Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
HBO: Soldiers in the Army of God
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Many of the most extreme members of the anti-abortion movement reveal themselves to HBO cameras for the first time in this disturbing verite documentary. The film focuses primarily on ''soldiers'' in the Army of God, a pro-life group bonded together by the Internet, by organized rallies, and by a common belief that abortions must be stopped at all costs. In addition to intimate footage of Army members at their homes, in their cars and at gatherings, the film includes harrowing footage of high-profile crimes targeted at abortion clinics, most notably the 1993 murder of two abortion-clinic workers in Pensacola, Florida. The documentary also features an exclusive death-row interview with the man who committed these murders: Paul Hill, who has become a hero and martyr to many Army of God zealots.
How Far Can Darwin Take Us?
May 20, 2009 by the NYPL
Adam Gopnik in conversation with Steven Pinker - Full program
Adam Gopnik, author of "Angels & Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life" and Steven Pinker, author of "The Blank Slate" and many other works, discuss a fundamental question: How far can Darwin take us as a guide to why we are the way we are? Both outspoken appreciators of Darwin, Adam Gopnik and Steven Pinker compare their visions—perhaps complementary, perhaps contrasting—of what Darwins legacy is on the two hundredth anniversary of his birth.(via RichardDawkins.net)
Dick Cheney Supports Gay Marriage
June 1, 2009 on C-SPAN
Former Vice President Cheney responded to a question about the inevitability of legal same-sex marriage in the U.S., saying that he believed "freedom means freedom for all" but that decisions about marriage laws are best made at a state level.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Phone Number For Operation Rescue’s Senior Policy Advisor Found on Suspect’s Dashboard
Bill O'Reilly's Jihad Against Dr. George Tiller
From Daily Kos:
Since 2005, Bill O’Reilly has waged jihad against Dr. George Tiller, dedicating 29 segments of his show to demonizing and dehumanizing Tiller, who he invariably called "Tiller the baby killer."UPDATE: O'Reilly Responds to Criticism: "No Backpedaling"
As you can see from these video clip samplings of O’Reilly’s holy war, you don’t have to actually pull the trigger to help sponsor terrorism
(via Cynical-C Blog)
Richard Dawkins and John Lennox at the Oxford University Museum
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Richard Dawkins writes:
This is the third of my encounters with John Lennox, all organized by the Fixed Point Foundation, which is an American Christian organization.
The first one, before a large audience in Birmingham, Alabama, had a rather odd format, which was set up in such a way that Lennox got the last word on every question. The second, in a private room in Trinity College, Oxford, was a quiet conversation with no audience. For me it was notable because Lennox belied the common claims of 'sophisticated theologians' by coming clean about his own beliefs. This sophisticated Oxford don, it turned out, believes in all the New Testament miracles including walking on water and turning water into wine. This extremely surprising revelation formed the premise of my opening remarks in our third debate, in the Oxford University Museum, on October 21st 2008. I contrasted his theistic beliefs in miracles with deistic beliefs, for which I said that a serious case could be made, although not a case that I would accept myself. Lennox did not pick up on this at the time but, astonishingly, he made it one of his central points in a speech that he made in Inverness a few days later
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