Bart D. Ehrman presented "Jesus and the Historian" at the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Biblical scholars have long recognized the discrepancies between the four New Testament Gospels and the difficulties that result in determining who Jesus really was. Can these four Gospels be relied upon to give us an accurate account of Jesus’s words and deeds? Bart brings to bear his analysis and lengthy scholarship to answer this question.
This event was sponsored as a joint venture of St. John’s Episcopal Church, on the Square, Carlisle and the Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Have you read the bible?
Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bart Ehrman came to UNC in 1988, after four years of teaching at Rutgers University. At UNC he has served as both the Director of Graduate Studies and the Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. A graduate of Wheaton College (Illinois), Professor Ehrman received both his Masters of Divinity and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary, where his 1985 doctoral dissertation was awarded magna cum laude.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Cop Kicks Black Man In Face In Brutal Video
"A Dover, Del., police officer who faced no criminal charges in 2013 for knocking a surrendering man unconscious with a jaw-breaking kick could face jail time, after all.
In 2013, then-attorney general Beau Biden (Vice President Joe Biden’s son) failed to get a grand jury indictment against Cpl. Tom Webster for injuring Lateef Dickerson without cause. But a judge in a civil rights lawsuit recently ruled that a video of the event could be released publicly, and current Attorney General Matt Denn brought the case again, resulting in an indictment for second-degree assault Monday.
In the aftermath of Ferguson, Mo., video evidence has played a decisive role in at least one case against a police officer accused of excessive force against black suspects. In North Charleston, S.C., police brought murder charges against the officer who shot a fleeing black man in the back and then appeared to plant evidence to suggest the man had been armed with a Taser. Officials admitted that no charges would have been brought if a bystander had not recorded the shooting."
Read more here: In arrest of cop for kicking black man, signs of shift on prosecuting police (+video)
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur), Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?! http://www.twitter.com/BenMank77) & John Iadarola (Think Tank; http://www.twitter.com/jiadarola) of The Young Turks break it down.
In 2013, then-attorney general Beau Biden (Vice President Joe Biden’s son) failed to get a grand jury indictment against Cpl. Tom Webster for injuring Lateef Dickerson without cause. But a judge in a civil rights lawsuit recently ruled that a video of the event could be released publicly, and current Attorney General Matt Denn brought the case again, resulting in an indictment for second-degree assault Monday.
In the aftermath of Ferguson, Mo., video evidence has played a decisive role in at least one case against a police officer accused of excessive force against black suspects. In North Charleston, S.C., police brought murder charges against the officer who shot a fleeing black man in the back and then appeared to plant evidence to suggest the man had been armed with a Taser. Officials admitted that no charges would have been brought if a bystander had not recorded the shooting."
Read more here: In arrest of cop for kicking black man, signs of shift on prosecuting police (+video)
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur), Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?! http://www.twitter.com/BenMank77) & John Iadarola (Think Tank; http://www.twitter.com/jiadarola) of The Young Turks break it down.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Brief Lies: Equivocation
The Atheist Experience #916 for May 3, 2015, with Matt Dillahunty and Don Baker. Brief Lies: Equivocation. Don talks about equivocation as a subtle means of lying.
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MISSION CONTROL TEXAS - Trailer
'The Atheist Experience' is a weekly call-in television show out of Austin/Texas. Every Sunday afternoon two atheists debate people on the phone for one hour - on camera. 'Mission Control Texas' portrays the show, it's protagonists and discussions - and religious life in Texas.
A documentary film by Ralf Bücheler.
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MISSION CONTROL TEXAS - Trailer
'The Atheist Experience' is a weekly call-in television show out of Austin/Texas. Every Sunday afternoon two atheists debate people on the phone for one hour - on camera. 'Mission Control Texas' portrays the show, it's protagonists and discussions - and religious life in Texas.
A documentary film by Ralf Bücheler.
"Atheists Can't Be Republicans" author CJ Werleman
CJ Werleman is a top atheist writer, political commentator, and humorist, and is the author of many books, including "Jesus Lied: He Was Only Human: Debunking The New Testament," "God Hates You, Hate Him Back: Making Sense of The Bible," and "Crucifying America: the unholy alliance between the Christian Right and Wall Street." His latest is "Atheists Can't Be Republicans: If Facts and Evidence Matter." He also writes regularly for Salon, Alternet and The Contributor.
How did CJ become godless? What took him from non-denominational Christian school to his views on religion today? What are his views on the Bible, God, and biblical figures?
http://www.cjwerleman.com/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/cjwerleman
How did CJ become godless? What took him from non-denominational Christian school to his views on religion today? What are his views on the Bible, God, and biblical figures?
http://www.cjwerleman.com/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/cjwerleman
Pope Francis To Tackle Climate Change
Cenk Uygur host of The Young Turks discusses a planned encyclical to be released by Pope Francis about climate change and the environment.
"An encyclical is a letter sent from the Pope to the Bishops directly under his sphere of influence that lays down a plan to be carried out by the entire Catholic Church. Pope Francis has declared that he will be sending out an encyclical this summer regarding climate change and the environment. It is unknown at this time why the Pope has chosen to tackle climate change now, but some guesses from experts have been made. It is expected that the Pope will declare that focusing on climate change is a part of christianity being stewards of the planet, as is described in the teachings that the Catholic Church follows."
"An encyclical is a letter sent from the Pope to the Bishops directly under his sphere of influence that lays down a plan to be carried out by the entire Catholic Church. Pope Francis has declared that he will be sending out an encyclical this summer regarding climate change and the environment. It is unknown at this time why the Pope has chosen to tackle climate change now, but some guesses from experts have been made. It is expected that the Pope will declare that focusing on climate change is a part of christianity being stewards of the planet, as is described in the teachings that the Catholic Church follows."
God Helped Ben Carson Ace His College Chemistry Final By Giving Him The Answers In A Dream
Ben Carson reveals that God helped him pass his college chemistry class by providing him with all of the answers on the final in a dream.
Living the Secular Life: New Answers to Old Questions
OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS, “no religion” has become the fastest-growing religion in America. Around the world, hundreds of millions of people have turned away from the traditional faiths of the past and embraced a moral yet nonreligious—or secular—life, generating societies vastly less religious than at any other time in human history. Drawing on innovative sociological research, Dr. Zuckerman—a Pitzer College professor who founded a Department of Secular Studies, the first of its kind—illuminates this demographic shift with the moral convictions that govern secular individuals, offering crucial information for the religious and nonreligious alike.
Living the Secular Life reveals that, despite opinions to the contrary, nonreligious Americans possess a unique moral code that allows them to effectively navigate the complexities of modern life. Zuckerman discovered that despite the entrenched negative beliefs about nonreligious people, American secular culture is grounded in deep morality and proactive citizenship—indeed, some of the very best that the country has to offer.
Living the Secular Life reveals that, despite opinions to the contrary, nonreligious Americans possess a unique moral code that allows them to effectively navigate the complexities of modern life. Zuckerman discovered that despite the entrenched negative beliefs about nonreligious people, American secular culture is grounded in deep morality and proactive citizenship—indeed, some of the very best that the country has to offer.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Jimmy Dore, author: Your Country Is Just Not That Into You
In this latest terrific interview, hilarious and incisive political comedian Jimmy Dore (http://twitter.com/jimmy_dore) sits down with The Young Turks' host Cenk Uygur (http://twitter.com/cenkuygur) to discuss politics, the media and how corporations have seized control of them both - all of which Jimmy also covers in his new book, "Your Country Is Just Not That Into You: How the Media, Wall Street, and Both Political Parties Keep on Screwing You - Even After You've Moved on."
Along the way the two also discuss Jimmy's Chicago upbringing and why, as the 12th of 12 kids in an Irish Catholic family, he was eminently disposable, how ABC newscaster Brian Williams can be a terrific guy and still be a huge part of what's destroying the country, and why on earth someone making $50,000 a year would ever care about the estate tax.
Buy Jimmy's book!
Visit his website! http://www.jimmydorecomedy.com
Follow him on Twitter! http://twitter.com/jimmy_dore
Along the way the two also discuss Jimmy's Chicago upbringing and why, as the 12th of 12 kids in an Irish Catholic family, he was eminently disposable, how ABC newscaster Brian Williams can be a terrific guy and still be a huge part of what's destroying the country, and why on earth someone making $50,000 a year would ever care about the estate tax.
Buy Jimmy's book!
Visit his website! http://www.jimmydorecomedy.com
Follow him on Twitter! http://twitter.com/jimmy_dore
Neil deGrasse Tyson - The Inexplicable Univese: Unsolved Mysteries
The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries - Neil deGrasse Tyson Ph.D (Full Course)
0:12 Lecture 1: History's Mysteries
33:15 Lecture 2: The Spooky Universe
1:04:56 Lecture 3: Inexplicable Life
1:34:45 Lecture 4: Inexplicable Physics
2:05:07 Lecture 5: Inexplicable Space
2:37:16 Lecture 6: Inexplicable Cosmology
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D
Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History
A one on one chat with Dr. Tyson, you'll feel like a guest in his own living room. Using animations, graphics and other instructive visual elements, Dr Tyson takes us on a tour of many interesting topics. Topics like neutrinos, string theory, quantum foam, black holes, multiverses, life on other planets and many more. He does all this while introducing us to the history behind them, the science that helped us grasp it, what researchers have discovered to date and what we have yet to discover.
The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries - Neil deGrasse Tyson Ph.D (Full Course)
Everything we know about the universe has come from scientists who have been willing to ponder the unanswerable. And now you can take that same journey with America's most noted astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries, explores the most tantalizing, mind bending questions at the forefront of scientific inquiry using visually stunning 3D virtual environments. Professor Tyson is the perfect guide on this eye-opening journey because of his vast knowledge and ability to make even the most intimidating science accessible, engaging, and most of all, enjoyable.
See the entire course available on The Great Courses: The Inexplicable Universe http://bit.ly/1qAzXQ8
View the latest content from The Great Courses: http://bit.ly/TGC_Home
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph D - The Inexplicable Univese : Unsolved Mysteries
0:12 Lecture 1: History's Mysteries
33:15 Lecture 2: The Spooky Universe
1:04:56 Lecture 3: Inexplicable Life
1:34:45 Lecture 4: Inexplicable Physics
2:05:07 Lecture 5: Inexplicable Space
2:37:16 Lecture 6: Inexplicable Cosmology
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D
Hayden Planetarium
American Museum of Natural History
A one on one chat with Dr. Tyson, you'll feel like a guest in his own living room. Using animations, graphics and other instructive visual elements, Dr Tyson takes us on a tour of many interesting topics. Topics like neutrinos, string theory, quantum foam, black holes, multiverses, life on other planets and many more. He does all this while introducing us to the history behind them, the science that helped us grasp it, what researchers have discovered to date and what we have yet to discover.
The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries - Neil deGrasse Tyson Ph.D (Full Course)
Everything we know about the universe has come from scientists who have been willing to ponder the unanswerable. And now you can take that same journey with America's most noted astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries, explores the most tantalizing, mind bending questions at the forefront of scientific inquiry using visually stunning 3D virtual environments. Professor Tyson is the perfect guide on this eye-opening journey because of his vast knowledge and ability to make even the most intimidating science accessible, engaging, and most of all, enjoyable.
See the entire course available on The Great Courses: The Inexplicable Universe http://bit.ly/1qAzXQ8
View the latest content from The Great Courses: http://bit.ly/TGC_Home
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph D - The Inexplicable Univese : Unsolved Mysteries
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