Part 10 – Dinesh D’Souza/ Dan Barker Debate
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Barker Debates Dinesh D’Souza, Christian and best-selling author, debates Dan Barker
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if mr barker knows …
if mr barker knows the bible, then i’m the man in the moon. i’ve never heard anyone twist the scriptures that badly. there is no way on earth i would ever believe he was a pastor
Dinesh to me is not …
Dinesh to me is not a guy i would seek shelter or food from. He is very conservative, so he is anti-gay and sexest and if he was white, he might be racist.
Dan barker on the other hand seems very relaxed and kind hearted
@oSWEJo
Not …
@oSWEJo
Not entirely. There is a spiritual dimension (which is obvious) that defies our sense of logic.
Hence: mythology.
It’s very basic psychology, actually. What is commonly attributed as rational/skeptical is associated with the left hemisphere, whereas that which is intuitive/irrational is associated with the right hemisphere. They both have their place, and to deny either of them renders one, by definition, a half wit.
@billybagbom How …
@billybagbom How dare you assumethat I am evil without even knowing me. FYI, evil and good are all relative terms.
D’nesh is such a …
D’nesh is such a haughty tool.
“The validity of …
“The validity of reason and logic ” is not an assumption. Reason and logic WORK. Our entire lives are evidence of this.
Supernaturalism, on the other hand, IS a metaphysical assumption, and one without any evidence to support it.
@Bozeman42 LOL!
@Bozeman42 LOL!
No; he means such …
No; he means such things as “the validity of reason and logic” and “the basis upon which to say anything is right or wrong” (including child rape and incest and genocide).
Franz, my friend: …
Franz, my friend:Yes, Jesus Himself addressed the issue; Nietzche responded. Myself, I think people (including myself) are evil; they do bad stuff and Jesus and the Church simply acknowledge this unpleasantness and try to mitigate it as best they can.
Brilliant!! And you …
Brilliant!! And you , Sir, are of course a Christian???
Oh Yes!!! I, as a …
Oh Yes!!! I, as a Christian, worship Dinesh D’Souza, and would even be willing to be burned or crucified (as were man Christians), who did not conform to “Whatever”!
oh yeah, he did, …
oh yeah, he did, actually Dinesh invented the internet, oh and youtube, but it backfired, even thought he is a perfect being, and he ended up with a place full atheists powning every christian time and again.
He doesn’t see it …
He doesn’t see it because as he said in an earlier part of this debate “but I realized that my brain was in the way” hahaha, what a retard.
In fact i think he does see this things but willingly forces himself to believe otherwise, because he is too scared of going to if he doesnt. His body language throughout the whole debate is that of a lawyer trying to deffend a criminal who is obviously guilty, or a 2nd hand car salesman telling you “its in mint condition” when its really falling apart
hahahaha! yeah, if …
hahahaha! yeah, if you have a flawed religious logic it probably seems pretty stupid. Go back to following your man writen bible and your man made god you brainwashed slave!
Go back to the dark …
Go back to the dark ages, you won’t find it either.
If you had grown up …
If you had grown up in a different part of the world, you might be one, too. If you’re not raised to believe in religion, it’s quite hard to take it serious once you are an adult.
I can’t believe …
I can’t believe it’s not butter.
I can’t believe …
I can’t believe that people believe that atheists believe in atheism.
Atheism is SO …
Atheism is SO stupid. I can’t believe grown people “believe” atheism…
DINESH! Even if …
DINESH! Even if Christian values shaped society, which ISN’T the case, but even if they did, it doesn’t follow that it’s dogma is TRUE. How does he not see this?
haha! And the …
haha! And the see-through toaster.
I haven’t finished …
I haven’t finished this yet, but does Dinesh claim that Christianity invented the internet? I feel like he’s running up to this.
the indian guy is …
the indian guy is an idiot. He does not understand the first thing about atheism or science.
I don’t think you …
I don’t think you understand what he was saying. Christians do good actions bc they “BELIEVE” they will get a reward. Their actions are driven by their beliefs.
No, they are still …
No, they are still judged by their actions which are very different from each other.
Supposedly, Guy A and B both help a grandmother cross the street. But the grandmother told Guy B that she will give him a 100 bucks if he helps her while she did not present the same reward to Guy A.
In this case, A is helping an old lady cross the street without incentive whereas B is helping an old lady cross the street ending with an incentive given to him.