Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Matt Stone & Trey Parker - The Book of Mormon - ABC Nightline
March 25, 2011 on ABC Nightline
South Park's controversial creators take on Broadway and the Mormon Church.
Should You Only Tick The Box If You Go To Church? [UK Census]
March 27, 2011 on BBC One 'The Big Questions'
Frank Skinner's Opinionated - Religion and The Census
March 25, 2011 on BBC Two with Andrew Copson of the British Humanist Society
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
UK Cleric Receives Death Threats For Supporting Evolution
March 21, 2011 on CNN:
LONDON – Usama Hasan has led Friday prayers at Leyton mosque in East London for 20 years.
Back in the early 1990s, his sympathies lay with what became known as the global jihad and he was an active supporter of extremist causes.
Over time, however, he warmed to Britain and started questioning the idea that the West was always acting against Muslim interests.
Now, his message is different. In recent years he has used his position as an imam to tackle issues like terrorism head-on.
But it’s his views on Darwinian evolution that have landed him in trouble with some fellow Muslims. It’s been two months now since he says criticism over his support for the theory of evolution provoked him to stop leading Friday prayers at his congregation.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Cutting Edge: The Virgin Daughters
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Originally broadcast on September 25, 2008 on Channel 4
Cutting Edge explores the purity movement in America, where one girl in every six pledges to remain a virgin, or to save her first kiss, until her wedding day. Award-winning documentary-maker Jane Treays investigates whether this decision is made by the girls themselves or their parents, and follows a group of fathers and daughters as they prepare to attend a `purity ball' in Colorado Springs, run by Randy Wilson and his wife Lisa.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Hardball - Church in Crisis - Avenging Altar Boy
March 16, 2011 on MSNBC
District Attorney R. Seth Williams - the first prosecutor in the country to charge a church official for abusing of children they were supposed to protect - joins hardball's Chris Matthews to discuss the chargesNYTimes article: Avenging Altar Boy
Richard Dawkins Interview on Revelation TV
UPDATE: Re-queued with HQ copy by Revelation TV
March 10, 2011 on Revelation TV
(Thanks to TheRationalizer)
Leaving Amish Paradise
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March 16, 2011 on BBC Two
Documentary following the lives of two Amish families leaving the only world they've ever known and trying to get to grips with the modern world. The Amish travel by horse and buggy, and dress exactly as their forebears did when they first arrived in America almost 300 years ago. They have countless rules which keep them separate from the modern world, with electric lights, mobile phones, television and radio all forbidden. For those born into this culture, leaving is the biggest decision they'll ever make.
See also: Trouble in Amish Paradise (2009)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
CBS 60 Minutes - Christopher Hitchens
March 6, 2011 on CBS 60 Minutes:
Steve Kroft profiles Vanity Fair columnist, author and public intellectual Christopher Hitchens, for whom nothing is off-limits when making his wry and often outrageous observations, including the cancer he is suffering from.
Christians Taunt Praying Muslim Man
From TPM:
A group of anti-Sharia protestors who planned to counter-protest the planned pro-Sharia rally by the radical provocateur Anjem Choudary in front of the White House on Thursday found themselves without an opponent to debate.(via Joe My God)
The counter rally planned by Frank Gaffney in response to Choudary's pro-Sharia demonstration was left without a raison d'etre after Choudary failed to show up as he'd previously announced (and promoted on Fox News). That left Gaffney and his group preaching to the choir so to speak as they denounced Sharia law to their followers as well as media and curious onlookers.
But just as the rally was dying out, a Muslim man who showed up to pray in front of the White House. He was quickly surrounded by a large group of protestors who shouted an array of insults at him: mocking him for drinking Starbucks coffee, telling him to go back to his country and even throwing tiny crosses at his feet as he prayed. I captured the scene in the video below.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
BBC - Wonders of the Universe - Episode 1: Destiny
Aired March 6, 2011 on BBC HD
Having explored the wonders of the solar system, Professor Brian Cox steps boldly on to an even bigger stage - the universe. In this episode, Brian seeks to understand the nature of time and its role in creating both the universe and ourselves. From an extraordinary calendar built into the landscape of Peru to the beaches of Costa Rica, Brian explores the cycles of time which define our experience of life on Earth. But even the most epic cycles of life can't begin to compare to the vast expanse of cosmic time. For instance, just as the Earth orbits the Sun, the solar system orbits the entire Milky Way galaxy. This orbit takes a staggering 250 million years to complete. Ultimately, Brian discovers that time is not characterised by repetition but by irreversible change. From the relentless march of a glacier, to the decay of an old mining town, the ravaging effects of time are all around us.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Mexicans Seek Spiritual Solace Amid Chaos
March 7, 2011 on Al Jazeera English:
As Mexico's drug-related violence continues, some are finding comfort in spirituality.
It is a mainly Catholic nation, but as Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City, many are turning to religious figures rooted in Mexico's indigenous past.
One alternative is the saint of death, also known as Santa Muerte.
Is "For God's Sake" Offensive?
March 6, 2011 on BBC Breakfast
From BBC News:
Campaigners are urging members of the public who are not religious to say so in the national census.(via TreVelocita)
For only the second time, the 10-yearly survey will include an optional question about religious belief.
Some secular groups, including the British Humanist Association, say the question is skewed and may overstate the extent of religious affiliation.
The campaign slogan was changed to drop the words "for God's sake" after advice from advertising regulators.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Another Pakistani Official Murdered for Urging Reform to Blasphemy Laws
March 2, 2011 on Channel 4 News:
The Taliban claims responsibility for killing the Cabinet's only Christian Minister Shahbaz Bhatti. An Islamic expert tells Channel 4 News he's "deeply distressed" at the situation in the country.
42 year old Mr Bhatti, the Minister for Religious Minorities, is the second top official killed this year for opposing a controversial blasphemy law.
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Allan Gregg in Conversation with Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins has been called the world's most famous atheist - An evolutionary biologist , he has touched off a storm of controversy with his bestseller The God Delusion(via RichardDawkins.net). In it he argues that a belief in God is irrational and religion is divisive and dangerous.
The Great Debate - What is Life?
From The Science Network:
ASU Origins Project ASU Gammage Auditorium Feb. 12, 2011(via RichardDawkins.net)
Richard Dawkins, J. Craig Venter, Nobel laureates Sidney Altman and Leland Hartwell, Chris McKay, Paul Davies, Lawrence Krauss, and The Science Network’s Roger Bingham discuss the origins of life, the possibility of finding life elsewhere, and the latest development in synthetic biology.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Living Without Religion
A new campaign by the Center for Inquiry
To hope, to care, to love. We have all experienced these powerful, fundamental feelings. They help define what it is to be human. These important elements of a fulfilling human life are experienced by religious and nonreligious people alike.
Find out more: livingwithoutreligion.org
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