what is the scientific theory? what is the scientific law ? what is the scientific fact ? what is the scientific evidence ? what is the scientific phenomena ?
Zainab Alamin Scientific theory: A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. That's a short definition. As for the other questions you asked, those are some of the most frequently asked questions on Google. Just type them in and you'll literally have your answer in seconds, I'm not your personal search engine.
Taking the literal meaning out of the word "theory" as an argument against evolution is indeed frightening and in my opinion a form of abuse against these young people who have the right to learn the truth.
@@zainabalamin4884 a scientific theory is not an everyday theory you don’t use that terminology everyday. A scientific theory is the highest merit that you can get from your scientific work. Because it has to go through a number of stages,texts, findings, and they actually try to disprove what they have found to see if it will hold up regardless.
Sadly we in India because of colonial legacy have faith schools. Even govt itself promote certain kind of identity political motivated schools and hostels. In India there are separate schools for women, separate hostels for some castes, tribals. Minority schools, minority colleges. Im not happy with them.
I must say I had a good giggle after he pointed out how every student seemingly came to the same conclusion all by themselves, yet they all share the same. But really: If the teacher which teaches evolution apparently doesn't even believe it herself, how should she then be able to teach that to pupils who are likely to deny that in the first place, because of their religion?
I don't see that so much off a problem. If you go to a secular school, you wouldn't be surprised if you found that all the children had come to the same conclusion that evolution is a fact, and also their belief. The problem here is clearly that this teacher have no idea of how evolution works, and her way of teaching evolution seems more to be in a way of establishing the religious misconceptions of evolution. I mean, she couldn't even explain why other apes, and not just humans, still exist today. There is no way a person with so little understanding in a topic should be allowed to teach it. I don't even care if she believe it herself, just that she teaches the children what evolution really says.
The part with the science teacher is so depressing it makes me want to weep. I admire RD's patience so much in these situations. It's a wonder he doesn't lose his temper with these narrow-minded,naive and misguided people. I wish the movement for scientific fact over religious misinformation would gather more momentum.
"none of the reports that I've read have says that evolution is a scientific fact". Oh my dear impatience... I've watched Richard do his thing for years now and he still gets that argument.. And from a so-called teacher... Dang. Got to hand it to him; his patience is just incredible - and inspirational.
I come from an country where in school. Public school we were taught Christianity as fact for 9 years. It was a major contribution to my hatred for religion.
These are the basics of what goes on: you are to pray in the morning with them, you are to study their doctrine in class (you will also be graded in this class), and you are to attend religious services that serve students and faculty. There are no health classes and there aren't any teachings on evolution. In my school, the teachings were purposely condensed into a very child friendly text . As a result, no students in my class had any knowledge on how to read the actual religious text.
well at least this islamic school had the courage to go on the show so they should be given more credit than Christianity, Catholicism, and Jewdaism schools.
Hear me out, I go to a Muslim school and my biology teacher literally has no idea about evolution, I literally had to learn everything about it online and seriously struggled on my examinations because of their ignorance on the topic. My teacher literally was like, "Aight students, we know this is not true, as a Muslim you are not allowed to believe in all this stuff, just learn it for the test and forget about it". Thankfully the internet exists and I learnt the truth. I am awaiting my graduation until I can outwardly talk about my atheism :)
I am a Christian but I accept evolution among other things. But the point of my faith is to make me be a better person when I lose my way. And it works for me, but I don't expect it to work for everyone. I have to admit when I hear Richard Dawkins talk at 10:10 it's quite beautiful.
I was raised in a Christian home, went to a Christian school and was taught that evolution was false all my life and that the earth was 6,000 years old. I am now 27, but it wasn't until I was 22 that I started breaking free of the shackles of ignorance. I am now more or less an atheist, and a microbiologist. If I had been exposed to Dawkins earlier in my life, I would like to imagine I would have been in love with biology at a much younger age.
that last bit where they are talking about how evolution is taught is pretty eye opening. i always assumed that in faith schools theyd teach evolution in science class and then contradict it in religion class, but it turns out that science class is just veiled religion
The part with Rev. Ainsworth made me wonder. How is the leap of faith to religion going to help answer questions later that I know nothing about as an adult? Our world today is based on evidence and reason and faith is belief without evidence.
He makes a point that resonates with me. I can still make a complicated paper plane (glider) without any thought, yet ask me what I did last week. My answer will be vague and general.
In Germany, EVERY school teaches religious education, seperated by denomination. It's mandatory. I (an atheist), for example, have 36 lessons a week, three of which are Catholic classes. Physics, chemistry and biology, on the other hand, are NOT mandatory for students in my year (junior year).
I went to a C of E Primary School. We said prayers and stuff at assembly (I can still recite the Lord's Prayer from heart), got told Bible stories etc. I didn't believe any of it then and I don't now, but it was no big deal. Most of us just recited the words then forgot about it. There were also students from other faiths (or their parents) who 'sat out' the prayer etc parts. They weren't excluded in any way. That said, the more 'militant' faith schools are extremely frightening.
The God I speak of is Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. For more details, read the Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.
This is a serious question that I'm hoping a religious person will answer for me: what IS the purpose of faith? What does it do for you? Why do we need it? Any books you recommend would be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks.
religious logic: in order for something to exist it must be created. atheist logic: well if god exists who created god then? conclusion: religious logic completely contradicts itself 100 %.
Anything that BEGINS to exist must have a Creator.... If Eternal being is non existent, then you wouldn't have been here today ... confused ? Follow this- If a marine wants to shoot a bird, he can do so but only if he gets permission from the person standing behind him... and this person needs to get permission from the one behind him - if this goes on forever, will he ever be able to shoot the bird - NEVER... Apply this logic to yourself - you were given birth by your mum, and she was given birth by her mum and likewise, it goes back and if this goes on for forever - would you be here if there was not an uncreated being that created everything that began to exist... ???? NO Never..
"You can't understand English Literature without reading the Bible"- Amazingly, my grandfather-a Hindu theist- had told me those words years ago when I was about nine or ten. And quite frankly, the King James Bible is, in my opinion, one of the finest creations of the English language.
@Aezelll " first one in your family to cast off this barbarism." I already started the chain. My son is first generation of pure none believer. It's amazing to see how kid grows and look at religion when not being indoctrinated. One time I took him to church, just so he knows how it all looks like. He was 11 years old, looking at the screen, reading lyrics to Barney like love song... he reads, turns to me and say "wtf dad?" It was also his first time using the F word. I was very proud :)
i grow up with buddhism in my family, went to protestan school... got to experience different pathways...and decided to go for buddhism because i feel more related to buddhism than to protestan.... :) it's up to the children, i think...... my parents do not really force buddhism to me...
during the golden age of islam, scholars were allowed to do critical thinking, reasoning and logic plus they were allowed to discuss open minded matter with different people from various background whether they are christian, doubter(the term atheist@agnostic during that time did not exist yet) that contradict with their religious views. Until the time that the Islamic clerics and syeikhs began to enforce the Islamic law...matter of discussion which contradict with the Quran end up confiscated.
@sebc2s Did you see his face when he said, "Every single one of them comes to the conclusion that we did not evolve?" That had me falling on the floor laughing. He just starred at her with amazement.
I am so tired of hearing the argument, "If we evolved from apes, why are they still here?" A truely foolish argument and proof of that evolution is not taught as it should be.
Dawkin's face when the Muslim teacher says "Do we really come from chimpanzee's?" is priceless, I am currently reading The Greatest Show on Earth and it is an amazing book, it is both easy to follow and very intellectual at the same time, in it he talks about all the arguments creationists have, and that face just reminds me of them. He should really not be so pernicious when interviewing it adds to the stereotype of atheists being... pernicious
@MsMommaRose Yes the freedom FROM religion that is guaranteed by the US consitution is so important. Religion is a private matter, not something for the state to approve, forbid or have any opinion on. If religious opinions do not align with science, it's not the children's problem.
"I was simply trying to point out that contrary to what it has become the Muslim world was once a land of scientific study." Yes, Mesopotamia had great intellectual traditions before Islam destroyed it all, but your philosophers are not an example of that.
@SteffeStolpskott actually the big bang is a conclusion drawn only from the evidence it left behind. Much the same way that a detective looks at a crime scene, evidence is left behind and certain conclusions can be made.
The faithful struggle to distinguish between matters that are inherently subjective and therefore open to opinion and matters of fact. For example: 1. Was Tony Blare a good Prime Minister? Such a question is open to opinion and whilst both supporters and detractors will rely on objective standards, they will inevitably come to different conclusions based on their creed. 2. Is what I'm holding an apple? Such a question leaves about as much room for opinion as the existence of evolution.
I understand where they're coming from, somehow. It's like they will teach both ideas, only to say that because of their religion they are suggested to believe one over the other.
At around 10:40 when that girl finds out how humans really evolved, she seems mind blown. It's sort of sad too though, if you look at her face it's sort of happy at the beginning but then starts to look sad. I think she was thinking; "That... that really makes sense! Why were we not taught this!" then her religious education came in telling her it was terrible blasphemy.
@Ryosuke1208 You've proven what I've already known, Atheists have hearts and can be just as compassionate, and caring as anyone. Thank you..May you live in interesting times. Love Ray..
04:28 "Within a minute, others pick up the game with variation." Yeah that's how much fast they can learn and apply and even put their own flavor. So what's gonna happen in faith school is, they learn something religious topic and they put their own flavor and recreate their own belief.
I am very happy to see this video. It gladdens my heart to see the future work fore that will serve my two young boys when they grow up. We need these people to sweep the public latrines, clean my backyard, carry out my garbage, etc. If all of people became well eductade who would do the menial work in the society that needs to get done? There has to be a group of people who are perfectly happy with their lot in the society while doing these low paying jobs. Keep it up.
4:40 dawkins is like "What's the most resilient parasite? An Idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules."
@MrDustock The problem is that "the facts" are never taught in isolation. If they were, many parents would not object to sending their children to public schools. There is always a context in which the learning takes place. The attempt to teach the facts in a "values neutral" environment always fails. That is the main reason parents choose religious schools, because they want to control that environment.
Love the the sparkle in the eye on the girl who gets her answere from Dawkins. She learned something that day. Now i can't drink my cola, 'cos I can't stop smiling.
@Zoofnick i'm just glad the girl asked the question. she realizes her teacher isn't telling her everything. i think, perhaps, children will start calling bs as time goes on. so long as the entire society isn't steeped in the idea of 'god' and 'faith'. i've not been to the uk, but it look undeniable that they would be exposed to each other, and thus, exposed to the contradiction of their 'faiths'. i think most people like to sort out such contradictions, or there is a growing number of such.
@VideoAudioDisco09 The argument could be made that the higher the level of education, the more complete the secular humanist indoctrination has been. Having higher education does not make the beliefs in question any more or less valid. But prolonged exposure to a secular humanist culture is more likely to bring people into that worldview.
Open minded? Individuals decide "what they do or don't believe?" The young person can CHOOSE what is true? Yet ALL of the students have THE SAME OPINION???? Very contradictory!
How DARE these disgusting ignorant adults LIE to our children?? And do it on the taxpayer's dime, so to speak?? It's utterly utterly outrageous. And sick. Look at the motive$ here. We won't be free -- our children won't be free -- until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.
@KLSeba That's very sad :( . How old are you? I've only told two people so far about my atheism. Both have been very accepting. One is a family member (not my parents), and a friendly co-worker.
Yes, I made up a phrase 'Show me your 0 to 6 year diploma' knowing that NOT ONE PERSON will be able to produce it! By far that invisible 1st parchment of life sets the unconcious course for a person a path, one of which one is never concious of, and knows not that it needs constant adjustment ATTITUDE. Wish the caretakers from 0 to 6 years of life put MORE emphasis on attitude training than skills and rote desciplines.
With the first question we can easily answer "we have many kinds of dogs today but wolves, coyotes and other wild canines live to these days". And if they tell you that those were breed by man you can tell there is a cat breed called Turkish Angora that evolved naturally without humans help and it still looks like domesticated cat.
"children need to experience religious faith to fully understand it." Wow. That argument really shoots itself in the foot because by that logic they should also be forced to do drugs so they can fully understand their effects on the body and mind.
Hey, if we came from our parents, how come they're still here? Those questions ae so easily explained using comparissons from the inmediate family so children can understand them easily. But because those "science" teachers don't understand evolution, they can't explain it propperly
You can't appreciate Shakespeare without reading The Bible and understanding it? Okay, fine. I always found Shakespeare boring. Greek epics, tragedies and comedies were always much more interesting to me. The Bible is unreadable to me. Horrible writing, flat characters, simplistic morality...
the problem with shakespeare is it's a play being read like a book. The play was never meant to expressed thus, but that's how it's packaged by most english teachers. A travesty to the subject matter. Shakespeare shouldn't first be read, but experienced. You get more watching them, more of the stories--through context and body language--than you can simply reading the plays. The script isn't enough. Imagine just READING 'Pulp Fiction'. Imagine meeting someone who just read the script and never saw the movie: how limited that person's perceptions would be. It's frustrating just thinking about it.
IggyTthunders I think you have a fair point, but I enjoy reading Greek tragedies and comedies, as well I think Oscar Wilde is fun to read. I understand Shakespeare is talented and appreciated, and I am aware of his contributions to the English language, but still I find his works boring and tedious to read.
thomas price Say what christians will of the norse pagans, but at least they believed their gods gave them nothing but strength to kill their enemies. Never an end to struggle, to glory. I've read adages from the Havamal. It's very similar to proverbs.
thomas price You shouldn't. It's your opinion. I think 'Breaking Bad's better written than 'Romeo and Juliet'. By far. Romeo never said 'I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS!"
The Buddha or the Brahman do not "punish" people for not believing in them. Also, technically, the Buddha did live around 600 BC and there are plenty of records by Indian chroniclers about this awesome guy & his doctrine of inner peace. The term 'Brahman' roughly refers to the "Spirit of the Universe"- a euphemism for Fate or Karma; technically, it "exists" as well. Pagan religions typically don't have punishments for atheism. Still it's best to play safe & pray to the mighty FSM. R'Amen.
Well that does not make the doctrine of the scriptures any more less or true. MAny argues that just by the success and the sheer quality of the texts makes them true which is just a non-sequitir
What the female priest teacher do not understand is that the children are far too young to be "given an experience of how it is to be a christian". Her argument are better suited if the kids were older and more capable of thinking for themselves.
These closed societys are nothing they try to say they are. If they are regulated by other religious authoritys then there is no real regulation at all. They are free to do anything they want to do as far as educating children in their charge.
@EvolvedSkeptic everything divides: culture, language, religion, ethnical group (race), sex, and so on. Faith, however, is a feel: we can feel it for people, ideas, phylosophies, and so on. Therefore, it doesnt conflict with science, even when it doesnt is science, like music, artets and so on.
@KLSeba I would say keep the door open for a positive relationship to resume, but enjoy the rest of what's still in your life even if she doesn't. Personally, I think she needs to see a form "theistic psychologist". Maybe that would help her.
@Nalae1978 "it is kind of to be anticipated" as a teacher I would be highly pissed off if any student of mine felt inhibited about honestly questioning anything I said or presented to them. That is the whole point isn't it ? Critical thinking, not mind forged manacles.
@ryandrums1001 i have respect for a lot of atheists. In fact many of them are my friends, and i dont go around mocking their disbelief, like how Dawkins mocks peoples beliefs. But either way i wouldn't care. If an atheist mocks my belief, i just yawn it off, cause it doesn't really matter. If someones really rattled when what they believe in gets mocked, then i think that that shows a weakness in their faith...
How can you expect any student to come to the conclusion that evolution is true when you don't even teach it correctly? When you can't answer even the simplest questions about evolution, it might seem a bit implausible when compared to faith explanations, which require a lot less thought.
The only thing I hate about these documentaries, is the fact that all Dawkins mentions is evolution, there are so many other things to examine about Islam, for example why those girls are forced to cover themselves, or sharia, etc.
These young Muslim women are wanting to be the next doctors, lawyers, and scientists of Britain. Don't these teachers have a responsibility to provide them with the most advantageous education for these professions? Instead of filling their heads with superstition, the teachers should be teaching them rational thinking and marketable skills.
