Christopher Hitchens is missed in our time, when fundamentalists of all religions and denominations threaten the very foundations of liberal democracy. He was such an extraordinary intellectual.

Dinesh is dishonest, twists, distorts, and counts on the gullible ignorant people that are easily impressed by Dinesh pretending that some problems can not be overcome and makes ridiculous comparison to try to make people laugh at what should instead has been a quest for facts. Dinesh relies on incredibalism. Very dishonest character.

36:00 David Hume's "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" was published in 1779. Still we have to head those creationist claims - i.e. having been disproved almost 300 yrs ago - over, and over, and over, and over again from D'Souza. What an utter ignorance.

Dinesh never fails to fail

If a debater raises his Voice in counterargument like Dinesh, it almost a sure thing that is he walking on shakey grounds and compensates the weakness of his position by shouting.

This Danesh guy is ridiculous. These aren't serious arguments, are they?...

Charity does not originate with religion. But rather, the idea of community and honor.

The level of atheism throughout the rest of the developed world refutes any argument that religion is somehow a moral necessity, Countries like Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom are among the least religious societies on Earth. According to the United Nations’ Human Development Report (2005) they are also the healthiest, as indicated by measures of life expectancy, adult literacy, per capita income, educational attainment, gender equality, homicide rate and infant mortality. Conversely, the 50 nations now ranked lowest in terms of human development are unwaveringly religious. Other analyses paint the same picture: The United States is unique among wealthy democracies in its level of religious literalism and opposition to evolutionary theory; it is also uniquely beleaguered by high rates of homicide, abortion, teen pregnancy, STD infection and infant mortality. The same comparison holds true within the United States itself: Southern and Midwestern states, characterized by the highest levels of religious superstition and hostility to evolutionary theory, are especially plagued by the above indicators of societal dysfunction, while the comparatively secular states of the Northeast conform to European norms. Of course, correlational data of this sort do not resolve questions of causality--belief in God may lead to societal dysfunction; societal dysfunction may foster a belief in God; each factor may enable the other; or both may spring from some deeper source of mischief. Leaving aside the issue of cause and effect, these facts prove that atheism is perfectly compatible with the basic aspirations of a civil society; they also prove, conclusively, that religious faith does nothing to ensure a society’s health.

In reading the comments section, (after I watched the whole video), I can only come up with one conclusion. Everyone has their likes and dislikes, as well as their beliefs and disbeliefs. It seems to me that many thought this was a battle to change "the other side's mind". In reality, (as I see it), it was just a debate between two very educated individuals, on a very difficult subject, that was designed to inform and provoke thought. Nothing more.

D'Souza seems more concerned about attacking Hitchens and atheists then expounding his viewpoints about why god and religion are real and necessary.

….i heard once from someone who I admire💭💭💭” …he had a Disclosure Agreement with God”

Dinesh is so WRONG I don’t know where to begin! . . . . He called Sam Harris a Biologist???? He’s a Neuroscientist⁉️

It begins and ends with the acceptance of an idea which is clearly a reflection of the human ego. Religion isn't real in any literal or physical sense, but it may just actually be yet another evolutionary manifestation that just helps human beings to survive.

I hate DD's attempts to tell atheists what they believe, getting it wrong at almost every turn. The Stalin, Hitler, Mao....did their deeds as a matter of atheism is one of the dumbest non-arguments that apologists have ever come up with.

Saying that morality was due to Christianity is false since Buddhist who do not believe in God are good people as will as the Hindus which are more in number.

There is no way of distinguishing god/gods from Nature, except that we can actually observe Nature. Meaning Naturalism is the best explanation we have.

Two great men of our time . Christopher RIP .

Neither parents or schools should be "instructing" on religious views in a free and open society....it should be up to the individual when their brain is fully developed.....they should abstain from controlled substances and any other thing that can leave the individual detrimentally affected if something goes according to anything other than "the plan/curriculum..."

Dear Christians, is this the best guy you got? Dineshs' arguments sound like 10 year olds school debate.

I always wondered what Christopher would have thought of Trump and his followers. I know his bother, Peter, doesn't think much of Trump.

sapiens have been around for at least 3 million years( rounded cranium associated with homo species), This was not know at the time of this debate took place, We also now know that homo sapiens are the result of interbreeding bye no less than 6-8 hominid species over hundreds of thousands years.

Dinesh misses the morality argument. It’s because clearly the Bible says we were made in the image of God with the laws written on our hearts

Dinesh is about the best they have. And hes dishonest and pathetic.

Dinesh is right on politics, wrong on religion. Hitchens is right on religion, wrong on politics.

i don’t believe Dinesh believes most of the stuff he says.

To belief that God created the universe is false. Here is why. A designer would use raw materials but does not create the raw materials. A designer create for the purposes of resolving problems. Like for instance a professional mechanical engineer would not only be accepted for a due to his narrative of his qualification of previous assume achievement since those could be fake but must prove himself of resolving actual problems on the job. If in reality he is not good he would be fired In the same way giiven that there is an assumed designer of the universe, let us verify if he truly is by resolving huge complex multitude of problems that humanity is facing. Ever since until today we could not see problems being intervened. That is the reason why the majority of philosophers, scientists and other intellectuals dismissed this concept of a designer. The Wright brothers invented aeroplanes and contributed progress to the world. Thomas Edison invented electricity and the world benefited. Religion must therefore give proof. Show proof that your calmed designer is making anything which resolves problems of the world. Show data that people could verify that your designer is powerful, resolving terrible problems of people. Show data of your claims that that one you adore is merciful that he save people from dreadful situation like a child being raped and killed, families buried by buildings due to earth quakes. Do not fool people with your claims that just because you don't understand, it must be God. That is irrational and you are making forceful insistence of your unsupported claims.

Does Dinesh think that the "laws" of nature are the law...except when we need to insert magic here and there?

Australian aboriginal culture had neither slavery nor servitude and are the oldest living culture on earth. It was not an inherent human trait cleansed by christianity.

Some people are just stupid, commenting as if they can ever face a crowd of people let alone address them, stupidity at work 😂😂😂😂

"I'm like a mosquito in a nudist camp, I don't know where to start!" Dinesh, you said something very funny, here, dedicate yourself to these things and leave the serious things alone

The religious still, after all these years, still don't u derstand that ATHEISM ISNT A THING.

Christian love is the strongest hate out there

He's really calling Hitler an atheist? 😂

Simple.....2 religiions. Take your pick

It appears in this debate our good and valiant proreligious Mr, D'Souza

Only one of the two gentlemen in that debate..is a convicted felon. And it's not the atheist.

Dinesh D'Souza LIAR FOR INSANITY.

If you were talking about some other youtuber's opinion, then you could say, "Well, I think..." But we are talking about the ETERNAL, ALL-POWERFUL, CREATOR of the universe. Who says, "Can the gods of the other nations (religions) tell you the future? No! They are mere lifeless idols." But I..." and then He proceeds to give us over one thousand prophecies in the Bible to demonstrate that God's word can be trusted. He also adds over one hundred scientific facts in scripture in all fields of science that were written down, thousands of years BEFORE the great scientists of the world would discover them. For example, up to a few hundred years ago surgeons used to wash their hands in basins of water, until they discovered it became a bowl of germs. They started using running water. The Bible instructed the use of running water thousands of years earlier. Soldiers used to die from disease, until they finally figured out to do their toilet business outside the camp. The Bible thousands of years before this, instructed the Israeli soldiers to take a small shovel outside the camp and bury their waste. Doctors used to drain blood (blood-letting) from sick patients, but thousands of years ago the Bible said, the life is in the blood. It wasn't until a couple hundred years ago, that oceanographers discovered mountains rising off the ocean floor, but the Bible thousands of years ago spoke of these mountains. The Bible says, "It is God who spreads out the stars." Astrophysicists now say the very fabric of space is spreading out taking the galaxies along for the ride. Up until a about five hundred years ago, astronomers thought there was about 4,000-5,000 stars. But the Bible in Genesis compares the number of stars to the grains of sand along the seashore. Astronomers now say there are at least twice as many stars as sand on all the beaches of the world. Albert Einstein in his paper on relativity stated that matter, energy, space and time itself all had a beginning. But thousands of years earlier in Genesis chapter one the Bible says, "In the beginning (a reference to time having a beginning) God created the earth (matter) the heavens (space) and said let there be light (energy). I don't want to make this so long people won't read it, but you can go any Christian bookstore and find books on the hundreds and hundreds of fulfilled prophecies, in the Bible. There were 256 totally fulfilled prophecies concerning the birth, life, ministry, and death of Christ alone. So, God in HIS word has told of science thousands of years in advance of it being discovered by the great scientific minds of the world, He has spoken prophetic utterances that have come true, over and over again, in a literal, not metaphorical sense, again, to demonstrate His authority. And what is your authority? Why should we believe you? You say things like, "Why didn't God do this or that. And, I FEEL like He should have done it this way, or that way." Look, if I decided someone should die and then carried that out, I would be a murderer fit for jail or execution. BUT, if God decides a person has come to the end of his days, He is God, we are His creation. This is His world, His universe. He is sovereign. Look, it's a great deal; surrender to HIs only means of forgiving our sins and reconciling ourselves to HIM, Christ dying on the cross, and reap eternal life, eternal peace, eternal health, and eternal joy. OR reject His offer of pardon and receive your just punishment. I choose Jesus Christ.

It is also worth clarifying that the slavery spoken of in the Bible is not like the concept we have of a slave today. It had more to do with remaining, if subject to another person, for the payment of debts that had not been able to be paid, paying with work until the debt was paid or the arrival of the sabbatical year.

If only the 2000 Mules guy was as smart as he thinks.

Christopher Hitchens is unmatched as usual 😊

A lot of simpletons in the common section, the just use Ad hominem rather than addressing the argument, atheist never have answers just criticize. They always run when you ask them where their morals come from

Problem is not Christianity, problem is people like Hitchens ...

Dinesh is a wonderful Christian, brilliant man and a crusader for that which is good

Dinesh D'Souza very smart/prepared/wise/intelligent man.

The smug and arrogant Hitchens is almost as good an advocate for Christianity as Dinesh D'Souza. Hitchens is a stereotype of a professor who is used to shut down critics by lowering their grades.

Hitchens was an angry man.

Hitchens describes a God and theology that the intelligent Christians that I know don’t believe in. Conversely, atheism really does establishes a principle that a person cannot and will not be held responsible for their deeds after their death, and that effectively only human agency can do so, and that was the real basis for the genocides of the 20th century by atheist regimes . Points to Dinesh, despite Hitchens eloquence.

Will have a good laugh with Hitchens when I look him up in Heaven one day. Hitchens will be forgiven for his denial. God is great.

2023 can Dinesh justify America's proxy war in Ukraine?

hitchen's "NON-GOD DELUSION FAILS to proves that GOD does not exist - all what he does is to complain... he is DEAD... he died denying GOD... WHERE COULD HE BE SPENDING ETERNITY???

I heard Christopher hitchens passed away from from vocal cord cancer after a lifetime of slanders The Creator, and the says The Creator doesnt have a sense of humor, because that is no coincidence.

This is like a brilliant mind and a pretender. D'Souza still looking for them 2,000 mules.

7:15 WERE! WE were all brainwashed from brith! Holidays to keep reminding us all year long!! UNTILL THEY, WE as humans GREW UP! And left childish notions behind!

Here is what christianity has given the world, In 1788 when white genocidal christians landed in Australia, They where horrified that woman in Aboriginal society had equal standing with men, they where included in all civil matters including law, These white christians then started killing whole Aboriginal communities, Men woman children new born`s because my people refused to deny the rights of woman who had had those rights for over 65,000 years. USA 150,000 native American CHILDREN slaughtered bye christians because they would not convert. vatican island 1 well , over 30,000 skeletal remains of mainly young females = the Italian government has never held them to account, So are complicent and accessories to crimes against humanity. ireland , Over 900 very young to new born babies starved and thrown in a sewer because they when not blue eyed and blonde haired( sound familiar), If the where blue eyed and blonde haired the where sold to the USA federal immigration department for 5,000 to 15,000 odd dollars, Who then on sold for a profit to white christian childless couples.. The Polynesian people are the best natural navigators on the planet and because of christianity those skills where almost completely lost. This is christianity, every country they have infested, Genocide and cultural destruction followed. religion specifically christian religions are racist towards me and every native indigenous population on the planet, religion has tried to wipe from the planet. I do not see any good from christianity infecting civilisation and replacing culture with ignorance and superstition.

He couldn't tell you how the sun shines, or Why HE HAS NIPPLES!? YET, hes know about the universe? Geppetto!

Philosophy is not science, Philosophy is like religion it is an assertion rom a perceived place of authority. Philosophy has no peer review so has no relationship with science . This is why Dinesh uses philosophy quotes instead of scientific quotes.

I am not atheist , Atheism to me is cowardice, I am to christians Anti Theist To jews i am Apikoros, To muslims i am KAFIR, I have never heard of rebuttal to my label's given to me bye religion. I have 65,000 + years of ancestry minus any god from the middle east ever.

Einstein in his autobiography started he lost god at 14 years of age, read it, Dinesh bye lying about Einstein has no respect from me.He never had any from me in the first place because he is openly racist against me.