George pell ac born 8 june 1941 is an australian prelate of the catholic church. Cardinal george pell says adam and eve story a myth. Catholic archbishop of sydney, cardinal george pell and british atheist, professor richard dawkins. God between the atheist richard dawkins and catholic archbishop of sydney, cardinal george pell. Richard dawkins and catholic cardinal george pell discuss religion. One of my very first posts on this blog related to cardinal pells effective witness as a controversialist. Richard dawkins giving a lecture based on his book, the god. Richard dawkins, the worldfamous author of the god delusion, has criticized gop presidential candidate mitt romney and his mormon faith, calling him a massively gullible fool for belonging to the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Many members of the early church gave their lives rather than to deny the miracles that they had seen.
Dawkins shades pell in battle of belief sydney morning herald. Pell, a fierce right winger who was pipped at the post by his. As has been mentioned in the comments, cardinal pell has been. Dawkins and pell battle it out in one hell of a debate. Please thank our special guests professor richard dawkins and cardinal george pell. Richard dawkins calls romney a gullible fool for mormon. Richard dawkinsarchive 18 jump to navigation jump to search. How should we react to the disgrace of george pell.
For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Australias cardinal george pell and evolutionary biologist richard dawkins kept. With tweets in tow i was ready for the banter, arguments and respectful discussion and while there were some excellent points made i was somewhat confused. He became the inaugural prefect of the secretariat for the economy in 2014. The whole theme of that book is to praise dawkins as a person the authors admire. Can anyone of you guys explain me how theists justify their believe in god. Its about to be a long weekend of triumphant atheism in australia, and richard dawkins set things up by sacrificing that idiot, george pell, on the altar of reason. In comments that may shock some staunch catholics, cardinal george pell has described the biblical story of adam and eve as a myth. One of the debaters, cardinal george pell of sydney, above, in full regalia. I was really unimpressed with most of the audiences questions, and even less impressed with pell.
The bibles book of creation was state of the art science in its day and was true then, as was, and still is true the statement man. Richard dawkins some thoughts someone directed me to a sort of informal debate between cardinal pell and dawkins, in the form of a moderated questions and answers session. By all means lets be openminded, but not so openminded that our brains drop out. The question of adam and eve, original sin and evolution. No word on how they feel about religious debates on telly, though. Opus dei influence rises to the top in the vatican. Debate richard dawkins vs cardinal george pell full transcript.
The comments cardinal pell made on the jewish people, which were numerous and both disproportionate and out of context in regard to the subject. Im sure the cardinal could offer a very progressive answer to this question but, for whatever reason, he didnt. Dont tell anyone, least of all your lying misleading gutless mainstream media puppets. Shes an actress and she did a film on how she escaped from the roman catholic church and it is a very moving film and at the end her mother.
The selfish gene, its extended phenotypic effects and. Professional atheist, and evolutionary biologist, richard dawkins was debating. Religion, rather than fills the gaps richard dawkins, was the original gap that is being filled by scientific discoveries. The selfish gene, its extended phenotypic effects and human cooperation. Still the most exhaustively researched book written about the work as it is referred to by its members. Debate richard dawkins vs cardinal george pell full. On easter monday, 2012, i was staying with my friend at her beach house at rosedale on the nsw south coast. Cardinal pell says adam and eve didnt exist excerpts in comments that may shock some staunch catholics, cardinal george pell has described the biblical story of adam and eve as a myth.
Cardinal pell and richard dawkins dont exchange christmas cards. It seems apt that the subject should be revisited so early in the blogs second incarnation. Professor richard dawkins vs cardinal george pell 10. The cardinal s ignorance and arrogance prohibited any interesting interaction, and the audience were atrocious, best described by the top comment on youtube. Pell drove most of the audience to the venue in a fleet of minibuses with jesus home for retards written on. A copy of the show is here while i have never had any previous reason to critique richard dawkins opinions and i. See more ideas about existence of god, god, atheist. You have just written a new book, the ancestors tale. There were only two panelists, as it departed from its usual format to host a debate on science vs.
I have read thru the transcript though i did not see the broadcast. Being an atheist myself, i just couldnt be swayed by many of pells arguments. Ive never listened to richard dawkins before and ive had two of his books the selfish gene and the god delusion on my list, but i cant stop listening to him on this video. He previously served as the eighth archbishop of sydney 20012014, archbishop of melbourne 19962001, and auxiliary bishop of melbourne 19871996. And he confirmed his sensible view on november th, 2016 after winning the election by the electoral college. Bible or the quran or some other holy book or that you are good only. Richard dawkins explains why he doesnt debate young earth.
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