Scott Lively: Homosexuality Is Inherently Morally Wrong

Scott Lively explains that just like murder, slavery and pedophilia, homosexuality is inherently morally wrong.

Christopher Hitchens debates Barry Brummett on religion

Debate between renowned journalist and author Christopher Hitchens and Dr. Barry Brummett (Chair, Department of Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin) on the resolution "Religion has been a positive force in culture," June 4, 2011. Organized by the Department of English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo (http://www.english.uwaterloo.ca/), as part of the Literature, Rhetoric, and Values Conference, 3-5 June 2011.

Moderated by Jian Ghomeshi, an award-winning broadcaster, writer, musician and producer. He is the host and co-creator of the national daily talk program, Q, on CBC Radio One and CBC TV (http://www.cbc.ca/q/). Since its inception in 2007, Q has garnered the largest audience of any cultural affairs program in Canada and has become the highest-rated show in its morning time slot in CBC history.

In Part 1, Jian Ghomeshi introduces the two debaters.


Part 2 - Christopher Hitchens's opening argument


Part 3 - Barry Brummett's opening argument


Part 4 - Five-minute rebuttals from Hitchens and Brummett


Part 5 -


Part 6 - Is there enough art to justify the lives lost in the name of religion?


Part 7 "How has religion stunted the natural sciences?"


Part 8 - Final audience question

Rosie Collins talks about being an atheist

Rosie Collins

Pat Robertson: "Halloween Is Satan's Night"

Pat Robertson says Christians should not celebrate Halloween. "Halloween Is Satan's Night.



By CBN

Rick Joyner: Founders Were Dominionists

Rick Joyner of the Oak Initiative distances himself from dominionism



Rick Joyner, president of Morningstar Ministries

'Church or Jail' for First-Time Offenders?

Father Jonathan Morris discusses the policy in an Alabama town that offers the option of going to church, as opposed to serving time in prison, for certain first-time offenders.



Fox News, 28. September 2011

Keith Olbermann on the same

Pew Incarceration - Church or Jail

'Church or Jail' for First-Time Offenders?



Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV, 9-26-2011

Scientology Controls Reproduction

Karen de la Carriere explains how permission had to be sought to have a child in the Sea Org...even for those in the highest positions in the group.

Catching Up with Living After Faith

The Lyons' host the Living After Faith podcast, about coming out of religion, and living again after leaving faith. Sam asks: Howzitgoin'?



And please vote for Ask An Atheist here: http://best.king5.com/ask-an-atheist/biz/627650

If you're interested in talking with Ask An Atheist, join their forum at forum.askanatheist.tv

Leave Ask An Atheist Voice Mail: 206-420-0997

Robertson Attempts To "Clarify" His Alzheimer's Comments

Pat Robertson attempts to "clarify" his previous statement encouraging a man to leave his Alzherimer's-stricken wife, claiming that he has been "misunderstood."


Video from Christian Broadcasting Network

* Robertson: Divorce Your Wife With Alzheimers
* Pat Robertson: Divorce OK if Spouse has Alzheimer's
* Father Jonathan Morris: Love, Divorce and Alzheimer's

I Get It - I Don't Get It

I can't resolve this inability to relate to believers. I think It will most likely remain unresolved.



Atheist vs teist

Glenn Beck Endorses Religious Right Effort To Challenge IRS

Glenn Beck tells Jim Garlow and Richard Land that he'll support their effort to get pastors to endorse candidates and do what he can to "make a big deal out of it."

The Bruderhof (Christianity)

CBS 48 Hours Segment on the Bruderhof also known as Church Communities International, filmed in late 1996 and aired in March 1997.

The Bruderhof - Part 1 of 2


The Bruderhof - Part 2 of 2

Religious People Are Nerds

Talking about nerds, nobody is bigger nerds than religious people. Try to have a dialog.

Cults: Indoctrination & Exploitation

Cults isolate their followers emotionally and geographically. They brainwash impressionable adults and innocent children. They use and abuse trust for personal gain. They are cult leaders, and those who've escaped their grasp have compelling and often horrifying stories to tell.



Cults: Indoctrination & Exploitation - The Thinking Atheist Radio Podcast #30
Date: September 25, 2011

Simple Truth and trying to obtain it

Class Warfare or Christianity?

How should wealth be distributed? Is it the Christian obligation to share to all?
Father Jonathan Morris discusses this current area of debate.



From Fox News

Heartbeat Bill Supporters Are Just Like Moses

Julie Busby of Ohio Right to Life speaks in favor of the Heartbeat Bill, likening supporters to Moses because they have God on their side.

Porter Brings Another Fetus To "Testify" For Her Heartbeat Bill

Janet Porter brought in another fetus to "testify" on behalf of her Heartbeat Bill at a recent rally. The woman speaking in this video is Ducia Hamm of the Ashland Care Center.

Cat Lady to Raise The Dead -- In Jesus' Name!

Christian Pam Olsen



Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV, 9-23-2011

ID Creationism and Bacterial Chemotaxis

Jonathan M's challenge can be found here:
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2011/09/engineering_at_its_finest_bact050911.html

And it is answered here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=evolution%20bacterial%20chemotaxis



1. BMC Evol Biol. 2011 Aug 16;11(1):240.
"Our findings explain several results from diverse bacteria and lead to testable predictions regarding chemotaxis responses evolved in bacteria living under different biophysical constraints and with specific motility machinery. Further, they shed light on the potential evolutionary paths for the evolution of complex behaviours from simpler ones in incremental fashion."

2. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Jun;77(12):4105-18.
"Five batch cultures of Bacillus subtilis were subjected to evolution in the laboratory for 6,000 generations under conditions repressing sporulation in complex liquid medium containing glucose. Between generations 1,000 and 2,000, variants with a distinct small-colony morphology arose and swept through four of the five populations that had been previously noted for their loss of sporulation " [SERIOUSLY!]

3. BMC Genomics. 2010 Oct 20;11:588.
"Properties described by gene ontology terms identified in the overrepresentation analysis are often consistent with individual prokaryote lifestyles and are likely to give a competitive advantage to the organism."

4. Adv Appl Microbiol. 2009;66:53-75.
"The analysis of complete genome sequences from microorganisms that occupy diverse ecological niches reveal the presence of multiple chemotaxis pathways and a great diversity of chemoreceptors with novel sensory specificities."

5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jan 26;107(4):1391-6.
"We show that the maximin response is the unique one that always outcompetes motile but nonchemotactic bacteria. The maximin strategy is adapted to the variable environments experienced by bacteria, and we explicitly show its emergence in simulations of bacterial populations in a chemostat. Finally, we recast the contrast of evolution in regular vs. complex environments in terms of minimax vs. maximin game-theoretical strategies. Our results are generally relevant to biological optimization principles and provide a systematic possibility to get around the need to know precisely the statistics of environmental fluctuations."

6. BMC Microbiol. 2009 Mar 16;9:56.
"Deletion of the second DUF439 protein had only minimal effects. HEAT_PBS proteins could be identified in the chemotaxis gene regions of all motile haloarchaea sequenced so far, but not in those of other archaeal species. Genes coding for DUF439 proteins, however, were found to be integral parts of chemotaxis gene regions across the archaeal domain, and they were not detected in other genomic context."

7. Mol Microbiol. 2008 Dec;70(5):1054-61.
"Class II CheCs likely function as phosphatases in systems other than chemotaxis. Class III CheCs are found in the archaeal class Halobacteria and might function as class I CheCs. FliY is the main phosphatase in the B. subtilis chemotaxis system. CheX is quite divergent from the rest of the family, forms a dimer and some may function outside chemotaxis. A model for the evolution of the family is discussed."

8. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 May 27;105(21):7500-5.
"Despite their complexity, the networks must be evolvable because of changing ecological and environmental pressures. Although the regulatory networks underlying stress responses are characterized extensively, their mechanism of evolution remains poorly understood. Here, we examine the evolution of three candidate stress response networks (chemotaxis, competence for DNA uptake, and endospore formation) by analyzing their phylogenetic distribution across several hundred diverse bacterial and archaeal lineages. We report that genes in the chemotaxis and sporulation networks group into well defined evolutionary modules with distinct functions, phenotypes, and substitution rates as compared with control sets of randomly chosen genes. The evolutionary modules vary in both number and cohesiveness among the three pathways. Chemotaxis has five coherent modules whose distribution among species shows a clear pattern of interdependence and rewiring."

Tax Debate Sparks Talk of Class Warfare

What is a fair share for taxpayers? Father Jonathan Morris give his views on this question.

How mush is fair?

"One tenth of the produce of the land, whatever grain form the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord and must be set apart to him as holy."
The Bible. Leviticus 27:30

Fox Business. Varney

Sally Kern Says Gay Rights Will Doom America

Compilation of Oklahoma GOP legislator Sally Kern's interview with Peter LaBarbera



Sally Kern and Peter LaBarbera. 23. September 2011

Love, Divorce and Alzheimer's

Father Jonathan Morris discusses the comments, and resulting controversy, of Christian Pat Robertson, who recommended that a husband divorce his wife who has Alzheimer's.

'Til death do us part?


On Fox News

Jennifer Carroll Blasts Media, Scientists, Da Vinci Code

Florida Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll's speech to Faith and Freedom Coalition's Florida summit.

Carol M. Swain: Christianity is under siege

Carol M. Swain
"Christianity is under siege"
Americans lives like devels.



Russia Today 2011

Texas School Punishes Student for Opposing Homosexuality

Cristian homophobe at Western Hills High School. Boston Avenue, USA.



September 23, 2011 on Fox News

Muslim praying on top of his car for 9/11

This Muslim man is thanking his imaginary sky friend Allah and his messenger Mohammad for the success of 9/11 on the 10th anniversary of the WTC Jihad

God Is Shaking! On Pam Olsen

On Pam Olsen



Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV, September 22, 2011

Watch more on Pam Olsen: Gay Rights Lead To God's Judgment

Christian blogger - Christian bloggers

Listen to Skeptics with a K – Episode #055 (.mp3)

Skeptics with a K

ABC Nightline Beyond Belief Psychic Power

I New York Psychic Jesse Bravo took this Psychic Challenge on behalf of ABC, I told them before the test, that it is rigged. I told them that as a medium, I require a live person but Banachek knew he would lose, so they gave me pieces of paper. As you can see, all of the other psychics had live people for thier test, except me. They ran the piece anyway and tried to make everyone look bad.

Watch on youtube

Watch the full program here

Yoga Basics Explained Ashtanga, Bikram, Kundalini, and Power Yoga

When you don't understand Buddhisme, takes a part - here yoga - bring it to the west (like USA) and tryes to fit it in your life (not conflicting with your own religion - like Christianity) it can end up like this.



Yoga For Beginners

Pam Olsen: Gay Rights Lead To God's Judgment

Christian Pam Olsen, co-chair of Rick Perry's Florida Presidency 5 leadership team, condemns gay rights for bringing about God's judgments

American Family Association Doesn't Like Schweddy Balls

Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Current TV, September 21, 2011

Beyond Belief - Psychic Powers

They have an other worldly gift.

Are psychics for real?

Beyond Belief Psychic Powers part 1


Spiritual advisor

Beyond Belief Psychic Powers part 2


Beyond Belief Psychic Powers part 3


Beyond Belief Psychic Powers part 4


ABC Primetime Nightline

Let's Talk About Sin

Rosh Hashana is almost upon us! Today, Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald, Director of Jewish Treats' parent organization, the National Jewish Outreach Program, has chosen to speak about one of his favorite topics: SIN.



Sin is very exciting. Sin can be very meaningful. Sin could be very disastrous. The problem with sin today is that we have defined sin down. There is almost no standard for sin. Karl Menninger wrote a book entitled, "Whatever Became of Sin?" because people no longer think that they are sinning. Sin is very important. And recognizing sin is even more important. Its not so much the guilt, its really the healthy guilt. If you think you are doing something wrong, then there is a chance that you will change and become better. Let's say you overeat, or you don't eat enough or you are not sleeping. You are sinning against your body. Sin is not only committing sins against other people. You can sin against yourself.

The most important thing you can do is recognize sin. Not to explain it away or define it down, but to recognize it. That's what the sound of the shofar is all about. When the shofar blasts, we think about our lives and how it moves before us and how before we know it, its not going to be here any longer. Let's use our time responsibly. Lets use our time usefully. And even though you may not go to synagogue to hear the shofar blown each morning during Elul, think about that long blast, known as the tekiah sound. Think about the teruah blast, the staccato cry and wail. Think about the shevarim blast, the broken cry. Think about yourself and think about your life and think about how God has given us the gift of repentance. Use it well.

Wishing you a Shana Tova (a Good Year)!

Pam Olsen On 7 Mountains, Raising The Dead

Christian Pam Olsen, co-chair of Rick Perry's Florida Presidency 5 leadership team, preaches Seven Mountains Dominionism and raising the dead.

Michio Kaku Explains What Physics Can Do For You

What shape will the future take? Dr. Kaku explains which technological advances will remain confined to the pages of science fiction and which are likely to make the leap to your living room.

Defunding Planned Parenthood

Jen talks about the folly of defunding Planned Parenthood.



Atheist Experience #727
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Jen Peeples
2011-09-18

Engle: Obama Can Ban Abortion Like Lincoln Ended Slavery

Crazy Christian Lou Engle shares his dream about President Obama

A convocation on evolution: Southern Utah University

Another blast from the past: Genie's 1995 talk as part of Southern Utah University's Convocations.



A Distinguished University Lecture Series featuring Leaders, Thinkers, and Innovators. Raymond T. Grant, Director.

Huckabee Addresses 'Personhood' Fundraiser

Mike Huckabee raises money for radical anti-choice campaign of Personhood Mississippi

Indoctrinating children in India

There seems to be a systematic campaign to indoctrinate children with religion in India. There are strict guidelines to pass the advertisement regulatory board. Indian cinema also make films go through stringent censorship. Why is nonsense such as this allowed a free pass.



It isnt like India enjoys the brightest bulbs. The vast majority of Indians are stupid and believe in just about anything you tell them. How can a nation which has the highest number of superstitious people anywhere, yet yearns to boasts of great modernisation drive allow this to happen!

God Hates Women

Join Mike, Libbie, and Deanna as we talk about the patriarchy in religion.

James Croft: Good (Without God)

Good (Without God)
The Humanist Responsibility to Serve



By James Croft. Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard.
June 2011

Filmed at CFI-Transnational in Amherst, NY, on June 25, 2011.

The Pope's Response to 9/11 Anniv

The Atheist Experience TV Show Atheist Experience #726: The Pope's Response to 9/11 Anniv.



Runtime: 58:31
Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Jen Peeples
2011-09-11 Matt and Jen respond to the Pope's statement about 9/11.


The Atheist Experience (http://www.atheist-experience.com) 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 (http://www.atheist-community.org) 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.

Jerry Boykin: Church Called To Occupy

Jerry Boykin calls for activists to make the Church "the dominant influence in America"

Jerry Boykin: "We can absolutely take this nation back."



First to Know

Foo Fighters vs Westboro Baptist Church

On Aug. 30th, 2011 Westboro Baptist Church called for a picket of the Foo Fighters show in Kansas City. We had a little something up our sleeve. God Bless America.

Mike Reid - religion stand-up

Mike Reid on religion and Jesus

Ask Sam Harris Anything Video Pack

Sam Harris, author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, and The Moral Landscape, answers questions submitted by users on Reddit.com.



Hear Sam talk about everything from meditation to religion, and see if one of your questions got answered!

The Language of Christianity

Christianity is like a language with different dialects, and over time more terminology may loose its essential meaning.

50 Renowned Academics & Scientists Talk on God

Speakers in order of appearance:



1. Lawrence Krauss, World-Renowned Physicist
2. Robert Coleman Richardson, Nobel Laureate in Physics
3. Richard Feynman, World-Renowned Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics
4. Simon Blackburn, Cambridge Professor of Philosophy
5. Colin Blakemore, World-Renowned Oxford Professor of Neuroscience
6. Steven Pinker, World-Renowned Harvard Professor of Psychology
7. Alan Guth, World-Renowned MIT Professor of Physics
8. Noam Chomsky, World-Renowned MIT Professor of Linguistics
9. Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel Laureate in Physics
10. Peter Atkins, World-Renowned Oxford Professor of Chemistry
11. Oliver Sacks, World-Renowned Neurologist, Columbia University
12. Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal
13. Sir John Gurdon, Pioneering Developmental Biologist, Cambridge
14. Sir Bertrand Russell, World-Renowned Philosopher, Nobel Laureate
15. Stephen Hawking, World-Renowned Cambridge Theoretical Physicist
16. Riccardo Giacconi, Nobel Laureate in Physics
17. Ned Block, NYU Professor of Philosophy
18. Gerard 't Hooft, Nobel Laureate in Physics
19. Marcus du Sautoy, Oxford Professor of Mathematics
20. James Watson, Co-discoverer of DNA, Nobel Laureate
21. Colin McGinn, Professor of Philosophy, Miami University
22. Sir Patrick Bateson, Cambridge Professor of Ethology
23. Sir David Attenborough, World-Renowned Broadcaster and Naturalist
24. Martinus Veltman, Nobel Laureate in Physics
25. Pascal Boyer, Professor of Anthropology
26. Partha Dasgupta, Cambridge Professor of Economics
27. AC Grayling, Birkbeck Professor of Philosophy
28. Ivar Giaever, Nobel Laureate in Physics
29. John Searle, Berkeley Professor of Philosophy
30. Brian Cox, Particle Physicist (Large Hadron Collider, CERN)
31. Herbert Kroemer, Nobel Laureate in Physics
32. Rebecca Goldstein, Professor of Philosophy
33. Michael Tooley, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado
34. Sir Harold Kroto, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
35. Leonard Susskind, Stanford Professor of Theoretical Physics
36. Quentin Skinner, Professor of History (Cambridge)
37. Theodor W. Hänsch, Nobel Laureate in Physics
38. Mark Balaguer, CSU Professor of Philosophy
39. Richard Ernst, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
40. Alan Macfarlane, Cambridge Professor of Anthropology
41. Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson, Princeton Research Scientist
42. Douglas Osheroff, Nobel Laureate in Physics
43. Hubert Dreyfus, Berkeley Professor of Philosophy
44. Lord Colin Renfrew, World-Renowned Archaeologist, Cambridge
45. Carl Sagan, World-Renowned Astronomer
46. Peter Singer, World-Renowned Bioethicist, Princeton
47. Rudolph Marcus, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
48. Robert Foley, Cambridge Professor of Human Evolution
49. Daniel Dennett, Tufts Professor of Philosophy
50. Steven Weinberg, Nobel Laureate in Physics

FEATURED MUSIC:

Mozart - Requiem Mass In D Minor K 626 - 1. Introitus 00:03
Massive Attack - Two Rocks And A Cup Of Water 02:28, 19:14
Max Richter - Embers 05:13
Ludovico Einaudi - Andare 09:27, 24:30, 26:31
Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche 13:13
Max Richter - Vladimir's Blues 29:21
Ludovico Einaudi - Eni 30 Percento (The Earth Prelude) 33:16

Download the video from
http://www.filesonic.com/file/1527980791
https://www.rapidshare.com/files/2364284362/50.Renowned.Academics.Speaking.About.God.rar
File size: 124 MB

Just when you thought it was safe to teach evolution

A blast from the past: Genie Scott discusses the challenges teaching evolution...in 1991! Alas, many things haven't changed.



Where: University of Louisville.
When: 3/7/1991

Pat Robertson: Divorce OK if Spouse has Alzheimer's

Father Jonathan Morris weighs in on Pat Robertson's advice that a spouse divorce his wife, who has Alzheimer's, as the disease is a "kind of death."



Watch also Pat Robertson: Divorce Your Wife With Alzheimers

There are no gods (3/3)

The Value of a Godless World

Lawrence Krauss, Ashley Paramore and James Randi drawing



Doctors without borders

The donation pages are:
1. Firstgiving:

2. Justgiving

John Hagee: Harry Potter, Paganism Corrupting Kids

Christian John Hagee lashes out at secular humanism, paganism, and Harry Potter



All the Gospel To all the world.

Do Human Races Exist?

Rick Perry: Supernatural Events Guide Life

Christian Rick Perry discusses how God sends him messages through the rain and other supernatural events

Shoud We Circumcise?

Tom Simmons ask: Shoud We Circumcise?

Just Like Daddy

When Revival Comes, We Won't Have Time For Football

Christian Rick Joyner says that when "the next great awakening" comes to America, NFL games will be canceled because everyone will be too busy attending revival meetings.

Che Ahn: Gay Rights Can't Be Civil Rights

Apostolic Christian Che Ahn says marriage equality laws are similar to racist laws



Che Ahn from Harvest International Ministry (H.I.M)

Robertson: Jews Turn To Christ In Last Days

Christian Pat Robertson says Jews will convert to Christianity to usher in the End Times

The Magic of Reality on BBC Newsnight

Interview with Richard Dawkins about the book "The Magic of Reality" by BBC.



Aired on BBC2 Newsnight 13 September 2011

Mirror

Government: Leave Charities Alone!

Father Jonathan Morris on the call to end tax deductions for charitable contributions by the administration.

Tax deductions is socialism


Video from Fox Business

Forrest Wilder on His Texas Observer Article "Rick Perry's Army of God"

Early backers of Perry's presidential run have heralded him as being behind the so-called Texas economic miracle, however many have questioned Perry's economic claims in Texas. Questions have also arisen over Perry's close ties to the radical-wing of the Christian evangelical movement. Last Saturday, Perry helped organize and spoke at a controversial seven-hour Christian prayer rally in Houston titled, "The Response: A Call to Prayer for a Nation in Crisis."

Interview with Forrest Wilder about The New Apostolic Reformation & Rick Perry


While the prayer session drew 30,000 participants and received national press, little attention was paid to the Christian evangelicals Perry worked with to organize the event. The Texas Observer has just published an explosive article titled, "Rick Perry's Army of God." It exposes how a group of radical Christians and self-proclaimed prophets from a little-known movement known as New Apostolic Reformation have been quietly pushing for Perry's presidential bid.

Democracy Now! interviews The Texas Observer's reporter, Forrest Wilder.

Read: Rick Perry’s Army of God in The Texas Observer.

The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins

The Magic of Reality is released in hardback and audio editions on 15th September 2011. It will also be available as a stunning iPad App.

What are things made of?
What is the sun?
Why do bad things happen?



Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? These fantastical myths are fun -- but what is the real answer to such questions?

The Magic of Reality presents the real story of the world around us, taking us on an enthralling journey through scientific reality, and showing that it has an awe-inspiring beauty and thrilling magic which far exceed those of the ancient myths.

We encounter rainbows, our genetic ancestors, tsunamis, shooting stars, plants, animals, and an intriguing cast of characters in this extraordinary scientific voyage of discovery.

Richard Dawkins and Dave McKean have created a dazzling celebration of our planet that will inspire and amaze readers of all ages, and will entertain and inform for years to come.

Robertson: Divorce Your Wife With Alzheimers

Christian Pat Robertson suggests that a man whose wife is suffering with Alzheimers just divorce her and move on.



Video from Christian Broadcasting Network

Good Without God: Ethics for Freethinkers

What are humanist ethics? How do they differ from the religion-based variety? In the absence of a God, are there no absolutes? If there are, what are they? Or are all questions of ethics situational? If so, is that a bad thing? Do humanists believe in evil? And how should humanists move forward?



To answer these questions, the Secular Humanist Society of New York, New York Society for Ethical Culture, and Reasonable New York -- a consortium of rationalist groups that includes the Center for Inquiry-New York City -- presented a panel discussion on August 20, 2011, featuring:

* Michael De Dora, Executive Director, CFI-New York City
* Massimo Pigliucci, Chair, Philosophy Department at Lehman College
* Anne Klaeysen, Leader, New York Society for Ethical Culture
* Roy Speckardt, Executive Director, American Humanist Association
* John Rafferty, President, Secular Humanist Society of NY (moderator)

This is the full video, including the panel discussion and audience question-and-answer session.

Pierce: Pressure on Israel Caused Joplin Tornado

Chuck Pierce tells Sid Roth that President Obama's speech on the Middle East unleashed demonic forces on America that will bring racism back to 1967 levels and caused the tornado in Joplin, Missouri.

Jacobs: Response Healed The Land From Native Curse

Christian Cindy Jacobs says Rick Perry's 'The Response' healed Texas from the curse of Native American cannibalism.

Christian prophet Cindy Jacobs finds the Native American very bloody. Not like Christianity where there are human sacrifice and where the Christians are eating the flesh of Jesus Christ and drinking his blood.



Cindy Jacobs is part of the New Apostolic Reformation

Student presentations

Secular Europe Campaign - march september

The Secular Europe Campaign is an annual effort that sees many diverse groups united in demanding an end to religious privileges and asking that the European Institutions must remain secular.



Starting in 2008, this Campaign has a special focus on the Vatican, given the enormous political and economical power it holds, but aims at representing all the issues around secularism and human rights, including opposition to state-funded faith schools, rejection of religious tribunals and support to equal rights for LGBT citizens.

Secular Europe Campaign promote:

* freedom of religion, freedom of conscience and freedom of speech
* women's equality and reproductive rights
* equal rights for LGBT people in all the European Union
* a secular Europe -- democratic, peaceful, open and just, immune to the clandestine influence of privileged religious (or other) organisations
* one law for all, no religious exemptions from the law
* state neutrality in matters of religion and belief

Secular Europe Campaign oppose:

* the privileged status of the churches under Article 17 of the TFEU (Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)
* the special status of the Vatican in the United Nations
* state-funded faith schools
* the economic privilege and political influence of the Vatican

9/11 Conspiracies Revisited

Join Sam, Mike, and Case as we discuss the abject failure of the 9/11 Truther movement to support its claims.



This episode S5E10 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.

Leave Ask An Atheist a Voice Mail: 206-420-0997

David Silverman Debates ACLJ Lawyer Over Christian WTC Cross

The WTC Cross: Why the Lawsuit Needed to be Filed.

David Silverman, President American Atheists

Higher power


CBC News, September 9, 2011, The Reason Rally

How 9/11 Redefined our Faith

Father Jonathan Morris reflects on the Septempber 11, 2001 attacks.



Video by Fox News

David Silverman vs. the Christian WTC Cross

Mike Huckabee Show, Fox news, 9-10-2011

Catholic Christians in Canada

Awfull Christian people in Canada




Video by Think Again, CFI

The Gruen Transfer - The Pitch: Banning All Religion

'The Pitch' is a segment on ABC TV's 'The Gruen Transfer' where two ad companies compete to 'sell the unsellable'. Past example of selling the unsellable include invading New Zealand, compulsory euthanasia for the elderly, cosmetic surgery for children and introducing a parent licence.

This week, the two companies have to sell the idea of 'banning all religion'.


THIS IS A SATIRICAL SEGMENT. ABC TV and the ad companies involved do not think that invading New Zealand, banning all religion etc are actually good ideas.

Let's make religion history.

Double Standard from Boots

In which Boots says medical claims need substantiation or they can't embrace the product unlike Homeopathy which they sell anyway.

EARTHQUAKE Jesus

Yeah, apparently Zombie Jesus, not merely content with coming back from the grave to judge the living, is now rampaging around the pacific rim, well Im not sure what he's doing to the pacific rim, but according to christian radio, he's enjoying killing tens of thousands of people while he's doing it!



*E*A*R*T*H* *Q*U*A*K*E* JESUS!

I Was a Deluded 9/11 Truther

A semi-comedic -- but dead serious -- account of my embarrassing brush with the delusional "Truth" movement.



See also the video "Building 7 Explained."

The 911 Anniversary and More

In this special "evening" edition of the podcast, we talk about the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Ground Zero cross, politics and more.



The Thinking Atheist Radio Podcast #29.
Show date: August 8, 2011

Watch World Trade Center "Building 7" Explained

Catholic in Canada

Think Again video by Centre for Inquiry Canada.

Fischer Accuses Muslims of Planning Party To Celebrate 9/11

Bryan Fischer accuses Muslims to holding a big party in order to celebrate 9/11 ... then later admits he got the date wrong.

Are cosmic rays causing global warming?

CORRECTION:

I described CERN as the European particle accelerator; in fact it is the organization that runs that project, as well as many others.
SOURCES:

0:27 "CERN: Global Warming Caused by Sun"
http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/165340.html

0:43 http://www.naturalnews.com/news_000252_Global_warming_caused_by_sun.html

0:49 Delingpole column
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100102296/sun-causes-climat...


1:05 "Science now settled" National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Science+settled/5315908/story.html

1:28 "Role of sulphuric acid, ammonia and galactic cosmic rays in atmorpheric aerosol nucleation" -- J. Kirkby et al. Nature, August 2011

1:59 Solomon article "Science now settled"
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Science+settled/5315908/story.html

2:23 For more on Svensmark's hypothesis, see my video "2. Climate Change -- the Objections"

4:05 Ibid.

4:14 Cosmic rays graph
http://cr0.izmiran.rssi.ru/clmx/main.htm

4:48 "CERN 'gags' physicists...." The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/18/cern_cosmic_ray_gag/

5:05 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkZB6_WViN8

David Barton: Politics Is A Spiritual Battle

David Barton says dark principalities have power over parts of government, business and education

Jerry Boykin: "No Mosques in America"

Jerry Boykin and Bryan Fischer agree that the US should ban mosques because Muslims have no rights under the First Amendment

The Power of Prayer

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.

Only Mayors And Governors Should Be President

Christian Pat Robertson, a former presidential candidate who has never served as a mayor or governor, says only mayors and governors are qualified to be president.

Atheist Experience #725: Viewer Calls

The Atheist Experience TV Show number 725: Matt and Tracie take viewer calls



Host: Matt Dillahunty
Co-host: Tracie Harris
Aired on September 4, 2011

Trystan Swale on Righteous Indignation 97

Trystan Swale spent the best part of half a decade actively immersing himself in paranormal and Fortean investigations. For his efforts he emerged with headaches, lots of enemies, a sideline in hoaxing and invaluable experience of how wishful thinking can affect us all. He sat down with Hayley to talk about crop circles at a recent ‘skeptics in the pub’ talk.

The Way of the Mister, Vol. 1: Reparative Therapy

Reporter, David Steel, investigates a new and growing branch of the "reparative therapy" movement.



Written by Brian Keith Dalton

WTC "Building 7" Explained

A serious video this time: The "unexplainable" collapse of 7 World Trade Center.



Video by Edward Current

Co-Workers and Atheist

Mike, Sam, and Nick talk about what it's like to work in America as an atheist, answer emails, and recover from the 24-hour BlogTV event.

Season 5, Episode 9: Co-Workers


Leave Ask An Atheist Voice Mail: 206-420-0997

And please vote for Ask An Atheist here: http://best.king5.com/ask-an-atheist/biz/627650

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.

What do Atheists do in Crisis (Heated debate)

Look at this video and tell me what you think of these disgusting stinky god believing retarded filthy people. What shall we do with these disgusting individuals who are not fit to call humans.

Where do atheists turn in times of crisis?


Aired on Fox Business in September 2011

If people evolved from monkeys

Intelligent Design

Christians Against Masturbation vs Louie C.K

George Carlin on Praying

What George Carlin thinks of praying



On ABC - with Bill Maher

Teaching evolution in a climate of science denial

What challenges do biology teachers face from creationists? How do you respond to students asking the "10 questions"? What are the different flavors of creationist belief? NCSE programs and policy director Steve Newton explores this and other issues before an audience of high school teachers from across the country.

Teaching evolution in a climate of science denial, Part 1


Teaching evolution in a climate of science denial, Part 2


Teaching evolution in a climate of science denial, Part 3 (last)


Ten questions to ask your biology teacher about evolution


Where: UC Berkeley
When: 8/5/2011

Secular News Daily

Secular News Daily - Views from a Secular Perspective

Jacobs: Sexual Sins Defile The Land

Prophet Cindy Jacobs and Mark Jacobs say anything outside of monogamous heterosexual relationships are making the elements go crazy.

NYC ATHEISTS- "Live on Tape" Interview with Richard Dawkins

Hosts Dennis Horowitz and Dave Silverman interview prominent scientist and author Richard Dawkins.

Christians Can Take Authority Over The Weather

Cindy and Mike Jacobs explain that natural disasters are the result of sin and that Christians can take authority over the weather.

Science Communicators and Skeptics

Video clips from science communicators and skeptics



Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996). Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Carl Sagan. CBS News Interview, 1965

Carl Sagan's Cosmos. 1980, Episode 10. "The Edge of Forever"

---

Michael Shermer from Skeptic Magazine

2010 TED Talk. "The pattern behind self-deception"

The Baloney Detection Kit. RDF TV, 2009

See all 10 Questions at:
youtube.com/user/richarddawkinsdotnet

---

Neil deGrasse Tyson. Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

10 Questions. TIME Magazine, 2008

TheScienceNetwork.org
Beyond Belief, 2006

Kenneth Miller: No conflict between evolution and religion

Before a packed house, Kenneth R. Miller delivered an excellent lecture on the intersection of evolution, religion, and American education as part of the UAB "First Thursday" Lecture Series at the Spencer Honors House. After the talk, he participated in an extended Q&A session. Here is one of the questions he discussed

Conflict between evolution and religion

Elul and the Jewish Future

Both Muslims and Jews depend on the Lunar calendar. As Muslims complete their month long observance of Ramadan, a time when they fast and pray to God, the Jews enter the month of Elul. Elul is a very serious and introspective month that precedes the High Holiday period so we think about our lives and the Jewish future. Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, Director of Jewish Treats' parent organization, the National Jewish Outreach Program, tells us about how getting stuck in Israel last week as the result of Hurricane Irene helped put Elul into perspective for him.



While staying in Jerusalem, Rabbi Buchwald utilized the brand new light rail train system every day he was there. The trains were packed full of people taking advantage of the free fares offered last week. People were carrying bags of shopping from the shuk (marketplace), bicycles and most noticeably, baby carriages. Even though people were packed together like sardines everybody got along and everyone showed respect to the parents pushing baby carriages.

To Rabbi Buchwald that spoke volumes. He believes it shows the people of Israel's commitment to the Jewish future. You don't have to be a parent to appreciate that. We can all be vicarious parents who support and teach children. That's Jewish future. The month of Elul for Rabbi Buchwald will be a very joyous month knowing that there is a great future ahead for us. He wishes you all a very joyous and meaningful month of Elul.

Jacobs: Abortion Curses The Land

Cindy and Mike Jacobs says we need to ban abortion because it curses the land, leading to natural disasters

Atheists and Sex Offenders

Yeah...he's a nobody, but Florida "pastor" Michael Stahl has provided a great excuse to remind others just how many atheists and free-thinkers affect our lives and cultures every day. Michael Stahl has suggested that known atheists be categorized on a list he called "The Christian National Registry of Atheists." Imagine what kind of names, past and present, such a list would provide.

Muslims Are Trying To Capture The Seven Mountains

Rick Joyner again falsely asserts the Bolshevik means "minority" (it doesn't, it means "majority") and warns that the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to take control of the Seven Mountains.

Gaffney: US Needs A New HUAC

Frank Gaffney tells Rick Joyner that US needs a new HUAC called the 'House of Anti-American Activities Committee' to investigate treason and misprision of treason.

BlogTV 2 and Best Podcast of Western Washington

This is an audio announcement of the upcoming BlogTV Event and our entrance into the "Best of Western Washington" podcast competition.



Information about the BlogTV Event is available here

Vote for Ask An Atheist here

Speech from the Anti-PowerPoint-Party

Since May 2011 exists the Anti-PowerPoint Party. The APPP is an international movement that is opened to proponents from all over the world free of charge, anonymous, and without any obligations.



Signing in as a proponent, makes the movement the fourth biggest Party of Switzerland and thus people deeply and widely talk about the PowerPoint-issue. We don't want to abolish PowerPoint we just want the PowerPoint-CONSTRAINT to be abolished. By signing in you help yourself to see less boring presentations in the future www.anti-powerpoint-party.com/participate/become-a-member


The Anti-PowerPoint-Party

David Cross - Jesus

David Cross talking about how Jesus might have sounded outside of movies.

God vs an Atheist: Abortion

Don goes toe-to-toe with God on the topic of abortion policy. Guess which one wins.



The Atheist Experience TV Show Atheist Experience #724: God vs. an Atheist: Abortion

Host: Russell Glasser
Co-host: Don Baker
Aug 28, 2011
Runtime: 58:31

Fischer: Criminalize Homosexuality

Christian Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association calls for the re-criminalization of homosexuality

Kenneth R Miller: The Bible wasn't always interpreted literally

Before a packed house, Kenneth R. Miller delivered an excellent lecture on the intersection of evolution, religion, and American education as part of the UAB "First Thursday" Lecture Series at the Spencer Honors House. After the talk, he participated in an extended Q&A session. Here is one of the questions he discussed

David Cross on A Historical Account of The Bible

David Cross talks about the Historical Account of The Bible