Peanut Butter - The Atheist's Nightmare

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In response to the Christopher Hitchens video above. Probably the most outspoken atheist today. I dont agree with him, but still like to listen to him debate.
He was diagnosed with level 4 cancer recently. It would be interesting to see how this will effect his thinking in the next 12 months. Sucks for him, believe me I feel sad for him.
Him on 60 minutes this weekend.
YouTube - Christopher Hitchens, still outrageous

Hitchens is fantastic, he's had cancer for over 8 months now, I wouldn't count on him changing his mind as he approaches death, he's not that type of guy. It will be a sad day indeed when he dies.

 

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I think LotsOfZeros does have a point in that there is still some faith required no matter what you believe, if only in that you have faith that the science was performed without fraud.

Question everything. Surveys, results, sample size, placebos, double blind, variables...EVERYTHING. I am the most critical of every "study" that comes out in the media about anything (always looking for the footnotes and the fine print). The scientific community has a great responsiblity to live up to the highest standards.

I wish the religious community would do the same though. It's the type of people that don't question that I question.


edit: Just realized I was echoing emp.

The oversight and regulation comes from peer reviews and the scientific process itself.
(constant attacks, reviews, scrutiny, retesting, etc..)

 

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In response to the Christopher Hitchens video above. Probably the most outspoken atheist today. I dont agree with him, but still like to listen to him debate.
He was diagnosed with level 4 cancer recently. It would be interesting to see how this will effect his thinking in the next 12 months. Sucks for him, believe me I feel sad for him.
Him on 60 minutes this weekend.

Funny you say that-

Christopher Hitchens on deathbed conversions (towards the end of the clip)

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Richard Dawkins on deathbed conversions

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