Richard Dawkins and George Cardinal Pell in an Australian TV debate – excellent

Of general interest but of particular interest to those studying AS, this televised debate is excellent. I suggest all AS students watch and note its content for assistance with the Science and Religion chapter.

Click here: Dawkins & Pell

Below is a rough guide to the debate using the questions being asked by the audience to move through the content.

1.20          Is goodness dependent on God?

5.40          Why bother being good?

7.20          Without religion aren’t we only left with Darwinian survival of the fittest?

14.0          Mr Dawkins – are you an atheist or an agnostic?

21.0          How does the ‘Big Bang’ create ex nihilo?

28.40      Cardinal Pell clarify the dichotomy between science and religion

                        And clarify the concept of the soul (31.20)

38.40      Why does Cardinal Pell require different standards of evidence for the issue of climate change and the existence of God?

41.0          What happens to atheists after death?

47.18      Is it OK to teach children that God does not exist?

50.10      Why is there suffering?

54.45      How can the Catholic Church oppose ‘gay marriage’?

57.80   Are there health benefits to belief?