Friday, March 26, 2010

CNN | Sam Harris - Why We Should Ditch Religion

"For the world to tackle truly important problems, people have to stop looking to religion to guide their moral compasses, Sam Harris told CNN."



Full Article Here

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Nightline Face-Off: Does God Have a Future?

March 10, 2010 at the California Institute of Technology
Sam Harris and Michael Shermer vs. Deepak Chopra and Jean Houston


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Monday, March 22, 2010

TED 2010 Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions

"Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can -- and should -- be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life."

Sunday, March 21, 2010

God-Man!!



(Via Tom The Dancing Bug)

The Atheist Experience - Did God Create Earth and The Universe At The Same Time?

BBC The Big Questions - Does the Devil Exist?

"Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican

Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that "the Devil is at work inside the Vatican", according to the Holy See's chief exorcist.

Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican's chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power struggles at the Vatican as well as "cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon".

He added: "When one speaks of 'the smoke of Satan' [a phrase coined by Pope Paul VI in 1972] in the holy rooms, it is all true including these latest stories of violence and paedophilia."

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010

The Thinking Atheist - The One True God

"It's untrue that atheists worship nothing. In fact, many of us pray daily, worship daily and preach our gospel daily...sharing The One True God with the world."

The Atheist Experience - If Atheists Ruled The World [Special Guest: AronRa]

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Richard Dawkins in conversation with Robyn Williams

"At the Melbourne Town Hall, presented by the Melbourne Writers Festival, outspoken and influential author and scientist Richard Dawkins speaks to Robyn Williams (ABC RN) about the ideas underpinning his new book, The Greatest Show on Earth. They discuss the intricacies, the fascinating patterns and the anomalies produced by the process of evolution on earth. Dawkins then takes further questions from the audience about the theory of evolution, genetic determinism, the climate change denial movement and the place of religion in the world of science."


Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Monday, March 8, 2010

Jim Jefferies On Religion (NSFW)

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Q and A - Adventures in Democracy (Panel Includes Richard Dawkins)

Via http://atheistplanet.blogspot.com/

Aired Monday 8 March, 2010

The Q&A panel includes: Richard Dawkins, Patrick McGorry, Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio, Tony Burke and Julie Bishop.


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Jerry Coyne @ La Ciudad de las Ideas 2009 Re-evolution

Natural World - Clever Monkeys

"David Attenborough's entertaining romp through the world of monkeys has a serious side: for when we look at monkeys we can see ourselves. From memory to morality, from 'crying wolf' to politics, monkeys are our basic blueprint.

Pygmy marmosets 'farm' tree sap; bearded capuchins in Brazil develop a production line for extracting palm nuts; white-faced capuchins in Costa Rica tenderly nurse the victims of battle; and in the Ethiopian highlands a deposed gelada baboon has got the blues."


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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Vanity Fair - Christopher Hitchens on The New Commandments

"The Ten Commandments were set in stone, but it may be time for a re-chisel. With all due humility, the author takes on the job, pruning the ethically dubious, challenging the impossible, and rectifying some serious omissions."

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Richard Dawkins - "What if you're wrong?" South Park

BBC Natural World - Bringing Up Baby

"Natural World investigates the vital bond between animal mothers and their babies. The more we study animals, the more we realise just how emotional they are; all mothers are faced with tough choices as they struggle to bring up babies in a difficult and dangerous world, constantly balancing their own needs with those of their infants. Yet there are many ways to raise your brood, from the fish who looks after her young in her mouth to the extended childhoods of gorillas or orang-utans. Narrator Sir David Attenborough"


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