Richard Dawkins, considered one of the world's most influential scientists, is the first holder of the Charles Simonyi professorship of the public understanding of science at Oxford University and the recipient of a number of awards for his writings and for his science, including the International Cosmos Prize, the Kistler Prize, and the Shakespeare Prize.
Part 1
Part 2
Richard Dawkins is the author of a number of critically acclaimed books, such as
The Selfish Gene
The Blind Watchmaker
Unweaving the Rainbow
The Devil's Chaplain
The Ancestor's Tale.
Part 3
Richard Dawkins' most recent title is the best selling The God Delusion.
Part 4
Richard Dawkins - Science and the New Atheism. December 7, 2007 interviewed on Point of Inquiry.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Praying for Terrorists
Father Jonathan Morris discusses a Christian website that encourages prayer for spiritual redemption for terrorists.
From Fox News
From Fox News
What is camouflage?
What is camouflage? This animation describes how animals can use camouflage to 'hide' or 'seek' in their environment. Grandad Charlie, an elderly tortoise, is playing hide and seek with his grandson Sam. He tells Sam a story about some animals who took part in the world hide and seek contest. The seeker was Clouded Leopard and the finalists were Chameleon, Moon Moth, Flying Gecko and Stick Insect. Flying Gecko was caught first in mid-air. Chameleon was caught using his tongue to catch a fly on Snow Leopard's head. Moon Moth flew to the moon and was caught. Stick Insect hid among the twigs and won the contest.
BBC - Just So Darwin
A series of short cartoons for children looking at different animals from an evolutionary perspective.
BBC - Just So Darwin
A series of short cartoons for children looking at different animals from an evolutionary perspective.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Apologist Acrobats - The Thinking Atheist Radio Podcast #18
Throughout the religious culture, there are few more respected than The Apologist. Outside of the religious culture, there are few who are more mocked and ridiculed.
He scrutinizes. He extrapolates. He references and redirects. He has taken the scriptures apart and examined them as (ahem) The Enlightened Elite. He is...the Apologist Acrobat.
Topic: Apologist Acrobats
The Thinking Atheist Radio Podcast #18, February 26, 2011
He scrutinizes. He extrapolates. He references and redirects. He has taken the scriptures apart and examined them as (ahem) The Enlightened Elite. He is...the Apologist Acrobat.
Topic: Apologist Acrobats
The Thinking Atheist Radio Podcast #18, February 26, 2011
Have We All Been Here Before?
Audience includes Wendy Grossman, co-founder and editor of The Skeptic Mgazine, and youtube's own TheRationalizer.
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BBC One 27 February 2011
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BBC One 27 February 2011
Comedian Works His Scientology Threat Letter Into His Act
He (Billy) doesn't get into the Scientology stuff until a minute or so into it, so be patient.
A Short Video about Satan
Some information regarding Satan.
Biblequiz:
Question #1
Is Satan the ruler of Hell?
Answer #1
No, Jesus is the ruler of Hell.
Revelation 1:18
I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hell.
Question #2
Is Satan in Hell?
Answer #2
No. Satan is on Earth.
Jon1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in
Question #3
Is Satan the creator of Hell?
Answer #3
No. Jesus is the creator of Hell.
Colossians 1:16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.
Matthew 25:41 Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."
Question #4
Is Satan scary looking?
Answer #4
No. Satan is the most beautiful being God ever made.
Ezekiel 28:12 You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty....You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.
Biblequiz:
Question #1
Is Satan the ruler of Hell?
Answer #1
No, Jesus is the ruler of Hell.
Revelation 1:18
I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hell.
Question #2
Is Satan in Hell?
Answer #2
No. Satan is on Earth.
Jon1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in
Question #3
Is Satan the creator of Hell?
Answer #3
No. Jesus is the creator of Hell.
Colossians 1:16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.
Matthew 25:41 Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."
Question #4
Is Satan scary looking?
Answer #4
No. Satan is the most beautiful being God ever made.
Ezekiel 28:12 You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty....You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
NephilimFree Self-Pwnage
My (C0nc0rdance) eyeballs and brain hurt from watching 1.5 hours of NephilimFree's abject stupidity. Here are just three of the dozens of factual mistakes I picked up on. It must take a considerable amount of effort for someone to remain so ignorant of a topic.
This video was thrown together quickly. I've been out of town, at a conference with actual scientists. The shock of explaining Genetics 101 to a moron was a bit harsh.
This video was thrown together quickly. I've been out of town, at a conference with actual scientists. The shock of explaining Genetics 101 to a moron was a bit harsh.
Afterlife Debate w Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Rabbi David Wolpe and Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Is there an afterlife?
In this recent Whizin Center for Continuine Education program, leading advocates for atheism, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris square off against Newsweek top rabbis, David Wolpe and Bradley Artson Shavit to determine what may or may not happen in the hereafter.
The possibility of an afterlife has challenged believers and atheists alike for centuries. Because its very nature defies conclusive definitions or proof, it remains a heated topic for debate and exploration. This debate is moderated by the Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish Journal, Rob Eshman.
Org. soruce
Mirror
Feb 15, 2011, Los Angeles, CA. Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris debated Rabbi David Wolpe and Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson in a panel discussion. The topic: "Is there an afterlife?" Moderated by Rob Eshman.
Afterlife Debate with
* Christopher Hitchens
* Sam Harris
* Rabbi David Wolpe
* Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
In this recent Whizin Center for Continuine Education program, leading advocates for atheism, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris square off against Newsweek top rabbis, David Wolpe and Bradley Artson Shavit to determine what may or may not happen in the hereafter.
The possibility of an afterlife has challenged believers and atheists alike for centuries. Because its very nature defies conclusive definitions or proof, it remains a heated topic for debate and exploration. This debate is moderated by the Editor-in-Chief of the Jewish Journal, Rob Eshman.
Org. soruce
Mirror
Feb 15, 2011, Los Angeles, CA. Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris debated Rabbi David Wolpe and Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson in a panel discussion. The topic: "Is there an afterlife?" Moderated by Rob Eshman.
Afterlife Debate with
* Christopher Hitchens
* Sam Harris
* Rabbi David Wolpe
* Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
David Barton: Christians Must Control The Culture
David Barton says that Christians are to control the culture and the news, so that those with a secular worldview cannot survive or be heard.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Ellen Beth on Alcoholics Anonymous
Does Alcoholics Anonymous provide help and hope to addicts, or is the constant reliance on a Higher Power a crutch to keep the addicted from finding true solutions.
Atheists of Florida
Sos Tampa bay
Atheists of Florida
Sos Tampa bay
Name something that gets passed around..?
Devils & Angels
Steve asks "Name something that gets passed around..?"
From FamilyFeud / Family Feud
Steve asks "Name something that gets passed around..?"
From FamilyFeud / Family Feud
Matt Barber: Islam Is Satanic
Matt Barber of Liberty Counsel says that Islam is, literally, Satanic.
Why is the platypus so unusual?
A series of short cartoons for children looking at different animals from an evolutionary perspective.
BBC - Just So Darwin
BBC - Just So Darwin
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Knowledge Report on 3rd Anoniversary Raid
Mark Bunker feature documentary on Scientology is now called Knowledge Report. I shot a few scenes at the latest Anonymous raid in L.A. at Big Blue.
The New Yorker Magazine article on the Church of Scientology. The Apostate.
The New Yorker Magazine article on the Church of Scientology. The Apostate.
David Barton: The Bible Has The Answer to Everything
David Barton wants to create a new Black Robe Regiment of pastors who will speak out so that America can be governed according to what the Bible dictates on every issue.
David Barton is just rambling.
David Barton is just rambling.
God Delusion or Solution?
God Delusion or Solution? Hamza Tzortzis speaking at a debate with Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland as part of Islamic Awareness Month in February 2011.
Extract: Atheism, Morality and the Quran
Watch the full debate between Michael Nugent and Hamza Tzortzis on God Delusion or Solution?
Part 1/4 Opening Address by Hamza Tzortzis
Part 2/4 Opening Address by Michael Nugent
God Delusion or Solution?
Hamza Tzortzis at RCSI debate with Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland.
Part 3/4 Moderator's Questions & Answers
Part 4/4 Audience Questions and Answers
Extract: Atheism, Morality and the Quran
Watch the full debate between Michael Nugent and Hamza Tzortzis on God Delusion or Solution?
Part 1/4 Opening Address by Hamza Tzortzis
Part 2/4 Opening Address by Michael Nugent
God Delusion or Solution?
Hamza Tzortzis at RCSI debate with Michael Nugent of Atheist Ireland.
Part 3/4 Moderator's Questions & Answers
Part 4/4 Audience Questions and Answers
This is God's time to pass this bill
During debate in the Texas Senate over the "sonogram bill," Senator Dan Patrick, R-Houston, is interrupted by the cry of a baby in the gallery.
Senator Dan Patrick tells his colleagues, "there's the hand of God right there, with the cry of a baby who says, 'vote for this bill...' This is God's time to pass this bill."
Texas Senate
Texas State Capitol
February 17, 2011
Senator Dan Patrick tells his colleagues, "there's the hand of God right there, with the cry of a baby who says, 'vote for this bill...' This is God's time to pass this bill."
Texas Senate
Texas State Capitol
February 17, 2011
Michael Shermer Interview - The Thinking Atheist Radio Podcast
We spend 30 minutes with the founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, covering everything from Deepak Chopra to 9/11 "truthers" to global warming. Support Dr. Shermer's organization at www.skeptic.com
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Why does the puffer fish puff?
A series of short cartoons for children looking at different animals from an evolutionary perspective.
Just So Darwin - Why does the puffer fish puff?
Just So Darwin - Why does the puffer fish puff?
Pat Robertson - Faith Healing on stage
At the "Catch the Fire" conference in Virginia Beach, Pat Robertson conducts a mass faith healing of the audience.
Pat Robertson: "Jesus is here tonight"
Pat Robertson: "Jesus is here tonight"
Christianity: God in the Dock
A History of Christianity. Episode 6 "God in the Dock" Examines the concept of skepticism in Western Christianity.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
A History of Christianity
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
A History of Christianity
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
True Conservatives Have To Stand Against Gays
Matt Barber says GOProud has unified the conservative movement in opposition to gays and that any candidate running for office has to forcefully denounce "the homosexual activist agenda."
Why is the cactus so popular?
A series of short cartoons for children looking at different animals from an evolutionary perspective.
BBC - Just So Darwin
BBC - Just So Darwin
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Atheist Experience #697: Family Values
Don exposes the movement beind the buzzword of ignorance: "Family Values".
The Atheist Experience TV Show
Atheist Experience #697: Family Values
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Don Baker
2011-02-20
The Atheist Experience TV Show on Facebook
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 in Texas.
The Atheist Experience TV Show
Atheist Experience #697: Family Values
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Don Baker
2011-02-20
The Atheist Experience TV Show on Facebook
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 in Texas.
Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
A History of Christianity. Episode 5 of 6 "Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion"
Traces the growth of Evangelical Protestantism across the globe.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
Traces the growth of Evangelical Protestantism across the globe.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
Islam: Lessons in Hate and Violence
Since it's formation in 2009, the EDL have been highlighting the problem of islamofascism within the UK and the mainstream media are now catching up with them.
Channel 4 TV Dispatches goes undercover to investigate muslim teachers who regularly assault young children in the 2,000 Muslim schools in Britain run by Islamic organisations.
The programme also show that, behind closed doors, Muslim secondary schools teach a message of hatred and intolerance.
Dispatches documentary 2011. Aired February 14, 2011 on Channel 4
Channel 4 TV Dispatches goes undercover to investigate muslim teachers who regularly assault young children in the 2,000 Muslim schools in Britain run by Islamic organisations.
The programme also show that, behind closed doors, Muslim secondary schools teach a message of hatred and intolerance.
Dispatches documentary 2011. Aired February 14, 2011 on Channel 4
Monday, February 21, 2011
Darwin Day 2011 - Consciousness: A Panel Discussion
On Febuary 13, 2011, the Center for Inquiry-New York City and New York City Skeptics presented a Darwin Day forum featuring NYU philosopher Ned Block, and Jacqueline Gottlieb, neuroscientist at Columbia University.
The speakers made presentations about their respective philosophical and scientific approaches to consciousness, then sat down for a question-and-answer session with Massimo Pigliucci, chair of the philosophy department at Lehman College.
The speakers made presentations about their respective philosophical and scientific approaches to consciousness, then sat down for a question-and-answer session with Massimo Pigliucci, chair of the philosophy department at Lehman College.
Churches Open Doors for Muslim Worship
Father Jonathan Morris weighs in on the controversy of churches opening their doors to allow Muslims to worship in the churches.
Fox News
Fox News
Reformation: The Individual Before God
A History of Christianity. Episode 4 of 6 "Reformation: The Individual Before God"
Looks at the Reformation and its apparent attack on the Catholic Church.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
Looks at the Reformation and its apparent attack on the Catholic Church.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
Noah's Flood - a theory in crisis
The footage of the flood animation are actually from a video that is played at a creationist museum.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Darwin is not a Prophet
Darwin is viewed as a figure of revolutionary importance in biology and medicine, so much so that people who misunderstand the secular world see him as a scientific prophet.   Sam, Rebecca and Beth visit this misunderstanding with rhetorical cudgels.
Note: The cameras have recently been lost, so there's no video on this episode.
Note: The cameras have recently been lost, so there's no video on this episode.
Grief Without God
When tragedy befalls spiritual people, they often find solace and comfort in their faith. They pray. They envision reunions in Heaven with lost loved ones. They remind themselves that God has a higher purpose.
But how does one deal with tragedy and grief outside of the belief in God? How do atheists cope in their own lives, and how can they offer comfort to others? A difficult subject. But an important one.
But how does one deal with tragedy and grief outside of the belief in God? How do atheists cope in their own lives, and how can they offer comfort to others? A difficult subject. But an important one.
Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
A History of Christianity. Episode 3 of 6 "Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire" Explores Eastern Orthodox Christianity's fight for survival.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Allah in the Family
Aasif Mandvi hopes to change America's perceptions of Muslims by starring in the Qu'osby Show.
5:46 min.
From The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Thursday February 17, 2011
The Qu'osby Show - The Pilot
Aasif Mandvi stars in "The Qu'osby Show," a sitcom about a NASCAR-loving family that eats pork and dances to Toby Keith
Friday February 18, 2011
5:46 min.
From The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Thursday February 17, 2011
The Qu'osby Show - The Pilot
Aasif Mandvi stars in "The Qu'osby Show," a sitcom about a NASCAR-loving family that eats pork and dances to Toby Keith
Friday February 18, 2011
Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
A History of Christianity. Episode 2 of 6 ; "Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome". Explores the rise of Roman Catholic Church.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 1. A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
Friday, February 18, 2011
Bryan Fischer: I Mean Every Word I Say
Bryan Fischer wants to make clear that he believes every word that he says and that is bigotry is absolutely sincere.
Teach the Controversy
I believe that the human race is currently going through growing pains. The bible was written by a bygone culture, and we are having trouble letting go of it. We are experiencing a temporal culture clash. To use the bible's words...it is time for us to put away childish things. We can't allow ages-old superstition to impede our progress.
*The bible does clearly state that this ritual "cleanses leprosy". But what is "cleansing"? Let's look to Matthew 8:2-4, Mark 1:40-45, and Luke 5:12-16. In those passages, Jesus is described as "cleansing the leper". for example, in Matt 8:3, Jesus HEALS a leper and these words are used to describe it: "Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying 'I am willing; be cleansed.' Immediately his leprosy was cleansed." The wording in Leviticus also uses the word "cleansed" as it describes cleansing the leper with this bird sacrifice procedure. Occasionally, leprosy has healed without treatment. If that happened it might have given some false credibility to the bird sacrifice. In most cases, however, it surely didn't work, but they might have believed it needed to be done - as with many superstitions. If the leprosy wasn't healed, it was "God's will" (punishment).
*The bible does clearly state that this ritual "cleanses leprosy". But what is "cleansing"? Let's look to Matthew 8:2-4, Mark 1:40-45, and Luke 5:12-16. In those passages, Jesus is described as "cleansing the leper". for example, in Matt 8:3, Jesus HEALS a leper and these words are used to describe it: "Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying 'I am willing; be cleansed.' Immediately his leprosy was cleansed." The wording in Leviticus also uses the word "cleansed" as it describes cleansing the leper with this bird sacrifice procedure. Occasionally, leprosy has healed without treatment. If that happened it might have given some false credibility to the bird sacrifice. In most cases, however, it surely didn't work, but they might have believed it needed to be done - as with many superstitions. If the leprosy wasn't healed, it was "God's will" (punishment).
A History of Christianity - The First Christianity
Details how Christianity's origins lie east of Jerusalem and Rome.
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
A History of Christianity is a six-part British television series originally broadcast on BBC Four in 2009.
The series was presented by Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of History of the Church at St Cross College Oxford, and considers the evolution of the Christian faith and its four main forms: Orthodoxy, Oriental Christianity, Western Catholicism and Protestantism.
Episode 2. Catholicism: The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3. Christian Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4. Reformation: The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: Christianity: God in the Dock
Bill Bailey - 'God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit...'
Bill tells a not so classic joke... with God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit.
Mike Huckabee and Tim LaHaye Discuss The End Times
Tim LaHaye tells Mike Huckabee that President Obama is ushering in the End Times (apocalyptic / doomsday).
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Big Brother.com?
He just forgot the stupidity and hatred of religion. For more watch The World's Worst Place to Be Gay
Neil deGrasse Tyson on after death
At the end of the Q&A period after Tyson and Dawkins' magnificent presentation "The Poetry of Science", this douchebag troll (who refused to sit and insisted on getting his "question" out) tries to bait Dawkins/Tyson into a religious discussion with the mildly retarded question about what they would do when they're about to die with nothing to console themselves but their knowledge of science (implying that they're incomplete without the source of origin:god).
Richard Dawkins passed the opportunity for retort to Tyson, who answers in a fantastically poetic way.
Richard Dawkins passed the opportunity for retort to Tyson, who answers in a fantastically poetic way.
Leap of Faith: Intelligent design
Josh Rosenau reports on the latest anti-evolution activity, from Texas to Louisiana to Turkey, discuss the latest creationist tactics, and how scientists and citizens are defending evolution.
Where: Kol Hadash meeting.
When: February 13, 2011
Where: Kol Hadash meeting.
When: February 13, 2011
Muslim Zakir Naik fools British questioner
Dr Zakir Naik is playing taqqiyah. Taqqiyah is an Islamic concept which permits muslims to "lie and and decieve" if it is for the cause of Islam.
Islam is spread mostly by Lies and Deception and by Jihad - using force, coersion and holy war.
Do not trust a single word a muslim tells you. Always verify the source, double check, and then get a second opinion on the matter from ex-muslims or critics of Islam who have studied the religion and its deceptive ways.
Muhammad said: "Lying is wrong, except in three things: the lie of a man to his wife to make her content with him; a lie to an enemy, for war is deception; or a lie to settle trouble between people" [Ahmad, 6.459. H]
Islam is spread mostly by Lies and Deception and by Jihad - using force, coersion and holy war.
Do not trust a single word a muslim tells you. Always verify the source, double check, and then get a second opinion on the matter from ex-muslims or critics of Islam who have studied the religion and its deceptive ways.
Muhammad said: "Lying is wrong, except in three things: the lie of a man to his wife to make her content with him; a lie to an enemy, for war is deception; or a lie to settle trouble between people" [Ahmad, 6.459. H]
The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?
Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in a society which persecutes people like him and meets those who are leading the hate campaign.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Catholic 'Confession' App
Father Jonathan Morris talks with Stuart Varney and the panel about the popular new Christian Catholic'Confession' app.
Faith is Not a Virtue; Faith is Gullibility!
Caller: Mark
Clip from The Atheist Experience #696, 2-13-2011
Jeff Dee & Matt Dillahunty
Atheists Helping the Homeless
Clip from The Atheist Experience #696, 2-13-2011
Jeff Dee & Matt Dillahunty
Atheists Helping the Homeless
People Got Along Fine For Thousands of Years Without Religion
Family Guy - People Got Along Fine For Thousands of Years Without Religion
Clip from Family Guy season 9, episode 11
Clip from Family Guy season 9, episode 11
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Atheist Experience #696: Viewer Calls
Matt and Jeff take viewer calls. (The audio volume is a little low on this video.)
Save Texas Schools
The Atheist Experience TV Show
Atheist Experience #696: Viewer Calls
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Jeff Dee
2011-02-13
Save Texas Schools
The Atheist Experience TV Show
Atheist Experience #696: Viewer Calls
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Jeff Dee
2011-02-13
Evolution is just a theory!
Evolution is just a theory!
Evolution is Not Just a Theory
Talk Origins evolution
Video from The Atheist Experience
Evolution is Not Just a Theory
Talk Origins evolution
Video from The Atheist Experience
Jerry Boykin: When Do We Take Up Arms
Jerry Boykin says that everywhere he goes, people ask him "when do we take up arms" against President Obama.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Satan invented the theory of evolution
Venomfangx "logic" on evolution and the bible.
Please, please, please get educated. Don't end up like Venomfangx.
Please, please, please get educated. Don't end up like Venomfangx.
The bible strikes 13
As even the most simple message can be misunderstood or misinterpreted, let me explain my points:
1. The bible gives clear and specific directions as to how leprosy can be cured, (Leviticus 14).
2. That advice given is provably false.
3. Therefore the bible cannot be the infallible, inerrant word of a god. Once it is shown that the bible contains provable nonsense the clock, so to speak, has struck 13. It forces any rational person to question anything and everything else in the bible.
4. The idea that the bible contains scientific foreknowledge is a joke. Those that seek to show that it does end up using tactics that are nothing short of dishonest.
5. The idea that "running water", as appears in Leviticus 15.13, foretell of germ theory is risible at best. Leviticus 15 follows on from the advice on leprosy given in Leviticus 14. To select one verse from 3 chapters (see also Lev 13) to support the argument of biblical foreknowledge and ignore the context of that one selected verse is dishonest.
Father Ray Comes Out
Father Ray is a warm, gregarious vicar who has been leading his central London parish for three years.
He has transformed his parish, building a community in central London, where many struggle with feelings of anonymity. Ray and the parishioners have had their ups and downs but have built a warm and loving church.
Video 1 of 2
Now Ray is prepared to jeopardise all his work for the truth, and share a very personal secret with them: he is gay. He's decided that in order to be a good minister he must be honest with his parish.
Video 2 of 2
But admitting homosexuality as a vicar is not straightforward. Ray knows his news is unlikely to be welcomed by an Anglican Church that projects an ambivalent view of homosexuality. And it could be challenging to some of his more conservative parishioners. He risks alienating some of the people he considers his friends.
Anna Llewellyn's First Cut film observes Ray as he deals with the fallout from his sermon and discovers whether or not his words have sown the seeds for a greater understanding and tolerance he dearly hopes for.
11 February 2011 Channel 4
He has transformed his parish, building a community in central London, where many struggle with feelings of anonymity. Ray and the parishioners have had their ups and downs but have built a warm and loving church.
Video 1 of 2
Now Ray is prepared to jeopardise all his work for the truth, and share a very personal secret with them: he is gay. He's decided that in order to be a good minister he must be honest with his parish.
Video 2 of 2
But admitting homosexuality as a vicar is not straightforward. Ray knows his news is unlikely to be welcomed by an Anglican Church that projects an ambivalent view of homosexuality. And it could be challenging to some of his more conservative parishioners. He risks alienating some of the people he considers his friends.
Anna Llewellyn's First Cut film observes Ray as he deals with the fallout from his sermon and discovers whether or not his words have sown the seeds for a greater understanding and tolerance he dearly hopes for.
11 February 2011 Channel 4
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Gawd Bless America (movie trailer 1)
"Gawd Bless America" is a Documentary Comedy coming to theaters this spring. The film follows Blake Freeman, who takes a morally and financially bankrupt 69 year old man named Leroy, on a Journey in search of the truth.
Leroy has spent his life savings on trying to protect himself from aliens and paranormal ghost, by entrusting the help of psychics. Upon the discovery of Leroy's plight, Blake decides he must take Leroy on a hilarious journey across the country to "uncover the truth" of all things paranormal.
From Aliens to Voodoo curses, Blake takes on them all, by pulling pranks on the "so called" experts with hopes to ultimately prove to Leroy, he has been taken advantage of.
Theaters Spring 2011.
Leroy has spent his life savings on trying to protect himself from aliens and paranormal ghost, by entrusting the help of psychics. Upon the discovery of Leroy's plight, Blake decides he must take Leroy on a hilarious journey across the country to "uncover the truth" of all things paranormal.
From Aliens to Voodoo curses, Blake takes on them all, by pulling pranks on the "so called" experts with hopes to ultimately prove to Leroy, he has been taken advantage of.
Theaters Spring 2011.
Science Friction - Creation
Documentary looking at the clash between evolution and creationism in the USA, and the progress of a state bill in Tennessee that threatened the legality of teaching evolution as fact.
Interviewees include:
Richard Dawkins
Eugenie Scott
William Provine
Kurt Wise - PhD Geologist who rejects scientific evidence and is still a biblical creationist
Science Friction: Creation
Broadcast on BBC One, 8 September 1996
Interviewees include:
Richard Dawkins
Eugenie Scott
William Provine
Kurt Wise - PhD Geologist who rejects scientific evidence and is still a biblical creationist
Science Friction: Creation
Broadcast on BBC One, 8 September 1996
Hannity: 'Great American Panel' for Feb. 11, 2011
Father Jonathan Morris joins Sean Hannity and other panelists. Topics of discussion include the resignation of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and 'The View.'
Hannity: 'Great American Panel' for Febuary 11, 2011
Hannity: 'Great American Panel' for Febuary 11, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Celebrate Darwin Day
February 12th is a day to celebrate! What are YOU going to do?
* Understanding Evolution 101
* Talk Origins Archiv
* Understanding Evolution 101
* Talk Origins Archiv
Why I WON'T be celebrating Darwin Day 2011
The power of sarcasm: dumb people will think I am being literal, smart people will know otherwise.
In honor of Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 -- 19 April 1882). Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln.
Darwin Day is a global celebration of science and reason held on or around Feb. 12, the birthday anniversary of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin.
In honor of Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 -- 19 April 1882). Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln.
Darwin Day is a global celebration of science and reason held on or around Feb. 12, the birthday anniversary of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin.
Herodutus on religion
For if anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amoungst all the nations of the wolrd the set of beliefs which he thought best, he would inevitabley, after careful consideration of their relative merits, choose that of his own country. Everyone without exception believes his own native customs, and the religion he was brought up in, to be the best.
Quote by Herodutus in History
Quote by Herodutus in History
Friday, February 11, 2011
Is Church of Scientology Violating Human Rights?
Matt Lauer of the Today Show interviews Lawrence Wright about human rights allegations by the Church of Scientology, including human trafficking and physical abuse by Church leader David Miscavige.
Lawrence Wright and the New Yorker confirm that the FBI is investigating this controversial "church".
Today Show: Is Church of Scientology Violating Human Rights?
Lawrence Wright and the New Yorker confirm that the FBI is investigating this controversial "church".
Today Show: Is Church of Scientology Violating Human Rights?
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Rick Santorum: "America Belongs to God"
Rick Santorum defends the importance of social issues at CPAC because "America belongs to God."
Atheism in Comedy
Mike, Jeremy and Sam explore the relationship between comedy and atheism, and, yes, take a few calls.
This episode includes some behind-the-scenes banter.
This an episode of Ask an Atheist, a call-in show in the Tacoma/Seattle area dedicated to atheism, skeptical inquiry, and the separation of church and state. The show is broadcast live on KLAY 1180 AM in Tacoma on Sundays at 3:00 PM, Pacific time.
Leave a Voice Mail: 206-420-0997
This episode includes some behind-the-scenes banter.
This an episode of Ask an Atheist, a call-in show in the Tacoma/Seattle area dedicated to atheism, skeptical inquiry, and the separation of church and state. The show is broadcast live on KLAY 1180 AM in Tacoma on Sundays at 3:00 PM, Pacific time.
Leave a Voice Mail: 206-420-0997
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Muslim Brotherhood Aspires for Politicization of Islam
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Muslim Brotherhood Aspires for Politicization of Islam
Andrea Mitchell Reports, MSNBC, February 9, 2011
Andrea Mitchell Reports, MSNBC, February 9, 2011
PZ Myers on Science and Atheism: Natural Allies
Biology professor and well-known blogger, PZ Myers, on Science and Atheism: Natural Allies. This lecture was delivered at the Humanist Canada/Atheist Alliance International 2010 Convention in Montreal.
Gnu Atheism (New Atheism)
From October 2010
Gnu Atheism (New Atheism)
From October 2010
Native Americans Need to Convert to Christianity
Bryan Fischer says that Native Americans are plagued by poverty and alcoholism because they continue to believe in "superstition" instead of converting to Christianity.
Creationists Fail Again
"Oops" ~Creationists
We tried to tell them, but they just didn't listen.
Music: "Ghost in the Circuit" by Velvet Acid Christ
We tried to tell them, but they just didn't listen.
Music: "Ghost in the Circuit" by Velvet Acid Christ
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Atheist Experience #695: Viewer Calls
Don and Jen talk about all the lies in Huckabee's fundraising letter for the org Renewing American Leadership.
The Atheist Experience TV Show
Atheist Experience #695: Viewer Calls
Host: Russell Glasser
Co-host: Martin Wagner
2011-01-30
The Atheist Experience TV Show
Atheist Experience #695: Viewer Calls
Host: Russell Glasser
Co-host: Martin Wagner
2011-01-30
PZ Myers on Skepticon 3, 2010
PZ Myers speak at Skepticon 3, held November 19th - 21st 2010
Filmed and edited by Rob Lehr of Hambone Productions.
Filmed and edited by Rob Lehr of Hambone Productions.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Brian Dalton on Mr. Deity podcasts & the morality of atheism
Big Ideas presents Brian Dalton on his Mr. Deity podcasts, the amorality of Christianity and the morality of atheism
PZ Myers and JT Ehrbert Encounter Christian Protesters Outside Skepticon 3 Conference
By Candice L. Tucker -- During Skepticon III, speaker/biologist/author of Pharyngula, PZ Myers, speaks with a protester handing out Ray Comfort's version of Origin of the Species. Co-founder of Skepticon/campus organizer & high school specialist for Secular Student Alliance, JT Eberhard, speaks with a Christian, attempting to extract from her reasonable evidence for believing in the Bible and god.
Extended 28 minute cut
Skepticon 3, held November 19th - 21st 2010
Extended 28 minute cut
Skepticon 3, held November 19th - 21st 2010
Bill O'Reilly believes God is the answer to everything
The Egyptian people ask Anderson Cooper to step down, and Bill O'Reilly believes God is the answer to everything. (5:55 minuts)
The Colbert Report @ Comedy Central, Thursday, February 3, 2011
Bill O'Reilly burned!
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Crisis in Egypt - Anderson Cooper & Bill O'Reilly | ||||
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The Colbert Report @ Comedy Central, Thursday, February 3, 2011
Bill O'Reilly burned!
"Purify" the Moderates
During the first day of the 2011 Texas Legislature, Tea Party supporters rallied on the steps of the Capitol and heard a fiery sermon laced with violent rhetoric. "...it is our duty to purify ourselves of them [moderate politicians], to rid ourselves of them. The fight is not over."
Apostle Claver at Texas Tea Party Rally January 11, 2011
Apostle Claver at Texas Tea Party Rally January 11, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Reagan's Legacy on Fox & Friends
On the occasion of President Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, Father Jonathan Morris discusses the legacy of faith of this president.
Video from 6 February 2011
Video from 6 February 2011
Should We Tolerate The Intolerant?
David Cameron has criticised "state multiculturalism" in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism.
At a security conference in Munich, he argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism.
He also signalled a tougher stance on groups promoting Islamist extremism.
The speech angered some Muslim groups, while others queried its timing amid an English Defence League rally in the UK.
As Mr Cameron outlined his vision, he suggested there would be greater scrutiny of some Muslim groups which get public money but do little to tackle extremism.
Ministers should refuse to share platforms or engage with such groups, which should be denied access to public funds and barred from spreading their message in universities and prisons, he argued.
"Frankly, we need a lot less of the passive tolerance of recent years and much more active, muscular liberalism," the prime minister said.
BBC One 6 February 2011
At a security conference in Munich, he argued the UK needed a stronger national identity to prevent people turning to all kinds of extremism.
He also signalled a tougher stance on groups promoting Islamist extremism.
The speech angered some Muslim groups, while others queried its timing amid an English Defence League rally in the UK.
As Mr Cameron outlined his vision, he suggested there would be greater scrutiny of some Muslim groups which get public money but do little to tackle extremism.
Ministers should refuse to share platforms or engage with such groups, which should be denied access to public funds and barred from spreading their message in universities and prisons, he argued.
"Frankly, we need a lot less of the passive tolerance of recent years and much more active, muscular liberalism," the prime minister said.
BBC One 6 February 2011
The Hopelessness of Atheism
Not enough evidence to support a 'God'? No point to life? Err... don't think so!
But then again that cuts to the heart of the matter. If you were thinking, you wouldn't be wasting your only mortal life chasing phantasms and delusions.
But then again that cuts to the heart of the matter. If you were thinking, you wouldn't be wasting your only mortal life chasing phantasms and delusions.
James Randi's Challenge to Homeopathy Manufacturers and Retail Pharmacies
To expose a scam industry that endangers and rips off millions of consumers a year, world-renowned conjuror, escape artist, and skeptic James Randi has put one million dollars on the line.
1023 challenge
1023 challenge
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Where Did Christian Cat Come From?
YouTube's Christian cat, Miss Delilah, is direct evidence that God exists — thank you, Bill O'Reilly.
Response to Bill O'Reilly: Where did it all come from?
Response to Bill O'Reilly: Where did it all come from?
Bill O'Reilly: How'd The Moon Get There? WHO Put It There?
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, MSNBC, February 4, 2011.
The Holy Bible Tutor
What happens when a bible tutor leaves no story untold?
Directed/Produced by Matt Lewis & Josh Poole. Written by Josh Poole. Music/Animation by Matt Lewis. Sound Mixer: Kenice Mobley.
Starring Anastasia Baranova, Jeff Grimm, Yanellie and Ethan
Directed/Produced by Matt Lewis & Josh Poole. Written by Josh Poole. Music/Animation by Matt Lewis. Sound Mixer: Kenice Mobley.
Starring Anastasia Baranova, Jeff Grimm, Yanellie and Ethan
Stages Of Eye Evolution
The tv-program Bang Goes The Theory looks at the evolution of eyes
Airef on BBC 29th September 2010, with Richard Dawkins.
Airef on BBC 29th September 2010, with Richard Dawkins.
Jesus Potter and the Muggles of Gullibility
Just because it is written in a book does not make it true
The bible is a book.
The bible is a book.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive and disputed areas of the West Bank, especially those with a spiritual significance dating back to the Bible.
Throughout his journey, Louis gets close to the people most involved with driving the extreme end of the Jewish settler movement - finding them warm, friendly, humorous, and deeply troubling.
Theroux spends time with ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers and discovers a small, but very committed subculture.
On a hilltop in the Northern West Bank, not far from the large Palestinian city of Nablus, I met 17-year-old Yair Lieberman.
A part-time labourer and student, Yair's home was a makeshift canvas-covered structure, only slightly more solid than a tent, which he shared with three other young men. The bed was a tangled mess of sheets, in the style of a conventional teenager's, and hung around the dwelling were posters - though not of pop groups, but of favourite rabbis. Outside, in the neighbouring lots, was a scattering of fifteen or so caravans and trailers - the outpost of Havat Gilad.
Like the settlements up and down the West Bank, Havat Gilad is illegal under international law. It lies miles inside the territory won by Israel in the 1967 war and the vast majority of the surrounding population is Palestinian. But Havat Gilad is also illegal under Israeli law. Electricity comes from a generator. Water is trucked in.
Yair moved up to Havat Gilad a couple of years ago. On a tour around the hilltop, I asked him why he'd decided to make his life in this ramshackle encampment, at the end of a dirt road, on an inhospitable hilltop among Arab olive groves.
"If we're not here there's a [Palestinian] city and we don't want another [Palestinian] city," he said.
What, I wondered, would be so bad about another Palestinian city?
"Because it's my land! It's the land of Israel. It's not the land of Palestinians."
Yair's beliefs are shared by a hardcore religious nationalist fringe of Jewish Israelis who have chosen to make their home up and down the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. They say that those areas belong by right to the Jewish people - a title claim based mainly on the bible.
The fact that there are nearly ten times as many Arabs as there are Jews in the West Bank, with their own dreams of a national homeland, they regard as a side-issue.
I was making a documentary about these ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers, called The Ultra-Zionists. For several weeks I'd been spending time in some of the most hardcore and uncompromising sections of the Israeli nationalist community - the Jewish enclave in Hebron, in the hilltops in the north of the West Bank, and in the crowded Arab neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem - choosing to come at a time when peace talks were ongoing and the extreme settlers were therefore more embattled.
For many years I'd been fascinated by extreme nationalists - and I'd hoped the issue of the West Bank and its settlement by extreme religious Jews would be a chance to understand this mindset at first hand.
3 February 2011 BBC 2
Throughout his journey, Louis gets close to the people most involved with driving the extreme end of the Jewish settler movement - finding them warm, friendly, humorous, and deeply troubling.
Theroux spends time with ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers and discovers a small, but very committed subculture.
On a hilltop in the Northern West Bank, not far from the large Palestinian city of Nablus, I met 17-year-old Yair Lieberman.
A part-time labourer and student, Yair's home was a makeshift canvas-covered structure, only slightly more solid than a tent, which he shared with three other young men. The bed was a tangled mess of sheets, in the style of a conventional teenager's, and hung around the dwelling were posters - though not of pop groups, but of favourite rabbis. Outside, in the neighbouring lots, was a scattering of fifteen or so caravans and trailers - the outpost of Havat Gilad.
Like the settlements up and down the West Bank, Havat Gilad is illegal under international law. It lies miles inside the territory won by Israel in the 1967 war and the vast majority of the surrounding population is Palestinian. But Havat Gilad is also illegal under Israeli law. Electricity comes from a generator. Water is trucked in.
Yair moved up to Havat Gilad a couple of years ago. On a tour around the hilltop, I asked him why he'd decided to make his life in this ramshackle encampment, at the end of a dirt road, on an inhospitable hilltop among Arab olive groves.
"If we're not here there's a [Palestinian] city and we don't want another [Palestinian] city," he said.
What, I wondered, would be so bad about another Palestinian city?
"Because it's my land! It's the land of Israel. It's not the land of Palestinians."
Yair's beliefs are shared by a hardcore religious nationalist fringe of Jewish Israelis who have chosen to make their home up and down the West Bank and in East Jerusalem. They say that those areas belong by right to the Jewish people - a title claim based mainly on the bible.
The fact that there are nearly ten times as many Arabs as there are Jews in the West Bank, with their own dreams of a national homeland, they regard as a side-issue.
I was making a documentary about these ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers, called The Ultra-Zionists. For several weeks I'd been spending time in some of the most hardcore and uncompromising sections of the Israeli nationalist community - the Jewish enclave in Hebron, in the hilltops in the north of the West Bank, and in the crowded Arab neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem - choosing to come at a time when peace talks were ongoing and the extreme settlers were therefore more embattled.
For many years I'd been fascinated by extreme nationalists - and I'd hoped the issue of the West Bank and its settlement by extreme religious Jews would be a chance to understand this mindset at first hand.
3 February 2011 BBC 2
Keith Lowell Jensen - Knock, knock joke
Keith Lowell Jensen performing at The Sacramento Comedy Spot in Sacramento, California, USA.
Lila Rose: Abortions Should Be Done In Public
Anti-abortion activist Lila Rose speaks at the Values Voter Summit in 2009 and states that abortions should be carried out in public.
Lila Rose: ".. and then we might hear engels singing"
Lila Rose: ".. and then we might hear engels singing"
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Atheist Experience #694: Huckabee's Fundraising Ploy
Don and Jen talk about all the lies in Huckabee's fundraising letter for the org Renewing American Leadership. And Rock Beyond Belief.
The Atheist Experience TV Show
Atheist Experience #694: Huckabee's Fundraising Ploy
Host: Jen Peeples
Co-host: Don Baker
2011-01-30
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
Atheist Experience #694: Huckabee's Fundraising Ploy
Host: Jen Peeples
Co-host: Don Baker
2011-01-30
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
Bill O'Reilly: Where did it all come from?
A person asks Bill to elaborate on what he means when he answers "the tides come in, the tides go out" as an argument for the existence of God in this short excerpt from our Backstage Conversation webcast.
Where did it all come from?
What Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Know
This video should serve as an educational counter measure to Bill O'Reilly's "Where did it all come from?". If he intends to place his thoughts on this public forum, he should expect to receive such responses. All clips taken under fair use.
Bill O’Reilly: tidal bore by Bad Astronomy
Where did it all come from?
What Bill O'Reilly Doesn't Know
This video should serve as an educational counter measure to Bill O'Reilly's "Where did it all come from?". If he intends to place his thoughts on this public forum, he should expect to receive such responses. All clips taken under fair use.
Bill O’Reilly: tidal bore by Bad Astronomy
Educating NephilimFree
WARNING: Science-heavy video. If you are looking for a light laugh, pandas sneezing or guys getting hit in the crotch, you are advised to go elsewhere.
NephilimFree called in to the Magic Sandwich Show on January 23, 2011. We were time limited, so we didn't all have a chance to respond to him. This is my technical reply to his false assertions. I've paraphrased his statements.
NephilimFree called in to the Magic Sandwich Show on January 23, 2011. We were time limited, so we didn't all have a chance to respond to him. This is my technical reply to his false assertions. I've paraphrased his statements.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Judgment Day - May 21, 2011?
Throughout our history, religious leaders and organizations have claimed that their holy books provide accurate prophecies about the End Of The World. The examples shown in this video are (relatively) fringe organizations, but despite their overt activism and cult-like behavior, organizations like FamilyRadio.com provide a glimpse into what the more mainstream religions adhere to and believe.
Pastors, priests, apologists, ministers, religious philosophers and leaders of every kind, from every generation, have quoted from the books of Daniel and Revelation about the End of Days. Are their claims any less ridiculous? And should they be held any less accountable?
Pastors, priests, apologists, ministers, religious philosophers and leaders of every kind, from every generation, have quoted from the books of Daniel and Revelation about the End of Days. Are their claims any less ridiculous? And should they be held any less accountable?
Living After Faith
Chad, Becky, and Rich, all having experienced deconversions in the last few years, get together and talk about life after faith, the deconversion process, how things have changed, the insights they've gained, and the good times that have rolled.
Leave Ask an Atheist a Voice Mail: 206-420-0997
This an episode of Ask an Atheist, a call-in show in the Tacoma/Seattle area dedicated to atheism, skeptical inquiry, and the separation of church and state. The show is broadcast live on KLAY 1180 AM in Tacoma on Sundays at 3:00 PM, Pacific time.
Leave Ask an Atheist a Voice Mail: 206-420-0997
This an episode of Ask an Atheist, a call-in show in the Tacoma/Seattle area dedicated to atheism, skeptical inquiry, and the separation of church and state. The show is broadcast live on KLAY 1180 AM in Tacoma on Sundays at 3:00 PM, Pacific time.
FFRF's Freethought Radio for January 29, 2011
Freethought Radio, from January 29, 2011
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Annie Laurie Gaylor & Dan Barker, Co-Presidents
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Annie Laurie Gaylor & Dan Barker, Co-Presidents
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Demons, Devils, and Dimwits - Exorcism
Faithmatters: Exorcism. Demons, Devils, and Dimwits
Terry Moran.
Extra Nightline segment not included in televised program.
Yet another ugly side of Christianity
ABC News Nightline, January 27, 2011
Terry Moran.
Extra Nightline segment not included in televised program.
Yet another ugly side of Christianity
ABC News Nightline, January 27, 2011
Facebook Feuds, Faith & Facepalms
Every day, skeptics with Facebook accounts encounter status updates like, "It's a beautiful, sunny day! God is so good!" Or, "My mother has cancer, prayers please!" Or "Jesus loves you more than anything!"
Many of us who reject the notion of a god that brings pretty sunshine and rainbows, yet ignores millions of starving children, find these daily Facebook one-liners increasingly hard to stomach. We talk about the soapbox for belief that Facebook has become, and whether or not it's effective for the free-thinking community to engage.
Date / Time: 1/29/2011 5:00 PM
Many of us who reject the notion of a god that brings pretty sunshine and rainbows, yet ignores millions of starving children, find these daily Facebook one-liners increasingly hard to stomach. We talk about the soapbox for belief that Facebook has become, and whether or not it's effective for the free-thinking community to engage.
Date / Time: 1/29/2011 5:00 PM
Shariah Law is back - Islamic Stoning! (Jan 2011)
There is a greater level of frenzy over killing the woman, Siddqa. The perverse excitement of the crowd is palpable, and the cries of "Allahu akbar" are more numerous. But in the end, it is an equal-opportunity double murder, with two pulverized bodies to show as testimony to Allah's greatness. This is Sharia / Islam.
Horrific video footage has emerged of Taliban insurgents stoning a couple to death for alleged adultery in northern Afghanistan.
Horrific video footage has emerged of Taliban insurgents stoning a couple to death for alleged adultery in northern Afghanistan.
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