Dr. Brian Keating

What was their environment like? It was saturated with religion. And with literacy. Yeah, and with literacy and, you know, the language and being able to communicate that as well, but also expressing something which must be intrinsic. And I find when I hosted Richard Dawkins in Vancouver, he asked me to come up. I had him on my podcast for two episodes for his most recent book. And...

And I'm always, you know, kind of—and I've had Sam Harris on the last year as well. And the thing that's frustrating to me about when I talk to scientists like them is how simple their understanding is, quite frankly, of religion, specifically Judeo-Christian. I'm not an expert in anything. I mean, I was an altar boy in the Catholic Church as a kid, a complicated story.

And I'm always, you know, kind of—and I've had Sam Harris on the last year as well. And the thing that's frustrating to me about when I talk to scientists like them is how simple their understanding is, quite frankly, of religion, specifically Judeo-Christian. I'm not an expert in anything. I mean, I was an altar boy in the Catholic Church as a kid, a complicated story.

And I'm always, you know, kind of—and I've had Sam Harris on the last year as well. And the thing that's frustrating to me about when I talk to scientists like them is how simple their understanding is, quite frankly, of religion, specifically Judeo-Christian. I'm not an expert in anything. I mean, I was an altar boy in the Catholic Church as a kid, a complicated story.

But I'm born Jewish, two Jewish parents, and I'm Jewish to this day. But the point— their understanding of things. Like, I said to Richard, you know, in Vancouver, a thousand people there, it was wonderful, people coming up, tears in their eyes, thank you for making me an atheist. And I found it so depressing.

But I'm born Jewish, two Jewish parents, and I'm Jewish to this day. But the point— their understanding of things. Like, I said to Richard, you know, in Vancouver, a thousand people there, it was wonderful, people coming up, tears in their eyes, thank you for making me an atheist. And I found it so depressing.

But I'm born Jewish, two Jewish parents, and I'm Jewish to this day. But the point— their understanding of things. Like, I said to Richard, you know, in Vancouver, a thousand people there, it was wonderful, people coming up, tears in their eyes, thank you for making me an atheist. And I found it so depressing.

And because of the richness, and by the way, I often call myself a practicing agnostic, meaning, and which I think is in harmony with your famous statement that I mentioned before, In other words, if you know for sure that God exists, then you're an absolute fool or an imbecile if you don't believe in him or whatever that means, almost to the point of evidence.

And because of the richness, and by the way, I often call myself a practicing agnostic, meaning, and which I think is in harmony with your famous statement that I mentioned before, In other words, if you know for sure that God exists, then you're an absolute fool or an imbecile if you don't believe in him or whatever that means, almost to the point of evidence.

And because of the richness, and by the way, I often call myself a practicing agnostic, meaning, and which I think is in harmony with your famous statement that I mentioned before, In other words, if you know for sure that God exists, then you're an absolute fool or an imbecile if you don't believe in him or whatever that means, almost to the point of evidence.

And I don't dispute that many, many Christians feel it in a way that Jews don't, you know, this personal relationship with God, Savior, and that he died for my sins. It's harder for Jews to relate to that. But I stipulate that they feel that way. But to say that you are an atheist, like that is your identity—

And I don't dispute that many, many Christians feel it in a way that Jews don't, you know, this personal relationship with God, Savior, and that he died for my sins. It's harder for Jews to relate to that. But I stipulate that they feel that way. But to say that you are an atheist, like that is your identity—

And I don't dispute that many, many Christians feel it in a way that Jews don't, you know, this personal relationship with God, Savior, and that he died for my sins. It's harder for Jews to relate to that. But I stipulate that they feel that way. But to say that you are an atheist, like that is your identity—

is a very strange thing to me to believe, especially from these brilliant men like Sam and like Richard, because they have such simplistic ideas and knowledge.

is a very strange thing to me to believe, especially from these brilliant men like Sam and like Richard, because they have such simplistic ideas and knowledge.

is a very strange thing to me to believe, especially from these brilliant men like Sam and like Richard, because they have such simplistic ideas and knowledge.

You're just not going to get anywhere with it. The taste is not disputable, right?

You're just not going to get anywhere with it. The taste is not disputable, right?

You're just not going to get anywhere with it. The taste is not disputable, right?

I said to Richard, you know, I said, look, Richard, I also don't believe in the God that you also don't believe in. It's so simplistic. And Sam, to some extent, is worse just from the perspective that he's so persuasive. I mean, he's the only person besides you that I've ever known, I've spent four hours with, that never uses the word, you know, has any verbal communication.