In this full session from our archive, Christopher Hitchens and professor Richard Dawkins came to Intelligence Squared in 2007 alongside a panel of other guests to debate if we would be better off without religion.
For the motion sits Christopher Hitchens, professor Richard Dawkins and A. C. Grayling. Whilst opposing the motion sits Nigel Spivey, rabbi Julie Neuberger and Roger Scruton.
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3:10 - Christopher Hitchens
16:51 - Nigel Spivey
26:46 - Richard Dawkins
One of the comments:
If it weren't religion, humans would find other reasons to control and punish others. It is convenient for us to blame the wishes of deity when we treat others badly.
[Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIR7_X-ahy4)
Who's the world's aggressor? it's not Russia, it's United State.
United States has invaded 31 countries since the end of the Cold war 1990.
Here's a list of the conflicts and guess what they weren't sanctioned for anything..
Libya 1990
Panama 1990
Haiti 1991
Iraq 1991
Kuwait 1991
Somalia 1992
Iraq 1992
Bosnia 1995
Iraq 1998
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998
Yugoslavia 1999
Afghanistan 2001
Iraq 2002
Yemen 2004
Haiti 2004
Iran 2005
Somalia 2006
Honduras 2009
Libya 2011
Syria 2011 & 2015
Brazil 2016
Bolivia 2019
Venezuela 2019
Guyana 2020
Iraq 2020
Somalia 2020
Afghanistan 2020
NEW YORK 2001, 911
World wide covid 19 genocide 2019
Nordstream 2022
Ohio 2023