Dawkins and Krauss on Mormonism

well I find myself in a difficult position because I'm kind of aware in America and I'm not American as you can tell that that the the separation of church and state is is deeply ingrained in the American politic and rightly so and John Kennedy when challenged on his Catholicism rightly said this is a separate matter and as long as I don't bring my Catholicism into policy you've nothing to complain about and this is this is very very very laudable but going back to the doctor the hypothetical doctor and they and the astronomer if you knew that one of the candidates that you're contemplating voting for believed that in the 19th century a man called Joseph Smith dug up sand golden tablets which he which is translated and then conveniently lost and translated moreover although a 19th century man translated them into 17th century English and lots and lots of other and more importantly unlike some of the I mean we also read that the biblical stories are equally ridiculous but the differences we don't know they were written by known con men but in fact he was unknown fella yes and that is food and and so if the person you're contemplating voting for believes all that believes that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri believes that Native Americans are the lost ten tribes of Israel believes that Jesus visited North America I mean these beliefs are barking mad hello they cut they can predict they contradict everything that's known historically archaeologically they contradict science they contradict history now is it a fair defense for such a candidate to say oh well don't worry I won't let my beliefs interfere with my policies well maybe that maybe he won't but do you want to vote for somebody who's capable of holding in his head such unrealistic nonsense in do you want a president who who believes palpably foolish things even if he promises that he won't actually let them it's just a battle problem of the doctor and the and the astronomers again

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Length: 3min 6sec (186 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 14 2012