Pervez Hoodbhoy Talks on the Role of Religion in Human Civilization 

Undoubtedly Dr Hodbhoy is a free thinker and a social scientists beside his scientific knowledge and credentials. Thanks for sharing g this video with us. You have also raised good questions dear Junaid sahib.

We know about mr hoodbhoy but in this case the host was very informed impressive

Loved the questions by the interviewer. Great to see we have such intellectuals in our society.

Anchor way of framing his questions was mind blowing. Hoodbhoy looked very confused.

One of the brilliant/rational present day people of the Indian sub continent without a doubt. Always a pleasure/education listening to him.

Pervaiz hoodbhoy is a great teacher. I am happy to see the comments that people in Pakistan are progressing.

I like the lectures of parvez hoodbhao

Very informative. Thank you for conducting this.

To answer v complex qustion in v simple way s Hood bhoi potential Thnx fr up loading

Very nice discussion, people and production by Maple TV. Thank you.

Hoodbhoy sir ek unique personality ha,I am very impressed with him.

Host asked very good questions

DR PERVAIZ AMEER ALI HOOD BHOY YOU ARE GREAT GOD BLESS YOU

Professor you are new and favourite person,we love you in the UK

A valuable lecture of Dr. Pervez, specially for all youth of Pakistan, either studying Physics, Religion or any other subject. May long live the Professor.

After reading comments, it is obvious that Pakistan is neither ready for asking questions nor prepared for rational discussion. I really feel for Dr. Hoodbhoy for banging his head against a wall but also hats off for him to be persistent in his effort to help Pakistan society evolve into a progressive culture.

Very nice video ,I like your questions more .

Really impressed by the knowledge of host. 👍

Wise questions!

Science is passing through its period of infancy, it will cover billions n billions miles of journey ahead. The answer which science cannot answer today' will answer tomorrow. But it doesn't mean that a diety is needed to answer.

From observing animal world we can know that objective purpose of life is to survive and reproduce. Dr. Hoodhboy should have mentioned that religion means faith without evidence whereas science means faith based on evidence

Very informative. The liberal may feel the anchor an annoying fellow but I think his questions helped in better understanding...

Very good debate

Good interpretation

logical and unbiased view

sir you are great..

He is really great.. All ideas of people are respectable.. As long as all live together without harm each other.

Pervej hoodbhoy 👍👍👍

Arrange this type of Discussion meeting between Javed Ahmed Ghamdi sahab and Hoodbhoy sahab. Insha allah it will be fruitful to all of us

Assalamualaikum. Ask Hood bhoy to see this clip of Pervez Sb, for your aakherat life. Wasalam.

Very fare and rational person

God just created a human being and the rest of this depends on Action and Behaviour. A Good Human and bad human can pray to the god but Behaviour of Human make good or Bad. Earth Sky and other things in nature are the processes of Science and it had taken billions of years to come into form & Shape. Respect for All religions and thanks for everyone.

why there is no sound of the alpha bet X in spainish language? (sheen?)

I wanna meet with mr Parvez

where can i watch this show on regular basis ?

For me, the basic premise of this argument "do we need God or not" is flawed. Its not about do we need God or not, its about whether God exists or not. Logically speaking, denying the existence of God is hard. Therefore, its a smart move by Dr. hoodbhoy to twist the basic question of "whether God exists or not" to "whether we need God to understand the universe".

What is the name of host and the does he making video still?

Actually Interviewer is the impressive one. He should visit Mr. Ghamdi.

I'm proud of my teacher

Scientific findings are absolute truths n the rest is belief which make no difference whether one recognise it or not,🙏👍🙏

Even organized religions have not found the answers to all the questions. If that was the case, world would not be this ignorant and violent.

Ham ko maaloom hai jannat ki halikat lekin dil ke khuah rakhne ko khyal achha hai

Good to see you Doctor shb, I would like to ask an simple question just, if the life is created or exist for the no reason than why we going to die and never come back in this world, why shouldn't we increase our age life from 60 years to 1000 years, thank you

We know we die one day but we are totally unaware what is after death . this question leads to the creation of different religious,on the other hand if we are imortal we might not need religion.i totally agree with dr hood boye.our knowledge is not yet reached to it's peak level to understand the mystery of the universe

Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy is a great physicist and social activist. He is also a brave person as it's not easy to live among flesh eating hounds. However the problem is that this discussion is conducted in Urdu. Urdu language does not qualify for this kind of discussion. I recommend to listen Neil Degrasse Tyson. He explained such questions superbly.

i can understannd the fear of such great intellectual in pakistan....he cant even openly say thhat he iss an atheists......India we are lucky to have such freedom of speeech......

In Hinduism too God is one, gods can be as many as human beings.

All religions should be respected. But all religions are not same.

Many people need to get a grip and realise that science, as we know it today, has no business in spirituality, whilst religion does. Islam, as a way of life, has genuinely pushed it's adherents to reason and observe the world for what is; and those that actually practiced these ideals in the golden period of Islam did indeed produce some of the greatest works in human history. However, religion now has been cultivated into a form that is devoid of anything interesting. The curiosity and that encouragement of free thought in the Islamic faith, has sadly now turned into a monotonous and a very materialist religion, instead (but it is changing!). Atheists, or free thinkers shouldn't bother people of spirituality, or take them out of their comfort zone; as often an atheist/agnostic ponders deeply over philosophical ideas and spirituality than the average religious person does, indeed. It amazes me that people often have to try and scrutinise Professor Hoodbhoy on his religious beliefs and ideas, as he clearly isn't religious and neither does he claim to be. He is an excellent scientist, not a philosopher! We admire him and are proud of his amazing works. As a muslim, with an extremely strong conviction of my faith, I realise that the world we're living in today, at such an exciting yet testing times for humanity as a whole, that has come after the advent of deen e Muhammad (saw), rahmatul lil alameen, cannot just be a mere coincidence. I'm sure people of all religions can try to connect the dots and learn their history to make sense of the present, but the great sacrifices our Prophet Muhammad (saw) and his holy family (asws) bore to advance the ideals of humanity, to live without oppression and injustice, to be humble to things we do not know yet is a fantastic fellowship to be part of, and we need to understand how their great deeds continue to play a positive role to this day. People who like to bash muslims, need to realise there has been a sustained media onslaught against Muslims for many years now, who have, as a result, had their nations invaded on sheer lies. Over a million muslims have been killed in the past decade alone by non-muslims. The extremist wahabbi ideology that has been spreading this wanton image of Islam has frankly been supported by the freedom loving western states, which shows the extreme hypocrisy and disregard of human rights, despite being host to societies the rest of world likes to follow.

yes we are looking for solutions out side, closest what we can experience is our own selves which can be explored easily than out side. there are methods prescribed. there is nothing beyond knowledge. a man will go for it if he is serious in his search.

Xenophanes espoused a belief that "God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind." He maintained there was one greatest God. ... Physicist and philosopher Max Bernhard Weinstein specifically identified Xenophanes as one of the earliest pandeists. Notable ideas: Religious views as human projections; The cosmic principles of water ... Born: c. 570 BC; Colophon Region: Western philosophy Main interests: Theology; Metaphysics; Epistemology Ye Pre-Socrates hae he believed as we now

hoodbhoy is a good boy

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Not just 33 crore, Hindu Gods could be infinite, In Hindu Advaita - The difference between the Creator & and the Created is not recognized, ie, The Creator is present in each and every atom of each and every creation - including inanimate creations So, for a Hindu everything is sacred, he sees the Creator in everything that is why the slogan .....HAR HAR MAHADEV If for some reason, people of other religions could not come to terms with this idea....... Let them understand that their religion is also just a belief system, and that they also do not have evidence of God's existence Whether you say GOD IS EVERYWHERE or GOD IS NOWHERE Both are same as both agree on the Universality of the idea In that sense Advaita is both closest to Atheism and also farthest from it AND WHO SAID TWO OPPOSITE THINGS CANNOT BE THE SAME That's the idea actually.....to transcend the dualities and become ONE Well that's a little abstract to a non - hindu But a Hindu is imbibed with this idea organically when he grows up in this culture

Like in your religion Khuda is almighty and Al- haa is a Deity

Religion is not about life after death. Religion is about how to live life morally now.

What people need is messages of tolerant religious people like Kabir. We should not be imitating atheism of the West.

@13:00 that is me in the School :-)

Mr. Hudhbhoy you should not comment wrong things about Hinduism as you have not studied this religion.

Hello everyone, an American intellectual was saying that the quran did not call the researchers of today disbelievers who is thinking and serving humanity, but in the eyes of the quran, those were unbelievers who prostrated idols, the sun, the moon, and offered sacrifices. The researchers and the thinkers have been liked. If these people are sincerely looking for the truth, they will reach the true reality. I think it is very difficult for a physicist to explain metaphysical problems.

Why technology cant change aging or stop death if it is spotaneously

What would you base your rationality on if not God ?

What is this insecurity in faithfuls to constantly seek out some kind of legitimacy from science?

Bhai ye banda ke liye hat's off, Pakistan me rahte hue khuch religion ke baare me bolna aashan nahi hai, Islam ke bare me khuch negative bolega to Pakistan ke extremists group ese maar denge, but he is really a liberal man, he knows he belongs to great Indus Valley civilization and his forefathers are either hindu or Buddhist, and if every Muslim of Pakistan knows this than that will be good for whole world

god is a multiple answer question ....

Scientific dead end always start a new debate

The question: what was there before Big Bang is fundamentally wrong. When you say before or after, you accept time. Basically you’re asking cause of causation 😊

For Plato, God is the 'Form of the Good'. A Form here means an Ideal - an eternal fundamental principle, of which material objects and attributes are imperfect copies. So God is the Ideal of perfect Goodness and source of all that is Good. so Doctor sahab ap phy pe zyda dhayan den iss pe agr baat karen to Tehqeeq kar ke karen 💖😊💗

comments are more interesting than the talk.

Dr sb looked stumped and baffled

Please read this video for your understanding Dr Carl Sagan and his videos and wickepedia Pale Blue Dot -please listen to this video Thank you sir

مان گیا سائل کی ذہانت کو۔

Sorry to say but sir app ny koe bhi proper answer nhi dia.....!!!

Mr Parweez Hoddybhoy is not well aware of concepts of God in different religions if he knew then he would be stopped to say like now

Why compare to different things, imo these are totally different things. Religion is personal thing, science is not

Janwar ka maqsad e zindagi kya hy ? That's all about survival.

ur conversation shuld be in english sir so that every one can understand this topic.

Hindu Dharm ke anusar Paramatma sirf 1 hai. Baki sab 33 koti(prakar ya trah ke) dewta hote hain. Jinme mukhya 3 hote hain Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. Sabhi jeewaon mein parmatma ka hi ansh hota hai jise hum Atma ya rooh kahte hain.

We humans know very little. We should know that first.

Science is a process of discovering what already exists and it may be an indefinite process. Creationism is total fiction and not consistent even philosophically. It's like a comedian said that 2000years from now simple minded folks could start reading Harry Potter as scriptures but the proved rules of Science will still be the same. Religion was only humanity's 1st attempt to understand morality but unlike science it doesn't allow for more attempts or any evolutionary process because that would be blasphehemy.

Allah bhaghwan Eshwar etc whatever you call is the name of Creator of everything

میزبان کے سوالات مہمان کے جوابات سے زیادہ مدلل ہیں

Insan apny sawal se pehchana jaya hy.

Human brain is designed by evolution to survive n reproduce which is what most people do. Not being able to understand everything in this universe may just be a limitation of our mind rather than science.

چالیس سال پڑھانے کے بعد چار ڈیڈیکیٹیڈ سائنس دان نہ پیدا کر سکا۔ چار اچھے پروفیسر نہ پیدا کر سکا۔ تو اس گفتار کے غازی کی باتیں سننے کا فائدہ۔

Religion guides only good and bad . Life. Is. A Function of Entropy and enthalpy also reversibility metaphysical problems and their solution Saleem

Sir 22 minutes time Kam thha. Religion waalon KO pooso. Koi kehta Mera Alha, koi kehta Mera Khuda, koi Kus koi Kus aakhir meri samj SE bahar hai

Hindus believe in punarjanm/rebirth and Moksh/Mukti/salvation, not is 7 births.

Ajka Allah bahi hoga Jo atombomb ko rok de fatne pahile aaj Duniya ko sab se bada dar Allah se Jada atombomb ka hi hai.

is Pakistan making a car? Made in Pakistan? Pakistani scientists?

England or america mei itni Sanitization hay Phir wahan ku bemari hay

So HOOD BOY can never answer, who did the BIG BANG 🤣🤣🤣

Ziyadaah nahi sirf Quran ko pharr lo jiss religion say bhi ho appko tamam sawalo ke jawab miljaegey ,ye Prof sahab ney Quran ko shayad pora parha nahi ,mazrat ke sath

In this video, Hoodbhoy is confused.

Most of the smart questions were not properly answered

Still I believe, illness is cause of our bad deed... or may be a Trial (Azmaish) Now We just know the reason behind it, which is germs.... You can't compare religion with science... "Jis ka Eman kamzor ho ga wo he ya batain sochy ga"...

I think he is an Atheist or Agnostic

Kuch quantum physics ,aur kuch dark energy ke baray me bhi khull karr baat karay ,aur science ney itni tarakki ki hai to eaak house fly hi banadoo