Have We All Been Here Before?

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February 27, 2011 on BBC One

Audience includes Wendy Grossman, co-founder and editor of The Skeptic magazine, and youtube's TheRationalizer

(via TreVelocita)

Christopher Hitchens & Sam Harris vs. David Wolpe & Bradley Artson - Is There An Afterlife?

Full debate available on Jewish TV Network

In this recent Whizin Center for Continuine Education program, renown scholar, author and atheists 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.

BBC - A History of Christianity

Episode 1: The First 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.

Episode 2: Catholicism - The Unpredictable Rise of Rome
Episode 3: Orthodoxy - From Empire to Empire
Episode 4: Reformation - The Individual Before God
Episode 5: Protestantism - The Evangelical Explosion
Episode 6: God in the Dock

Star Trek on Religion

From Series 3, Episode 4

Just So Darwin - BBC

Why does the giraffe have a long neck?

BBC - Just So Darwin A series of short cartoons for children looking at different animals from an evolutionary perspective.

Why are tortoises different?
Why is Lonesome George lonely?
Why does the puffer fish puff?
Why is the platypus so unusual?
Why is the cactus so popular?

Madagascar - Lost Worlds - Episode 2 of 3

Aired February 16, 2011 on BBC HD

With cyanide-eating lemurs, cannibalistic frogs, carnivorous plants, tadpole-eating wasps, tunnel-digging chameleons and house-proud flycatchers, this second episode of the natural history series about one of the most intriguing wild places on Earth,narrated by David Attenborough, features an amazing array of Madagascar's wildlife.

Episode 1: Island of Marvels

Dispatches - Lessons in Hate and Violence

Aired February 14, 2011 on Channel 4

Dispatches goes undercover to investigate allegations that teachers regularly assault young children in some of the 2,000 Muslim schools in Britain run by Islamic organisations.

The programme also follows up allegations that, behind closed doors, some Muslim secondary schools teach a message of hatred and intolerance.

Family Guy - Getting Along Without Religion

(Thanks Angelos)

Madagascar - Island of Marvels - Episode 1 of 3

Aired February 9, 2011 on BBC HD

David Attenborough tells the story of one of the most intriguing wild places on Earth, Madagascar, in this fascinating new three-part series. "This is the story of what happens when a set of animals and plants are cast away on an island for millions of years. This is how this curious wonderland came into being," he explains.

(Thanks Jim)

The World's Worst Place to Be Gay?

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Aired February 14, 2011 on BBC Three

cott 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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Father Ray Comes Out

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Aired February 11, 2011 on Channel 4

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.

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.

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.

(via TreVelocita)

The Taste of Multiculturalism

by Pat Condell

If Science Got Serious

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Dispatches: Lessons In Hate and Violence (Trailer)

Airs February 14, 2011 on Channel 4

Dispatches goes undercover to investigate allegations that teachers regularly assault young children in some of the 2,000 Muslim schools in Britain run by Islamic organisations.

The programme also follows up allegations that, behind closed doors, some Muslim secondary schools teach a message of hatred and intolerance.

(Thanks Alex)

Today Show: Is Church of Scientology Violating Human Rights?

February 7, 2011 on MSNBC

The FBI is investigating the organization after an article in The New Yorker exposed its treatment of some of its junior members. Journalist Lawrence Wright discusses the secrets Scientology may be hiding.

Should We Tolerate The Intolerant?

February 6, 2011 on BBC One

James Randi's Challenge to Homeopathy Manufacturers and Retail Pharmacies

www.Randi.org | 1023.org.uk — 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.

Colbert: Bill O'Reilly Believes God is the Answer to Everything

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February 3, 2011 on The Colbert Report
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Louis Theroux - The Ultra Zionists

Aired February 2, 2011 on BBC Two

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.

(Thanks to TreVelocita)

BBC Horizon - What Is Reality?

*Updated with HD copy
Aired January 18, 2011 on BBC HD

There is a strange and mysterious world that surrounds us, a world largely hidden from our senses. The quest to explain the true nature of reality is one of the great scientific detective stories.

Clues have been pieced together from deep within the atom, from the event horizon of black holes, and from the far reaches of the cosmos. It may be that that we are part of a cosmic hologram, projected from the edge of the universe. Or that we exist in an infinity of parallel worlds. Your reality may never look quite the same again.

Also available on BBC iPlayer
(Thanks to Jim and Aquaductape)

The Bible Tutor

What happens when a bible tutor leaves no story untold?

Judgment Day?

by The Thinking Atheist

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?