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Oh, hi hi I'm dennis prager welcome to my home, my fire, my seat, my study it's great to be with you completely. Unscripted totally spontaneous that's. Why. Sometimes it sounds truly in looking like last week but what are you gonna. Do we don't. We don't to change it or edit. We just to present to you what happens here and thank you for being with me it's just a chance to talk to you take your questions. Get to know each other better and it's been the reception has been very moving to me. How many people watch this uh each week. They, because you know why you know what the appeal is. If and I'm not bragging here by it's not my style uh it's real people like the real and I like real that's that's that's a big factor in what appeals to me that's. Why you know. I can be an example What is not real and I I show dislike it. I can't watch a lot of the shit comes on American television. You guys know what I'm referring to what's, not real about American sitcoms of job, that's right. The left track. I'm so aware that it's just a recording that somebody's doing with the button a knob and then look loria that uh I have no joy on if there's a real audience and it last fine, if there's no laughter, if it's It's funny it's life anyway. I'm not laughing because they're laughing laughing cuz it's funny so I just don't like that stuff I don't like the fake. It and so this is really real. I try to be real so today I wanna talk to you about uh, a subject dear to my heart and that is people freaking out about health scares and I have watched this my whole life and I'm telling you people are gonna die from fright more than they gonna die from. What they're afraid of their things I'm afraid of, but they're they're very different show I'll. Give you an example. The latest example a judge just ruled in California that all those who sell coffee like starbucks have to now announce have to have announcement It announcements are signs that coffee can cause cancer. Why. What is it called act relied on my mind. Thank you. Mind apparently in the heating process is something is this and if you give enough my two a mouse, you know it dies of them over week. I'm getting it that just dies but if you give enough anything to will make it enough water to amount settle die in itunes that First of all, coffee and I'm not a coffee, nothing like coffee but it's not a crazy about bikes. Many and I have no issue people are crazy about. It. My wife is crazy about it and and she's very healthy and she loves it. It's great. I have no issue with it and the crow mind is a carcinogen, despite the fact that coffee and you look this up you'll be amazed I have been amazed at how healthy coffee really is for you that, like three cups a day Is actually good for you that it's actually an anti cancer and and and good for blood vessels and good for a whole host of things, for you, the turns out that that is the case. Why my raising this is my opening issue before I take your questions because I've lived through this all of my life, all of these scares the biggest the most famous one, is one that I is, is very fraudulent. Second hand smoke. we 99 percent of you believe kills people okay we're told every year at kills 50000 Americans it's nonsense it's complete nonsense. If you're stuck in a room five by five or 10 by 10 with a person smoking cigarettes all day long and you sleep with that person. While they're smoking and this takes place for about 50 years, I believe it could have an adverse effect just like enough mind of the mouse, but beyond that I don't, if somebody were to say it's bad if you have asthma and you are in a room, small room with smoke. I totally agree with that. I'm not saying that it has no adverse effect see what doesn't kill or kill. So rarely and on the such extreme it's circumstances it's not true. You know why was developed secondhand smoke I'll tell you why we the the haters against smoking and especially cigarettes and cigarettes and Dangerous I truth is truth. I have no problem with science. Are true. Five science. I problem with hysteria, not with science, so they realize that telling people that cigarettes can kill you uh was not doing enough to stop a lot of people. Smoking cigarettes so then they came a brilliantly with the new thing uh you're, not just killing you, your killing people around you that's what change the entire anti smoking crew saved, then people said all if somebody wants to kill themself that's their business but if they gonna kill me that's my business Yes, that's why the second hand smoke the became so big to get people to stop smoking through what it turns out to be largely untrue about. It being his fatal thing. You should read the British medical Association and others about secondhand smoke and you'll realize that this is wildly exaggerated, but we get it all the time. This is dangerous that's dangerous. We have a pretty University video the door, skin as it gives a brilliant video, but what is it. Let kids be kids. Let kids be kids and I couldn't believe it When I first read her script, what doctors doctors unfortunately, are some of the biggest hysterical and I know while explaining in the moment is very interesting thing of analyze that why doctors are terrible. So the uh the their doctors who are saying don't let your kids walk barefoot in the sand on the Beach. Give me a break Give me a break it's gonna be nuts, not to let your kids walk barefoot on the Beach part of being a kid. Don't build sand, castles don't dig holes don't bury your friend. I don't mean fully come on it. That's what 20 you to do on the Beach watch the waves come in of course you play in the sand that's the tampa point. We play freeze be football on the sand or whatever you doing don't walk barefoot good. I read Member I mean yeah do you know the diving boards have been banned in California homes that have swimming pools. This is already so many years ago because I some people have dive into swimming pools. That didn't have water and they begin the kill themselves or get paralyzed bring concussion. It there are people in America who want to live a life with no risk but you know what happens with a life with no risk. You have very few joys I don't believe in silly risk, Michael jumping. I don't intend to the climb everest we're issues. A 10 percent representatives actually die. I mean it's it's it's very, very risky thing to climb mount everest, but I mean I'm not for banning it, but it's not something even if I could do that. I would do, but alright people do what they do. It, but life you know Life should have a lot of join. It and in and this is one of the choice for kids to walk and stand the coffee is one of the joys of life for people who, like coffee because my skin it you're gonna have these announcement. You know in California if you fill up your car it's hilarious, you gotta read most people ignore. Thank God, but there is a long list of people who should be filling their car with gas cuz because the the fumes of gas could kill you and it's unbelievable with Think about it or how about this oh my God, this is, I know, it's gonna turn off some of you and I don't mean to turn you off, but I gotta be honest. I am totally support if you wanna breastfeed your children, God bless you. If it's bonding and God bless you to non issue, to me, but the the the the anger at women who give their kids a bottle. I mean it's anger, like you've engaged in some form of a child abuse. I was bottle Fed And I am healthy, I've been healthy. My whole life. I'm six foot for they say that kids with were breastfed are smarter. Maybe I would have been smarter, but I'm okay, with the level of intelligence that God gave me right now and a bottle. I'm not sure I got stupid or my brother was bottle fatty, professor of medicine at Columbia, University. I think he's been I think he's been okay intellectually. I mean this stuff is just unbelievable the scare tactics the people Use on things that are nothing but I think about my life. My parents, both smoked nobody died of second hand smoke. Um. My mother smoked when she was pregnant with me. She drank when she was pregnant with me. I'm not advocating you do so. Do whatever you want, but I'm telling you it is amazing when I think that my mother would it with send me when I was a kid to go to what we called in New York where I grew up candy store a dennis could you you know, go to the candy store and pick up pick up a pack of cigarettes for me. I was like eight years old We sold me cigarettes. It because it didn't matter in those days nobody thought I was gonna smoke the pack. How many eight year old smoking packs of cigarettes and, if they are the problem, is not the sales person. The problem is the upbringing of the kid uh. I can grow up in a different world Sea shores. We had Sea saws. We had diving boards. We had monkey bars me. These things are known to lot of kids today. What's wrong with the see saw somebody fell off the seesaw of course somebody's gonna fall off the see saw That's what happens on occasion it's not it's not good. This stuff and it comes from eight and in mature of you of life that somehow we can make. It rescue free but it comes with a price risk free it's joy free it's spontaneity free so that's that's. What I think about when I think of a judge rules you gonna tell people coffee carcinogen, frankly, the more things that are announces carcinogens. Maybe the better maybe people will just tune out, which is what's gonna happen because excuse me when some Thing is actually a carcinogen, no one will believe it it's like calling everybody you don't agree with the White supremacist when the real bad White to premises arise. Nobody will believe it because everybody is already been called a Nazi and Nazi in factors uh races there are this is this is the real meaning of language through this hysteria, whether it's in politics or it's in health, it's just it's not healthy It's not good, God, I'll never forget this is gonna try now we're crazy 21 okay. I was up my invite one of my two sons birthday party. I remember I probably, I think the over one so this was about a while with these 25 so this is about 20 years ago and it was my House and I was smoking my pipe and smoke cigar and Birthday party so this 56 year old walks over to me and egos. Mr that's dangerous. You know what you so this this theater five girls telling me that my should my by pipe is dangerous, like he knows about pipe. You don't know what dangerous about pipes. I talk about doctors in the moment. I promised I would it's important thing so I looked at the kid my go hey. You see how big and full I am it's because I smoke a pipe So of course, when I tell this, their parents who was so horrified that they would like me jailed. I understand that, but I think it's ridiculous. I can't imagine going over two adult when I was five and telling them you know your it's dangerous. Now they gonna do that with coffee. Why not. My kids gonna walk over to with you know that's dangerous. Some here. Drinking coffee by the way I really wanted me from the beginning, the thing that really bothered me about the anti tobacco crew saved was that there's no, and tight alcohol crusade. Nobody abuses a wife for a child after a cigarette butt overwhelmingly child and spousal abuse or accompanied by alcohol abuse, alcohol abuse is ruined Families okay not cigarettes, not cigars and pipes were our moral compass is, is really wacky now. Why are doctors so historical it's understandable because they see only sick people, people don't go to the doctor when they're healthy they go when they're sick you right that's the way it works so they see only sick and they therefore, for example, doctors are said to me dennis. You smoke a cigar. You know you can Flip cancer so I said yes, I am aware of that, but doctor to be honest, I live the long life. Thank God and I gotta tell you. I have met I've known a lot of people cause I'm a public figure. I know a lot of people a lot of people who know a lot of people. I don't know anyone who got left cancer pancreatic cancer lung cancer, skin cancer, liver, cancer, brain, cancer, breast, cancer, ovarian, cancer, testicular, cancer. You name it But I never been anybody would lip cancer, but they exist. Of course, there are people who happen and doctor see the tiny number of people who happened so big strap await it's really dangerous because that's what they see so that's the reason doctors are understandably, although not I don't defend it, but understandably hysterical, because they see the the the rare cases of all all these things like carcinogens and coffee, so live life, enjoy. It some things are truly Dangerous and don't bother doing them, but most things that just find don't don't get free found okay help time for there. We go press. It twice dennis good your questions. Eric 25 Detroit, Michigan and what is the right thing for single men to do about dating when some women fall in line with societies demon is Asian of viewing forms of courtship as sexist thanks in advance dennis that's some woman full of The societies demon is Asian of forms of courtship, as the sexist. You mean, like if you hold the doors that what it is, what you pay for dinner at Texas any woman. You date who thinks it's sexist to hold the door open. You should think if you're on a date with a woman and she says that sexist, you know why you should take her because in one fell swoop in one moment, she has announce to you that you don't wanna date her anymore, so you don't have to waste any time that she has done you a service Because he's a dummy and why would you wanna data dummy that's. It simple men should be men, women should be women and next one of god's blessings to the human species that we come in those two varieties, not three varieties, not four varieties, just two and to celebrate each. There is a tiny percentage of humanity that has gender dysphoria that does not identify with the sex that they are biologically. I wanna embrace these people Hug them, I wanna give them consolation it's a tragedy. It's a separate issue, but even they don't deny that there are two sexes they just think they're the other. One that's separate issue, but if you're, with a woman who uh what you don't have to hold the door for me, what you think I'm weak okay so she is told you that she doesn't think clearly and that's the service he in 20 Reach, avoiding wisconsin I'm a devout Christian who, in the past, the struggle with churches, I've attended churches around me and only impeded my walk with God. My question is what are some ways to keep the sabbath holy without going to church. Okay number one the first part is not the. Surely related to the second but I'll answer the second one cause. I don't know all the specifics about the first point. How to keep the sabbath going to church uh. I did the 10 commandments for pretty University. You should see by the five minute video there are five minutes the one I did on the command to keep the sabbath that is by the way, that has Is kept me saying the seventh that every week in the Jewish case at sunset on Friday, sunset on Saturday ice infect leave the world. I don't read. Newspapers I don't read the Internet news. I don't care, no, what's happening in the world. Um with friends and family and it is just a joy. I don't work. I don't broadcast it's it's life saving the best way. If, if you don't go to church and I think you should even if you have troubles, find a place that you can have in troubles, I go to synagogue every week, I don't find prayer, particularly moving like I find bible The incredibly moving so that's the part I go for an I don't pray much all this love prayer and God bless them. I envy them. I wish I liked it more, but I don't but it doesn't mean I don't go if you have to be a hundred percent of hole in your religion. Nobody will be in there, religion very few people are hundred percent happy or secure agreement with their religion the only religion you'll ever be a hundred percent in agreement with is your own it's like people who don't your Can't vote for this candidate, cuz I don't agree with him or her own on this Earth, but the only candidate you'll ever agree with all the time is you so you'll have to run for office. You wanna invent a new religion it's, a free country ahead. I'm not kidding being sarcastic inventing new religion, but if you like to be with other people in a religion and you don't fully agree with it, so what of fully agree with everything in my religion, so what really by the way so what are magic words very often It's worth saying so what you lead a happier life and find if, in your case, find a church where you like, the people you like the past the priest and that's just efficient. If you don't agree with everything not everything makes you comfortable. So much or found your room yeah okay found your own church I'm not joking, not even a new religion, just your own church and and do what what you find is meaningful you'll always find people who will agree with you and how do you think new churches are always Made it's people wanna make something that they are more confident with that just find provo utah Sam 22 can children be raised effectively and single parents single gender horse of single parent slash single gender homes. Okay um that's two separate questions. Can people very effectively in a single parent home. Yes, they can is ideal to have two parents. It is ideal to have a mother and father that is the ideal that doesn't mean other things can't work, but you see people Real refried to say that there is an ideal as if it's insulting to those who don't live by the ideal it's ideal to have one marriage and not get divorce. I've gotten divorce. I wish that I had had a happy marriage from the very beginning and only been married once but I haven't so I didn't live that ideal that's the way. It is, I understand, but I don't deny the ideal is one marriage that is the ideal okay. I am not Doesn't insult be that I didn't live the ideal and it doesn't insult a single parent to say that the ideal is a mother and father. It doesn't insult gay couples to say that the ideal as a mother and father, I am not going to deny reality, show that's that nobody's feelings can be hurt. People have to be mature Justice. I have on the divorce issue the ideal is not to get divorce but some people have to okay it's If it's not good to live in a bad marriage, your whole life it's not fair to people. We have one life it's not fair to either spouse. So I understand that that's that's how I look at some of you have religious objections to any divorce. I never debate religion that I respect that but for those who do not have that and in judaism your allowed to get divorced so it is not been a religious, a problem in my life but it is the ideal the ideal is to parents the idea listened parent of each sex that doesn't And self anyone else, there are, I know people were raised by a single mom or single dad who turned out beautiful. I know I know that the sure that their kids with with with same sex parents, will turn out beautiful and I'm sure their kids will turn out trouble and instead life is complex but my my same sex couple friends and relatives. I cannot wait to the ideal is to have a mother and father it's not. It it's They're not negating their their own selves by saying that they just telling the truth so we should strive for the idea we can make it. We can make it, but I'm not gonna deny ideals. So that nobody's feelings are hurt that's that's a big problem in America, feelings, trump reality, big big problem last question from James 20 in London. What is your opinion on the birth control pill, birth, control and general well, my religion allows for it up within you know uh within Marriage obviously all religions or have problems with premarital intercourse, uh, but we're the the issue to me for getting religion now, the issue is that the the birth control the birth, control, pill has obviously enabled a lot of people to have sex without thinking about it in the past and all of human history, people at the think about it well, you know, maybe I should Have intercourse with this person um because they you know we can get pregnant or she could get pregnant. Obviously and or either woman could get pregnant and that's it. That was a heavy duty thing and now that is a non issue. If, of control, is used in the vast majority of cases sometimes there's. You be able to Thursday and accident as it were, lot of lot of people walking around who know their accidents, including for married couples, but other Lies the issue to me is not birth control. The issue is two people. Wanna marry, the people, wanna have children. I don't have an issue with birth control. I have an issue with people, not wanting to have children that's a bad sign, not marrying that's a bad sign we're using abortion as a form of birth control that's also a bad sign so that's how I would respond to that well, we good guys Everybody happy great it's been enjoy being with you and I guess that's about it for now see you next week from my home. I'm dennis prager
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