced question for a two year old to ask.

@stanbily9416 Ай бұрын

@michellenorris8471Why would she lie? Also, where is your proof?

@user-dj8rr7gx1b Ай бұрын

@@stanbily9416 She's a journalist, her job is too lie. She thinks overturning Roe V Wade was radical fundamentalism.

@justinbennitt835 2 ай бұрын

That was an incredibly eloquent question that Rachel's 2 yeard old asked the vicar. I'm leaning somewhere between exaggeration and bullsh*t on that anecdote.

@jlr108 Ай бұрын

Definitely the latter. And a crock of it too.

@NotUnymous 2 ай бұрын

That sounded less an interview and more an christian mission and/or anti-muslim speech - where Dawkins is forced to say something incomplete and out of context and then it gets quickly repainted into something pro-christianity wothout him giving him any chance to respond... while not answering any of his question and ignoring any of his points. Clearly you can do better, LBC. This peace was beneath you.

@Wenutz Ай бұрын

Piece not peace

@Will-xf3qe Ай бұрын

It was over 8 minutes and he talked most of the time. He made himself sound like an idiot

@valentino3228 Ай бұрын

Where was he forced to say somerhing out of context? 😂😂

@user-yi9uh2qi3d Ай бұрын

He has long said that he prefers one religion to another and no one forced him.

@shabz4772 Ай бұрын

" My 2 year old asked the priest" Just shamelessly lying on national radio.

@sajjadtariq5689 2 ай бұрын

Rachel’s ability to tell the truth is as bad as Boris - my two year old! Give me a break.

@samantarmaxammadsaciid5156 Ай бұрын

When did he ever tell the truth?!

@JamesMolyneux62 Ай бұрын

Let me have my cake and eat it too

@edulopb1487 Ай бұрын

So he's a "conservative" atheist

@martasilva8036 Ай бұрын

Yes, we can say yes. Since the last decade, he has had conflicts with the left over positions of this type, especially when it comes to Islamic culture.

@GwladYrHaf Ай бұрын

He described himself as a cultural Christian. Who are you to try and dictate an alternate identity to that which he self identified as?

@geraldngundo1193 2 ай бұрын

Professor Dawkins is waffling . If he doesn't believe in the Christian faith, I don't see what the boy is whining about. A Muslim is as free to believe and practice theirs faith just as he's free to disbelief and not practice . He's a male Karen

@MrWhitmen1981 2 ай бұрын

9/11? Explain that.

@TheArchitect101 2 ай бұрын

@@MrWhitmen1981explain crusades and every invasion afterwards!

@yington Ай бұрын

Under Islamic law though, that freedom would not be there however.

@marcellodelira5601 Ай бұрын

@@yington Don't you worry about that.

@yington Ай бұрын

@@marcellodelira5601 No worrying here. It’s just a fundamental difference between the religions. In line with the point Dawkins makes. And pointed out to the original post to who probably is unaware. Thanks though

@saleemq7 Ай бұрын

This sounds like religion supremacy rather than atheism

@Gilbert.Suhendra Ай бұрын

Christian History is not Connect teaching of Bible

@sojiogungbesan5547 2 ай бұрын

What exactly is Christian culture? Read your Bible

@alphamale7875 2 ай бұрын

The Apostle Gino Jennings has proven according to The Bible Christianity is made up

@GuzziHeroV50 2 ай бұрын

Never read it, never gonna read it. Wanna know why? Because my parents were from different sects of the christian death cult and chose not to put me through the child abuse of being raised christian because of family division over which part of the cult I should be. christianity is tearing itself apart as it fails to cope with infighting and is unable to cope with the loss of its own relevance.

@OrlandoDibiskitt 2 ай бұрын

Did read it.. twice!.. came away thinking "what a pile barbaric of nonsense"

@Vuirotto- Ай бұрын

@@OrlandoDibiskittomg you're so smarrrrrrrt 😱

@OrlandoDibiskitt Ай бұрын

@@Vuirotto- Aw that's lovely! Didn't say or do anything particularly "smart" but thanks m8!

@richardanson2445 Ай бұрын

Dawkins exposes the intellectual and moral weakness of his new atheism really adeptly here.

@joecurran2811 Ай бұрын

He seems to have given it up in this interview. It's a really bizarre turn.

@Domzdream 2 ай бұрын

I’m wondering something - I wonder if the Dawkins of 15 years ago would have strongly disagree with the Dawkins right now.

@joshuaDstarks 2 ай бұрын

Dawkins gave Hitchens a look he never forgot for stating if he had a choice he wouldn’t eradicate religion from the planet. This Dawkins here would also get that same look.

@samantarmaxammadsaciid5156 Ай бұрын

He wouldn't have disagreed at all, he was always like that! Never changed! People hear what they what they want, like himself! = delusional is Humanity whilst also liking facts of the reality to fit them! Always!

@caspar_gomez Ай бұрын

no he was always a grifter

@tomasrocha6139 Ай бұрын

Nope he's been he's always said he's a cultural Christian

@Domzdream Ай бұрын

@@joshuaDstarks Yea I remember that when it aired on KZfaq. I was literally taken aback when Hitchens said that. I was immediately wondering if it was the Jack Daniels talking. And when Richard spoke in response I loved every second of it. Hitchens ousted himself as a guy is in this ‘game’ for the theatre, rather than for educational purposes. It was all about the ego. But look. Regardless. I loved hearing anything by Hitchens. I was such a massive fan. I literally watched every single uploaded debate I could find.

@rickdiggler9680 2 ай бұрын

Imagine being horrified by some pretty lights being strung up

@cannadodry7022 2 ай бұрын

Well imagine being horrified by some old man point of view. With this intellectual fallacy you can make everything look like its trivial.

@andrewholdaway813 2 ай бұрын

It's what they represent that is the issue.

@elram2649 2 ай бұрын

It's not about the lights. They're symbols of what it represents and what it could bring. That's what he's talking about. That's his concern; a paradigm shift for the worse, that's his viewpoint. And, I can't say he's wrong either. FYI, I am not someone who supports Dawkins, neither about Evolutionary Theory nor regarding all other Religions (including his own) yet you have me here defending his clear views on the topic at hand because your comment is so horribly misguided, out of place, out of context, and wholly intellectually deficient, that I had to reply and defend him (...again..) on the topic at hand.

@cannadodry7022 2 ай бұрын

@michellenorris8471 you have commented at least 10 times under this video, not even joking youre under every comment i saw, why are so triggered ?

@cannadodry7022 2 ай бұрын

@michellenorris8471 what race did they talk about exactly ? Cause im pretty sure i saw someone ask the same exact question and you were unable to answer... you are aware being muslim is different from being arab ?

@aspiring... Ай бұрын

Dawkins and his peers always maintain that Christianity has never benefitted society, now suddenly he says this. True Christian keep church alive. The beautiful cathedrals will not stay open if we are cultural Christians.

@denisehusbands5751 Ай бұрын

The Man does not understand what Ramadan is. What a divisive subject and what a lack of knowledge on the part of Mr. Dawkins.

@valentino3228 Ай бұрын

But he undestands what a Christian society and what an Islamic societies are.

@vinsin328 Ай бұрын

What about you? It is based on the warrior diet.

@meema9077 Ай бұрын

@@vinsin328😂😂😂 what are you going on about…

@vhyles Ай бұрын

Ramadan = shift of caloric intake from day to night, while keeping the same caloric amount as the rest of the year, that's about it.

@adamh5153 Ай бұрын

Its more than a shift. Walmart cant keep the hallal food in stock during the ramadan gorge fest. Its a month long thanksgiving dinner in the dark.

@GuzzarAwan 2 ай бұрын

😂😂 well i agree with most of his logics , myself being " CULUTRAL HINDU" . But the point which spooked me is when he said he spports Christian Missionaries against Islamic dawah in africa .

@user-pz8de2dd2m Ай бұрын

Because he’s hypocrite

@adamh5153 Ай бұрын

Have you heard islamic dawah?

@SunFrame 2 ай бұрын

What he is really saying is that he feels most comfortable around people like himself; white, English, upper middle class people. Which the Church of England is full of.

@clifton6919 Ай бұрын

Yep. Most human beings are more comfortable around their own.

@BadlydrawnBen Ай бұрын

My local church is mainly attended by eastern Europeans and people of African decent

@RajbirBhattacharjee Ай бұрын

I'd say, white, English, cisgender, upper class, overconfident people. Preferably male.

@cl2984 Ай бұрын

Totally normal, everyone feels most comfortable around white people.

@astroflyinsights Ай бұрын

@@clifton6919Balfour Declaration though...

@NolessHuman Ай бұрын

Her 2 year old son asked that question right before he cast a spell to cure the leppers and turn water in to wine....

@oliverkirkland6541 2 ай бұрын

They are both being starved to death in Gaza. So I would guess Zionism is more this guys bag.

@towhichwayout 2 ай бұрын

You have a myopic worldview

@oliverkirkland6541 2 ай бұрын

@@towhichwayout No, a factual view on world events. What is, is.

@towhichwayout 2 ай бұрын

@@oliverkirkland6541 Myopia is nearsightedness. You also have tunnel vision.

@thedoctor.a.s1401 2 ай бұрын

what does gaza have to do with dawkins.

@oliverkirkland6541 Ай бұрын

@@towhichwayout And you have no soul, no heart. If it was a relative of yours?

@philjameson292 2 ай бұрын

Zizek slavoj calls himself a Christian Atheist, which is probably what the CofE actually runs as

@oneantihero Ай бұрын

Her 2 year old son was my college professor. Great guy but cried a lot

@walan31 Ай бұрын

I thought his thing was vehemently being anti all things Christian? Now he treats it like a sports event where he supports A team which he dispises because he hates the other team even more!

@choicemeatrandy6572 Ай бұрын

Those of us who were alive 20+ years ago remember how he, Hitchens, and Harris were traveling all over the world, essentially campaigning for the abolition of Christianity. How the times have changed. He didn't realize what it was he was doing, now he's calling himself a cultural Christian, what a joker lol

@babymonalisa Ай бұрын

Exactly. He is just a hateful person. It's not long to go before he loses his status and ends up as the grumpy old man in the corner of the care home that nobody wants to go near, covered in poo and shouting his head off at everyone. People like that who spend their whole lives looking down at others always end up lonely and miserable.

@danielhorton1493 Ай бұрын

My friend Shawn put it best. Dawkins want the fruit but not the tree.

@StuartPacker Ай бұрын

I'm not religious but I am xenophobic to the point of racism - have I understood this correctly?

@UTSA2012 Ай бұрын

Exactly!

@Raks78 Ай бұрын

Exactly

@Unpossible8888 Ай бұрын

You missed it entirely.

@MAli-pm2qg Ай бұрын

Crystal

@newglof9558 Ай бұрын

And there's nothing wrong with that.

@draymondrob4818 Ай бұрын

As soon as he says he doesn't believe in the resurrection and forcibly suggests that she doesn't either, the message pops up right on his face about the end of the meeting. 😅 Dawkins wants the culture of Christianity, but doesn't want the Christ of Christianity. What kind of atheist is this? And then the host feels obligated to trash Christianity. No worries - you will get the godless environment that you believe in.

@AlignWithJesus Ай бұрын

They reject the King of kings and Lord of lords that is Jesus Christ of Nazareth, all glory to His holy name. They shall reap what they sow; pray for them!

@SunYellow-zh7vx Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 Believing in the ressurection - that was added later.. Look at the original sources. How can you in 2024 be this thick?

@MrWood-qd6kr Ай бұрын

Atheist logic.

@M.saeed247 2 ай бұрын

This guy is lost on so many levels

@noor1991hb 2 ай бұрын

You should first listen to thd Exmuslims first.

@catherinemartin6258 2 ай бұрын

He’s not lost he has a brain

@amarasheikh1544 2 ай бұрын

I agree with you 🇸🇴

@django3422 2 ай бұрын

@@catherinemartin6258If he had a brain he'd realise he's talking about British culture.

@thedoctor.a.s1401 2 ай бұрын

@@django3422 which for better or worse (in my opinion, worse,) is influenced by Anglican Christianity and the fact that a moronic monarchy rules over us.

@craigsanderson4330 2 ай бұрын

Why does Boris in a wig get any air time at all….

@markbailey5393 2 ай бұрын

I'm very disappointed.

@bigkuriboh3814 2 ай бұрын

Why?

@yington Ай бұрын

He’s always said he’s a cultural Christian. What disappoints you?

@georgebogdan397 Ай бұрын

Butthurt

@Alexander-uj5pb Ай бұрын

Dawkins now playing into the tory culture wars -- he is a devisive character.

@satyasyasatyasya5746 2 ай бұрын

Dawkins has seriously uh...... gone off this last decade. What a mess.

@toastymickey9644 2 ай бұрын

He said he was a cultural Christian 14 years ago

@SK-ei4cm Ай бұрын

@@psyqueerdelicbeing against pervasive religion isn’t anti woke, if anything it’s the literal definition woke as it recognises the inherent oppression that certain religions cause in society

@polarcorpuscle2941 Ай бұрын

Gone off? He's getting on the right track and it's quite heartening to see.

@MrProg-ey3tl Ай бұрын

He's stayed the same while everyone else has gone off

@GwladYrHaf Ай бұрын

The last decade? Try the last 4

@CeiliogWaspflake 2 ай бұрын

The April Fools.

@prematureoptimism7125 Ай бұрын

What's he on about? He's one of the reasons for the diminished belief in Christianity.

@TheSridhar78 2 ай бұрын

True colors revealed

@CCP-Dissident Ай бұрын

He's a frail old man, I don't think he is conscious what is he talking about

@TheSridhar78 Ай бұрын

@@CCP-Dissident play him some carols, so he keeps his mouth closed?

@CoveyWill Ай бұрын

Is Ms. Johnson went to the Jerusalem church where Jesus was crucified, we can wonder why she didn’t go to the West Bank church where Jesus was born? Who or what hindered that pilgrimage?

@sashsash6679 Ай бұрын

Why would you ask an atheist for an easter message? 😂

@ZER0-- Ай бұрын

Yea. What are you on about?

@mauromatos3124 2 ай бұрын

Hilarious conversation by two people who think they are smart.

@bigkuriboh3814 2 ай бұрын

Richard Dawkons is smart. He is the world's leading evolutionary biologist, is paid to give lectures and is a professor in one of the most prestigious universities in the world :p what have you done with your life?

@mauromatos3124 2 ай бұрын

@@bigkuriboh3814 I have a PhD in KZfaqhology ( the largest media platform in 2024). I even, for the benefit of humanity write short opinion pieces on it pro bono. Other great achievements include brushing my gnashers for a full two minutes this morning and don't suffer from Islamophobia.

@bigkuriboh3814 Ай бұрын

@mauromatos3124 well done for proving my point 👉 👈

@Sammy.a1287 Ай бұрын

@@mauromatos3124great response 😂

@caspar_gomez Ай бұрын

@@bigkuriboh3814 he isn't the worlds leading anything, hes a grifter that writes books pandering to atheists

@1953mr Ай бұрын

This bloke has been abusing those of faith his entire life.... I wonder does he feel any remorse for driving people away... Anyone knocked any Cathedrals recently? He has no faith in any faith or any actual knowledge of faith but he's very much at home criticising the Muslim faith. Tells you everything you need to know.

@choicemeatrandy6572 Ай бұрын

He has to lay in the bed he has been making for all these decades, this is what he and his nu-atheist buddies had been working for, and when they lay down on this bed of theirs they find it has a ton of bedbugs and lumps they don't like, which they of course were warned about but didn't want to care about.

@af_125 19 күн бұрын

@@choicemeatrandy6572i can't wait till he sees what's waiting for him unless he turns back ofc

@joseph9074 Ай бұрын

He's telling the truth

@cannibalgrape9863 Ай бұрын

If we're just going to adopt a religion for the purpose of cultural homogeny, why not the original Pagan beliefs of the British Isles? If we're admitting it's not real and just dressing up for show, why not make it something fundamentally European?

@Tao_Tology Ай бұрын

Why not move on from the fanciful nostalgia of any beliefs, then.

@RichardCranium. Ай бұрын

I agree. Hail Woden

@L333gok Ай бұрын

Because those beliefs are long gone. And anyway, which Gods would we worship? Brits are a mixture of Celtic Roman Gallic Germanic Viking etc genes. We don’t have one set of ancestors

@cannibalgrape9863 Ай бұрын

@@L333gok All gods are long gone because they're not real. If we're going to worship pretend gods, we might as well worship cool ones related to our culture, like Wotan, and not lame gods related to a different culture, like Yahweh/Christ.

@L333gok Ай бұрын

@@cannibalgrape9863 English culture can trace its roots back to the Middle East if you go back far enough. We got our culture form the Anglo-Saxons, who got theirs from the Romans, who got theirs from the Greeks, who came from Anatolia originally, ie: in the Middle East. You’re setting an arbitrary date at which you consider English culture to have started. Why don’t we all worship African gods? Since we can all trace our heritage back to Africa…

@notadoctora7956 2 ай бұрын

I would love to know where he stands on Judaism?

@astroflyinsights Ай бұрын

No because that would be anti-semantic 😂

@bluesclues132 Ай бұрын

he doesn't want to lose his funding...

@CCP-Dissident Ай бұрын

Even militant atheists don't dare to criticize Judaism

@folksurvival Ай бұрын

If his views were anything less than praise he'd be too afraid to state them publicly on record.

@samb5282 12 күн бұрын

This man's own mental self-contradictions are astounding.

@falkland Ай бұрын

He single handedly contributed most to the modern intellectual persecution of Christian. I think he could be on his way of becoming the modern Paul. The minute he recognise he is cultural Christian, even only culturally is a knock on the door.

@deepvalley6698 2 ай бұрын

Christianity is a decent religion? Is he out of his mind?

@andrewholdaway813 2 ай бұрын

No, he was quite specific as to his feelings toward christianity.

@justinbennitt835 2 ай бұрын

Richard clearly meant that, of the options presented in the question, Christianity (at this point in time and in the UK) is the more "decent" of the two. He gave his reasons. He also emphasised that his answer was not critical towards the believers, but to the content of the holy books. People expect Richard to go "full Dawkins" at the drop of a hat and seem surprised when he holds back. He answers the question that's put to him in a friendly exchange, there was no need to channel the spirit of Hitchens on this occasion.

@andrewholdaway813 2 ай бұрын

@michellenorris8471 Christianity? No it certainly isn't. It's present isn't all sweetness and light either.

@evolassunglasses4673 2 ай бұрын

@michellenorris8471 compared to what? It was a massive improvement on Paganism.

@justinbennitt835 2 ай бұрын

@michellenorris8471 As mentioned *at this point in time and in the UK*

@vinceely2906 2 ай бұрын

It’s April the 1st today. Just sayin’

@greathey1234 2 ай бұрын

😂

@YahwehJesus777 Ай бұрын

This was filmed yesterday

@valentino3228 Ай бұрын

This was filmed yesterday 😅😅😅

@missk9950 2 ай бұрын

England - “culturally Christian” oxymoron!!

@evolassunglasses4673 2 ай бұрын

Please explain. It is.

@OrlandoDibiskitt 2 ай бұрын

explain please

@Madonnalitta1 Ай бұрын

Do unto others, love they neighbour, turn the other cheek, do not steal. All Christian values adopted by the west for the betterment of those who live there.

@shirwanomer4564 2 ай бұрын

He has no clue!

@RajbirBhattacharjee Ай бұрын

oh yes he has. He is playing to his right wing neo-conservative audience.. He is just intellectually dishonest at this point.

@leecoping8114 2 ай бұрын

Let’s all argue about some lights , while we Londoners have seen a massive rise in knife crime , homelessness, let’s hope the next mayor will actually try and tackle these problems rather than do nothing about them like our current mayor

@trytellingthetruth.2068 2 ай бұрын

First it's some lights, then before you know it we have Sharia law, and with around 30 Sharia councils in the UK, we are already well on our way.

@johnrussell3961 2 ай бұрын

It’s to do with Tory Poverty.

@cujimmi 2 ай бұрын

@@johnrussell3961what is knife crime 🤷

@craphead9842 2 ай бұрын

Lee... The maths tell you that Khan will get in again.. A no brainer really... Tony cuenca

@django3422 2 ай бұрын

@@trytellingthetruth.2068List the 30 councils.

@louisehaley5105 Ай бұрын

Hurrah the Church of Dawkins ! Let’s preserve the vacant churches for secular meeting places. Let’s just be less religious and more humanist.

@baganthekerannaghor8161 Ай бұрын

You two just insulted merry. We don’t believe anything about Christianity but we support Christianity 😮. How mind boggling.

@jonandrews382 2 ай бұрын

Imagine calling over people snowflakes when you’re upset about things like this

@tuptehkhan4047 2 ай бұрын

Haha cultural Christian what a joke!

@AyshaA-ml2rd 2 ай бұрын

Almost as hilarious as Douglas Murray’s Christian atheist.

@jansmarco7842 Ай бұрын

no sharia law in UK?

@valentino3228 Ай бұрын

Christian culture is not the same as Christianity.

@broann4138 Ай бұрын

@@AyshaA-ml2rd Right? I like Douglas Murray, but "Christian atheist" is just absurd.

@jooseppielleese7156 Ай бұрын

relgion shapes culture even if you aren't a believer

@Longestspring Ай бұрын

He got what he wanted and now is regretting it lol

@SC-uv5le 2 ай бұрын

Dawkings is back with his nonsense lol 😂. Tbh I like the architecture of churches in UK, I have prayed in a bunch of them turned mosque and they are beautiful.

@damienx0x 2 ай бұрын

He said nothing nonsensical. Very logical and rational, in fact.

@django3422 2 ай бұрын

@@damienx0xHardly. He cherry picked and generalised quite freely in order to defend his position.

@yington Ай бұрын

What was nonsense in what he said?

@damienx0x Ай бұрын

@@django3422 He had nothing to defend. His answers were concise and fact-based as usual. Zero cherry picking.

@damienx0x Ай бұрын

@@django3422 Zero cherry picking, actually. His answers were fact based and well reasoned as usual.

@mowleed2000 Ай бұрын

I seem to recall Dawkins calling Jordan Peterson an idiot for saying basically the same thing. Has he been paid to change his tune? Either way seems very odd

@wft15 Ай бұрын

He called Peterson an idiot for saying an old African sculpture depicted modern day DNA. Get your facts right.

@Littletime839 2 ай бұрын

Great of him to stick up for all of those oppressed Muslim women without bothering to ask any Muslim woman as to whether they feel oppressed. He'll point to outliers like Afghanistan.

@MrWhitmen1981 2 ай бұрын

See your television set cuts out when ever news with regards to Iran comes on.

@valentino3228 Ай бұрын

Do muslim women feel oppressed in the west? Absolutely not, that is why they love to move to the west. Do muslim women feel oppressed in muslim majority underdeveloped countries? The answer might be puzzling. Considering that many women are becoming ex-muslim in the west.

@3-Kashmir Ай бұрын

@@MrWhitmen1981 I see your television set cuts out when news of Muslim girls in India and Muslim women's freedom in France comes on!

@3-Kashmir Ай бұрын

@@MrWhitmen1981 I see your television set cuts out when news of Muslim girls in India and Muslim women's freedom in France comes on!

@wft15 Ай бұрын

Afghanistan is hardly an outlier, the whole of the Islamic world ranks lowest for women’s rights + safety.

@kalm4766 Ай бұрын

What an absolute clown

@abuyusuf4926 Ай бұрын

This man clearly has no credibility left. Refreshing that most of the public now see this and his voice is non relevant.

@jimjam5012 Ай бұрын

You're commenting from emotions, not rationalism. Because he offends you does not mean he's irrelevant.

@abuyusuf4926 Ай бұрын

You are wrong it's because his views are contradictory and very subjective. He speaks from a place of bigotry which makes his views irrational.

@folksurvival Ай бұрын

@@abuyusuf4926 But that wouldn't be irrational.

@louisehaley5105 Ай бұрын

Apart from the Druid religion of our Celtic ancestors, all other faiths came from abroad, including Christianity. What matters is tolerance and the freedom to debate and criticize these ideas without fear of persecution.

@adamh5153 Ай бұрын

Ali Dawah has entered the chat:

@folksurvival Ай бұрын

"What matters is tolerance" Haha

@joejohnson4592 Ай бұрын

Bless Richard's heart. He believes everything that exists came from nothing.

@chrisbennett6260 Ай бұрын

as most scientist do

@kasarabian3274 Ай бұрын

@@chrisbennett6260 You are both wrong.

@chrisbennett6260 Ай бұрын

@@kasarabian3274 acually its you that is wrong pal

@kasarabian3274 Ай бұрын

@@chrisbennett6260 Nope. I follow the science at a high level. Keep dreaming.

@dauntless4498 Ай бұрын

@@chrisbennett6260scientists do not believe that everything came from nothing. If any scientists say that, then he is not a true scientist. Rather scientist are in search of that question that what is the thing that everything come from. And as they have no clue or evidence about it, that's why they don’t want to believe anything without proof.

@Hannah11235 Ай бұрын

He helped to dismantle Christianity for the younger and mid-age generations. What did he expect?

@cwhit0110 2 ай бұрын

Cultural Christian means what exactly?…. White? 🤔

@babymonalisa Ай бұрын

Yuuuuup!💯🎯💯

@polarcorpuscle2941 Ай бұрын

No shame in that.

@babymonalisa Ай бұрын

@@polarcorpuscle2941 He is an academic and therefore he fears losing his status and reputation in polite society. Ne'er do wells don't have to worry about shame, generally.

@HomeTravelGardenInspo Ай бұрын

@@polarcorpuscle2941Except Jesus was a brown Middle Eastern man and was a Palestinian Hebrew.

@deathandthehermit4283 Ай бұрын

🎯

@bigjohndavid1 2 ай бұрын

She has a spot on her face.

@oiluj739 Ай бұрын

Never in my lifetime did I think I would hear RICHARD DAWKINS saying what he just said!!! Wowsers ❗ ❗ ❗

@pscholachagudda__ Ай бұрын

I m Hindu I urge Christians to save ur religion and culture

@sanashams7836 Ай бұрын

Too late. Most of them are like Dawkins. They don't believe in Christianity. They just like Christmas and Easter decorations.

@AlignWithJesus Ай бұрын

@@sanashams7836God always has His remnant🙏🏻

@Tao_Tology Ай бұрын

Why? There's nothing wrong with secular morality.

@folksurvival Ай бұрын

@@sanashams7836 Well that fits since "Christmas" and Easter have nothing to do with Christianity.

@youllseemeallovertheintern3682 27 күн бұрын

The current British PM is not Christian nor white. He’s Hindu and practices Hinduism. Does that mean he should go back to India? Answer please.

@johnnyboy6707 Ай бұрын

Christian reformations throughout the centuries IS what made the modern West…and I admit that as one who doesn’t believe in the existence of a creator. Where I used to be opposed to it - after all I see happening with the spread of postmodern idiocy, I certainly ain’t anymore.

@dazfire5646 2 ай бұрын

"YOUR FREE MEETING WILL END IN 10 MINUTES"

@WillScarlet1991 2 ай бұрын

Lol 😁

@naseeha101 Ай бұрын

I know that was a bit of a blooper. I get me not paying for Zoom but LBC?! 😂

@adnaanu Ай бұрын

The man who spent his whole life debunking Christianity laments that churches are being closed due to poor attendance 😂.

@sanashams7836 Ай бұрын

Apparently, the irony is lost on him...

@SunYellow-zh7vx Ай бұрын

No he does not, listen.

@adnaanu Ай бұрын

@SunYellow-zh7vx I did listen. He said and I quote: "But I would not be happy if we lost our cathedrals and beautiful parish churches "

@folksurvival Ай бұрын

@@adnaanu Nowhere in that quote is attendance mentioned.

@djroccaL Ай бұрын

“Christianity is absurd, but having Christianity as the bedrock of my society is quite nice”…..wait…what

@kadourimdou43 Ай бұрын

The cultural traditions in a secular country. Christmas for example makes no requirement you have to believe in Christ, but you can still like the community and social cohesion the tradition has created.

@KingPingviini Ай бұрын

He spend years in fight to tear the Christian roots in his country, then he got alarmed that there is no fruits anymore.

@AlignWithJesus Ай бұрын

⁠⁠⁠@@kadourimdou43Where did these lovely traditions come from? From faithful Christians. You can’t say you like the community and cohesion but want to remove the foundation of what fostered that community and cohesion. Makes zero sense.

@TheGadlyn Ай бұрын

@@kadourimdou43 Of course it is a requirement. Else it is cultural appropriation. If you are not Christian you don't get to participate in Christian rituals.Period.

@TruthNerds Ай бұрын

The concept of lying in the bed that you made escapes some people.