We Don't Do God? | Christopher Hitchens & John Haldane at Oxford

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  • @TheGeeJ
    @TheGeeJ Місяць тому +15

    I was a christian apologist, the Veritas Forum debates made me an atheist. Thanks for the all the wonderful free thinkers you brought in that helped me out of religion.

  • @bucketheadkfc
    @bucketheadkfc 8 років тому +3121

    If Hitchens was hungry, he would say "I am hungry." IfJohn Haldane was hungry, he would say "I, as someone who is bipedal and has to acquire energy from a source outside myself and beyond my autonomous being, must seek out and obtain carbon-based organisms in the form of plants and animals (most of them being quadrupeds) as a source of God-given sustenance to which we should be thankful."

    • @trainerd1
      @trainerd1 8 років тому +103

      William Gilliam most adroitly stated. Kudos.

    • @bucketheadkfc
      @bucketheadkfc 8 років тому +67

      Thanks haha. Haldantiliously*

    • @MrSidney9
      @MrSidney9 8 років тому +65

      William Gilliam LMAO this is gold funny

    • @quepasaraul
      @quepasaraul 8 років тому +94

      To provide complexity and not to be a crashing bore are not mutually exclusive propositions.

    • @richdandanell2911
      @richdandanell2911 7 років тому +82

      Your confusing complexity with long winded .

  • @bucketheadkfc
    @bucketheadkfc 3 роки тому +597

    Mechanic: "Do you know what type of oil change you want?
    John Haldane: "Knowledge of the inherent viscosity present throughout the fractionally distilled hydrocarbons is not only optimal but unequivocally essential in regards to maintaining the neutralization of acids that originate from fuel oxidation. In addition to the aforementioned basic constituents, almost all lubricating oils contain corrosion and oxidation inhibitors, which lends credence to the commonly held opinion that the elevated initial cost of the traditional synthetic oil replacement in a vehicle, containing an internal combustion engine, is necessary if the person (or persons) is at all concerned with appropriately managing their finances."
    Mechanic: "Huh?"

    • @bearlemley
      @bearlemley 3 роки тому +35

      Hitch: “Yes”

    • @jhscolombianito7598
      @jhscolombianito7598 3 роки тому +15

      Jajaja . Oh my friend . That was really funny

    • @canuckereh9202
      @canuckereh9202 3 роки тому +14

      Well done! 👍🏼

    • @vtblda
      @vtblda 3 роки тому +26

      In other words, the man is unctuous, viscous and slippery. I say no more just because I don't want to bore you.

    • @pcrepair7456
      @pcrepair7456 3 роки тому +5

      Passenger: Upon study of sitting here, notwithstanding thirst and hunger for more

  • @williambissell4792
    @williambissell4792 2 роки тому +91

    Once I started focusing on Haldane's handling of his glasses, I was happily relieved of trying to figure out what he was trying to say.

    • @thesprawl2361
      @thesprawl2361 2 роки тому +20

      My god he's boring. You can tell he's a religious philosopher by the way he instinctively covers up his meaning with as much technical jargon as possible. One of my most reliable rules about epistemic claims is: if a person is confident in their argument they will make it as easy as possible for others to understand it, and if they don't have confidence in their argument they will go out of their way to cover up its flaws with obfuscatory language.

    • @tracyavent-costanza346
      @tracyavent-costanza346 2 роки тому +8

      @@thesprawl2361
      yep, aside of constantly playing with his glasses (maybe he needs to get bifocals), I am challenged to turn his mumbled words into maybe ONE PARAGRAPH that gets to the point.

    • @thesprawl2361
      @thesprawl2361 2 роки тому +10

      @@tracyavent-costanza346 I actually thought he came close to proving the existence of god because whenever he started talking I felt my soul trying to leave my body

    • @googleuser2609
      @googleuser2609 Рік тому

      hahahahahahahahaha

  • @predictorbibulous3327
    @predictorbibulous3327 3 роки тому +245

    Legend has it Haldane is still explaining how the debate went to the first person that asked him.

  • @mikhem1962
    @mikhem1962 4 роки тому +651

    Haldane has the unique ability of making you forget, by the end of a sentence, what the beginning of the sentence was about.

    • @suzannerossiter1682
      @suzannerossiter1682 3 роки тому +13

      Exactly

    • @dranoelhs
      @dranoelhs 3 роки тому +65

      It's because he himself, doesn't, as you will, such like, now to some extent, as a reflection of, in the sphere, of , any more than in the sphere of, say, what it is.

    • @pdru4132
      @pdru4132 3 роки тому +39

      @@dranoelhs let's not forget the importance of speaking in a soft tone in a rhythm, that is to say a recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech, that makes one feel as if they are waiting for their luggage to arrive on a baggage carousel after an extremely long flight.

    • @theinnerlight8016
      @theinnerlight8016 3 роки тому +22

      So it happened to you too? I thought almost my attention span must be shrinking ;)

    • @christopherhamilton3621
      @christopherhamilton3621 3 роки тому +8

      Sentimental rhetoric only occurs outside of proper philosophical & theological discussion? Puhleeeeze!!!! Are ALL theologians this conceited ?

  • @proonguice8386
    @proonguice8386 5 років тому +755

    Haldane talked for 10 mins before I realized I had passed-out behind the wheel and drove my car straight through an active state fair ground.

  • @theinnerlight8016
    @theinnerlight8016 3 роки тому +386

    I discovered the Hitch when he was already dead, sadly. One thing stands out a lot to me, when reading comments under many videos with him - people explaining how much they miss him, without ever having met him. I feel the same way. How happy are we for living in the age of youtube and the internet so that we can at least watch Hitchens' debate and listen to him. Sometimes I even stumble over a video that I haven't yet seen and it always puts a smile on my face.

    • @dannyheeley5866
      @dannyheeley5866 2 роки тому +24

      I think we miss him so much, because we know what a great loss to the world it was when he died. A truly independent and rational thinker, and an excellent writer & speaker, I hope when he went, that it was peaceful

    • @RR-qf9re
      @RR-qf9re 2 роки тому +22

      Oh it was so satisfying watching him dismantle Fox news goons in real time which is where i was first introduced to his genius.

    • @MrSigmatico
      @MrSigmatico 2 роки тому +15

      @@RR-qf9re Well that must have been a piece of cake for him, would you happen to have a link for that sounds like a slaugther.

    • @tkenglander6226
      @tkenglander6226 2 роки тому +4

      Well said!!

    • @jeffhough7460
      @jeffhough7460 2 роки тому +5

      A brilliant man to be sure and he is sorely missed

  • @dennisconstantine624
    @dennisconstantine624 3 роки тому +86

    How can Haldane say so much yet not a word makes sense, but he did cure my insomnia.

    • @googleuser2609
      @googleuser2609 2 роки тому +2

      LOL/😂

    • @brigittecaron2081
      @brigittecaron2081 2 роки тому +6

      he is putting me to sleep...!!! because....he never come to the point...!!!

    • @lewisbates3468
      @lewisbates3468 3 місяці тому +1

      Yes I agree, after only a few minutes I realised he was speaking but saying nothing of substance.

    • @sarahmurphy-nf4yl
      @sarahmurphy-nf4yl 2 місяці тому +1

      He is out of his depth and trying to cover it with double speak.

  • @Ronnereggae
    @Ronnereggae 3 роки тому +71

    I got to 5 mins into Haldane's speech, got bored then started reading everyone's comments then realised why I got bored and started reading everyone's comments! A suggestion of a book title for Haldane "How to say a lot while saying nothing"!

  • @biggstavros5876
    @biggstavros5876 5 років тому +508

    I hope John Haldane never writes a book on `how to boil an egg`.

    • @Resenbrink
      @Resenbrink 4 роки тому +12

      i hope i never have to eat any egg he has boiled

    • @TheJoker-lz2ws
      @TheJoker-lz2ws 4 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @taxidude
      @taxidude 4 роки тому +13

      I hear volume 1 is nearly finished!

    • @blair3264
      @blair3264 4 роки тому +1

      @@Resenbrink go vegan - you won't

    • @olivetree9920
      @olivetree9920 4 роки тому +1

      Ll

  • @francismallard5892
    @francismallard5892 3 роки тому +392

    “I’d like to take a moment to recognize the void that is left by our dear friend Christopher Hitchens. I’m sure we can imagine what he would think about the topics here this evening, but none of us can imagine just how well he would say it. The man had more wit and style than several civilizations I could name.”
    - Sam Harris.

    • @michaellangan4450
      @michaellangan4450 3 роки тому +7

      Agreed.

    • @vtblda
      @vtblda 3 роки тому +5

      Very well said!

    • @cornellete
      @cornellete 3 роки тому +6

      ....unfortunately he will now have to face the consequences of his beliefs. If there isn't a God then he's okay, but if there is a God then he is probably terrified of the reality he's finding himself in.

    • @vtblda
      @vtblda 3 роки тому +26

      @@cornellete if there is a god, I'm sure it's not like the god described in the abrahamic scriptures, and it will be like the kind of god interested in discussing the issue with Hitchens. And he will have an excellent contender in him. He will be amazed with the complexity of his creation. And certainly he will be proud of it!

    • @dyschromotopia
      @dyschromotopia 3 роки тому +14

      @@cornellete i know where my money is.

  • @CosmicValkyrie
    @CosmicValkyrie 5 років тому +389

    hitchens starts at 6:24
    Q&A hitchens answer at 34:17
    hitchens question at 38:12
    hitchens answer at 42:02
    hitchens answer at 52:28

  • @Lanearndt
    @Lanearndt 6 років тому +46

    Thanks be to God that I can fast forward through Haldane's bogus nonsense and get to the brilliant rhetoric of Christopher Hitchens!!

  • @ElliottMorrow
    @ElliottMorrow 4 роки тому +504

    Haldane has taught me how to take my 500 word paper and turn it into a 10,000 word paper without any extra time at the library

    • @tombry4480
      @tombry4480 3 роки тому +35

      1:25:07 Audience: If god is omnipotent, how do you explain free will? Haldane: well that's done over a 12 week course...

    • @googleuser2609
      @googleuser2609 3 роки тому +8

      😀😂

    • @googleuser2609
      @googleuser2609 3 роки тому +5

      Lol

    • @yomilalgro
      @yomilalgro 3 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @jimvanlint8043
      @jimvanlint8043 3 роки тому +21

      Remember that old British saying, 'Bullshit baffles brains', I think it's supposed to have its origins came from our British army.

  • @tl6690
    @tl6690 3 роки тому +448

    We lost a great man 10 years ago today. You'll never be forgotten. RIP Hitch!

    • @purgatoriprytania5382
      @purgatoriprytania5382 3 роки тому +18

      Despite being a Christian, I agree. I wish he was still with us today.

    • @nasticanasta
      @nasticanasta 3 роки тому +10

      Lol he met his maker, and it wasn’t good, I can’t believe atheists think Hutchins was intelligent… he was the worst proponent of it… was a complete dunce

    • @nasticanasta
      @nasticanasta 3 роки тому +3

      @@purgatoriprytania5382 just like we need liberals around to remind us how ridiculous they are.

    • @JudgeHoldenUwU
      @JudgeHoldenUwU 3 роки тому +48

      @@nasticanasta rational people always seem irrational to dumb people if you think he was dunce then that means he has done his job perfectly.

    • @JudgeHoldenUwU
      @JudgeHoldenUwU 3 роки тому +14

      @joseph deutsch he might be gone but he has left his mark on the world and his legacy and his ideas are still alive. so he will always be remembered and remain alive in our minds for this and all of the future generations to come he has certainly left his mark on history and the world. Unlike You who will be forgotten in a couple of years after you and your rotten brain is finally buried deep under ground.

  • @bucketheadkfc
    @bucketheadkfc 8 років тому +133

    I've never heard someone speak so much without really saying anything. Being "friendly" and well-spoken (and a believer) is all you need to convince people that you are telling the truth.

    • @bucketheadkfc
      @bucketheadkfc 2 роки тому +2

      @@GeorgeBletchly The terms "Agnostic" and "Atheist" are not mutually exclusive. Almost all Atheists are also Agnostic. Theism/Atheism has to do with belief. Gnosticism/Agnosticism is about knowledge. You say that you are not entirely convinced...which means you are atheist by definition, because you don't have a belief in that specific thing. You are agnostic because you are open to it. Being open to the premise means that you don't KNOW for sure if god does or doesn't exist. It doesn't make sense to say "I'm not an Atheist, I'm Agnostic."

    • @bucketheadkfc
      @bucketheadkfc 2 роки тому

      @@GeorgeBletchly I agree with everything you just said. This is a very complex topic, and I apologize for not treating it as such.

    • @anothertime1282
      @anothertime1282 2 роки тому +5

      'Being "friendly" and well-spoken... is all you need to convince people that you are telling the truth.' - It's how you get a chair at a British university.

    • @krazyeagles6557
      @krazyeagles6557 Рік тому

      This government is not tolerant. Hitch was wrong and privileged in this belief

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Рік тому

      Mankind has lost its ability to discern right from wrong. This earth originally was created semi-divine and now has become satanic. The more one denies the Lord, the greater Satan smiles.

  • @renatebaramy4666
    @renatebaramy4666 11 років тому +1010

    Every time I watch a programme with Christopher Hitchens I miss him more.What a loss to the world

    • @TNsher776
      @TNsher776 6 років тому +10

      he was the devil's son!

    • @kingsleysmith3570
      @kingsleysmith3570 6 років тому +4

      Renate Baramy Bertrand Russell

    • @mauriciobetancourtAutor
      @mauriciobetancourtAutor 6 років тому +10

      He became a far right lunatic towards the end of is life. I don't miss him at all.

    • @witchsabbath13
      @witchsabbath13 6 років тому +11

      M Betan oh no. Someone had a political opinion?

    • @tylerkasuboski3366
      @tylerkasuboski3366 5 років тому +34

      @M Betan If Christopher Hitchens were still alive today I believe you'd find him vehemently opposed to the creeping trends of authoritarianism and nationalism which endanger the current global political landscape (Russia, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Philippines, Venezuela, the U.S.A., etc.). Furthermore, what his take on the Syrian conflict would be is unknown, though we can almost assuredly state that he would advocate U.S. military intervention to help the Kurds defend themselves from the multi-pronged threat against them posed by Turkey, Syria (and by extension, Russia). Likewise any reassessments or re-evaluations of his positions regarding the ultimate successes/failures of the War In Iraq and our presence in Afghanistan on Hitchens part (though I dare assert that Hitchens would find the proposition of handing control of Afghanistan BACK to the Taliban through U.S. disengagement quite troubling) are unknown. In the end, there likely will NEVER be a more eloquent and unequivocal opponent of all things authoritarian and imperialistic (in the end, have the facts borne out that the War In Iraq WAS simply about U.S. oil interests?) than Mr. Hitchens. For you to relegate him the title of "a far right lunatic towards the end of his life" is in my opinion a tragic misunderstanding of Hitchens and poisonous to the legacy which he has left. Hitchens was always a liberal, much to the chagrin of some Liberals who themselves harbor illusions of benevolent state authority.

  • @The_Bookshelf_Life
    @The_Bookshelf_Life 6 років тому +689

    I ended up skipping over Haldane’s speaking. Not because he was saying things I didn’t want, rather because he wasn’t really saying anything.

    • @davidr1431
      @davidr1431 4 роки тому +43

      I agree. I remember reading the Foundation trilogy by Asimov. In one book, a character distills the extensive pronouncements of a politician, eliminating anything which has no relevance, meaning or applicability, and ends up proving that he had, in fact, said nothing at all. Haldane seems a living example of this.
      I can imagine students subjected to a lecture by him, sitting in the theatre, pens poised, listening intently at his intelligent sounding pontifications, waiting for the first of many gems to fall, but slowly relaxing their hands as they realise that the emporer is sadly naked after all, and leaving with the page covered in doodles wondering how they are going to pass their course.

    • @bretzajac7986
      @bretzajac7986 4 роки тому +3

      you're a fool

    • @mellowtron214
      @mellowtron214 4 роки тому +31

      I listened all the way, but I’ll be damned if the folks asking questions weren’t 80% cringey self involved fuckos.
      Anyways, Haldanes best bits were all pretty toothless and vague. Something about how religion isn’t useful to explain the moral content but the fact that all humans have a kind of moral compass that leads them one way or another.
      If there is anything I dislike most in these religious debates, it’s a theist who is presenting such a neutered version of their particular faith; that it’s self defeating and pointless to have presented in a debate.
      So, I can perfectly understand your skipping the Haldane parts, and no you’re not a fool for doing so.

    • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
      @PetroicaRodinogaster264 4 роки тому +8

      Mr. Sotack agree...I hardly could grasp his point at all.

    • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
      @PetroicaRodinogaster264 4 роки тому +1

      Bret Zajac So you are neither a believer nor an atheist? Are you a dog? You obviously have not listened to either speaker. .

  • @MrChiangching
    @MrChiangching 2 роки тому +63

    We played a drinking game where you take a drink every time Haldane takes his glasses off. We all passed out after 20 minutes

    • @ranathane
      @ranathane Рік тому +1

      What can I add but...LOL!

  • @drstrangelove09
    @drstrangelove09 9 років тому +65

    "You've made a mystery where this is none." Excellent!

  • @bradderzpartridge
    @bradderzpartridge 8 років тому +178

    Haldane does a fine job of verbal tap dancing outside of the actual and literal subject matter while Hitchens goes straight for the jugular of the subject matter. Bravo. RIP Hitch

    • @bmlgmk
      @bmlgmk 4 роки тому +10

      Agreed! And that’s why Hitchens won this debate using clear, concise, relatable language that moves directly to his point. When your audience looses track of what you’re saying, you automatically lose, Dr. Haldane.

    • @BackseatCharlie
      @BackseatCharlie 2 роки тому +2

      Like a conservative politician

    • @alexh1524
      @alexh1524 2 роки тому +5

      Hitchens superficial criticisms of distorted applications of religiously based moral principles doesn’t really answer the question. Morality needs a firm foundation otherwise it devolves into moral relativism. There have been numerous human societies that have practiced such abhorrent practices as human sacrifices, cannibalism, and infanticide. Is there anything in evolutionary theory that informed these societies regarding the immoral nature of their practices? Hitchens had the privilege of having been raised in a Judeo-Christian society that condemned such practices. What if he had been born in a place and time where such practices were deemed acceptable and necessary for the survival of the community? There is nothing in the foundation of his worldview that would have have instructed him to repudiate such practices. That ‘golden rule’ he mentioned would have gone out the window once he realized that neighbor living on that nearby island was smacking his lips thinking of cutting him up at the next barbecue.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 роки тому

      Any Viced Rhino Fans here?

    • @vtblda
      @vtblda 2 роки тому

      @@slevinchannel7589 me!

  • @michellelloyd8865
    @michellelloyd8865 4 роки тому +200

    still love you darling Christopher, you cared more for humanity than any church could

    • @mannytps9986
      @mannytps9986 4 роки тому +11

      Cap. Not trying to argue that Christianity is true but Churches have done a great deal in helping people’s live. It would be both naive and ignorant to simply ignore their contributions. Christian or not.

    • @MrGabrucho
      @MrGabrucho 3 роки тому +16

      @@mannytps9986 well, she said care, it would be ridiculously naive to think the church (not one or other priest) cares for humanity

    • @poozer1986
      @poozer1986 3 роки тому +20

      @@mannytps9986 is thanks to churches, that the Rwandan genocide became a reality. Churches are completely useless, pointless, and personally, an eyesore

    • @iancastor69
      @iancastor69 3 роки тому +3

      Very, very true

    • @harriemeijers9826
      @harriemeijers9826 3 роки тому +5

      Or any church ever did.

  • @jesterc.6763
    @jesterc.6763 3 роки тому +26

    Atheist : logic, reason, simplicity
    Theist : Word salad that reminds you of chruch.

  • @rajmohankadavil5983
    @rajmohankadavil5983 4 роки тому +336

    Now I know you can miss someone you never knew, and be intolerably sad that they're gone.

    • @TBOTSS
      @TBOTSS 3 роки тому +5

      John Haldane is still with us.

    • @LaGrandeBayou
      @LaGrandeBayou 3 роки тому +2

      Yes. I feel the same way about the original lineup of Lynyrd Skynryd

    • @AA-69
      @AA-69 3 роки тому +3

      Can i join your club ? 😢

    • @johnpanter9714
      @johnpanter9714 3 роки тому +9

      I miss Hitch

    • @johnpanter9714
      @johnpanter9714 3 роки тому +1

      @@TBOTSS unfortunately

  • @grindlayforrest109
    @grindlayforrest109 4 роки тому +268

    Haldane is a kind of religious politician. He's perfected the art of speaking fluently and at length whilst saying nothing.

  • @galileoshift8330
    @galileoshift8330 5 років тому +198

    hitchens shape-shifted my critical thinking 180°
    likewise my intellectual bravery
    a personal paradigm shift
    to his work i am forever grafeful

    • @froggy187888
      @froggy187888 4 роки тому +4

      Welcome to the dark side 🤣🤣🤣

    • @zobbukit
      @zobbukit 4 роки тому +6

      aud loves life ..an unnecessary use of a comma before “but”.

    • @TheSonicDeviant
      @TheSonicDeviant 4 роки тому +1

      aud loves life - You should edit your username then.

    • @TheSonicDeviant
      @TheSonicDeviant 4 роки тому

      Likewise.

    • @MusicInfected
      @MusicInfected 4 роки тому

      *grapefruit

  • @no-oneman.4140
    @no-oneman.4140 2 роки тому +16

    A man whose ferocious intellect was well matched by his courage, such a loss.

  • @kilogods
    @kilogods 8 років тому +185

    16:30 Hitch predicts the rise of Putin and his Russia. Not in any weird prophetic way, just that he was informed and intelligent enough to see today's headlines coming (2016) in 2010. This was a wise and educated man.

    • @LucasChoate
      @LucasChoate 6 років тому +11

      I love Hitch but yeah, anyone who was watching saw Putin coming in 1999

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 6 років тому +3

      yea..you are just as smart as hitchens....just no one ever heard of you or your great intelligence

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 6 років тому +3

      Ooohh leave him alone you big bully you......

    • @tylerkasuboski3366
      @tylerkasuboski3366 5 років тому +11

      Aside from his prescient observations of the increasingly disruptive role of an authoritarian Russia under Putin made by Hitchens in this 2011 debate he also pointed out likely future conflict with Saudi Arabia and a nuclear Iran (an ever-growing threat particularly in light of our idiot, reality TV star "President" Donald Trump's decision to scrap the imperfect, but arguably functional Iran Nuclear Treaty signed during the Obama administration, without offering any substantive alternative, thus providing Iran with virtually NO incentive not to begin rebuilding their mostly dismantled nuclear program, which may likely be the catalyst of a regional conflict which could escalate into one of global scale between the Israel loving U.S. and an Iran-friendly Russia). Hitchens always had an extraordinary grasp of geopolitics (even when his honest conclusions put him at odds with the ideological stance of the anti-war Left who turned their back on him, despite his status as an unapologetic classical liberal and skeptic, at lightning speed) so it should be of little surprise that his words ring so disturbingly "prophetic" (note the quotation marks please) in 2019. Hitchens will likely still be highly relevant due to his observations and top-flight rhetoric and reasoning abilities, even decades from now. A truly brilliant thinker with a razor-sharp wit who I miss tremendously, especially in the age of Trump. Hitchens would have had a field day with both the political dysfunction of the U.S. and U.K. and one can only imagine how he may have cut through the crap straight to the quick of the nail.

    • @dashlamb9318
      @dashlamb9318 5 років тому +3

      And holy shit! What can be said about the headlines of 2019? No, I think it could be argued Hitchens was a Prophet of God! Which is kinda fuckin ironic!

  • @EdnaMillion.
    @EdnaMillion. 9 років тому +526

    I've watched dozens of videos with Hitchens and I haven't seen anyone get anywhere close to winning a debate with him.

    • @JudeMalachi
      @JudeMalachi 8 років тому +25

      Watch the one with David Berlinski. Hitchens was the absolute triumph of style over substance, but Berlinski has both style and substance in spades. Also you might watch Hitchens debate his brother to see just how much Chris' tremendous charisma helped him, because that debate is like watching a charismatic Hitchen debate himself in a mirror that does not reflect his charisma back. The real point at which Christopher Hitchens starts appearing transparent is when you realize that at bottom he was just one of the last true believers in a late 19th and early 20th century socialism. It is easy to criticize an argument when you have as much wit and bravado as Hitchen's did, but when you start asking yourself what is he really promoting you start to see just how short he is actually coming up. Again, this is where the debate he had with his brother is informative.

    • @senecauk8363
      @senecauk8363 8 років тому +15

      +Artistically Motivated Hitchens has debated Dinesh D'Souza several times. In some of those Dinesh does pretty well, I would say.

    • @81Mace81
      @81Mace81 7 років тому +25

      What an absurd statement, and that's without even addressing the literacy of it.
      The quantity of Atheistic Scientists and Philosophers is dominant: Hume, Freud, Russell, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre, Singer, Dennett, Dawkins, Krauss, Harris, Sagan, Stenger, Hoyle, Hawking, Coyne, Bohr, Feynman, Crick, Higgs, Schrodinger, Weinberg just to name a few.
      Note also, they were all post Darwin. As for 'Saints' you may kindly keep those for yourself.

    • @Nick-gi6hj
      @Nick-gi6hj 7 років тому +13

      He talked to Prager that was bringing up legitimate questions, but Hitchens wouldn't listen and kept running his mouth with his opinion, and for that reason some people think he wins. But even atheists commented saying that he was rude and not debating..

    • @mariai9549
      @mariai9549 7 років тому +1

      Hitchens was just one man with HIS assertions. He was or did not need to be the only voice to debate for non believers of religion.

  • @vashna3799
    @vashna3799 9 років тому +206

    John Haldane's lecture conferences - a perfect treatment for insomnia.

    • @dochenry9312
      @dochenry9312 9 років тому +14

      +Storm Hawk Spot on, Storm Hawk. Will make a loop for those sleepless nights (like tonight), entitled: "Haldane's Mundane Spiral Stairway to Heaven, Theism, Deism" or perhaps just, "white noise". Night.

    • @MrNikolidas
      @MrNikolidas 8 років тому +2

      +Storm Hawk That's really funny, because I genuinely fell asleep during his opening statement.

    • @JudeMalachi
      @JudeMalachi 8 років тому +1

      I need to get to sleep so I am going try your hypothesis out.

    • @Catholic-Redpilled-Spaniard
      @Catholic-Redpilled-Spaniard 8 років тому

      +Aaron Siering td4w

    • @Angrboda999
      @Angrboda999 8 років тому +3

      Haldane just waffles. It sounds brilliant, but consists of nothing. He should take up politics.

  • @NatureNymph46
    @NatureNymph46 2 роки тому +59

    Stephen Colbert once asked Keanu Reeves what he thinks happens when we die. Keanu replied, "I know that the ones who love us will miss us." Simply put, yet quite poignant. We miss you Christopher Hitchens.
    Luckily for us, his body may be gone but his words live on. A kind of immortality.... To be loved, missed, respected, and remembered long after we're gone is really the best we can all hope for.

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Рік тому

      Yes but how come he was an alcoholic and got cancer ?Is it true that everyone gets what they deserve?

    • @blueduck5589
      @blueduck5589 Рік тому +6

      @@jeffforsythe9514 As Hichens said,
      "Sure, I'm dying and so are you."

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Рік тому

      @@blueduck5589 Our souls are immortal, sorry.

    • @chipmarley
      @chipmarley Рік тому

      Even better is that we have proof that Christopher said all of this.
      Oddly there are no videos or photos of some supreme being who allegedly created everything
      All there are the made up lies and rules and words edited by religions who incidentally make a fortune grifting the poor.

    • @chipmarley
      @chipmarley Рік тому

      ​@@jeffforsythe9514 just like your mean, vain, murderous alleged god you have to smear those that do not agree with your bs.

  • @veda1166
    @veda1166 8 років тому +204

    I really wish he was still with us. We need him more than ever.

    • @harmonyjones8035
      @harmonyjones8035 8 років тому +3

      Would've been interesting watching him vote for Clinton after everything he's said about her. Sam Harris is firmly of the belief that Hitchens would have done exactly that, though reluctantly, but I'm not so sure. Trump is a monster but Hitchens was the world's most competent contrarian! He might just have surprised us :)
      Any thoughts?

    • @madzangels
      @madzangels 8 років тому +2

      I think Hitch would have voted for Trump, consider the contrast between Trump and Clintons views on the threat posed by Islam to the West, he also liked going against the intellectually populist view at times, especially given enough reason to - and I think Trumps take on Islam would have won the Hitch over :D

    • @Dataacid
      @Dataacid 8 років тому +22

      Hitchens would never vote for someone who thinks global warming is a hoax and vaccines cause autism.
      Never, it is more likely he would have kept the vote blank.

    • @mikeyuskiw3477
      @mikeyuskiw3477 4 роки тому +2

      Yes I agree- and thank you for saying it

    • @SatyabrataDas91
      @SatyabrataDas91 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly what I feel 😣😣😣😣

  • @johnruggiero4205
    @johnruggiero4205 4 роки тому +240

    Hitchens superior intellect and reasoning is astounding. I wasn’t fortunate enough to have been turned onto him, mostly b/c of my geography, until long after his death. But I’m forever grateful for his work, writing, & lectures. He has helped me verbalize my own world view in a more precise manner. He lived an amazing life, albeit a life that ended far too soon.

    • @patrickgibbon7657
      @patrickgibbon7657 3 роки тому +9

      TOTALLY. AGREE. I only discovered him too late, in January of 2020.
      Formidable and intellectually on the highest pedastal. What a loss his brain was to reasoning, mankind and humanity.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому +2

      @@patrickgibbon7657 It's amazing how losers see losers like Hitch as smart.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html

    • @BrianBoru5523
      @BrianBoru5523 2 роки тому +2

      You parrot him don't you?

    • @Zura-z6k
      @Zura-z6k 2 роки тому +6

      @@2fast2block Viva Zeus the true Deus! Yahweh is looser!

    • @paulfreeman4900
      @paulfreeman4900 2 роки тому +3

      OK, but it's still important you come to your own views. Hitchens may be seductive but it's important to put even his views under your own personal microscope.

  • @cuzned1375
    @cuzned1375 6 років тому +471

    I like how Haldane will just randomly remove his glasses and look around, as if to punctuate some really good point that he... hasn't made.

    • @clintclore5717
      @clintclore5717 5 років тому +12

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @stevenuge87
      @stevenuge87 5 років тому +11

      This made me burst out laughing. It’s so so true and funny.

    • @sanjios
      @sanjios 4 роки тому +5

      Watched too much CSI Miami. Check Jim Carrey imitating David Caruso

    • @patinthechat6452
      @patinthechat6452 4 роки тому +28

      @Cuzn Ed I don't know how many good points he thinks he made but he took his glasses off 22 times in the roughly 10 minutes he spoke. He favors his right hand for this job at a rate of 72.7%, both hands are at a 22.7% clip while left hand got 4.5% of the duty. Equally, he takes his glasses off 22 times, with e ever so slight edge favoring his left had at 54.5%. Alternatively he makes adjustments to his glasses (pulling the down the bridge of his nose etc) 10 times favoring his left hand to do this at a dominating 80%. There were some instances where he brought his glasses up but didn't actually put them on, (2) I didn't count those. This quarantine is getting to me, PLS SND HALP

    • @charlieducey8880
      @charlieducey8880 4 роки тому

      Nice ad hominem, my guy. It's not exactly rational, but ... fair. Try seeing it this way: Haldane is a career philosopher (and trained painter!). Hitchens is a career journalist (and trained writer). That alone should say something about the scope of rhetoric.

  • @AtamMardes
    @AtamMardes 2 роки тому +179

    "The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible."
    Mark Twain

    • @robertwhelan9469
      @robertwhelan9469 2 роки тому +11

      Did it for me.

    • @petyrkowalski9887
      @petyrkowalski9887 2 роки тому +11

      Yep… cured me

    • @jamesraj8762
      @jamesraj8762 2 роки тому

      If you study the bible and have a heart to understand it then you will really be cured of atheism ...worked for me.

    • @eddiekorkis
      @eddiekorkis 2 роки тому +3

      The Bible is a hard read. I would recommend the Bible project one UA-cam. Breaks down the different books in several minutes. Then when you read it the Bible starts to make sense. I especially like the wisdom series. It’s very clear that there’s a supernatural hand in it.

    • @dr.rickmarshall6697
      @dr.rickmarshall6697 2 роки тому +2

      @@eddiekorkis often we can't reliably quote and report events that happened a few days ago--with all the modern technology that is available. Yet you stick to a book that was written thousands of years ago and take it as absolute truth?!? This is absurd. Enjoy your delusion.If the bible were to say 2+2 = 5, you would find a way to make that work. the study of consciousness and the nature of reality goes way back, a long way beyond even Aristotle. As a topic of study in modern universities, it generates endless discussions, no enlightening answers because no one knows not you not me no one and if anyone say they do they are a liar. if there is a higher life form we no nothing of it .

  • @contemplations6881
    @contemplations6881 3 роки тому +32

    Thank you Haldane, i suffer from chronic insomnia but your mellifluous winding voice of little substance has helped me sleep well

  • @johnhudson7774
    @johnhudson7774 3 роки тому +23

    "Tonight we're going to ask that Christopher Hitchens doesn't speak about truthful, historically accurate, hurtful things that make us look bad."

  • @Drunk3nMonk3y72
    @Drunk3nMonk3y72 3 роки тому +58

    Every comment section of a Hitchens debate is full of respect and gratitude for the man. We miss you Hitch! Thank you for the wisdom you left behind and the many Hitchslaps we get to watch over and over again.

    • @KingLouieJones
      @KingLouieJones 2 роки тому +1

      Creepy, right? How people collectively revere or despise others without any nuance or grey area.

    • @katiebarber407
      @katiebarber407 Рік тому

      not everything has a grey area. somethings are simply black and white, right and wrong. not absolute and theres exceptions of course. but the fact that theres no evidence for god makes christians become hateful@@KingLouieJones

  • @rz2838
    @rz2838 3 роки тому +19

    The last question at the end, right before the final comments, deserves another listen! The delivery was slightly shaky but the question and wording so incredibly woven and brilliant. Professor Gilderoy Lockharts florid answer followed by the sound of an empty room, and him awkwardly saying “silence” responding to the absence of applause, was a great conclusion to the debate. Theology can’t even answer basic questions about life, and hardly as much about morality as it claims. Rights or justices has required bloodshed, and rarely dispensed, especially under theocracy.
    Hitchens, it turns, struck me at a later age, as brilliant. I opposed almost all the debates I watched him well over the past decade, and only recently transcended belief into reality. Thank you for being one of my guides and helping to show me how to take the risks (and enjoy the pleasures lol) in the pursuit of truth.

  • @49perfectss
    @49perfectss 4 роки тому +281

    This was Hitchens vs a human sleeping pill. Well done Hitch! Miss ya

    • @alexanderkempster449
      @alexanderkempster449 3 роки тому +15

      They should sound an alarm for when the Hitch is about to start talking 😂

    • @tommacdonald7990
      @tommacdonald7990 3 роки тому +5

      @@alexanderkempster449 Right on! I didn't get to Hitch since the typical emptiness of claims like Haldane's made me doze off! Argument? God is the source of goodness is a "rational" position because I say so. This catechismal approach leads to more questions than answers. "Who made you?" "God made me." Case closed.

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay 3 роки тому +8

      That's a good description, I've only watched Haldane for 10 minutes, and i've not only failed to understand where he is going with this, but I've faild to understand a single sentance.

    • @dionysuscreativellc7569
      @dionysuscreativellc7569 3 роки тому +4

      Is exactly what I am thinking as I watch this! LOL! I can't even make out what Haldane is trying to get at. It's like he is just saying random things, and to see this after Hitchens went on, Haldane just sounds lost. LOL... human sleeping pill, hahahaha!

    • @patrickgibbon7657
      @patrickgibbon7657 3 роки тому +4

      TOTALLY. AGREE. I only discovered him too late, in January of 2020.
      Formidable and intellectually on the highest pedastal. What a loss his brain was to reasoning, mankind and humanity.

  • @MarjorainMD
    @MarjorainMD 4 роки тому +23

    Science should have just clone Christopher Hitchens, sorely missed, never forgotten this fantastic and arguably very best polymath of the 20 and 21st Century.

  • @philipbannor3281
    @philipbannor3281 5 років тому +34

    Reading the comments here, I'm relieved to find it's not *only* me....

  • @adako25
    @adako25 3 роки тому +74

    Unbelievable! Listening to that guy has Cured My Insomnia!!! Thanks John!! 😀

    • @MrSigmatico
      @MrSigmatico 2 роки тому +1

      I suppose nothing is so bad it is not good for something, my mothers favorite saying that is.

    • @Jesus.is.the.Way.2386
      @Jesus.is.the.Way.2386 2 роки тому

      @@MrSigmatico Hitchens is a pop idol to so many grieving today, and who are still unable to fill that void, as the comments show; a little god, who could do no wrong, worshippers drooled over his every breath

    • @Rich7714
      @Rich7714 2 роки тому +3

      @@Jesus.is.the.Way.2386 Make one comment, then copy & paste it. Haha

  • @abiotic
    @abiotic 8 років тому +101

    I love listening to Hitchens: great eloquence, pure logic, sharp ripostas and the beauty of his English. Currently still unmatched.

    • @harmonyjones8035
      @harmonyjones8035 8 років тому +3

      Give it ten years and I think Douglas Murray might at least partially fill the void. He's not as eloquent; his mastery of the language isn't as fine, but it's a vaguely similar experience listening to him. That's why I say give it ten years. He's not there yet. Moreover, I hasten to add, I don't think he'll ever reach Hitchens' level. Hitchens was a ten, while I can't see Murray exceeding a nine. However, worth checking out if you're currently unfamiliar. Good luck!

    • @abiotic
      @abiotic 8 років тому +2

      Thanks! will check it out

    • @Greenbd100
      @Greenbd100 7 років тому +3

      Agnes Philomena Calm down

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 6 років тому +1

      I must sharpen my riposta......en garde!

    • @snatchinyopeople
      @snatchinyopeople 4 роки тому

      And the timbre of his voice. Magnificent.

  • @WildPhotoShooter
    @WildPhotoShooter 10 років тому +42

    What a desperate loss Christopher Hitchens is to the debate.
    A truly superb speaker with a depth of knowledge, on every subject on which he spoke, that is astonishing.

    • @iaingrant7192
      @iaingrant7192 10 років тому +5

      ...and the willingness to acknowledge his own weaknesses and areas of less knowledge...more honest than most

    • @WildPhotoShooter
      @WildPhotoShooter 10 років тому +2

      Yes, your comment is definitely an accurate description and I should have included that myself.

    • @WildPhotoShooter
      @WildPhotoShooter 10 років тому

      Pat McCann. Yes I've watched his standup, he was a great talent in that area too.

  • @SumTingWong1482
    @SumTingWong1482 3 роки тому +204

    Can you imagine the insufferable torture of sitting through a semester’s worth of class lectures from John Haldane? I’d rather give a limb than be subjected to such agonies.

    • @savtasimcha9669
      @savtasimcha9669 3 роки тому +6

      I’d have used it as homework time

    • @wantAvote
      @wantAvote 2 роки тому +10

      he puts me to sleep

    • @jameswells9403
      @jameswells9403 2 роки тому +13

      Doesn't deserve any of his diplomas.

    • @wantAvote
      @wantAvote 2 роки тому +14

      @@jameswells9403 in order to begin to understand haldane you MUST first believe in religion, hard and fast and your faith in God is unquestioning.
      I do NOT. Every line, every notion and every detail recounting of history haldane uses to confuse believers just reaffirms my deeply held beliefs, "religion is a scam."
      While i do believe God exists - i also believe modern religion has more to do with profits, power and possessions and less to do with Faith and God, Hope and Peace.

    • @elirien4264
      @elirien4264 2 роки тому +14

      He makes me envy the deaf.

  • @thomasowens5824
    @thomasowens5824 3 роки тому +18

    I tried, but at 26mins in and during Haldane's first speech I drifted and found myself thinking about dinner, that's bad considering I had just finished lunch.

  • @johnboyham5556
    @johnboyham5556 5 років тому +83

    He’s like a human sleeping pill. My god what a long way to say nothing

  • @1waitasec
    @1waitasec 11 років тому +111

    "does it make them happy? they are not happy, they won't be happy until i believe it too"
    there it is....
    i miss christopher....may his words and works live on.

    • @danelmore6553
      @danelmore6553 5 років тому

      one lives on not if they recite their words, but if they reincarnate their actions. There it also is.

    • @MasterCedar
      @MasterCedar 5 років тому

      Yes it is like a cancer, a self inflicted cancer.

    • @raysalmon6566
      @raysalmon6566 5 років тому

      Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” John 18

    • @MasterCedar
      @MasterCedar 5 років тому +3

      @@raysalmon6566 Pasture patties, you have nothing to support your claim that Jesus even lived, yet alone what he said.

    • @raysalmon6566
      @raysalmon6566 5 років тому

      @@MasterCedar
      John 21
      24 This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who wrote them down. We know that his testimony is true.
      25 Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.
      How about from his disciples

  • @boldsign
    @boldsign 8 років тому +90

    I wish Hitch was around to talk about Donald Trump winning the election.

    • @oro7114
      @oro7114 7 років тому +3

      He mocked Donald Trump on Cspan and sore him as more of a joke figure

    • @ryant32u
      @ryant32u 5 років тому +5

      Agnes Philomena he was a democratic socialist, so yes he would be on Bernie’s side and he thought Trump was a moron when he was alive. He would be embarrassed that this population elected Trump.

    • @milesbetrov
      @milesbetrov 5 років тому

      DT didnt appear out of nowhere. The conditions for his election were created by right wing extremist war mongers like Hitchens. It was sad to see Hitchens became this in the last 15 years of his life.

    • @MasterCedar
      @MasterCedar 5 років тому

      He would most likely reverted to his British nationality.

    • @safieandjatari1394
      @safieandjatari1394 5 років тому

      @Agnes Philomena he was not against abortion. He said that perhaps it is a moral matters to think again of such action. Is the the right of one's living trump the right of another life that carrying it ( lean to pro choice).
      He wanted us to think in a higher ground.

  • @georgefraser7143
    @georgefraser7143 2 роки тому +33

    I have bought two of Christopher Hitchins books, and have struggled with his intellect, but got through them with a dictionary and a fair bit of head scratching, my problem but I simply love his mind and intellect, for me his UA-cam talks are a think of beauty. What a mind what a man,

    • @jillianbowen7265
      @jillianbowen7265 Рік тому +2

      Something you might enjoy is listening to one of his audio books where he is the reader of his own work. It's incredible to hear him recount the work with all of the tone and inflection that made listening to him an experience to remember.

  • @queenanne5917
    @queenanne5917 10 років тому +207

    It's amazing that Hitchens can retort to the circle speaking, digressing and pseudo-articulate answers of believers so quickly. His mind was certainly sharper than any other.

    • @RePlaylist1
      @RePlaylist1 10 років тому +6

      And their minds are so dull.

    • @glutinousmaximus
      @glutinousmaximus 10 років тому +3

      RePlaylist1 I can't feel that this particular audience is 'dull' more than any other witnessing debates of this sort (though I did find Haldane quite dull) but rather that Hitch is so bright, quick witted and practised in his art. The other impression I had, was that many in the audience were undecided in their opinions; which perhaps surprised many of them to realize this about themselves.

    • @nicozenger
      @nicozenger 10 років тому +3

      A bit brilliant he is. :-)

    • @johanericsson2403
      @johanericsson2403 7 років тому +9

      Preferable to the daisy chain of idiocy you get when Christian shitheads start talking.

    • @himl994
      @himl994 7 років тому +1

      Did you guys notice how he called the proclaimed truth by Haldane a precept but then went on to say that the desecration of the innocent was wicked, thus making a truth claim?
      I'll be the first one to admit that Halden wasn't a great example of a debater in the video, but if you see no flaw in Hitchens, then I strongly advice you to reconsider.

  • @allrise3056
    @allrise3056 4 роки тому +17

    Former Roman Catholic priest, thanks to this man/mind. (No, I never "buggered" any child. ) Again, thank you, Christopher (never merely the circumsized "Chris", which he rightfully loathed.)

  • @LordXain
    @LordXain 8 років тому +157

    Ugh...Listening to Haldane is like reading Polkinghorne. Lots of assumptions buried in the loquacity.
    Hitchens responded best with, "You're creating a mystery when there simply isn't one there."

    • @JudeMalachi
      @JudeMalachi 8 років тому +2

      It is my experience that often what separates myself and my colleagues from scientists is that the latter have certain pedestrian turn of mind--relatively speaking as it is a matter of degree. The same can be said of an engineering mindset in regards to science more generally. Plus there is a lot of overlap and even degrees within most fields of science, itself, between theoreticians and experimentalists. So while concrete generalizations might be hard to support there is a definitively a trend moving towards those who are simply disinterested with mystery. They like problems, solvable problems. This is why I left molecular biology to do the philosophy of science.
      To me the mystery is undeniable only some people simply refuse to acknowledge it. To his credit even Dennett readily concedes this. I would argue that this is because he was the only philosopher among the Four Horsemen of the so-called "new atheism".

    • @bucketheadkfc
      @bucketheadkfc 8 років тому +9

      If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. I bet he doesn't have a twitter, they only allow 140 characters.

    • @acerbicatheist2893
      @acerbicatheist2893 8 років тому +4

      Good thing you left too - feel free to sit in the sanctus and pontificate ; leave the actual science to those of us possessed of the capability to do it and not give anything more than the most superficial, passing glance at utterly futile philosophy, especially that which emanates from dishonesty i.e. attempting to shape the argument to prove the pre-judice position. How's prayer helping with your haemorrhoids? ;)

    • @EtcEtcAndEtc
      @EtcEtcAndEtc 8 років тому +1

      I'm happy to say I noticed the same - enormous lies nestled in the middle of his sentences. I might not have noticed before I understood Christopher's outlook. Thank you, Christopher.

    • @joshh6376
      @joshh6376 8 років тому

      cant debate the comment -> no new or original thought -> call grammar police

  • @geneobrien8907
    @geneobrien8907 3 роки тому +205

    Legends never die, long after all of us are gone, Hitch will be remembered!

    • @cornellete
      @cornellete 3 роки тому +1

      .... you put too much value on time. Trust me, no one will remember him eventually. Even a million years is just a drop in the bucket of time... the universe is going to fizz out as quickly as it was born, and no one will be thinking of Christopher, or thinking of you, anymore than a fly thinks about the pile of dung it feasted on yesterday. You give yourself too much credit.. because in reality it will be as if you were never even here. BAM

    • @thunderpooch
      @thunderpooch 3 роки тому +16

      @@cornellete he'll be remembered for a long time. Ok sure, his memory might not survive the heat death of the universe, lol

    • @christianityisunstoppable4155
      @christianityisunstoppable4155 2 роки тому +1

      Legend😂😂 Why cause he insulted religious folk?

    • @FatherDingo
      @FatherDingo 2 роки тому +15

      @@christianityisunstoppable4155 No... Because he had the courage to tell the truth.

    • @geneobrien8907
      @geneobrien8907 2 роки тому +14

      @@christianityisunstoppable4155 Stow the snark, it makes you seem ignorant. Hitch was a brilliant writer, he was fiercely intelligent with a great wit and he possessed an extraordinary memory!

  • @zweck4629
    @zweck4629 4 роки тому +24

    Haldane is like a white noise generator. He just drones on in a monotone rythm and addresses things in a roundabout way. Kind of hard to even get a single point even if you try to pay attention.

  • @johnbwill
    @johnbwill 4 роки тому +337

    Hitchens: Sublime & Concise. Haldane: Chloroform in a suit.

    • @stevedoetsch
      @stevedoetsch 4 роки тому +7

      Oh the irony of atheists who think themselves intelligent but complain when confronted with actual intellectuals. I had to reject atheism when I realized its adherents were all frauds pretending to be smart, but who loudly complained when confronted with the difficulty of real analysis. Yes, lol, thinking takes effort! Mocking it, which is all atheists ever do, does not disprove the arguments.
      I'm confused by an ideology that claims intellectual superiority yet angrily protests anything deeper than bigotry.

    • @dylancoleman1921
      @dylancoleman1921 4 роки тому +11

      @@stevedoetsch wow. So relevant. Move on.

    • @D-Tox_
      @D-Tox_ 4 роки тому +22

      ​@@stevedoetsch That's the thing, it's not "deeper" in any way. Daniel Dennett employed a term for what you seem to think is profound ; a "deepity".
      "Generally, a deepity has (at least) two meanings: one that is true but trivial, and another that sounds profound, but is essentially false or meaningless and would be "earth-shattering" if true. To the extent that it's true, it doesn't have to matter. To the extent that it has to matter, it isn't true (if it actually means anything). This second meaning has also been called "pseudo-profound bullshit"."
      Your condescending comment didn't make any argument by the way, you were just "mocking" atheist which "does not disprove the arguments". So while you're at it, maybe you should look up the definition of "hypocritical" as well.

    • @FactStorm
      @FactStorm 3 роки тому +9

      HEY, HEY!
      Don't insult chloroform.

    • @FactStorm
      @FactStorm 3 роки тому +16

      @@stevedoetsch
      1) John said nothing about atheism in his one-liner.
      2) Rejecting Atheism? So you believe in Zeus, Thor or Krishna?
      3) You rejected atheism because you realized its adherents were all frauds? What a vague statement & an ad hominem. Even if we were to grant that, you decide to leave or distance yourself from something (which in this case is mere disbelief and nothing more) because of people who identify with it? LOL..some thinker you are! Proves you're following the pack and not thinking for yourself regarding any topic.
      4) You complain about mocking? How insecure..not only that but that should be your least concern. Mocking isn't hurting anyone but religious ideology is and has been - from pseudoscience to the crusades, inquisition, witch trials, homophobia, sexism to ultimately superstition and faith-based thinking.
      5) Atheism is not an ideology - proves you know nothing. If you don't know the basics, then what gives you credibility to talk about anything subsequent?
      You have simply failed at every front.

  • @371francis
    @371francis 8 років тому +99

    Haldane talks a lot but does not say very much.

    • @dw-fe2ww
      @dw-fe2ww 8 років тому +7

      S. Dogg
      like a saying we had in the Army. When you can't impress them them your logic, dazzle them with your bull shit.

    • @Greenbd100
      @Greenbd100 7 років тому

      Agnes Philomena The John Haldean fan. Heil to you, sir

    • @prayunceasingly2029
      @prayunceasingly2029 5 років тому

      @@Greenbd100
      This is the first I heard Haldane. I didn't mind him.

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell 4 роки тому +1

      BOSS HOGG
      He actually makes very good points that requires a good level of philosophical knowledge to understand. I think that’s why a lot of them go over the majority of viewers heads.

    • @dunlop9161
      @dunlop9161 4 роки тому +1

      Why many word when few word do trick

  • @michaelbrown7561
    @michaelbrown7561 Рік тому +4

    Hitchens is just so, so good. Brilliant and so eloquent on so many of his remarks. The comment about being comfortable in not knowing is so spot on and, I think, once we get cozy with that notion, so many of our intellectual dilemmas fall by the wayside.

  • @markcreitzman8728
    @markcreitzman8728 3 роки тому +81

    Every time John Haldane speaks, he strengthens Hitch’s argument. Haldane has perfected intellectual padding to an eye watering level. Such seemingly clever people can be idiotic.

    • @vickiezaccardo1711
      @vickiezaccardo1711 3 роки тому +12

      Its not clever if nobody knows what you are saying.

    • @brightyafesi
      @brightyafesi Рік тому

      ​@@vickiezaccardo1711
      Who or which are the nobody?

    • @vickiezaccardo1711
      @vickiezaccardo1711 Рік тому

      @@brightyafesi It's been a year so I really don't recall the video but if you are not in the nobody group then naturally you are somebody.

    • @brightyafesi
      @brightyafesi Рік тому

      @@vickiezaccardo1711
      VIDEO
      We Don't Do God? | Christopher Hitchens & John Haldane at Oxford.
      MARK CREITZMAN COMMENT
      Every time John Haldane speaks, he strengthens Hitch's argument. Haldane has perfected intellectual padding to an eye watering level. Such seemingly clever people can be idiotic.
      YOUR REPLY
      Its not clever if nobody knows what you are saying.

    • @kalebgates7711
      @kalebgates7711 Рік тому

      @@brightyafesi You're "Bright" aren't you?

  • @MrOhjok
    @MrOhjok 9 років тому +105

    John 'blah blah blah' Haldane...he's tortorous.

    • @acerbicatheist2893
      @acerbicatheist2893 6 років тому +3

      Surely you meant, "tortuous"...presuming that you didn't mean, "peritortuous", or something approaching this, at any rate..."epitortuous"..."peritorturand" - that's surely a good candidate?

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 6 років тому +3

      jonnine whaddaya part thesaurus?

    • @keiferalford7961
      @keiferalford7961 5 років тому

      Like Brutus at Cesar's funeral by Shakespeare, as compared to Antony

    • @baddogone42
      @baddogone42 5 років тому

      @Stacy Caruso wow!!!! if he had attempted to speak to the masses ,and not his high ID maybe we would be more in line with your ahhhhhhhh hell forget it....

    • @dukadarodear2176
      @dukadarodear2176 4 роки тому

      @@acerbicatheist2893
      Sh1t. ......back to the dictionary again.

  • @malcolmtucker296
    @malcolmtucker296 5 років тому +20

    I have no idea what John Haldane is talking about. Please help

    • @keen2b
      @keen2b 3 роки тому

      That's what he wants!!!

    • @daraa151
      @daraa151 3 роки тому +1

      I don’t think you are alone

    • @MrCanis4
      @MrCanis4 3 роки тому +1

      What is this guy saying. I don't understand a word of it. But maybe it's me, maybe I'm not vegetarian enough for his word salat yet.

  • @crumpeteer6477
    @crumpeteer6477 2 роки тому +25

    John Haldane: Lots of words with really no ending, but very useful for insomniacs.

  • @merrybolton2135
    @merrybolton2135 8 років тому +437

    never before has one man said so much, yet said so little, as Haldane.

    • @Shake69ification
      @Shake69ification 6 років тому +15

      @Science-and-Reason I concur. From my own experience in an online forum debating a theist who happened to be a writer. He would always cloak his arguments in beautiful, flowery language and stories. It would usually take me more than one reading to cut through all of the BS to get to the heart of his arguments. These arguments were typically just the standard apologetics, buried deep in wordy descriptions designed to evoke an emotional response rather than relying on reason.

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 6 років тому +7

      Yeah I call BS haldane! J

    • @AlexandraofUnusualIdeas
      @AlexandraofUnusualIdeas 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @vandal280
      @vandal280 5 років тому +1

      And so quietly. Ugh

    • @simonmo5700
      @simonmo5700 5 років тому

      Michael Eric Dyson can give him a run for his money

  • @cultofmalgus1310
    @cultofmalgus1310 10 років тому +161

    How did I miss this debate. I thought I saw all of his talks, speeches, lectures, and debates. Good thing I haven't, I always like to hear the Hitch speaking. :)

    • @cultofmalgus1310
      @cultofmalgus1310 10 років тому +17

      there can be only one Hitch. He is above the Hitchens' name itself :P

    • @cultofmalgus1310
      @cultofmalgus1310 10 років тому +35

      ***** The Hitch= Christopher Hitchens. You are actually asking stupid questiions tbh. Yes I know what you are trying to get at but the media dubbed Chris as "The Hitch", as did his fans. Get over yourself and stop trying to be clever....you're not.

    • @michaelbrickley2443
      @michaelbrickley2443 5 років тому

      Cult Of Malgus, the cult of personality? Any man who asks who created God in reference to Yahweh is a fool. There are created gods and you find them in Greek mythology

    • @dashlamb9318
      @dashlamb9318 5 років тому

      @@cultofmalgus1310, it is better to strain to be clever and fail, than to succeed at being an asshole like yourself while straining at gnats and swallowing camels over things like "The Hitch vs Christopher Hitchens. Get over your self - never mind, too late too stupid.

    • @wendywoo7898
      @wendywoo7898 5 років тому

      dash Lamb dying over here from this comment 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @AndrewWebb-Mitchell
    @AndrewWebb-Mitchell 8 років тому +39

    What a massive contrast between these two men.....

  • @baddogma
    @baddogma 2 роки тому +43

    John Haldane is the cure for Insomnia, not by his soothing voice, but by the content of his arguments.

  • @lisahbeauregard2341
    @lisahbeauregard2341 3 роки тому +115

    You have to love Christopher Hitchens. He spoke his mind with meaning in spite of any criticism that came with it. RIP.

    • @Jesus.is.the.Way.2386
      @Jesus.is.the.Way.2386 2 роки тому +2

      Hitchens is a pop idol to so many grieving today, and who are still unable to fill that void, as the comments below show; a little god, who could do no wrong, worshippers drooled over his every breath

    • @davidonate1581
      @davidonate1581 2 роки тому +1

      @@Jesus.is.the.Way.2386 Sooo.... are you saying you do that things at your god? I betcha Jesus is cringing for what you do when you think in HIm.... XD

    • @Seeker7257
      @Seeker7257 2 роки тому

      Hello. Could you please elaborate on that term/abbreviation _'RIP.'?_

    • @Jesus.is.the.Way.2386
      @Jesus.is.the.Way.2386 2 роки тому

      @@Seeker7257 rest in peace - hes from dead of cancer, a smoker.....throat

    • @Jesus.is.the.Way.2386
      @Jesus.is.the.Way.2386 2 роки тому

      @@davidonate1581 the athey folks here are grieving over an idol, i am just the observer

  • @forextradingandcourses7634
    @forextradingandcourses7634 9 років тому +185

    Christopher is dearly missed...

    • @forextradingandcourses7634
      @forextradingandcourses7634 9 років тому +14

      yep, plus he never took any bullshit from anyone...

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 6 років тому

      But never merely dissed.........Oooohh Betty I done a good one I sound proper clever!

    • @calson814
      @calson814 5 років тому

      @Stacy Caruso yep.

    • @maisiecarruthers695
      @maisiecarruthers695 5 років тому +2

      @Stacy Caruso well let's hope god is better than man and woman if were to believe that child molester priests murderers rapists etc can go to heaven by asking forgiveness but someone that questions his existence cant there will be a lot of nasty people in heaven and decent ones in hell if that's how it works

    • @truedarknessify
      @truedarknessify 5 років тому +1

      Then step up, start practicing debate, and be the next thinker for our time :)

  • @thenewapelles6448
    @thenewapelles6448 10 років тому +146

    Haldane is a master sophist. He hides behind florid language.

    • @luvisacigarette8
      @luvisacigarette8 10 років тому +20

      While simultaneously remaining ambiguous. He put me in this trance of uncertainty, it was weird.

    • @BollocksUtwat
      @BollocksUtwat 9 років тому +1

      luvisacigarette8 Now imagine how gripping the destruction of your ego would have been at the hands of a man like Hubbard!

    • @baddogone42
      @baddogone42 5 років тому

      @@luvisacigarette8 lol

    • @roccohowell7557
      @roccohowell7557 3 роки тому +10

      He has no point and he’s trying to confuse the ones he’s debating with, with a big vocabulary. That’s literally all he is doing.

    • @robholden3994
      @robholden3994 3 роки тому

      @@luvisacigarette8 whilst

  • @russianaloha4576
    @russianaloha4576 2 роки тому +88

    I found a new cure for insomnia! Sir john is a great way to make 1 fall asleep 😴
    I wish I could have met Christopher Hitchens, he honestly was such a gift to this world!! ❤🕊❤

    • @jacal420
      @jacal420 2 роки тому +3

      Thank you. I always try to listen to both sides of an argument, but I'm 20 minutes in and I can live without the rest. You confirmed in my mind that I have FAR better things to do. Thank you. LOL

    • @cameroncameron2826
      @cameroncameron2826 Рік тому

      Yes cos Hitchens would give a aggressive psychic reading wouldn't he ?

    • @ginocastro5107
      @ginocastro5107 Рік тому +2

      Agree!

    • @jeffforsythe9514
      @jeffforsythe9514 Рік тому

      Yes but how come he was an alcoholic and got cancer ?Is it true that everyone gets what they deserve?

    • @wolfreyet
      @wolfreyet Рік тому +3

      He’s one of the dullest redundantly verbose people I’ve ever heard speak

  • @onetallshadow
    @onetallshadow 8 років тому +44

    Listening to Christopher...interested...hahaha...interested...applause.
    Listening to John Haldane.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • @E101ification
    @E101ification 9 років тому +45

    Haldane is the dictionary definition of 'intelligently stupid'.

  • @Hafaechaes
    @Hafaechaes 9 років тому +49

    Haldane fumbling with his glasses all the time is so annoying. It's already hard enough to keep track of what he's trying to say. Hitchens, having the advantage of not having to beat around the bush due to having actual strong points to make, just completely destroys him.

    • @misterm1336
      @misterm1336 9 років тому +1

      Again, I totally agree. Hitching has (had) a far superior mind.

    • @jikkh2x
      @jikkh2x 9 років тому +2

      +ByteKnight I did not find it hard to keep track of what he said. This comment thread supports my suspicions that Hitchens's flamboyant style appeals to the intellectual lowest common denominator. When his fans have to do a little mental work themselves instead of following a trail of bread crumbs, they get all flustered.

    • @ricardoalmeida4719
      @ricardoalmeida4719 9 років тому +8

      +Furioclasse If you say Hitchens appeals to the intellectual lowest common denominator, what to say about those who are attracted by religious nonsense and believe things without evidence?

    • @7timeless
      @7timeless 8 років тому +2

      +Ricardo Almeida Spot on.

    • @ricardomontalban6004
      @ricardomontalban6004 6 років тому +2

      Hitch was the master of the glasses “clutch”, “wear” and “gesture with” he made it look easy but it’s not. I nearly lost an eye trying to make a stylish point about a refund at KFC in chingford once.

  • @miskatonicalumni5612
    @miskatonicalumni5612 3 роки тому +22

    Steven Weinberg once famously said, "With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil - that takes religion."
    No truer words have been spoken.

  • @JoshDTMorgan
    @JoshDTMorgan 8 років тому +50

    'Concise' is not in John Haldane's lexicon.

  • @davetubervid
    @davetubervid 9 років тому +48

    I feel sorry for Haldane's students - he must bore them to death. He seems to me the type of the academic philosopher cut off from real-world concerns. And why does he keep putting on and taking off his spectacles? - it's extremely distracting, an academic lecturer's nervous habit which is not unrelated to the nonsense he is talking.

    • @jasoncaulkin9830
      @jasoncaulkin9830 4 роки тому +1

      The reason he got all his fellowships was he talked for so long that to stop the various panels from self harming they gave him the accolade to shut him up.

    • @Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n
      @Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n 4 роки тому +1

      @@jasoncaulkin9830 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
      No

  • @arpussupra
    @arpussupra 4 роки тому +23

    Everytime I hear Mr Haldane say "my point is", "so what I mean is this" etc. I start to listen again with hope but yet being disappointed.

    • @jamrollz
      @jamrollz 3 роки тому +1

      It appears to be that morals come from God because there seems to be a sort of X of the Y within all of us and basically seen in Z upon a close interrogation potentially and compellingly from our creator

  • @elirien4264
    @elirien4264 2 роки тому +14

    Haldane has that special talent of making something that's actually very small and narrow-minded sound like the most wonderful concept.

    • @googleuser2609
      @googleuser2609 Рік тому

      or the simplest and most mundane of things appear as the most profound in existence.

  • @jeremybumpermanpub7144
    @jeremybumpermanpub7144 3 роки тому +51

    “The Church isn’t a product of the Bible. The Bible is a product of the Church.”

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 3 роки тому +6

      True, but it's also the other way around. The Catholic Church would abandon a lot of the bible in the heartbeat, if it could. It turns out that it's bad for business in the 21st century.

    • @Quvan
      @Quvan 3 роки тому +2

      In reality, the bible is a product of a council who wished to control its people. Christianity was created and introduced by a government.
      Excuse me, please. I just freaked myself out. I just realized that I don't have enough tinfoil.

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 3 роки тому

      @@Quvan If it were not written for that purpose in the beginning it certainly has been used for this reason dozens of times over ever since. Well said Ramsey.

    • @Jacam781
      @Jacam781 3 роки тому

      @Matt Mayuiers I think it's 'Ikea'

  • @robertmroziewicz2605
    @robertmroziewicz2605 9 років тому +43

    can someone glue Haldane's glasses on please

  • @gamasermeno4108
    @gamasermeno4108 4 роки тому +34

    Imagine if John Haldane had spent all the time he has spent “studying,” learning instead. So that he at least would understand what the question is and answer already.

    • @joelonsdale
      @joelonsdale 4 роки тому

      Great comment, although he does improve later in the talk...

    • @Elisa-mg3rc
      @Elisa-mg3rc 2 роки тому

      I disagree... I'm atheist and Hitchens' fan, but this gentleman was the first counterpart I saw that was able to hold an intelligent well-thought debate. Maybe too drafted and at some points not obvious, but no doubts intellectually stimulating.

  • @aeiouxs
    @aeiouxs 2 роки тому +15

    Haldane : Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, wait for it.... oh, sorry, nothing.

  • @ipuya
    @ipuya 7 років тому +33

    55:19 "If you want to call this secular you're entitled..... but, don't try it again when I'm here." 🤣

  • @user-ju7ze9to4k
    @user-ju7ze9to4k 8 років тому +81

    Haldane SEEMS to be speaking English.. Is there such a dialect as soporific?

    • @thidwicksultimatum1607
      @thidwicksultimatum1607 8 років тому +1

      Haha... There is now.

    • @dannyboy6308
      @dannyboy6308 8 років тому +1

      He's Scottish

    • @thesteelersrockin11
      @thesteelersrockin11 8 років тому +4

      Agnes Philomena Careful distinctions does not equal monotonous droning. I have heard much, much more complex subjects discussed by much more loquacious professors, but the speaker has to be responsible for their presentation at some point.
      This guy would be much more effective working at Gitmo...

    • @Greenbd100
      @Greenbd100 7 років тому +2

      Agnes Philomena
      Ahhh.
      “Until you’ve done any public speaking you’ve no right to critique those that do.”
      In that case, we might as well shut the comments off then

    • @acerbicatheist2893
      @acerbicatheist2893 6 років тому

      He has used words from the lexicon of English. Sometimes he forms whole sentences with them, but it may be a coincidence ; I've too small a sample to assess. Plus the faint possibility that it's the letters that are random.

  • @locutusdborg126
    @locutusdborg126 9 років тому +346

    Haldane uses a lot of words to say nothing.

    • @BollocksUtwat
      @BollocksUtwat 9 років тому +23

      Locutus D'Borg Typical of theism. Need to dress the pig up to get anyone to kiss it.

    • @adognamedsally
      @adognamedsally 9 років тому

      +Locutus D'Borg I wouldn't dismiss him so readily. He had a point, although it seemed to have the character of other philosophical thought of being ultimately not very interesting. So yeah, basically saying nothing, but I still prefer the theists to the biblical Christians, although that isn't saying much.

    • @jikkh2x
      @jikkh2x 9 років тому +2

      +pluckygritty24 That's a nice summation of his arguments. But if people couldn't be arsed to listen to and comprehend what he said, I doubt they are going to read over 20 lines.

    • @Seb7795
      @Seb7795 9 років тому +4

      +Furioclasse That seems to be the problem with the debate in this sphere. It's won by the most charismatic and, in the majority, listened to by those who are more interested in witty one-liners than actually argument and seem to think that dismissing a theist because their a theist is an intellectual opinion; or worse, dismissing because they couldn't understand them and therefore a fault of the speaker rather than the earpiece.

    • @adognamedsally
      @adognamedsally 9 років тому +9

      Seb Morley
      I agree entirely with you that the argument style of a debate is terrible; it doesn't give people a chance to hear the argument's full complexity. Personally, I side with Chomsky when he says that 'you ought not to ever try to persuade someone'. Charisma has no place in argument as far as I am concerned.
      However, things as they are, taking a more pragmatic stance, people are going to be influenced by rhetoric and they will naturally shy away from opinions that don't seem to make sense. So, as a debater, it is your responsibility to distill your opinion into something that is easily understandable. After all, if you really do understand something, you should be able to break it down to easily understandable terms. To do otherwise is suspect. If you intentionally make your argument hard to understand because you know that it doesn't make sense and you want people to be confused rather than be able to easily dismiss your opinion, then that is sophistic and dishonest. The more I listen to Haldane, the more I am convinced that he is either happily delusional or intentionally obfuscating his claims.

  • @LucaEnzo
    @LucaEnzo 2 роки тому +6

    I still miss you Christopher.
    i lost my dad at the same time in 2011 so in an instant i was left without any father figures in my life. Not sure why im writing this, i guess you not being here now makes me feel hollow.

  • @snowyrichmond5445
    @snowyrichmond5445 5 років тому +32

    I cannot watch Haldane for more than 15 minutes. He is soporific in the extreme

  • @abcxyz8974
    @abcxyz8974 3 роки тому +59

    If Haldane was asked to talk a suicidal man down from a bridge the man would still die. Not because the suicidal man would jump but simply because he would fall asleep, lose his grip and fall to his death after listening to Haldane's empty verbiage.

    • @naimas8120
      @naimas8120 3 роки тому +2

      What a way to be called dumb lmao

    • @AA-69
      @AA-69 3 роки тому +6

      Or the bridge would succumb to iron oxide and woodworm !!! 😴

    • @iainhartshorne9001
      @iainhartshorne9001 3 роки тому +4

      Entropy and heat death are real possibilities over the course of Haldane's speeches. There should be a health warning at the start of the video.

    • @MrHabidasher
      @MrHabidasher 3 роки тому +4

      More likely from old age.

    • @CynthiaArtist
      @CynthiaArtist 2 роки тому

      Lol

  • @Boredom_Incarnate
    @Boredom_Incarnate 8 років тому +50

    It's a point that should be brought to attention how Mr. Hitchens gets directly to the point when questioned, and yet Haldane acts rather like a politician and begins dancing around the subject without touching it.

    • @joeheesakkers
      @joeheesakkers 8 років тому +1

      +Boredom_Incarnate He does seem to waffle on a bit but perhaps he is just a little too intellectual for you whereas Hitchens aims for instant gratification from his worshippers.

    • @TheMitso
      @TheMitso 8 років тому +2

      Ehmmm…? I hope you are not being sincere, for conciseness, stringency, and logical consistency are three key things that are taught in modern philosophy, quite counter to the extensive no-content blathering you refer to. If you were to build up Haldane's argumentation in PL1 form (predicate logic), I am fairly sure that you will find that he has made a few logical errors.

    • @khorgan77
      @khorgan77 8 років тому

      +ninisgreekronaldo bollox!

    • @copstolemywife
      @copstolemywife 8 років тому +3

      Boredom_Incarnate you're spot on. 👍🏼

  • @thesprawl2361
    @thesprawl2361 2 роки тому +137

    I think Haldane came very close to proving the existence of the supernatural in this debate: because when he was talking I felt my soul begin to leave my body.

  • @CryptoChanakya
    @CryptoChanakya 9 років тому +28

    In these times Hitch is deeply missed.

    • @7timeless
      @7timeless 8 років тому +2

      +chocoboyc Luckily for us, his videos will remain for us to marvel at his reasoning, intellect and wit. He will never be truly gone.

    • @CryptoChanakya
      @CryptoChanakya 8 років тому

      I always come back to every Hitch video. I wish that he had done more interviews, but its just selfishness on my part. It is truly amazing to have seen him, to have lived in the time of Hitch. His mode of thinking and just graceful unmatched articulation and moral magnificence and realism is something i aspire to become and look up to as ideals. Without him, i cant imagine my life, he affected humanity in depth and left the human species too soon.

    • @DocC993
      @DocC993 8 років тому +1

      +chocoboyc If you're tired of watching again his videos and radio interviews, look up his essays and articles; most of them can be found online, and in books compiling his shorter writings. Hitchens was a prolific writer, so most of his stuff isn't even on UA-cam. One of his books, titled "Arguably", has 750 pages of Hitchens on everything from Harry Potter to foxhole atheists. Magazines like Slate also have collections of his articles on their website. I'm sure there's plenty of Hitch you still haven't seen!

    • @CryptoChanakya
      @CryptoChanakya 8 років тому

      Chris S Thanks. I will check out his essays.

    • @Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n
      @Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n 4 роки тому

      Imagine thinking Hitchens is smart. I mean he was smartish but to not acknowledge your creator is off the charts coocoo

  • @peterjordaan4090
    @peterjordaan4090 4 роки тому +43

    Christopher Hitchens is an amazing thinker, thought analyst and insightful human being. His competitors/opposition fades in Ignorance.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому +2

      Hitch was simply a loser for losers.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html

    • @sanjios
      @sanjios 2 роки тому +2

      @@2fast2block Starting with ad hominem, didn't expect any smart words coming afterwards. And I was right.
      There are no argument in things you said. Just bold statements without any proof, and lot's of logical nonsense.
      As science progress despite Spanish inquisition, prosecution and genocide against other people and teaching.
      You learned nothing from Christopher Hitchens because your mind is closed.
      Biogenesis is not a law, just a belief.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      @@sanjios lying loser, I gave proof, you clearly can't get around it, so you lie as you ignore the proof and then cry how you want nice names for doing that. I gave evidence for the titles and you give nothing because you have nothing in your empty life. You will be facing doom for your choice to be a loser and you won't escape it.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      Psalms 14:1 "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."
      ua-cam.com/video/PS5buGnHVZw/v-deo.html

    • @brigittecaron2081
      @brigittecaron2081 2 роки тому

      the art of saying nothing....while you look so intelligent....Ms.Hitchin must be snorring at this point...he must have a back ground in the juridique system...like a fallen lawyer...!!!

  • @reasonrally6658
    @reasonrally6658 6 років тому +112

    For enlightening and emancipating my mind of the religious tyranny, I am truly grateful for Christopher Hitchens 😊 💗

    • @yuyuhacksaw1661
      @yuyuhacksaw1661 3 роки тому +7

      Likewise!

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      Hitch was just a loser and passed away that way.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html

    • @sai_69
      @sai_69 2 роки тому +4

      @@2fast2block nope.

    • @paulgemme6056
      @paulgemme6056 2 роки тому +1

      So sad. Think I'll take another drink and God/Jesus will go away.

  • @turkeylegs5431
    @turkeylegs5431 3 роки тому +72

    First became an Atheist when I was 11 and went a more religious route in high school. Just now waking up again and I'm glad to have the pleasure of binge watching hours of Hitchens' content. I heard about him when I was younger but I wasn't old enough to watch him and enjoy his work since I was around 9 when he died. I'm sure he would have been glad to know that he continues to inspire people long after his death, which is a much more real reason to live a good life than the afterlife is. I would say rest in peace but that doesn't make sense so I'll just say I wish he knew how massively influential he continues to be to this day and that he was a great man who is missed.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому +2

      Then be a loser like Hitch was. It's your life.
      Hitch who pretends to know the bible as he screws up on it over and over again including what faith means biblically.
      --"Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated”-- Christopher Hitchens
      Now, look at what biblical faith really means that Hitch the liar didn't even look at:
      Biblically, faith means trust. It's a trust by evidence seen. God asks that we prove things. To reason. To get knowledge. To study. God has nothing to hide. We develop trust from what is seen, and that which is not seen yet is trusted also because of the trust built up from what is seen. It's much like a human relationship. We don't trust much until a person has gained that trust from what is observed. The difference is though, God is not limited to human powers. He created us.
      Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
      crossexamined.org/biblical-faith-vs-blind-faith/
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/what-does-the-bible-say-about-faith
      www.revisedenglishversion.com/Appendix/16/Faith_is_Trust
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/faith-a-confident-expectation-of-gods-promises-coming-to-pass
      www.truthortradition.com/articles/hebrews-1-11-and-faith
      Hitchens always went into evasive word antics to avoid key questions like how we got the creation of the universe.
      Real science says nothing does nothing. Real science says if there was something there already it must fit with the evidence of what we know. We know the 1LT says there's a conservation of energy. It can change forms and neither can be created or destroyed. Creation cannot happen by natural means. The 2LT has various aspects, one being the universe is winding down, entropy. Usable energy is becoming less usable, so at one point usable energy was at its max. This all points to a supernatural creation, by a supernatural creator at a certain point in which matter, space, and time were created. When I read how it can happen otherwise, ALL the fools resort to science-fiction. Once a supernatural creation is accepted, then the next step is finding proof of what supernatural power did it.
      We can't even get science without God. The laws of nature only can come from a Lawgiver, God.
      Life only comes from life. Law of biogenesis.
      God is the reason for us and all we have.
      ua-cam.com/video/JiMqzN_YSXU/v-deo.html
      The odds are NOT there.
      ua-cam.com/video/W1_KEVaCyaA/v-deo.html
      ua-cam.com/video/yW9gawzZLsk/v-deo.html

    • @turkeylegs5431
      @turkeylegs5431 2 роки тому +5

      @@2fast2block sorry bro you're too late, Islam already got to me. I believe in the one true God, Allah, his holiness

    • @themudpit621
      @themudpit621 2 роки тому +14

      @@2fast2block How arrogant it is to insult someone, then hurl a wall of text, an essay, and random video links and expect them to read it? What a crazy waste of time! OP was simply sharing their gratitude, inspiration and life journey a little bit. Weird and scary reply dude. Weird and scary.

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      @@turkeylegs5431 then believe in lies. I'm ok with you wanting to be a lying loser. I do enjoy though expsong your lies.
      ua-cam.com/video/fMJRsd8SrhU/v-deo.html

    • @2fast2block
      @2fast2block 2 роки тому

      @@themudpit621 too bad for you that you love the lying loser Hitch that I showed with evidence that he was. Of course, losers like you are too afraid to look at the evidence so you can praise your loser Hitch.

  • @sendnoodles5437
    @sendnoodles5437 3 роки тому +15

    Haldane is a masterclass on how to say the least with the most words

  • @iamdragon5914
    @iamdragon5914 4 роки тому +45

    "Ofcourse i have free will i have no choice. " - Isaac Bashevis Singer Brilliant.

    • @selfademus
      @selfademus 2 роки тому +1

      the proper citation for that quote is with Isaac Bashevis Singer.

    • @iamdragon5914
      @iamdragon5914 2 роки тому

      @@selfademus , oops. Yup, totally should have double checked myself. Thanks. I'll correct that.

  • @nueee8878
    @nueee8878 8 років тому +32

    Oh, my...good god. To make the understatement of the year, Haldane is rather a dreadful presenter. Get on with it, Man! You've got to do better than that to compete with Hitch!

  • @leightapex
    @leightapex 2 роки тому +72

    There’s probably an alternate universe where John Haldane still hasn’t finished his opening statement.
    So we should consider ourselves lucky.

    • @carmenmccauley585
      @carmenmccauley585 Рік тому

      Hahahaha. Well said!

    • @SunofYork
      @SunofYork Рік тому +1

      Haldane bored my socks off with his self satisfied smirking and unbounded blabbering