Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Christopher Hitchens Slams Vatican, Pope Over Sex Abuse Scandal
Aired March 30, 2010 on MSNBC's Morning Joe
Understanding Christianese - Lesson 1
Having trouble understanding what religious people really mean? Hopefully, our first installment in this thrill-packed series will help.
Brian Cox on The Jonathan Ross Show
Interview with the brilliant Brian Cox on The Jonathan Ross Show
Aired on 26. March 2010 BBC One
Aired on 26. March 2010 BBC One
Is Satan a Catholic?
Chief exorcist says Satan is in the Vatican
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/7416458/Chief-exorcist-says-Devil-is-in-Vatican.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7056689.ece
The Great Catholic Cover-Up by Christopher Hitchens
Swedish newspaper resurrects the blood libel
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/stephaniegutmann/100007097/jewish-soldiers-harvesting-palestinian-organs-reporter-has-no-clue-if-the-claims-are-true/
Jews leaving Swedish city after sharp rise in anti-Semitic hate crimes
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/7278532/Jews-leave-Swedish-city-after-sharp-rise-in-anti-Semitic-hate-crimes.html
Picture library of Catholic clergy cosying up to Hitler
http://anticlerical.multiply.com/photos/album/16/Alemanha_nazista
If you want more information about the issues in this video I recommend "Double Cross - The Code of the Catholic Church" by David Ranan
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Nightline: God's Warriors (Hutaree)
Nine suspects tied to a Christian militia in the Midwest are charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then attack a funeral in the hopes of killing more law enforcement people, prosecutors say.
Militia Members Charged in Police-Killing Plot
Soldiers are accused of plotting to kill law enforcement agents in the name of Jesus. Group called Hutaree.
Video aired March 29, 2010 on ABC Nightline
Militia Members Charged in Police-Killing Plot
Soldiers are accused of plotting to kill law enforcement agents in the name of Jesus. Group called Hutaree.
Video aired March 29, 2010 on ABC Nightline
Atheist Experience: Apologetics FAIL
Martin and Tracie talk about the ways Christian apologetics are failures.
The Atheist Experience TV Show
#650: Apologetics Fail
Host: Tracie Harris
Co-host: Martin Wagner
2010-03-28
The Atheist Experience TV Show
#650: Apologetics Fail
Host: Tracie Harris
Co-host: Martin Wagner
2010-03-28
Authors @ Google: Sam Harris
Sam Harris is the author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction.
Mr. Sam Harris' writing has been published in over fifteen languages. He and his work have been discussed in Newsweek, TIME, The New York Times,Scientific American, Nature, Rolling Stone, and many other journals. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Times (London), The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Annals of Neurology, and elsewhere.
Mr. Harris is a Co-Founder and CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. He holds a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
Mr. Sam Harris' writing has been published in over fifteen languages. He and his work have been discussed in Newsweek, TIME, The New York Times,Scientific American, Nature, Rolling Stone, and many other journals. His writing has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Times (London), The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The Annals of Neurology, and elsewhere.
Mr. Harris is a Co-Founder and CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. He holds a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
Monday, March 29, 2010
What's the Harm: Eliza Jane Scovill
Eliza Jane Scovill died at the age of 3. The death of any young child is a tragedy, but this event is made even more tragic by the cause of her death. I don't wish to cause her family any more grief than they have already experienced, but there is an opportunity to learn from her story, and the story of her mother. Denialism is toxic and lethal, and we must not tolerate it.
Was God a Volcano?
If you actually read how Moses (the 'important guy who god spoke face to face with, and they guy who got the 10 commandments off of God) describes 'God' in the bible, it's basically the exact description of a volcano.
Seeing as Moses is held to be a prophet in all three of the big monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism), is it possible that the 'God' of all three of these religions was actually nothing more than a volcano?
Is it not more lightly that a bunch of desert nomads come witness a volcano, and seeing as they have never seen one before they think its 'God'. One of their number is crazy enough to go up onto the volcano, where he sees all sorts of volcanic stuff that he mis-interprets as god, and seeing as he's obviously a bit crazy anyways (y'know, how many sane people would go up onto an erupting volcano?) he has a bunch of 'revelations from God' on the mountain. When he gets down, not only does this impress the hell out of the nomads, but he tells them that he spoke to 'God' in the fire and smoke.
Moses (and co.) describing 'God' as a volcano:
Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exodus 14:24
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Exodus 19:16
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
Exodus 24:18
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights
Deut. 4:11
And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the middle of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deut. 5:4
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the middle of the fire,
Seeing as Moses is held to be a prophet in all three of the big monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism), is it possible that the 'God' of all three of these religions was actually nothing more than a volcano?
Is it not more lightly that a bunch of desert nomads come witness a volcano, and seeing as they have never seen one before they think its 'God'. One of their number is crazy enough to go up onto the volcano, where he sees all sorts of volcanic stuff that he mis-interprets as god, and seeing as he's obviously a bit crazy anyways (y'know, how many sane people would go up onto an erupting volcano?) he has a bunch of 'revelations from God' on the mountain. When he gets down, not only does this impress the hell out of the nomads, but he tells them that he spoke to 'God' in the fire and smoke.
Moses (and co.) describing 'God' as a volcano:
Exodus 13:21
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Exodus 14:24
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Exodus 19:16
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
Exodus 24:18
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights
Deut. 4:11
And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the middle of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deut. 5:4
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the middle of the fire,
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Dan Dennett lecture a Darwinian Perspective on Religion
World famous philosopher and humanist Daniel Dennett speaks at Conway Hall, providing "A Darwinian Perspective on Religions: Past, Present and Future"
Religion Convinces People to Pretend to Know Things They Cannot Know
Philosopher Sam Harris tells CNN at TED 2010 that religion distracts people from tackling real problems.
CNN, March 25, 2010
CNN, March 25, 2010
Muslim Cleric on Wife Beating in the Early Days of Islam
Egyptian Cleric Mazen Al-Sarsawi on Wife Beating in the Early Days of Islam
Aired January 7, 2010 on Al-Nas TV (Satellite)
Aired January 7, 2010 on Al-Nas TV (Satellite)
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Some Religious Right Calling For Obama's Death
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow: Some Religious Right Calling For Obama's Death?
Aired November 17, 2009 on MSNBC
Aired November 17, 2009 on MSNBC
Wonders of the Solar System, Episode 3
Wonders of the Solar System, Episode 3 - The Thin Blue Line
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Vatican: No Trial of Priest Accused by Deaf Boys
An American priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys in Wisconsin and denounced what it called a campaign to smear Pope Benedict XVI and his aides.
AssociatedPress — March 25, 2010
AssociatedPress — March 25, 2010
Geneticist Wins Top Religion Prize
A one-time Spanish-born priest who later became an evolutionary geneticist and molecular biologist and helped scientifically refute creationism with his research has been honored with one of the world's top religion prizes.
Associated Press March 25, 2010
Associated Press March 25, 2010
Cosmic Quandaries with Neil deGrasse Tyson
An out of this world event, Cosmic Quandaries, held at The Palladium in St. Petersburg at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26th 2009 drew in an audience of nearly 800!
With a one in a million chance of meeting one of only 6,000 astrophysicists in the world, audience members were lined up in order to have the opportunity to ask Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson a question on any and all galactic wonders they may have.
With a one in a million chance of meeting one of only 6,000 astrophysicists in the world, audience members were lined up in order to have the opportunity to ask Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson a question on any and all galactic wonders they may have.
Stand Up For Jesus!
Stand Up For Jesus!" This is a clip from The Atheist Experience #649 ("Faking It. Jen and Matt explore the issue of ministers who lose their faith, but continue promoting God.") with Matt Dillahunty and Jen Peeples.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Joel Levine: Why we need to go back to Mars
At TEDxNASA, planetary scientist Joel Levine shows some intriguing -- and puzzling -- new discoveries about Mars: craters full of ice, traces of ancient oceans, and some compelling hints at the presence, at some time in the past, of life. He makes the case for going back to Mars to find out more.
Secrets and Sin: Church Sex Abuse
Marie Collins was the first female victim of church sex abuse in Ireland to go public with her story.
CNN - World's Untold Stories - Secrets and Sin
2/3 - Patrick Wall, author of "Sex, Priests and Secret Codes," has been a witness in hundreds of sex abuse cases against the Church.
3/3 - Tackling Sex Abuse
Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has released 70,000 abuse files and urges openness over investigations in Ireland.
Aired March 24, 2010 on CNN
CNN - World's Untold Stories - Secrets and Sin
2/3 - Patrick Wall, author of "Sex, Priests and Secret Codes," has been a witness in hundreds of sex abuse cases against the Church.
3/3 - Tackling Sex Abuse
Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has released 70,000 abuse files and urges openness over investigations in Ireland.
Aired March 24, 2010 on CNN
The Values We All Stand For
An argument for a change in our national symbols to include atheists by not presuming a belief in God among Americans at the level of our federal government.
The goal is not necessarily immediate action, but rather to raise consciousness about where these references to God came from and why they shouldn't be a part of a government that is supposed to represent all of us.
The goal is not necessarily immediate action, but rather to raise consciousness about where these references to God came from and why they shouldn't be a part of a government that is supposed to represent all of us.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Mr Deity and The Equation
Mr. Deity frantically throws together his own version of science in an attempt to save his job.
Scientology: Why I Got Out
This video was sent to XenuTV anonymously by a person who no longer wishes to be part of David Miscavige's corporate Scientology.
David Miscavige freaks out
Tom Hanks
David Miscavige freaks out
Tom Hanks
Atheist Experience: Faking It
Jen and Matt explore the issue of ministers who lose their faith, but continue promoting God.
The Atheist Experience TV Show
#649: Faking It
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Jen Peeples
Aired 2010-03-21
The Atheist Experience is a weekly cable access television show in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist audience. The Atheist Experience is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin. The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.
DVDs of the Atheist Experience can be purchased via atheist-community.org/products.
The Atheist Experience TV Show
#649: Faking It
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Jen Peeples
Aired 2010-03-21
The Atheist Experience is a weekly cable access television show in Austin, Texas geared at a non-atheist audience. The Atheist Experience is produced by the Atheist Community of Austin. The Atheist Community of Austin is organized as a nonprofit educational corporation to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals.
DVDs of the Atheist Experience can be purchased via atheist-community.org/products.
B-SHOC - Christ-Like Cruisin
B-SHOC, Christ-Like Cruisin Music Video. Christian Rap. Christian Hip Hop.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tony Hendra: Pope's Brother May Have Abused Children
March 22, 2010 on FOX Business Channel with Don Imus
Does God Have a Future?
The "Face-Off" is a recurring series where opposing sides debate hot topics. In the sixth installment of the series, Deepak Chopra, a physician and best-selling author of "How to Know God," and prominent scholar, philosopher and writer Jean Houston, will face-off against Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, and Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith" on the tension between God and science.
Watch The Nightline Face-Off here abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaceOff/ from Nightline March 23. 2010
I learned something in this video that Deepak Chopra is a jerk
Same God debate
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In 2007, the first "Face-Off" tackled the existence of God and pitted actor and evangelical Kirk Cameron and his partner at "The Way of the Master" evangelism ministry against two self-proclaimed atheists. Other past topics include America's addiction to porn, adultery, Satan, and whether it's OK to be fat.
Watch The Nightline Face-Off here abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaceOff/ from Nightline March 23. 2010
I learned something in this video that Deepak Chopra is a jerk
Same God debate
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In 2007, the first "Face-Off" tackled the existence of God and pitted actor and evangelical Kirk Cameron and his partner at "The Way of the Master" evangelism ministry against two self-proclaimed atheists. Other past topics include America's addiction to porn, adultery, Satan, and whether it's OK to be fat.
Irish React to Pope's Letter
The pope's letter of apology is leading Irish newspapers. CNN's Nic Robertson reports on how it's being perceived.
Aired March 21, 2010 on CNN
Aired March 21, 2010 on CNN
Is Islam a hate crime?
If the line is not drawn and defended, then you will lose the battle of free speech inch by inch.
This work is in defense of the video by zomgitscriss where all she basically said was 'if the big bang and evolution are in the Koran, as many Muslims state, then why weren't these discoveries made by Muslims 1400 years ago!'
This video got taken down for 'community guideline violations' within a few hours of her putting it up, presumably by criticism-hypochondriac-Muslims who interpret any dissenting voice as 'hate-speech'.
DPRjones then mirrored this video and also had the video removed for 'community guidelines violations' within hours.
Well if this is the way youtube is going to run the forum, then it has little further value as a forum for discussion. The line is drawn.
This work is in defense of the video by zomgitscriss where all she basically said was 'if the big bang and evolution are in the Koran, as many Muslims state, then why weren't these discoveries made by Muslims 1400 years ago!'
This video got taken down for 'community guideline violations' within a few hours of her putting it up, presumably by criticism-hypochondriac-Muslims who interpret any dissenting voice as 'hate-speech'.
DPRjones then mirrored this video and also had the video removed for 'community guidelines violations' within hours.
Well if this is the way youtube is going to run the forum, then it has little further value as a forum for discussion. The line is drawn.
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."
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From BBC One Sunday 21st March 2010
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."
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Holy Shit - The Catholic Church
Jon Stewart looks at The Catholic Church punishes Patrick Kennedy for being pro-choice, but takes 20 years to suspend a pedophile priest.
Aired Tuesday March 16, 2010 on Comedy Central: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Aired Tuesday March 16, 2010 on Comedy Central: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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.
TED talk: The Moral Landscape
TED talk: The Moral Landscape
Sunday, March 21, 2010
I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha - Raj Patel
The power of the Colbert Bump exceeds even Stephen's expectations when rumors speculate that Raj Patel might be the messiah.
Aired Monday, March 15, 2010 on The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert
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Aired Monday, March 15, 2010 on The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert
Pope's Apology 'Not Enough'
Pope Benedict XVI, the Roman Catholic leader, has written to Irish Catholics to apologise for failing to deal with cases of child sex abuse within the church.
But victims of abuse say the apology does not go far enough.
They want the pope to break his silence on the church role's in shielding paedophile clergy from prosecution.
Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from Dublin, the Irish capital. March 20, 2010.
But victims of abuse say the apology does not go far enough.
They want the pope to break his silence on the church role's in shielding paedophile clergy from prosecution.
Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from Dublin, the Irish capital. March 20, 2010.
Richard Dawkins - The "Pope Nazi"
Richard Dawkins on Mary McKillip, Pope Pious XII and canonisation at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention.
Made by Richard Dawkins at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention. Here is the footage.
Made by Richard Dawkins at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention. Here is the footage.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Richard Dawkins Interviewed on NZTV's Close Up
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March 17, 2010 on NZTV's Close Up with Mark Sainsbury
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March 17, 2010 on NZTV's Close Up with Mark Sainsbury
How To Treat Slaves (According To The Bible)
"Slavery in the Bible - How to treat slaves (according to the Old and New Testament)". This is a clip from The Atheist Experience #648 ("Interview with YouTube celeb AronRa.
Matt chats with AronRa, who goes after those pesky creationists via YouTube.") with Matt Dillahunty and AronRa.
• Atheist Experience blog
• Religion wiki
• Buy show on dvd
• Cartoons
Matt chats with AronRa, who goes after those pesky creationists via YouTube.") with Matt Dillahunty and AronRa.
• Atheist Experience blog
• Religion wiki
• Buy show on dvd
• Cartoons
Friday, March 19, 2010
More Than 100 Sex Abuse Cases In German Catholic Church
Catholic Church scandal
March 16, 2010 C-SPAN
March 16, 2010 C-SPAN
Pope to Address Letter to Irish Catholics Over Paedophilia Crisis
Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday he would sign a long-awaited letter to Irish Catholics voicing his "deep concern" over Ireland's paedophile priest scandal. Abuse scandals have swept through several European Catholic churches.
Video by France 24 (English) aired March 18, 2010
Video by France 24 (English) aired March 18, 2010
Heavenly Love
God delivers some great news to his angel, Zachiel.
Executive Producers: James Ashby, Zach Weiner, Marty Weiner
Produced By: Angel Askins
Directed and Colored by: Chason Chaffin
Edited by: James Ashby
SFX: Marty Weiner
Sitting doing nothing: Zach Weiner
Starring:
Zachiel - Zach Weiner
God - James Ashby
Executive Producers: James Ashby, Zach Weiner, Marty Weiner
Produced By: Angel Askins
Directed and Colored by: Chason Chaffin
Edited by: James Ashby
SFX: Marty Weiner
Sitting doing nothing: Zach Weiner
Starring:
Zachiel - Zach Weiner
God - James Ashby
The Soothsayer and the Scholar
A fortune teller convinces his customers that they can fly, but the scholar isn't buying it.
German Archbishop to Abuse Victims: 'Speak Out'
A prominent archbishop called Thursday for justice for sexual abuse victims in Germany's Roman Catholic Church, saying they need to feel they can finally speak openly about their suffering.
Video by AssociatedPress — March 18, 2010
Video by AssociatedPress — March 18, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Magic, Science, and Mystery - Eric Mead
Magician Eric Mead draws on images from science to illustrate two simple magic tricks. Mead says, "Magic isn't about solving puzzles, it's about not knowing...and having a little bit of mystery."
How Paedophile Priest was Allowed to Evade Justice
BBC Newsnight on Christians Paedophile Priests.
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If Atheists Ruled The World [Special Guest: AronRa]
"If Atheists Ruled The World". This is a clip from The Atheist Experience #648 ("Interview with YouTube celeb AronRa. Matt chats with AronRa, who goes after those pesky creationists via YouTube.") with Matt Dillahunty and AronRa.
Mark Roth: Suspended animation is within our grasp
Mark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It's wild stuff, but it's not science fiction.
Induced by careful use of an otherwise toxic gas, suspended animation can potentially help trauma and heart attack victims survive long enough to be treated.
Induced by careful use of an otherwise toxic gas, suspended animation can potentially help trauma and heart attack victims survive long enough to be treated.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Senator Ivana Bacik on Blasphemy Law Ireland
Senator Ivana Bacik discusses the Irish Blasphemy Law.
History of the Blasphemy Law where it came from:
The New Blasphemy Law
The problems due to the Law:
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Event held by UCC Atheists soc and UCC Labour soc.
Discussion
History of the Blasphemy Law where it came from:
The New Blasphemy Law
The problems due to the Law:
Part 1
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Event held by UCC Atheists soc and UCC Labour soc.
Discussion
UFOs, Panspermia, & Extra-terrestrial Intelligent Life
Neil deGrasse Tyson briefly discusses, in a speculative but reasoned manner, on some fringe areas of our scientific knowledge, such as the origin of life on Earth, and the existence of -- and possibility for interactions with -- extra-terrestrial intelligent life forms.
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist and the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. An accomplished scientist, he is also outspoken for his rationalist and skeptical world-views, and was honored with the 2009 Isaac Asimov award from the American Humanist Association.
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist and the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. An accomplished scientist, he is also outspoken for his rationalist and skeptical world-views, and was honored with the 2009 Isaac Asimov award from the American Humanist Association.
Jesus on a Frying Pan
Willie Geist on Jesus Christ appearing in bacon grease
March 15, 2010 on MSNBC's Zeitgeist
March 15, 2010 on MSNBC's Zeitgeist
Catholic School Expels Two Kids For Having Lesbian Parents
Host Bill O'Reilley and father Jonathan Morris debate.
I did not see this comming. I find Bill O'Reilley to be right!
March 10, 2010 on FOX News with Bill O'Reilly and Fr Jonathan Morris
I did not see this comming. I find Bill O'Reilley to be right!
March 10, 2010 on FOX News with Bill O'Reilly and Fr Jonathan Morris
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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.
Atheist Experience #648: Interview with AronRa
Matt chats with AronRa, who goes after those pesky creationists via YouTube.
The Atheist Experience TV Show #648: Interview with AronRa
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Guest: AronRa, YouTube Celebrity
14. March 2010
The Atheist Experience TV Show #648: Interview with AronRa
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Guest: AronRa, YouTube Celebrity
14. March 2010
Think Rationally
Here is a short commercial demonstrating the futility of searching for ALL of life’s answers in an arcane text.
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At the end of the video, a suggestion is made as to what should be done with said text.
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At the end of the video, a suggestion is made as to what should be done with said text.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Valedictorian Sues School Over Graduation Prayer
March 14, 2010 on FOX News with Father Jonathan Morris
You Are Being Watched - Civil rights in the age of warrantless surveillance
Shane Harris, a reporter for National Journal, talks about The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State.
Harris charts the rise of America's surveillance state over the past 25 years and highlights a dangerous paradox: he argues the government's strategy has made it harder to catch terrorists and easier to spy on civilians.
Shane Harris: The Rise of America's Surveillance State
Location: Book Passage, San Francisco, CA
Event Date: March 4, 2010
Harris charts the rise of America's surveillance state over the past 25 years and highlights a dangerous paradox: he argues the government's strategy has made it harder to catch terrorists and easier to spy on civilians.
Shane Harris: The Rise of America's Surveillance State
Location: Book Passage, San Francisco, CA
Event Date: March 4, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Eric Mead: The magic of the placebo
Sugar pills, injections of nothing -- studies show that, more often than you'd expect, placebos really work.
At TEDMED, magician Eric Mead does a trick to prove that, even when you know something's not real, you can still react as powerfully as if it is.
This is awesome!
Warning: This talk is not suitable for viewers who are disturbed by needles or blood.
At TEDMED, magician Eric Mead does a trick to prove that, even when you know something's not real, you can still react as powerfully as if it is.
This is awesome!
Warning: This talk is not suitable for viewers who are disturbed by needles or blood.
Don McLeroy: The Creationist in Charge of Education in Texas
Fundamentalist Christian dentist promotes drastic curriculum change.
March 11, 2010 on ABC Nightline.
March 11, 2010 on ABC Nightline.
Politically Incorrect with Maher, Shermer, Sweeney
Guests are Julia Sweeney, Michael Shermer, Aaron Neville and Victoria Jackson.
Part 1
Part 2
This was aired in December 2000. Host Bill Maher.
Part 1
Part 2
This was aired in December 2000. Host Bill Maher.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Dalai Lama my simple religion
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Quote by Dalai Lama
The Pluto Files
Take a cross-country journey to explore the rise and fall of America's favorite planet.
Cant make embed work. Watch the Pluto Files on PBS for free.
Program: PBS NOVA
Episode: The Pluto Files
Duration: (52:53)
Premiere Date: March 1, 2010
Cant make embed work. Watch the Pluto Files on PBS for free.
Program: PBS NOVA
Episode: The Pluto Files
Duration: (52:53)
Premiere Date: March 1, 2010
The BadCast - Best of Episode 1
Here are some of the best bits from episode 1 of the Official BadPsychics Podcast "The BadCast"
The BadCast
The BadCast
Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Gene-centric view. Craig Venter & Richard Dawkins
Recorded in 2008
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Evolution and Faith
Evolution does not require faith. Its easy to get sucked into this spiral, and it is very different on paper vs. when you're actually in the heat of a discussion. Here are some things to look out for.
Richard Dawkins on Why Evolution Trumps Creationism
He's the King of All the Atheists, and now Richard Dawkins is hammering home what he sees as his key argument against the existence of God. In his book, "The Greatest Show on Earth", Dawkins aims to put the theory of evolution in a factually unassailable position. Here, at Adelaide Writers' Week in 2010, he goes through his book chapter by chapter, and in doing so attempts to convince his audience of the absolute veracity of Darwin's theories.
Richard Dawkins is the author of several books on science and on atheism, including "The God Delusion", "The Selfish Gene" and "The Extended Phenotype". He is the founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. In 2008, he was part of a group of humanists and secularists responsible for the controversial London bus-borne advertisements that advised people "There's Probably No God. Now Stop Worrying and Enjoy your Life".
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Professor Gavin Brown is a mathematician and the Inaugural Director of The Royal Institution of Australia. Prior to this he served for twelve years as the Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney.
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Richard Dawkins on the Adelaide Writers' Week festival 2010 by ABC Big Ideas.
Richard Dawkins is the author of several books on science and on atheism, including "The God Delusion", "The Selfish Gene" and "The Extended Phenotype". He is the founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. In 2008, he was part of a group of humanists and secularists responsible for the controversial London bus-borne advertisements that advised people "There's Probably No God. Now Stop Worrying and Enjoy your Life".
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Professor Gavin Brown is a mathematician and the Inaugural Director of The Royal Institution of Australia. Prior to this he served for twelve years as the Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Sydney.
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Richard Dawkins on the Adelaide Writers' Week festival 2010 by ABC Big Ideas.
Keeping The VLT's Eyes Clear: Recoating a Giant Mirror
Every night, all year round, the ESO Very Large Telescope, or VLT, opens its four giant eyes to scrutinise the beautiful southern skies. Each eye is a huge mirror, 8.2 metres in diameter, that gathers the light of the night sky, and reflects it into optical systems that form ultra-sharp images of the Universe. But keeping the VLT´s eyes clear requires each mirror to be cleaned and recoated occasionally, a delicate and complex procedure.
ESOcast 15: Keeping the VLT's Eyes Clear - Recoating a Giant Mirror.
The world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory
The skies over the ESO sites in Chile are so dark that on a clear moonless night it is possible to see your shadow cast by the light of the Milky Way alone.
The Very Large Telescope array (VLT) is the flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy at the beginning of the third Millennium. It is the worlds most advanced optical instrument, consisting of four Unit Telescopes with main mirrors of 8.2m diameter and four movable 1.8m diameter Auxiliary Telescopes.
The telescopes can work together, in groups of two or three, to form a giant interferometer, the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer, allowing astronomers to see details up to 25 times finer than with the individual telescopes.
The light beams are combined in the VLTI using a complex system of mirrors in underground tunnels where the light paths must be kept equal to distances less than 1/1000 mm over a hundred metres.
With this kind of precision the VLTI can reconstruct images with an angular resolution of milliarcseconds, equivalent to distinguishing the two headlights of a car at the distance of the Moon.
The 8.2m diameter Unit Telescopes can also be used individually. With one such telescope, images of celestial objects as faint as magnitude 30 can be obtained in a one-hour exposure. This corresponds to seeing objects that are four billion (four thousand million) times fainter than what can be seen with the unaided eye.
ESOcast 15: Keeping the VLT's Eyes Clear - Recoating a Giant Mirror.
The world's most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory
The skies over the ESO sites in Chile are so dark that on a clear moonless night it is possible to see your shadow cast by the light of the Milky Way alone.
The Very Large Telescope array (VLT) is the flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy at the beginning of the third Millennium. It is the worlds most advanced optical instrument, consisting of four Unit Telescopes with main mirrors of 8.2m diameter and four movable 1.8m diameter Auxiliary Telescopes.
The telescopes can work together, in groups of two or three, to form a giant interferometer, the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer, allowing astronomers to see details up to 25 times finer than with the individual telescopes.
The light beams are combined in the VLTI using a complex system of mirrors in underground tunnels where the light paths must be kept equal to distances less than 1/1000 mm over a hundred metres.
With this kind of precision the VLTI can reconstruct images with an angular resolution of milliarcseconds, equivalent to distinguishing the two headlights of a car at the distance of the Moon.
The 8.2m diameter Unit Telescopes can also be used individually. With one such telescope, images of celestial objects as faint as magnitude 30 can be obtained in a one-hour exposure. This corresponds to seeing objects that are four billion (four thousand million) times fainter than what can be seen with the unaided eye.
Michael Moore meets Reachal Maddow
The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, 3-10-2010 Michael Moore, "Capitalism: A Love Story"
Michael Moore and Reachal Maddow in love ....
Michael Moore and Reachal Maddow in love ....
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Atheist Experience #645: A Place at the Table
Kathleen Johnson of AA & MAAF talks about her involvment with the Secular Coalition's visit with the Obama administration.
Visit TalkOrigins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
The Atheist Experience TV Show
#647: A Place at the Table
Host: Russell Glasser
Co-host: Don Baker
Guest: Kathleen Johnson of American Atheists & MAAF
2010 March 7
Visit TalkOrigins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy
The Atheist Experience TV Show
#647: A Place at the Table
Host: Russell Glasser
Co-host: Don Baker
Guest: Kathleen Johnson of American Atheists & MAAF
2010 March 7
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.
Times Online Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican March 10, 2010
Times Online Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican March 10, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Power of Prayer
A look at the power of prayer and why people believe so strongly in it.
Prayer does not do anything externally tangible, and a few casual experiments are all it takes to show this. The reason people believe so strongly is because they are psychologically conditioned to do so.
Prayer does not do anything externally tangible, and a few casual experiments are all it takes to show this. The reason people believe so strongly is because they are psychologically conditioned to do so.
Top Ten Creationist Arguments - Part 2
Part One was so popular, and material is so abundant, we just couldn't resist another list of arguments we hear from the mouths of those defending God.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Psychology of Religion
"Psychology Of Religion" is a clip from The Atheist Experience #643 ("Hymns. Tracie and Russell look at the twisted lyrics of common hymns") with Russell Glasser and Tracie Harris.
Aired 2010-02-07
Religion free cartoon
Support ACA
Aired 2010-02-07
Religion free cartoon
Support ACA
Monday, March 8, 2010
God Gold and Guns - Glenn Beck explains
Pay your debt, store food, buy guns and then gold says Glenn Beck
Its the "G, G, G-syste," God Gold and Guns
Its the "G, G, G-syste," God Gold and Guns
Suspended: No Astrology Allowed (Expelled)
Creative Mindworks presents this powerful new documentary exposing the pro-science bias in our nation's university system.
Richard Dawkins Interviewed on SBS Dateline
Here you can watch part of a SBS 2010 interview with Richard Dawkins
Aired March 7, 2010 on SBS One (Australia)
* Richard Dawkins (Official Site)
* Richard Dawkins Foundation
* Non-Believers Giving Aid: a religion-free way to help disaster victims
* International Humanist and Ethical Union
* Atheist Foundation of Australia
Aired March 7, 2010 on SBS One (Australia)
* Richard Dawkins (Official Site)
* Richard Dawkins Foundation
* Non-Believers Giving Aid: a religion-free way to help disaster victims
* International Humanist and Ethical Union
* Atheist Foundation of Australia
The meaning of life
This video is to atheists who like to think life is boring. Life isn't boring. It's an experience that you should not waste. How well you do in your life determines if you'll go to heaven or not. Think about it.
This video is made by Truthful Christian
Truthful Christian obviously don't bring any evidence for his/hers belief. - Christians are so boring.
This video is made by Truthful Christian
To think that this beautiful nature came into being by a cosmological explosion is absurd.
There's more to it than just life on earth. There is a spiritual realm; an after life. It's called heaven.
Heaven is eternal, heaven is filled with infinite possibilities, heaven is where god exists.
Truthful Christian obviously don't bring any evidence for his/hers belief. - Christians are so boring.
Christopher Hitchens in Conversation: The Only Subject is Love
Writer Christopher Hitchens and Dr. Laurie Patton, Emory Professor of early Indian religions, discuss freedom of expression and Hitchen's friendship with Salman Rushdie. Themes of love and hate weave through stories of Rushdie's time under the fatwa, self-censorship, blasphemy, and writing by committee.
Christopher Hitchens participated in 'The Only Subject is Love' Symposium in honor of the opening of his friend Salman Rushdie's archive at Emory University on February 26, 2010.
Christopher Hitchens participated in 'The Only Subject is Love' Symposium in honor of the opening of his friend Salman Rushdie's archive at Emory University on February 26, 2010.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Europe is faling its Muslims
As the first speaker in favour of the motion Tariq Ramadan states his belief that Europe has failed its Muslims in various different ways. It has allowed a political discourse in which Muslims, like the Turks and Bosnians, are not viewed as European citizens and has neglected to recognise the historical contribution of Muslim philosophers and scientists in forging the continent's identity, or the economic contribution of Muslims since World War II.
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Arguing against the motion Douglas Murray states that Islam is associated with violence for good reasons; it wasn't Buddhists or Atheists who were responsible for the 9/11 or 7/7 attacks. He says that the Muslim population has grown extraordinarily fast - from barely anything in the mid 20th century to between 15 and 17 million at the start of the 21st - and has been relatively successful. But there had been a failure of leadership among Muslim leaders, many of who were paid generously by European governments. The current leader of the Muslim Council of Britain couldn't even condemm stoning.
3/6 - Petra Stienen and Flemming Rose
4/6 - Audience Q&A1.
5/6 - Audience Q&A2
The debate "Europe is failing its Muslims" took place on February 23rd at Cadogan Hall in London, in association with BBC World News and the British Council. Arguing in favour of the motion were Tariq Ramadan and Petra Stienen; against the motion were Douglas Murray and Flemming Rose. The Chair was Zeinab Badawi.
6/6 - Summing up and results
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2/6 - viewer comments
Arguing against the motion Douglas Murray states that Islam is associated with violence for good reasons; it wasn't Buddhists or Atheists who were responsible for the 9/11 or 7/7 attacks. He says that the Muslim population has grown extraordinarily fast - from barely anything in the mid 20th century to between 15 and 17 million at the start of the 21st - and has been relatively successful. But there had been a failure of leadership among Muslim leaders, many of who were paid generously by European governments. The current leader of the Muslim Council of Britain couldn't even condemm stoning.
3/6 - Petra Stienen and Flemming Rose
4/6 - Audience Q&A1.
5/6 - Audience Q&A2
The debate "Europe is failing its Muslims" took place on February 23rd at Cadogan Hall in London, in association with BBC World News and the British Council. Arguing in favour of the motion were Tariq Ramadan and Petra Stienen; against the motion were Douglas Murray and Flemming Rose. The Chair was Zeinab Badawi.
6/6 - Summing up and results
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