I only watched the beginning of the lecture, until he started saying that more technologically advanced societies aren't really less religious. I don't know where the hell he got his numbers, but that is ABSOLUTELY false.
Yes, there's a lot of religious fanatics in the world to counter-balance that, but it's a fact that the more educated a society gets, the less religious it gets.

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I only watched the beginning of the lecture, until he started saying that more technologically advanced societies aren't really less religious. I don't know where the hell he got his numbers, but that is ABSOLUTELY false.
Yes, there's a lot of religious fanatics in the world to counter-balance that, but it's a fact that the more educated a society gets, the less religious it gets.


And where are you getting your numbers? A lot of your technology comes from South Korea, Japan, and China, where religion is growing exponentially. Just because you can't see it or don't want to believe it, doesn't mean it isn't true. And criticism is hardly merited when you say you refuse to even listen all the way through.

Criticism is merited when the person who's talking starts with a fabrication.

I'm sorry you feel that way, but again, simply not wanting to believe it doesn't make it a fabrication. Looks at the facts and you'll find you're mistaken.

I call a false dichotomy on what he says about respect for religion. It is not impossible to not respect religion and still try to understand what it means for people to believe.

I don't think religion deserves any more respect than it deserves, and that's the point of Dawkins etc. as well.

He has a few thoughtful points, but it's mostly the same apologetics I've heard elsewhere; Pascal's Wager, explaining the problem of evil, the fine tuning of the universe, the human morality and so forth. I could say he's smug about it, but I recognize him only as a person who tries to argue for his beliefs.

I think I owe videosift an upvote because of all the atheism videos I've uploaded...

BTW, here's an argument agains the fine tuning argument that's not widely known: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-tuned_universe#Disputes_on_the_existence_of_fine-tuning

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