I never heard a peep about it during my years in high school, which was a public school, not even a 'faith school'. (But a poor public school in a rural, very conservative town.) I still regret it to this day. I think if I had known more about it I would have gone down a very different path in life.
I was raised by Christian parents. Here's a typical "lesson" I was given as a kid: (Age 7 or 8, driving to the bank with windows open, going about 50mph. In an instant I hear a high pitched sound fly past the window) Me: What was that Dad? Dad: That was the Holy Spirit! Me: (Looking confused) Dad: Whenever we hear those unexplained noises, that's the Holy Spirit letting us know He's with us. Me: Wasn't that the same kind of bird we have in our yard? Dad: Don't be difficult, I already told you what it was. Looking back I was confused because the bird sounded so strange. Years later, thanks to secular education, I learned about the Doppler effect and how it changes the pitch of sounds as you pass by them (or vice versa). Faith education is mis-education and it sets children back decades, period.
J Mags the thought of a child asking their parent what a strange sound was, and the parent replying "That was the Holy Spirit!" with lots of enthusiasm, really puts a smile on my face for some reason.
@@Kitties_are_pretty It's the equivalent of growing up in a world where everyone believes Santa Claus is real. When the child becomes an adult and still believes.
@Kevin Tewey - Love your comment!! Of course we all know that Blair's own conversion to Catholicism had a lot to do with these decisions. There have been a few cases where these religious schools were prosecuted for their terrible conditions, and discovered to be teaching bigoted (even dangerous, violence inciting) ideas about gender equality, sexuality, etc. etc. - not to mention their denial of science. The only thing that surprises me about these cases is that anyone was surprised!! What exactly did the government expect when they agreed to fund faith schools, and gave them the right to opt out of the national curriculum? Did they think that they were going to teach a liberal, up to date view of reality? And none of these issues addresses what is perhaps the worst problem of these schools - the separation of children from their wider community - from all who do not practise their faith as they do. Not sure how these schools do anything other than foster division and, as you say, create religious extremists. I have no problem with people pursuing their own religions and holding on to their cultures, but these schools are not the answer!
I think one of Richard Dawkins greatest assets in life has been that he is the least threatening creature in existence. His face, his voice, and his mannerisms are all so calm and gentle.
@@AnaboliKitchen Their ego defence mechanisms cannot take in Aleksandra. A slight opposition to their core values and beliefs that have been adopted by the ego, are fragile, and if somebody tells them what they have associated with everything they have ever done for their whole lives, is not truthful, it's bound to make them defensive (so as not to be ridden with anxiety).
@TurboCMinusMinus Calmly dissecting the falsities of religious beliefs, for the sake of showing people not to dismiss scientific facts that are key to learning about the world around you, is not hateful.
The end of this piece, with Dawkins answering questions asked by small, curious children, is one of the most inspiring and uplifting things I've seen in a long while.
So, we have a science teacher who lectures on evolution and doesn't know "why there are still apes if we evolved from apes" and a principal who thinks that the word "theory" in "scientific theory" is akin to the word "hunch." And schools like this get public money. Amazing.
Exactly. Why does her ~60 students not believe we are evolved? Because of indoctrination at home and at school. The teachers can't really push evolution as the parents would bitch about it. And, as proven by the statements, they didn't have a clue that we are also apes with a shared ancestry, or the scientific meaning of Theory.
Hunch is better than thinking scientific theory is fact. If it was fact why use the word theory? Because they KNOW it is theory but desperately want it to be fact.
The saddest part is seeing their eyes light up and their attention be immediately Piqued by the words of truth, responding directly to their specific question. The excitement and liberation visible in their bodies as Dawkins’ authoritative words full of compassion exert an instantaneous incontestable social DOMINANCE over the little close minded dictators who day in and day out confuse them and force them to uncomfortably reject their natural born human curiosity for factual knowledge. It’s heart breaking. But gives me hope that the social hierarchy is able to be reorganized in such a pacifistic way for these young souls whose hearts still yearn for truth.
I would have loved him as a granddad ☺️ My real granddad is very religious/conservative, he has moments of niceness, but all with the threat of hellfire behind it.
It saddens me that parents force themselves on their kids, it puts them in a box and compromises their individuality. Growing up in faith schools myself, I understand just how suppressing and harmful it is to teach dogma, especially at a young age. I loved the explanation that Richard gave after he was "labeling" kids by looking at them.. "we wouldn't dream of labeling children like that, yet when it comes to religion our whole society is quite happy to talk about a catholic child, a protestant child, a muslim child"
Exactly. We need laws to stop religion being imposed on a child. They should wait until they are mature and ask them what they think about religions, not tell them what to think. Faith schools should not exist. They should not be taking tax payers money to indoctrinate children.
@@christina6103 It could be a way of controlling the masses. Not sure. But so long as they 'get them' as children it is hard to get them to think as individuals. Children cannot differentiate between fantasy and reality (fairies/Santa Claus/Bogey Man etc) and they are vulnerable and trust adults. At least in some places in the world it's becoming an embarrassment to claim to believe in gods
Give me a child for seven years and I'll give you the man. When a clergy admits it's difficult to brainwash an adult. It's time to protect our children.
They got so protected from God that now they are gender confused, fine with murdering babies, sexualized by age 8, and sit in the dark weeping and cutting themselves. Kudos.
AGREED INDEED STOP ABUSING OUR CHILDREN WITH EVOLUTION RELIGIOUS FOOLISH IDEA'S... STOP ATHEISTIC RELIGION. STOP INDOCTRINATING OUR CHILDREN WITH LIES THAT WE ORIGINATE FROM FISHES... WHAT A SILLY FOOLISHNESS THAT IS.... STOP THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@B-a_s-H yes and as such you have to BELIEVE there is no God and you have to BELIEVE that we came from a big bang/stardust//chemicals/bacteria/fishes apes... which is never been proven to be factuall so basically a religion. Sorry pal you people are more religious than you want to admit. And thats the fun part. we have to point this fact out to you folks.
@@B-a_s-H humanity knows about 4% of all there is to know according to nobelprize winner prof Robbert Dijkkgraaf an individual knows about 0,0000001 % of that. that means that we as individuals know 99,99999999.... NOT did it ever occur to you that God may be in these 99,99999999... % that you dont know ???????? think about it....
@@thewaytruthandlife No. It's not a believe that there is no god. It's the assumption that there is none because there is no evidence of one. Thats the so called null hypothesis: something is false untill proven true.
The biggest problem with the argument for faith schools: Yes, we have scientific knowledge but ultimately it's up to each person to decide if they want to believe facts or not. Case in point: People "believe" the earth is flat, we know through 1000 different avenues of evidence it is spherical. Belief does not constitute knowledge.
Your big heart overwhelms all of us. I watched your videos when I was a Muslim and heard about your books. And here I am a human with no religion, questioning everything, and as disappointed as you are at the way governments are making their decisions years later. I admire your work because sometimes one couldn't help but feel alone when leaving religion and your books, videos amongst other none believers helped me get through it. I wish I knew things earlier. I wish I learned in a secular school, but it is too late now and those politicians are the problem. We will never forgive them for choosing to allow our schools to indoctrinate and labeled us from a young age. They care about the parent's human right at the children's cost. That is not right. Children should be put forth before parents. The politician's argument sounded logical, but he forgot that there's another side of the coin and that's the children's right for not to be indoctrinated and hurt when they grow up finding that they wasted majority of their life believing in nonsensical stories rather than get a real education. Now the majority of not all the ex-religious have to deal with the trauma and feel like they can't catch up with the rest of the well educated. 9 years after the fact and I still can't get over the fact that I was duped. Thanks to those politicians who thought it was a good idea to let the parents and schools allow our indoctrination. Whatever it is, you're doing an amazing job. You have left us with a plethora of treasures that will keep your name written in our hearts before history books.
@Kevin Tewey I agree 100%. This risque' view of "offense" has taken on such a mutated, moronic shape that even disagreement is considered bigotry. If someone thinks gays can't/shouldn't be married, it's to be...respected? No. You can have your opinion and I can use facts to show it's bullshit. And absolutely rightly said; freedom OF is freedom FROM.
I want Richard to come to my Islamic country.Trust me,majority of Islamic countries' government are more worst than Western countries.In my country,Origin of species is banned to avoid Muslim leave Islam
I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness, and the exact same things that they are saying about the Quran ( 25:20 ) are touted by JWs as "proof" that the Bible is scientifically accurate: shape of the Earth, water cycle, etc
The thing is ,the quran translation isnt accurate at. I am a former muslim and the oroginal quran is way different than the eenglish or French version.
Also in the original quran there isnt a single verse that says the earth is a globe . However there are more than 100 verses supporting the flat earth theory .
Dawkins Is the ideal man. A scientist, an educator, an orator, debator, media person, good friend, good husband and father too it seems. Gentle and yet tenacious and firm. Clear headed and good with kids.
Dawkins has the most absurd logic of any Biological scientist I have ever come across. Have you read his pathetic book "The God delusion?" It is the poorest written piece of trash Atheistic Apologetics I have read. It makes Atheists with stronger opinions looks bad..... I mean really bad.
The last chapter of The God Delusion, "The mother of all Burkhas", is the most poetic, beautiful argument for science and against religion I have read of.
@Esben M That was weak. Weaker than Dawkin's ability to reason. He's Biologically smart but he's not an Intellect. If you are an Atheist and that is your path for the rest of your life, Dawkins will make you sound stupider as time goes on. He's the Spongebob Square Pants of Atheists.
@@user-he4ef9br7z Uuuuh! The whole book was a long winded blathering remark of "Waaaaah! 😭 I hate religion." And by Religion I mean he hates Christianity; but he add Muslims in there to make it seem fair. There was not one drop of intellectual prowess to it. There was nothing philosophically engaging. He even uses mathematical probability incorrectly, which is intellectually dishonest. But I will extend to you an Olive Branch. Tell me one...just ONE poetic or intelligent line, phrase or statement that he makes that is worthy of a Professor. I'll wait.
@@yamabushiwarrior996 He was a Professor of Public Understanding of Science, not of philosophy or literature, so him being poetic has nothing to do with him being a Professor. hate religion? The word 'hate' is mentioned in the book 6 times, once while talking about hate speech as a part of free speech, twice when talking about how religious people hate others, once about the hate mail he receives and twice while quoting. The word 'hatred' is mentioned 3 times and all detailing hatred of a religious group against others. So Dawkins never talks about hating religion or the religious let alone Christianity. "not one drop of intellectual prowess to it"- I have already presented how your bias is distorting your notions, because Dawkins never talks about hate or disgust towards religion. So I would stick to the reviews by the Guardian and the Sunday times to gauge whether it was intellectual, not a rando on youtube who does not know what he/she is talking about. As I said, being poetic has no link whatsoever with being a Professor, but if you want to know what it was I found poetic, it was the comparison of the Burkha to our lives, and the amount of knowledge we can have.
"did we really COME from chimpanzees"..and this woman is working as a "science teacher"!? This is a disgrace! She is manifestly unfit for her role and should be evaluated by the relevant education body immediately. Secular, governmental oversight of faith based schools should be applied as soon as possible. The importance of this cannot be overstated. Also, the "parents should be allowed to make choices" guy is happy to discuss... As long as he's talking and one else gets to speak.. Let the person you're asking the question answer FFS
@@lmccahill45 yes, for damn sure they are. And not just the children as you might have guessed. In fact the gigantic majority of doctor for example believe evolution is not true. almost all the population think the quraan or the bible is the best source of scientific literacy. Engneers believe in fate, satan and gosts And don't get me started on so called egyptian scientists and child prodigy. Its pathetic. thus watching Richard and you guys amazed by the argumentation style of islamic hypocrites was like "I didn't know we were that special" :D
Yeah, but at least they gave us the possibility to look into it. The christian and jewish schools probably do exactly the same they just change Mohammed with Jesus and Allah with God but it is the same bullshit.
@@jeanjacquesrousseau1955 I have no idea what you are talking about. You can not change Mohammed with Jesus because they are two different persons from a different time period. Also Jesus is mentioned in the Koran. Who gave who the possibility to look into what?
@@MaceLupo Yeah sure. I meant it like the other schools are indoctrinating the children with religious bullshit too. They just change the religious system Islam/Christian/Jewish but it is still religious "bullshit". So the christian and jewish schools are probably as bad as the muslim school in terms of teaching but they did not allowed Charles to film it as he said.
When I was 5,6,and probably 7, I went to Sunday school about 20 times a year. I was skeptical from day one but kept quiet about it. I didn't believe in Santa after the age of 5,but I didn't say anything because I thought my Dad did, and I didn't want to spoil it for him. Sometime around 5th or 6th grade my brother gave me a book; Historical Geology by Carl Dunbar. I read and studied it every day and knew every plate and struggled through the words. But I GOT IT. No mention of gods in its pages. That is when I started opening my eyes.
Yes they do.. Life is about balance.. Every idea has weakness and strengths.. If you wish to win people over use arguments and charm dont go threatening people's families..
no human belongs to another human. People can be dependant but should never be property. Article 26:3 is bullshit. It is a parents duty to pay for education not a right.
Never mind, the ones that are actually educated will make up their own mind in the future, it's the ones that are left behind in other countries that are breeding ignorant ones.
@@user-he4ef9br7z sure thing pal. So... i guess at 6 months the kid knows everything about survival and has the ability to do so right ? No? Ok. What about 6years old? Not then ? 14? No? Ahh yes well the frontal cortex doesn't finish forming till after our legal drinking ages. Property no... but yes parents are responsible for making their life decisions and disciplining them. And unfortunately it's each parents individual decision to how that's done
They _did_ use a different word. That word was _theory._ Then people wanted to sound smart and so started using the word for their guesses. Whatever word science uses to mean "proven as fuck", that's the word people will use to make their uninformed guesses sound important.
@@1961UK *"That's because it can only be a theory being as the explanation for life is so dumb"* Do you have a problem with the theory of germs, theory of atoms, theory of gravity, or theory of heliocentrism? Your username is KJV, so I need to know how far back in time we need to go here to get back to a place when you weren't an idiot.
Its really nice to see Dawkins with some children, having a laugh with them in the playground and teaching them things. It's a new side to him which I have never seen before.
I love the questions at the end. The best thing anyone ever did for me when I was young was to tell me that the smartest people are those that always ask questions. I hope today's kids never stop asking questions.
34:53 Hitchens would have effectively Hitchslapped the guy. Not taking anything away from Prof. Dawkins but when it comes to shaming the bigots for who they are, he is too courteous.
2019 and I will never stop listening or admiring this man. Can listen to him talk for hours. Such a smart and eloquent person. Hitchens is missed but I'm so happy we have Dawkins ❤
I would absolutely love to spend some time with Richard Dawkins, preferably with a carbonated malt beverage, but if it never happens at least I have access to his videos! His hate mail readings made me laugh out loud!
Hi sir. Just read your comment that you made years ago. It is my understanding that you'd now be heading towards 60s. You sir have an amazing outlook towards life. Hope you're doing fine these days with all the corona wrath hitting especially hard in the states.
When it comes to what parents should teach their children, they should have the choice of where their child is recieving an education, but all education institutions should only teach our best understanding of truth. Parents don't need, nor do they deserve the right to impose thier beliefs on their children. Notice how that man said 'it's the parents human rights'. He clearly sees the parents as owning children. It's not the child's right to education in his eyes, it's the parent's right to indoctrinate.
@PARTH If you're trying to tell me salt water and fresh water mixes well, that's irrelevant, it is then all salt water isn't it. Swearing isn't going to change it. God isn't going to change it if you believe in that sort of thing and what the hell dark matter has to with the subject I cannot imagine. Temperature has more to do with it as icebergs are all fresh water so clearly temperature has something to do with it as pressure makes the colder water float to the top.
I hope the girls go home and mix a glass a salt water and a glass of clean water and see that they DO indeed mix and perhaps EVERYTHING they were taught was questionable (to say the least!).
Education and church don't belong in the same environment. “The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it, Lawerence Krauss. ” Teaching about our multicultural world is valuable, however dogma in schools is a different story. I was brought up in various k-12 private fundamental faith institutes and went to them 1-2 times a week, such as Heritage Christian School and Christian Family School, the curriculum used was dogmatic and dishonest, the teachers were just moms that were not qualified as teachers. In America, Christian parents that decide to homeschool their kids can improvise the rules on their academic progression. There is no concern of your academic comprehension or growth,. I had to teach myself the books I was given when I was at home and did not understand anything because I did not have a teacher.. or an honest book. In my opinion this type of private "education" is child abuse, most definitely should not be forced into public schools. The fundamental Christian culture wants kids to be sheltered to obtain a stagnant mindset on the world so they can develop the strongest faith as possible. And the purity culture is very toxic to girls, I remember being forced to attend a fundamental faith group called "keepers at home" as an adolescent you are taught how to be a house wife, I hated it, baking bread and doing laundry is boring and suppressive. I cant speak for everyone, but from my experience in the U.S, faith school organizations are just a political stomping ground and restricts your opportunity to properly learn. Critical thinking skills are crucially needed during development to overcome arrogance, in my experience, without it, you divide yourself from others. Creationism is pseudoscience, it is anything but academic education. Church and state needs a divorce.
Just like theology does not belong at a univesity. When studying theology, you're studying something that cannot be questioned, only interpreted. It has no place at any institute of education.
@@coreyv8150 I see what you are saying yes! it is unethical that interpretations of scripture or its poetry are used to justify ideas without question due to its claim of superior value. I think it is important at some point to teach higher learning skills, to explain our phycological tendency's to believe in belief and our biases. To help kids grasp our multicultural world is of social benefit to them so they are not strangers to one another, I don't have knowledge on the correct way to go about the religious aspect. If I too could have it my way; the teaching of dogmatic views in itself would never appear suitable for an academic system, because as you said; it cant be questioned. Thanks for the feedback :)
Even though I've been an athiest since the age of 10, I had to keep going to church till I was 16. I still catch myself muttering a hymn or two, it's been burned into my brain and it's very upsetting when it does happen, it's an unpleasant reminder of my childhood.
Think of it this way, your childhood experience and religious "knowledge," only strengthens and fortifies your scientific knowledge on why many religious teachings are false.
Respect Richard , respect what he did all these years for human being. I also feel touched when little children started to ask all kinds of questions at the end of this video. the end of video
We watched this in my RE class in a CofE school, I was amazed that the majority of the class still stuck to their relative faiths after watching this. I was already an atheist, and heavily against faith schools, sadly it was my heavily religious parents' choice to send me there. Just completely shocking that the faithful have no self awareness whatsoever.
Brilliant video - thanks for uploading!! Having endured (& yes I chose that word specifically) a strict Catholic education I agree with everything you've said here!! To the horror of my parents, I turned my back on Catholicism & found my true path at 19 but raised all my own children free from any religious or spiritual belief answering questions truthfully. Santa Claus was a childhood fantasy, supported only through childhood, for example!! They are now doing the same with their own children.
Those children at the end will talk about the time they saw Richard Dawkins talk in person, until they're very old, and Richard is long gone, and it will be like listening to someone now who actually met Enstein.
The end of this video was beautiful. It made me think of my own childhood and allowed me to reflect on how my parents and grandparents never indoctrinated me into a specific belief. As an adult there are few things I'm more grateful for.
Poor poor child, who wanted to become a doctor, and yet taught to them salted water and non-salted water don't mix. Students are taught non-science in science class, my my....
I had a talk with an acquaintance of mine who happens to be a devout Muslim and for the most part we get along very well with him treating his faith as a private affair and me keeping my Atheism private. One time we happened to be discussing various violent and political moves happening across the board and he was mostly upset that because of a few maniacs the entire religion is being scrutinized and how it was not fair. I explained to him that the prime reason for people pointing the finger at Muslims was not because they are simply Muslim. I explained that a lot of us know that a good chunk of them are decent people and that is unquestionable however, what is perceived as troubling is that whenever something bad happens as a result of extremism is that we only hear "Oh, they are not real Muslims", "Islam is religion of peace" and that is where it stops. In short its not that they are Muslim, its that they never condemn the deeds publicly nor do we see any efforts by the faithful trying to resolve this issues. Just to prove my point I added that this applies to all faiths and that whenever we see some Christian, Jewish, Hindu or other believer with an extreme stance do something horrible one of the first things that happens is that the leaders of that organisation tends to publicly condemn the act, does internal investigations and at least try to prevent future incidents. Inability to change and adapt as time goes on is a sure way for anyone or anything to cease to exist over time.
34:15 I found this question awefully tricky. Generally speaking, on the one hand, one might say yes: the parents should do what is right for their child BUT I'd say under under the condition that the safety and the freedom of the child is not compromised. But this begs the question, who can decide what is freedom and safety for a child? Obviously scientific based evidence should do that, but then, what happens next?
Thank you for addressing these enemies of reason. My mom has been a speech and language pathologist for 45 years, and my brother teaches special needs children for just a few years. I am currently looking into fields In education because of the dire need for proper education. It’s shocking how faith schools are allowed to operate with impunity. Especially within the United States. It’s a trend that needs to Be halted And eradicated For better future for all.
Your program on those religious people whose send their children in religious school is great. The world would remember your services for Humanity in right direction .
Blood pressure rising?.... Just as well I remembered to take my medication this morning! Ten years on (2020) the situation doesn't seem much better. I despair of the way Religion = Tribe Membership.
Arya Central School is a Hindu school. Rama krishna mission has their schools. There are also several schools run by the various gurus, yogis and matas.
Excellent documentary, it was interesting. I and my now ex husband are Christians, we sent all 4 of our children to C of E schools and although they attended church with us when young we also ensured that they learnt the other side of subjects discussed at school and in church and how the world today looks at these things. If they didn't want to go to church with us when older they didn't have to, they all grew up to be atheists but still have respect and an understanding of all religions but do not believe themselves. We did not have them christened much to both families disappointment because we decided to let the children decide on which if any religion they wish to follow. And my grandchildren are being given the same experience, I have taken them to church with me and we have also visited other churches, mosques and other worship places so they get to have as many different experiences we can provide. They also learn evolution and science from their father who is highly intelligent as is my daughter. My sons have said they would do the same if they had children although they do not wish to have any until they are in their late 30's if at all and not late 20's like their sister.
I teach casual in Sydney public schools. When I go to a new school if I have some time I go and look for Richard Dawkins books, particularly The Magic Of Reality. Not one to be found! A science head-teacher said to me recently, when discussing chaplains in schools, 'if we didn't have religion where would morals come from?' There's a slow, a slow train coming, coming round the bend...
As KJV UK & you (Oliver) point out not all Christians are that bright, some are still ignorant of science and seem to like it that way. Luckily very few in the UK but much more magical thinking goes on in the USA.
As useful as the German system is, it lacks the 'freedom' the US system has. I think the problem for US system isn't necessarily the structure but the administration. Teaches in many cases aren't allowed to teach. They have to adhere to strict guidelines that may or may not be conducive to learning. Good teachers need the ability to be dynamic with lesson in order to best cater to students. Also, in many districts, schools can't get rid of bad teachers. This just the tip of the iceberg.
American here. Teachers not including substitutes are required to have at least a Bachelor's degree. Including a teachers certificate. Which in some colleges or universities include being a student teacher (you go to local school and intern). And hand full of other classes specific to teaching. It's like a minor (Associates in Education) and a major in whatever main concentration.
Very well done documentary. Many good points were raised. There was one point where Dawkins compares conflicting rights mentioning the right not to be offended. I’m not entirely certain this can be considered to be a right. If it were, I know a few people that are perpetually being persecuted because of their own tendency to be offended at the slightest slight.
Great Work Dear Mentor... My father treated me the same way as you treat your child.... Shame to all those parents who are themselves deprived of the truth and abuse their child due to their stupid beliefs... !
I questioned the nun at IR one Sunday about how she contradicted what she told us the week before , her answer ‘you must have faith’ . I thought I’m not that dumb even at 12 it sounded like bullshit!
Those poor kids, even as a child of 10 i was able to distinguish fact from fairytale i fear if i were more heavily indoctrinated it may have been far more difficult...
i lost it when the teacher couldn't even explain evolution
@cocosongo1 islam did..like all religions..a fascist organisation.
@Scott Scotty outcasted in good case, 're-educated' at bad case... stoned in the worst case for apostasy
I never heard a peep about it during my years in high school, which was a public school, not even a 'faith school'. (But a poor public school in a rural, very conservative town.) I still regret it to this day. I think if I had known more about it I would have gone down a very different path in life.
And she’s a science teacher
That doesn't nullify the validity of God's existence.
Criminally underwatched video.
I was raised by Christian parents. Here's a typical "lesson" I was given as a kid:
(Age 7 or 8, driving to the bank with windows open, going about 50mph. In an instant I hear a high pitched sound fly past the window)
Me: What was that Dad?
Dad: That was the Holy Spirit!
Me: (Looking confused)
Dad: Whenever we hear those unexplained noises, that's the Holy Spirit letting us know He's with us.
Me: Wasn't that the same kind of bird we have in our yard?
Dad: Don't be difficult, I already told you what it was.
Looking back I was confused because the bird sounded so strange. Years later, thanks to secular education, I learned about the Doppler effect and how it changes the pitch of sounds as you pass by them (or vice versa).
Faith education is mis-education and it sets children back decades, period.
My neighbors were religious when I was growing up . I ask neighbor , call him Ned , why does it rain ? He said that's god peeing .
J Mags the thought of a child asking their parent what a strange sound was, and the parent replying "That was the Holy Spirit!" with lots of enthusiasm, really puts a smile on my face for some reason.
@@Kitties_are_pretty Right, especially when he tells the kid to STFU and stop being difficult
@@Kitties_are_pretty It's the equivalent of growing up in a world where everyone believes Santa Claus is real. When the child becomes an adult and still believes.
Exactly
7 years later and this problem is just as bad if not worse and receives even less press. We're screwed lol.
Catholic schools here in the Philippines are fostering atheists, if that would bring you some peace :)
Quite right. The current education secretary ok'd a new Catholic school, the first for many years.
@BluckKraken I Try reading left to right, the comment should make more sense if you read the proceeding sentence first.
@Kevin Tewey - Love your comment!! Of course we all know that Blair's own conversion to Catholicism had a lot to do with these decisions. There have been a few cases where these religious schools were prosecuted for their terrible conditions, and discovered to be teaching bigoted (even dangerous, violence inciting) ideas about gender equality, sexuality, etc. etc. - not to mention their denial of science.
The only thing that surprises me about these cases is that anyone was surprised!! What exactly did the government expect when they agreed to fund faith schools, and gave them the right to opt out of the national curriculum? Did they think that they were going to teach a liberal, up to date view of reality?
And none of these issues addresses what is perhaps the worst problem of these schools - the separation of children from their wider community - from all who do not practise their faith as they do.
Not sure how these schools do anything other than foster division and, as you say, create religious extremists.
I have no problem with people pursuing their own religions and holding on to their cultures, but these schools are not the answer!
Hi, lol! Nice to meet you.
Dawkins: And you're the one who wants to become a doctor? Student: Yes. Dawkins: Silence.
*No kidding...*
@@sleipnirodin2881 Great book on the importance of evolution in medicine and physiology: Why We Get Sick by Nesse & Williams
@@seanojha5784 Thanks. Will give it a read.
Lol
That was hilarious
The end of the video was the best where Richard tells children to ask for evidence for every claim.
Always always ask questions and never stop.
Is this in the states or not?
@@davidgregory5371 the UK.
@@davidgregory5371 To varying degrees, from state to state. Religious faith equals belief without evidence.
The end, where Richard is talking with the children and answering questions got me quite emotional. It was beautiful, honest and pure.
I think one of Richard Dawkins greatest assets in life has been that he is the least threatening creature in existence. His face, his voice, and his mannerisms are all so calm and gentle.
The fool have said in his heart there is no God. Psalm 14
@@1961UK it's so ironic when put against the actual definition of the word "fool".
@TurboCMinusMinus Was? Richard is very much still alive.
What makes him hateful? He has such a harmless persona.
@@AnaboliKitchen Their ego defence mechanisms cannot take in Aleksandra. A slight opposition to their core values and beliefs that have been adopted by the ego, are fragile, and if somebody tells them what they have associated with everything they have ever done for their whole lives, is not truthful, it's bound to make them defensive (so as not to be ridden with anxiety).
@TurboCMinusMinus Calmly dissecting the falsities of religious beliefs, for the sake of showing people not to dismiss scientific facts that are key to learning about the world around you, is not hateful.
The end of this piece, with Dawkins answering questions asked by small, curious children, is one of the most inspiring and uplifting things I've seen in a long while.
WOW! you need to get out more.
@@1961UK empathy is hard isn't it?
@@jimperry4108 Only if you are a reprobate. Are you?
@@1961UK you'll have to explain how this relates to Dawkins teaching children to use their brains otherwise I can't reply.
So, we have a science teacher who lectures on evolution and doesn't know "why there are still apes if we evolved from apes" and a principal who thinks that the word "theory" in "scientific theory" is akin to the word "hunch."
And schools like this get public money. Amazing.
Yes; that's going overboard, especially when they're bleeding the churches and their patrons dry as well.
Exactly. Why does her ~60 students not believe we are evolved? Because of indoctrination at home and at school. The teachers can't really push evolution as the parents would bitch about it. And, as proven by the statements, they didn't have a clue that we are also apes with a shared ancestry, or the scientific meaning of Theory.
@@arthurhunt642 Typical US education.
Fear they might learn something.
Hunch is better than thinking scientific theory is fact. If it was fact why use the word theory? Because they KNOW it is theory but desperately want it to be fact.
Seeing Dawkins interact with kids was heartwarming.
Yes, him showing them the origami/paper folding was touching, and the questions at the end as well.
yeah, he's really good with kids
The saddest part is seeing their eyes light up and their attention be immediately Piqued by the words of truth, responding directly to their specific question. The excitement and liberation visible in their bodies as Dawkins’ authoritative words full of compassion exert an instantaneous incontestable social DOMINANCE over the little close minded dictators who day in and day out confuse them and force them to uncomfortably reject their natural born human curiosity for factual knowledge.
It’s heart breaking.
But gives me hope that the social hierarchy is able to be reorganized in such a pacifistic way for these young souls whose hearts still yearn for truth.
Can we clone dawkins and have him as our school teachers lol
I would have loved him as a granddad ☺️
My real granddad is very religious/conservative, he has moments of niceness, but all with the threat of hellfire behind it.
Parents do not own their children.
@Lolthepro Officiel What an enlightened answer, clearly you made your point.
It saddens me that parents force themselves on their kids, it puts them in a box and compromises their individuality. Growing up in faith schools myself, I understand just how suppressing and harmful it is to teach dogma, especially at a young age. I loved the explanation that Richard gave after he was "labeling" kids by looking at them.. "we wouldn't dream of labeling children like that, yet when it comes to religion our whole society is quite happy to talk about a catholic child, a protestant child, a muslim child"
Exactly. We need laws to stop religion being imposed on a child. They should wait until they are mature and ask them what they think about religions, not tell them what to think. Faith schools should not exist. They should not be taking tax payers money to indoctrinate children.
@Lolthepro Officiel what a remarkably intelligent response. I wander what university you attended.
@@christina6103 It could be a way of controlling the masses. Not sure. But so long as they 'get them' as children it is hard to get them to think as individuals. Children cannot differentiate between fantasy and reality (fairies/Santa Claus/Bogey Man etc) and they are vulnerable and trust adults. At least in some places in the world it's becoming an embarrassment to claim to believe in gods
"If wine comes from grapes, why are there still grapes?!?!?"
That's not best analogy you could possibly give as they could counter by saying that at least we still do see grapes turning into wine.
@Omar Awawdeh lmaoooo good one
With as much wine as I drink, I'm surprised there are any grapes left too
@@DragonFanngg why don't we see white people turning into black people
@@pawarranger - You never heard of Michael Jackson?
Give me a child for seven years and I'll give you the man. When a clergy admits it's difficult to brainwash an adult. It's time to protect our children.
and of course when they can't say "Yes We want to discriminate" they'll fall to "Parent's choice"
They got so protected from God that now they are gender confused, fine with murdering babies, sexualized by age 8, and sit in the dark weeping and cutting themselves. Kudos.
@@a.d.marshall2748 That's just the failure of society as a whole due to a combination of tribalism and financialization.
That's how religions persist, via childhood indoctrination
@@JackDesert cos dy know d parents r already indoctrinated.
STOP ABUSING OUR CHILDREN WITH RELIGION.
AGREED INDEED STOP ABUSING OUR CHILDREN WITH EVOLUTION RELIGIOUS FOOLISH IDEA'S... STOP ATHEISTIC RELIGION. STOP INDOCTRINATING OUR CHILDREN WITH LIES THAT WE ORIGINATE FROM FISHES... WHAT A SILLY FOOLISHNESS THAT IS....
STOP THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@thewaytruthandlife Atheïsm is not a religion. It's the rejection of religion as a whole.
@@B-a_s-H yes and as such you have to BELIEVE there is no God and you have to BELIEVE that we came from a big bang/stardust//chemicals/bacteria/fishes apes... which is never been proven to be factuall
so basically a religion.
Sorry pal you people are more religious than you want to admit. And thats the fun part.
we have to point this fact out to you folks.
@@B-a_s-H humanity knows about 4% of all there is to know according to nobelprize winner prof Robbert Dijkkgraaf an individual knows about 0,0000001 % of that. that means that we as individuals know 99,99999999.... NOT
did it ever occur to you that God may be in these 99,99999999... % that you dont know ????????
think about it....
@@thewaytruthandlife No. It's not a believe that there is no god. It's the assumption that there is none because there is no evidence of one. Thats the so called null hypothesis: something is false untill proven true.
The biggest problem with the argument for faith schools: Yes, we have scientific knowledge but ultimately it's up to each person to decide if they want to believe facts or not. Case in point: People "believe" the earth is flat, we know through 1000 different avenues of evidence it is spherical. Belief does not constitute knowledge.
*The mountains are protecting the Earth* what the actual faakk!????
It's a verse in Qur'an that says mountains fix earth like nails on a sheet😂
@@shashvatkapoor2024 I'm muslim and yea, mountains are like nail on a sheet
@@adilperdana4509 Unfortunately, that's not true.
@@Lobsterwithinternet I think it was sarcastic
@@shashvatkapoor2024 Unfortunately, Poe’s Law exists.
Your big heart overwhelms all of us. I watched your videos when I was a Muslim and heard about your books. And here I am a human with no religion, questioning everything, and as disappointed as you are at the way governments are making their decisions years later. I admire your work because sometimes one couldn't help but feel alone when leaving religion and your books, videos amongst other none believers helped me get through it. I wish I knew things earlier. I wish I learned in a secular school, but it is too late now and those politicians are the problem. We will never forgive them for choosing to allow our schools to indoctrinate and labeled us from a young age. They care about the parent's human right at the children's cost. That is not right. Children should be put forth before parents. The politician's argument sounded logical, but he forgot that there's another side of the coin and that's the children's right for not to be indoctrinated and hurt when they grow up finding that they wasted majority of their life believing in nonsensical stories rather than get a real education. Now the majority of not all the ex-religious have to deal with the trauma and feel like they can't catch up with the rest of the well educated. 9 years after the fact and I still can't get over the fact that I was duped. Thanks to those politicians who thought it was a good idea to let the parents and schools allow our indoctrination.
Whatever it is, you're doing an amazing job. You have left us with a plethora of treasures that will keep your name written in our hearts before history books.
That girl wants to be a doctor, terrifies me, but saddens me more.
You go Richard! Separation of Church and State for Europe!
@Kevin Tewey I agree 100%. This risque' view of "offense" has taken on such a mutated, moronic shape that even disagreement is considered bigotry. If someone thinks gays can't/shouldn't be married, it's to be...respected? No. You can have your opinion and I can use facts to show it's bullshit. And absolutely rightly said; freedom OF is freedom FROM.
I want Richard to come to my Islamic country.Trust me,majority of Islamic countries' government are more worst than Western countries.In my country,Origin of species is banned to avoid Muslim leave Islam
@@jarrygarry5316 Yeah, but he might get prosecuted or persecuted. That's the whole problem..
So according to the teacher our opinion superseeds fact. How in hell she is a teacher 😂😂
Because the Saudis pay her to teach.
I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness, and the exact same things that they are saying about the Quran ( 25:20 ) are touted by JWs as "proof" that the Bible is scientifically accurate: shape of the Earth, water cycle, etc
The thing is ,the quran translation isnt accurate at. I am a former muslim and the oroginal quran is way different than the eenglish or French version.
Also in the original quran there isnt a single verse that says the earth is a globe . However there are more than 100 verses supporting the flat earth theory .
@@tag.1835 czcams.com/video/dYfZRf45DrQ/video.html its a crazy book written by a false prophet
How did you escape this sect?
@@1961UK All prophets are false prophets.
Dawkins Is the ideal man. A scientist, an educator, an orator, debator, media person, good friend, good husband and father too it seems. Gentle and yet tenacious and firm. Clear headed and good with kids.
Dawkins has the most absurd logic of any Biological scientist I have ever come across. Have you read his pathetic book "The God delusion?" It is the poorest written piece of trash Atheistic Apologetics I have read. It makes Atheists with stronger opinions looks bad..... I mean really bad.
The last chapter of The God Delusion, "The mother of all Burkhas", is the most poetic, beautiful argument for science and against religion I have read of.
@Esben M
That was weak. Weaker than Dawkin's ability to reason. He's Biologically smart but he's not an Intellect. If you are an Atheist and that is your path for the rest of your life, Dawkins will make you sound stupider as time goes on.
He's the Spongebob Square Pants of Atheists.
@@user-he4ef9br7z
Uuuuh! The whole book was a long winded blathering remark of "Waaaaah! 😭 I hate religion." And by Religion I mean he hates Christianity; but he add Muslims in there to make it seem fair. There was not one drop of intellectual prowess to it.
There was nothing philosophically engaging. He even uses mathematical probability incorrectly, which is intellectually dishonest. But I will extend to you an Olive Branch. Tell me one...just ONE poetic or intelligent line, phrase or statement that he makes that is worthy of a Professor.
I'll wait.
@@yamabushiwarrior996 He was a Professor of Public Understanding of Science, not of philosophy or literature, so him being poetic has nothing to do with him being a Professor.
hate religion? The word 'hate' is mentioned in the book 6 times, once while talking about hate speech as a part of free speech, twice when talking about how religious people hate others, once about the hate mail he receives and twice while quoting. The word 'hatred' is mentioned 3 times and all detailing hatred of a religious group against others. So Dawkins never talks about hating religion or the religious let alone Christianity.
"not one drop of intellectual prowess to it"- I have already presented how your bias is distorting your notions, because Dawkins never talks about hate or disgust towards religion. So I would stick to the reviews by the Guardian and the Sunday times to gauge whether it was intellectual, not a rando on youtube who does not know what he/she is talking about.
As I said, being poetic has no link whatsoever with being a Professor, but if you want to know what it was I found poetic, it was the comparison of the Burkha to our lives, and the amount of knowledge we can have.
"did we really COME from chimpanzees"..and this woman is working as a "science teacher"!? This is a disgrace! She is manifestly unfit for her role and should be evaluated by the relevant education body immediately.
Secular, governmental oversight of faith based schools should be applied as soon as possible. The importance of this cannot be overstated.
Also, the "parents should be allowed to make choices" guy is happy to discuss... As long as he's talking and one else gets to speak.. Let the person you're asking the question answer FFS
Com'on boy all our teacher like that in Egypt :D
@@Sir.Aymoon then it sounds to me like children in Egypt are scientifically illiterate and unprepared for life.
@@lmccahill45 yes, for damn sure they are. And not just the children as you might have guessed.
In fact the gigantic majority of doctor for example believe evolution is not true.
almost all the population think the quraan or the bible is the best source of scientific literacy.
Engneers believe in fate, satan and gosts
And don't get me started on so called egyptian scientists and child prodigy. Its pathetic.
thus watching Richard and you guys amazed by the argumentation style of islamic hypocrites was like "I didn't know we were that special" :D
OFSTED are responsible for quality in the education system.
Terrifying!
*Science flies you to the moon. Religion into Skyscrapers*
Fuck: I know I shouldn't laugh but may I quote you some time?🤣😅🤣Ten minutes later, I've finally pulled myself together.
Bravo! Bravo! 😁
Its funny and sad at the same time.😂
science makes nuclear bombs, religion mother teresa homes
@@rep3e4 homes secretly converting people into christians by giving money
The muslem teacher failed so badly about evolution. But she teach it. Facepalm
Yeah, but at least they gave us the possibility to look into it. The christian and jewish schools probably do exactly the same they just change Mohammed with Jesus and Allah with God but it is the same bullshit.
@@jeanjacquesrousseau1955 I have no idea what you are talking about. You can not change Mohammed with Jesus because they are two different persons from a different time period. Also Jesus is mentioned in the Koran. Who gave who the possibility to look into what?
@@MaceLupo Yeah sure. I meant it like the other schools are indoctrinating the children with religious bullshit too. They just change the religious system Islam/Christian/Jewish but it is still religious "bullshit".
So the christian and jewish schools are probably as bad as the muslim school in terms of teaching but they did not allowed Charles to film it as he said.
@@jeanjacquesrousseau1955 I saw this video five years ago and do not know who Charles is.
@@MaceLupo Dawkins haha. :D
Charles Dawkins the dude who did the report. :D
But yeah I did not realize you comment was that old.
When I was 5,6,and probably 7, I went to Sunday school about 20 times a year. I was skeptical from day one but kept quiet about it. I didn't believe in Santa after the age of 5,but I didn't say anything because I thought my Dad did, and I didn't want to spoil it for him. Sometime around 5th or 6th grade my brother gave me a book; Historical Geology by Carl Dunbar. I read and studied it every day and knew every plate and struggled through the words. But I GOT IT. No mention of gods in its pages. That is when I started opening my eyes.
'I didn't want to spoil it for my dad' 😂
“And you’re the one who wants to be a doctor, is that right?”
*cuts to next scene*
A damn good edit!
You got an F in science. Noooooo I came to my own conclusion which I believe is true so A+ for me thank you
Children do not belong to their parents.
Yes they do.. Life is about balance.. Every idea has weakness and strengths.. If you wish to win people over use arguments and charm dont go threatening people's families..
@@boshirahmed because church on the weekends is not enough balance. Must indoctrinate them 7 days a week
no human belongs to another human. People can be dependant but should never be property. Article 26:3 is bullshit. It is a parents duty to pay for education not a right.
Never mind, the ones that are actually educated will make up their own mind in the future, it's the ones that are left behind in other countries that are breeding ignorant ones.
@@user-he4ef9br7z sure thing pal. So... i guess at 6 months the kid knows everything about survival and has the ability to do so right ? No? Ok. What about 6years old? Not then ? 14? No? Ahh yes well the frontal cortex doesn't finish forming till after our legal drinking ages. Property no... but yes parents are responsible for making their life decisions and disciplining them. And unfortunately it's each parents individual decision to how that's done
I really wish science had used a different word then theory as it just confuses non scientific people.
They _did_ use a different word. That word was _theory._ Then people wanted to sound smart and so started using the word for their guesses. Whatever word science uses to mean "proven as fuck", that's the word people will use to make their uninformed guesses sound important.
That's because it can only be a theory being as the explanation for life is so dumb
@@1961UK *"That's because it can only be a theory being as the explanation for life is so dumb"*
Do you have a problem with the theory of germs, theory of atoms, theory of gravity, or theory of heliocentrism? Your username is KJV, so I need to know how far back in time we need to go here to get back to a place when you weren't an idiot.
The people in video say Quran is science. I think mere word changes wont help
I love this man so much, he has such a way with words.
I'm very saddened to witness this extreme level of indoctrination these little buds have to go through!
Its really nice to see Dawkins with some children, having a laugh with them in the playground and teaching them things. It's a new side to him which I have never seen before.
Yes, I agree, it's refreshing.
yeah the kids are very surprised to find someone educating them from a position of authority whilst not being sexually abused by them
I love Richard Dawkins, too bad the hulk of humanity can't comprehend the gift he is
I love the questions at the end. The best thing anyone ever did for me when I was young was to tell me that the smartest people are those that always ask questions. I hope today's kids never stop asking questions.
34:53 Hitchens would have effectively Hitchslapped the guy. Not taking anything away from Prof. Dawkins but when it comes to shaming the bigots for who they are, he is too courteous.
2019 and I will never stop listening or admiring this man. Can listen to him talk for hours. Such a smart and eloquent person. Hitchens is missed but I'm so happy we have Dawkins ❤
I would absolutely love to spend some time with Richard Dawkins, preferably with a carbonated malt beverage, but if it never happens at least I have access to his videos! His hate mail readings made me laugh out loud!
I’ve no doubt he would enjoy meeting and talking to a good looking woman like you.
Watching richard being baffled by stupidity is my number one passtime.
Richard is right on all levels and yet its happening. I'm hitting my 50s so I wont see the aftermath of whats going on here in the USA. Sad.
Hi sir. Just read your comment that you made years ago. It is my understanding that you'd now be heading towards 60s. You sir have an amazing outlook towards life. Hope you're doing fine these days with all the corona wrath hitting especially hard in the states.
@Esben M in the "States" natural lifespawn is about 71 to 73. [ Dated statistic i must admit, 2015. ]
very sad, yes. america hit by a terrible shortage of the apostrophe.
I love the bit at the end when he answers the questions of the little kids!
When it comes to what parents should teach their children, they should have the choice of where their child is recieving an education, but all education institutions should only teach our best understanding of truth.
Parents don't need, nor do they deserve the right to impose thier beliefs on their children. Notice how that man said 'it's the parents human rights'. He clearly sees the parents as owning children. It's not the child's right to education in his eyes, it's the parent's right to indoctrinate.
Salt water amd other water don't mix....?!?! *facepalm*
Actually that's true but there's a little more to science than that. Ice is all fresh water.
@PARTH Try re-reading what you've written before you send it. I don''t understand you're even trying to say.
@PARTH If you're trying to tell me salt water and fresh water mixes well, that's irrelevant, it is then all salt water isn't it. Swearing isn't going to change it. God isn't going to change it if you believe in that sort of thing and what the hell dark matter has to with the subject I cannot imagine.
Temperature has more to do with it as icebergs are all fresh water so clearly temperature has something to do with it as pressure makes the colder water float to the top.
Have they never heard of "Brackish Water"?
I hope the girls go home and mix a glass a salt water and a glass of clean water and see that they DO indeed mix and perhaps EVERYTHING they were taught was questionable (to say the least!).
You know Dawkins is a terrific scientific communicator, because he’s able to captivate children
Ye because he like mild touching of kids. ,😡
31:53 is the saddest thing I've ever watched.
If you look closely, you can see Pennywise snatch that drum stick! You have to look REALLY close.
oh grow up!
Me too. They can't even carry a machine gun
Education and church don't belong in the same environment. “The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it, Lawerence Krauss. ” Teaching about our multicultural world is valuable, however dogma in schools is a different story. I was brought up in various k-12 private fundamental faith institutes and went to them 1-2 times a week, such as Heritage Christian School and Christian Family School, the curriculum used was dogmatic and dishonest, the teachers were just moms that were not qualified as teachers. In America, Christian parents that decide to homeschool their kids can improvise the rules on their academic progression. There is no concern of your academic comprehension or growth,. I had to teach myself the books I was given when I was at home and did not understand anything because I did not have a teacher.. or an honest book. In my opinion this type of private "education" is child abuse, most definitely should not be forced into public schools. The fundamental Christian culture wants kids to be sheltered to obtain a stagnant mindset on the world so they can develop the strongest faith as possible. And the purity culture is very toxic to girls, I remember being forced to attend a fundamental faith group called "keepers at home" as an adolescent you are taught how to be a house wife, I hated it, baking bread and doing laundry is boring and suppressive. I cant speak for everyone, but from my experience in the U.S, faith school organizations are just a political stomping ground and restricts your opportunity to properly learn. Critical thinking skills are crucially needed during development to overcome arrogance, in my experience, without it, you divide yourself from others. Creationism is pseudoscience, it is anything but academic education. Church and state needs a divorce.
Just like theology does not belong at a univesity. When studying theology, you're studying something that cannot be questioned, only interpreted. It has no place at any institute of education.
@chris.. well stated and I concur and thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience.
@@thedarknessthatcomesbefore4279 I appreciate it, thank you :)
@@coreyv8150 I see what you are saying yes! it is unethical that interpretations of scripture or its poetry are used to justify ideas without question due to its claim of superior value. I think it is important at some point to teach higher learning skills, to explain our phycological tendency's to believe in belief and our biases. To help kids grasp our multicultural world is of social benefit to them so they are not strangers to one another, I don't have knowledge on the correct way to go about the religious aspect. If I too could have it my way; the teaching of dogmatic views in itself would never appear suitable for an academic system, because as you said; it cant be questioned. Thanks for the feedback :)
Even though I've been an athiest since the age of 10, I had to keep going to church till I was 16. I still catch myself muttering a hymn or two, it's been burned into my brain and it's very upsetting when it does happen, it's an unpleasant reminder of my childhood.
Think of it this way, your childhood experience and religious "knowledge," only strengthens and fortifies your scientific knowledge on why many religious teachings are false.
31:53 They actually captured the little girl's drumstick falling into the sewer.
yea, saw it 2 XD
A science teacher who also doubles up as a prayer warrior...
Respect Richard , respect what he did all these years for human being. I also feel touched when little children started to ask all kinds of questions at the end of this video.
the end of video
We watched this in my RE class in a CofE school, I was amazed that the majority of the class still stuck to their relative faiths after watching this. I was already an atheist, and heavily against faith schools, sadly it was my heavily religious parents' choice to send me there. Just completely shocking that the faithful have no self awareness whatsoever.
Kudo's to you for being strong in a weak environment
Thank you, Richard, you're wonderful.
Thank you for this, Professor Dawkins. You are a true champion of promoting science!
Thank you for this. You are a great man. Never give up the fight
24:10 this is what happens when you don't understand what a scientific theory means!!!! What a painful disgrace to humanity.
True
Brilliant video - thanks for uploading!! Having endured (& yes I chose that word specifically) a strict Catholic education I agree with everything you've said here!! To the horror of my parents, I turned my back on Catholicism & found my true path at 19 but raised all my own children free from any religious or spiritual belief answering questions truthfully. Santa Claus was a childhood fantasy, supported only through childhood, for example!! They are now doing the same with their own children.
Those children at the end will talk about the time they saw Richard Dawkins talk in person, until they're very old, and Richard is long gone, and it will be like listening to someone now who actually met Enstein.
*_If Americans came from Europe then why are there still Europeans_*
The end of this video was beautiful. It made me think of my own childhood and allowed me to reflect on how my parents and grandparents never indoctrinated me into a specific belief. As an adult there are few things I'm more grateful for.
If fried chicken came from chicken why are there still chicken?
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Great show, Thank you.
Poor poor child, who wanted to become a doctor, and yet taught to them salted water and non-salted water don't mix. Students are taught non-science in science class, my my....
Seen it before. Watched it again. ;) Great show, and love the way it ends.
If parents pay or the state pays, faith schools are teaching children to be ignorent. Abolish both of them.
This is scary.
I had a talk with an acquaintance of mine who happens to be a devout Muslim and for the most part we get along very well with him treating his faith as a private affair and me keeping my Atheism private. One time we happened to be discussing various violent and political moves happening across the board and he was mostly upset that because of a few maniacs the entire religion is being scrutinized and how it was not fair.
I explained to him that the prime reason for people pointing the finger at Muslims was not because they are simply Muslim. I explained that a lot of us know that a good chunk of them are decent people and that is unquestionable however, what is perceived as troubling is that whenever something bad happens as a result of extremism is that we only hear "Oh, they are not real Muslims", "Islam is religion of peace" and that is where it stops. In short its not that they are Muslim, its that they never condemn the deeds publicly nor do we see any efforts by the faithful trying to resolve this issues. Just to prove my point I added that this applies to all faiths and that whenever we see some Christian, Jewish, Hindu or other believer with an extreme stance do something horrible one of the first things that happens is that the leaders of that organisation tends to publicly condemn the act, does internal investigations and at least try to prevent future incidents.
Inability to change and adapt as time goes on is a sure way for anyone or anything to cease to exist over time.
34:15 I found this question awefully tricky. Generally speaking, on the one hand, one might say yes: the parents should do what is right for their child BUT I'd say under under the condition that the safety and the freedom of the child is not compromised. But this begs the question, who can decide what is freedom and safety for a child? Obviously scientific based evidence should do that, but then, what happens next?
Perhaps we should let the child decide for themsleves🤔.
I dunno tbh, you tell me.
Its a good question tho.
Thank you for addressing these enemies of reason. My mom has been a speech and language pathologist for 45 years, and my brother teaches special needs children for just a few years. I am currently looking into fields
In education because of the dire need for proper education. It’s shocking how faith schools are allowed to operate with impunity. Especially within the United States.
It’s a trend that needs to
Be halted
And eradicated
For better future for all.
Your program on those religious people whose send their children in religious school is great. The world would remember your services for Humanity in right direction .
Richard Dawkins..... May you live long to liberate more minds from the madness of religion!🙏
Blood pressure rising?.... Just as well I remembered to take my medication this morning! Ten years on (2020) the situation doesn't seem much better. I despair of the way Religion = Tribe Membership.
GRACIAS! muy informativo y educacional~
I love how he still insists on evidence even when he is talking to little ones at the end of the video
Hindu school??
Even in India I rarely heard about any Hindu School.
Yeap we used to have Gurukul like decades/centuries ago... But this is the first time hearing 'Hindu school'
Yeah me also
Lol i have never seen a hindu school in my life.
Arya Central School is a Hindu school. Rama krishna mission has their schools. There are also several schools run by the various gurus, yogis and matas.
Yeah
I love you man, you are one of the most unbiased and intelligent humans I have ever seen!
Excellent documentary, it was interesting. I and my now ex husband are Christians, we sent all 4 of our children to C of E schools and although they attended church with us when young we also ensured that they learnt the other side of subjects discussed at school and in church and how the world today looks at these things. If they didn't want to go to church with us when older they didn't have to, they all grew up to be atheists but still have respect and an understanding of all religions but do not believe themselves. We did not have them christened much to both families disappointment because we decided to let the children decide on which if any religion they wish to follow. And my grandchildren are being given the same experience, I have taken them to church with me and we have also visited other churches, mosques and other worship places so they get to have as many different experiences we can provide. They also learn evolution and science from their father who is highly intelligent as is my daughter. My sons have said they would do the same if they had children although they do not wish to have any until they are in their late 30's if at all and not late 20's like their sister.
Wonderful production. Keep it up RDF!
I teach casual in Sydney public schools. When I go to a new school if I have some time I go and look for Richard Dawkins books, particularly The Magic Of Reality. Not one to be found! A science head-teacher said to me recently, when discussing chaplains in schools, 'if we didn't have religion where would morals come from?' There's a slow, a slow train coming, coming round the bend...
2022 and I still am shocked that religion still has infected kids now adults minds
Amazing add always!
Great video and a worthy challenge to take up. Find out where candidate's stand on faith schools.
13:50 Dr. Dawkins speaking from the pulpit. Priceless.
Children’s are innocent, teach them the reasonable knowledge, for their own future
this was great.. please make more of these an upload to youtube
❤❤❤thank you Richard
One human, one destiny, one knowledge, which is closed to truth
"You should look at the Qur'an and reconcile it with evolution, which is what the Christians have done."
- Very generous to Christianity as a whole!
Biblical Christians do NOT believe in the THEORY of evolution.
As KJV UK & you (Oliver) point out not all Christians are that bright, some are still ignorant of science and seem to like it that way. Luckily very few in the UK but much more magical thinking goes on in the USA.
Why this beautiful documentary from 2013 only have 29K views! What a shame!
As useful as the German system is, it lacks the 'freedom' the US system has. I think the problem for US system isn't necessarily the structure but the administration. Teaches in many cases aren't allowed to teach. They have to adhere to strict guidelines that may or may not be conducive to learning. Good teachers need the ability to be dynamic with lesson in order to best cater to students. Also, in many districts, schools can't get rid of bad teachers. This just the tip of the iceberg.
19:35 - let me fix that sentence for you: one faith was stupid enought to open it´s door for filming
these poor children
American here. Teachers not including substitutes are required to have at least a Bachelor's degree. Including a teachers certificate. Which in some colleges or universities include being a student teacher (you go to local school and intern). And hand full of other classes specific to teaching. It's like a minor (Associates in Education) and a major in whatever main concentration.
Very well done documentary. Many good points were raised. There was one point where Dawkins compares conflicting rights mentioning the right not to be offended. I’m not entirely certain this can be considered to be a right. If it were, I know a few people that are perpetually being persecuted because of their own tendency to be offended at the slightest slight.
I worked at a Christian school for a brief time and they pledged allegiance to the Bible every day.
Theocrats are always a threat to a free state.
I would love to know what happened to the children that were interviewed in the faith school. Did she ever become a doctor?
Great work Mr. Dwakins ❤
Great Work Dear Mentor... My father treated me the same way as you treat your child.... Shame to all those parents who are themselves deprived of the truth and abuse their child due to their stupid beliefs... !
I questioned the nun at IR one Sunday about how she contradicted what she told us the week before , her answer ‘you must have faith’ . I thought I’m not that dumb even at 12 it sounded like bullshit!
Those poor kids, even as a child of 10 i was able to distinguish fact from fairytale i fear if i were more heavily indoctrinated it may have been far more difficult...
Excellent video, echoing a mate of mine's essay. The old parental paradigm may have run it's course.
I'm so glad this channel is back !