Hitchens addresses Intelligent Design (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, October 18, 2012, 15:16 (4421 days ago) @ David Turell

MATT: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R0wfGaEMoA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
 
He never had much to say on that, but he takes a mighty swing here. -DAVID: Hitchens makes the same points I do. The burning bush is religion and has nothing to do with a proof of a greater power. My point is to prove a universal intelligence exists without reference to religion. No religion knows more about God than I do, because we all have the same human limits and God is concealed. Use science, purely excluded from religious assertions, and the appearance of intelligence and information is found everywhere.-I couldn't sit through an hour and a half of umming and erring, I'm afraid, and the main subject of religion and culture was not exactly inspiring. I tried to find the attack on Intelligent Design, but only got a sort of sideswipe at it when Hitchens was talking about the clash between science and religion. Might I have been watching the wrong tape? Perhaps you could summarize the argument, Matt, if you think it contains something worth the trouble. -I agree with David's comments on the established religions, and attacks on them are a very cheap way of wriggling out of the fundamental questions associated with design v. chance, the nature of consciousness, the origin of life ... all of which constitute insurmountable hurdles to theist and atheist alike. -It's good to have you back, Matt. I hope family life is living up to expectations.