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It was that the reality is prayer doesnt work. >> for dewitt, as religion became more troubling, atheism looked much closer to the truth. eventually in 2011, dewitt quit preaching altogether. he took a job as a building inspector and hoped to live a quiet life. >> thats when your aunt comes. >> 85-year-old aunt grace on facebook. >> yes, aunt grace spotted a facebook photo of dewitt at a gathering of skeptics standing right next to the father of atheism, richard dawkins. >> bob posted this pictu...

>> dewitt said his 20-year-old son called who converted to atheism just two years before he did saved his life. >> i can say without any doubt whatsoever that had he not been in my life during this time, i dont think i would have made it. i know i wouldnt have made it. it really upsets me. it irritates me. >> i know how much dad has tried to help people in the community. >> so why stay here in louisiana? why not go somewhere more progressive, open minded? >> if were going to make things better, ...

Here. >> americans dont have to pretend to believe the lies their parents believed. the under 30 crowd is about one-third atheist. millennials are the future of athei atheism. >> so who are these non-believers and what exactly is atheism? >> for me, its theres no positive evidence whatsoever. theres no reason to believe in any kind of supernaturalism. and so i live my life as though there is nothing supernatural. >> atheism is the absence of religion. there are no gods. if santa claus lands on m...

[ applause ] >> redefining it means to be good without god. coming up -- >> atheists are coming out of the closet. >> atheism, in your face. does it work? >> im the good cop. hes the bad cop. >> three, two, one. [ cheers ] ive just arrived in atlanta and i cant wait to start telling people how switching to geico could save them hundreds of dollars on car insurance. but first, my luggage. ahh, there it is. uh, excuse me sir? i think youve got the wrong bag. >>sorry, they all look alike, you kno...

Accepted responsibility for other blogger killings in the past. two years ago a similar secular blogger was also. other similar attacked against what are known as secular bloggers. people here in bangladesh who write about secularism and atheism and humanism. he is the last in the quite long list of individuals like him to have been attacked in bangladesh. >> david, thank you very much. >> okay lets all go off the record for main. check out this video. this is isis ransacking a museum in mosul...

It was about judaism, catholicism even went after atheism. he was specific in embracing the components of left wing pluralism. >> thats a great point. for those who are not familiar with the magazine. its easy to see a few headlines and believe with every issue the publication targeted islam and that was not the case. >> absolutely. it targets in a satirical way faith across the spectrum. given the fact that france is has such a huge muslim population, 5 million, the biggest in western europe. g...

Why is that changing? >> well, i mean, theres a lot thats changing. first of all, the more science we know, the more we know how difficult it is, for example, for the universe to exist. not just for life to exist. so in one chapter in the book i talk about how difficult it is for life to exist. but another chapter i talk about how the more the kos moll gists and physicists know about what happened at the big bang, the more of them who are atheists are having their atheism shaken by what they see...

Why is that changing? >> well, i mean, theres a lot thats changing. first of all, the more science we know, the more we know how difficult it is, for example, for the universe to exist. not just for life to exist. so in one chapter in the book i talk about how difficult it is for life to exist. but another chapter i talk about how the more the kos moll gists and physicists know about what happened at the big bang, the more of them who are atheists are having their atheism shaken by what they see...

>> he is. if more people came from that place and we could understand and be, you know, curious about differences, it would be good. >> its a subject that i wish we werent giving air time. we should ignore the message. times square there was a billboard up last year, this article reminded me. they put up a billboard brightly lit that read, who needs christ during christmas? then answered, nobody. its just absolutely brutal and i think i agree with kennedy that atheism is a religion in and of its...

Described how they all knew it was a suicide mission going in. they werent surprised. they knew exactly what they were facing. they did it. they did it anyway, they did it with courage and pay tree to theism. >> all right. next up, the latest on the uproar over the presidents prisoner swap deal. were back with the panel in a few.