Richard dawkins vs cardinal george pell on q&a book

Being an atheist myself, i just couldnt be swayed by many of pells arguments. Dawkins and pell battle it out in one hell of a debate. One of the debaters, cardinal george pell of sydney, above, in full regalia. How should we react to the disgrace of george pell. Its about to be a long weekend of triumphant atheism in australia, and richard dawkins set things up by sacrificing that idiot, george pell, on the altar of reason. Richard dawkinsarchive 18 jump to navigation jump to search.

The bibles book of creation was state of the art science in its day and was true then, as was, and still is true the statement man. Professional atheist, and evolutionary biologist, richard dawkins was debating. Tony jones hosts an exclusive, two member easter panel featuring catholic archbishop of sydney, cardinal george pell and british. In comments that may shock some staunch catholics, cardinal george pell has described the biblical story of adam and eve as a myth. George pell ac born 8 june 1941 is an australian prelate of the catholic church. It seems apt that the subject should be revisited so early in the blogs second incarnation. The selfish gene, its extended phenotypic effects and. Dawkins shades pell in battle of belief sydney morning herald.

On easter monday, 2012, i was staying with my friend at her beach house at rosedale on the nsw south coast. God between the atheist richard dawkins and catholic archbishop of sydney, cardinal george pell. There were only two panelists, as it departed from its usual format to host a debate on science vs. Cardinal pell says adam and eve didnt exist excerpts in comments that may shock some staunch catholics, cardinal george pell has described the biblical story of adam and eve as a myth. The selfish gene, its extended phenotypic effects and human cooperation. Richard dawkins giving a lecture based on his book, the god. Cardinal pell and richard dawkins dont exchange christmas cards. For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Australias cardinal george pell and evolutionary biologist richard dawkins kept.

He previously served as the eighth archbishop of sydney 20012014, archbishop of melbourne 19962001, and auxiliary bishop of melbourne 19871996. Richard dawkins some thoughts someone directed me to a sort of informal debate between cardinal pell and dawkins, in the form of a moderated questions and answers session. Richard dawkins calls romney a gullible fool for mormon. A copy of the show is here while i have never had any previous reason to critique richard dawkins opinions and i. Debate richard dawkins vs cardinal george pell full transcript. Shes an actress and she did a film on how she escaped from the roman catholic church and it is a very moving film and at the end her mother. I have read thru the transcript though i did not see the broadcast. The comments cardinal pell made on the jewish people, which were numerous and both disproportionate and out of context in regard to the subject. The whole theme of that book is to praise dawkins as a person the authors admire. He became the inaugural prefect of the secretariat for the economy in 2014. Please thank our special guests professor richard dawkins and cardinal george pell.

Richard dawkins explains why he doesnt debate young earth. Im sure the cardinal could offer a very progressive answer to this question but, for whatever reason, he didnt. You have just written a new book, the ancestors tale. Cardinal george pell, spent an hour with evolutionary biologist and celebrity atheist, professor richard dawkins. And he confirmed his sensible view on november th, 2016 after winning the election by the electoral college. The cardinal s ignorance and arrogance prohibited any interesting interaction, and the audience were atrocious, best described by the top comment on youtube. Can anyone of you guys explain me how theists justify their believe in god. Many members of the early church gave their lives rather than to deny the miracles that they had seen. No word on how they feel about religious debates on telly, though.

Richard dawkins, the worldfamous author of the god delusion, has criticized gop presidential candidate mitt romney and his mormon faith, calling him a massively gullible fool for belonging to the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Still the most exhaustively researched book written about the work as it is referred to by its members. So a few million viewers of the pelldawkins debate walked away wondering since when have catholics become so eager to debunk their own scriptures and discard their own theology. Professor richard dawkins vs cardinal george pell 10. See more ideas about existence of god, god, atheist. Pell drove most of the audience to the venue in a fleet of minibuses with jesus home for retards written on.

Debate richard dawkins vs cardinal george pell full. Pell, a fierce right winger who was pipped at the post by his. Ive never listened to richard dawkins before and ive had two of his books the selfish gene and the god delusion on my list, but i cant stop listening to him on this video. By all means lets be openminded, but not so openminded that our brains drop out.

Opus dei influence rises to the top in the vatican. The question of adam and eve, original sin and evolution. I was really unimpressed with most of the audiences questions, and even less impressed with pell. With tweets in tow i was ready for the banter, arguments and respectful discussion and while there were some excellent points made i was somewhat confused. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. One of my very first posts on this blog related to cardinal pells effective witness as a controversialist. Bible or the quran or some other holy book or that you are good only. Professional atheist, and evolutionary biologist, richard dawkins was debating with cardinal george pell, head of the catholic church in australia. Richard dawkins and catholic cardinal george pell discuss religion.