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Heathen Tv

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:47:05 GMT

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If God is Dead, Who get His house?

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:57:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: By Sean McManus via Sam Harris.org

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It seems unlikely that many of the 850 or so people at the Society for Ethical Culture on a recent Saturday night believed that God was still extant. But evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and possibly the most famous atheist in the world, was not taking any chances. He gave a PowerPoint presentation driving home that religion does not meet any of the standards of basic scientific inquiry, before casually flicking away a few of His last crutches. Doesn’t God provide people some solace? asked an audience member. “Isn’t that a little childish?” Dawkins replied. “Just because something is comforting doesn’t mean it’s true.” Then someone asked about death, and Dawkins quoted Mark Twain: “I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born.”

The room erupted in loud applause. God had definitely left the building—if he were ever here at all.

Tags: atheism, richard dawkins, faith, religion, samharris.org

The Four Horsemen: Harris, Dennet, Dawkins and Hitchens :)

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:50:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: All four authors have recently received a large amount of media attention for their writings against religion - some positive, and some negative. In this conversation the group trades stories of the public's reaction to their recent books, their unexpected successes, criticisms and common misrepresentations. They discuss the tough questions about religion that face to world today, and propose new strategies for going forward.

http://richarddawkins.net/article,2025,THE-FOUR-HORSEMEN,Discussions-With-Richard-Dawkins-Episode-1-RDFRS

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Support the Reason Project: get a paperback copy of Letter to a Christian Nation.

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:06:29 GMT

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Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage Paperback)

with a New Afterword

The Vintage paperback edition of Letter to a Christian Nation is now available on Amazon. This edition has a new, twenty-page Afterword.

All books purchased through the above link will help support the work of Sam's new foundation, The Reason Project, whose advisory board now includes: Peter Atkins, Jerry Coyne, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Rebecca Goldstein, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Harry Kroto, Steven Pinker, Lee Silver, Ibn Warraq, and Steven Weinberg.

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Tags: sam harris, the reason project

The Atheists wrong turn

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:03:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/atheisms-wrong-turn/

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In the penultimate chapter of his best-selling book The God Delusion, biologist and world-renowned atheist Richard Dawkins presents his view of religious education, which he explains by way of an anecdote. Following a lecture in Dublin, he recalls, “I was asked what I thought about the widely publicized cases of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland. I replied that, horrible as sexual abuse no doubt was, the damage was arguably less than the long-term psychological damage inflicted by bringing the child up Catholic in the first place.” Lest his readers misunderstand him, or dismiss this rather shocking statement as mere off-the-cuff hyperbole, Dawkins goes on to clarify his position. “I am persuaded,” he explains, “that the phrase ‘child abuse’ is no exaggeration when used to describe what teachers and priests are doing to children whom they encourage to believe in something like the punishment of unshriven mortal sins in an eternal hell.”

Tags: sam harris, richard dawkins, damon linker, atheism, religion

Happy Holidays from Sam Harris

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:56:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: and me too

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Letter to a Christian Nation (Vintage Paperback)

with a New Afterword

The Vintage paperback edition of Letter to a Christian Nation is now available for pre-order on Amazon (with a new Afterword).

All books purchased through the above link will help support the work of Sam's new foundation, The Reason Project, whose advisory board now includes: Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Rebecca Goldstein, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Steven Pinker, Ibn Warraq, and Steven Weinberg

You will hear more about The Reason Project in the coming year.

Wishing you all a very happy holiday.

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Iranian Woman wins secularist of the Year :)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:32:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I got this website from abailart's post on "wooly thinking"--found this on site.

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Richard Dawkins said: “I have long felt that the key to solving the worldwide menace of Islamic terrorism and oppression would eventually be the awakening of women, and Mina Ahadi is a charismatic leader working to that end. The brutal suppression of the rights of women in many countries throughout the Islamic world is an obvious outrage. Slightly less obvious, but just as outrageous, is the supine willingness of western liberals to go along with it. It is worse than supine, it is patronising and condescending: "Wife-beating is part of 'their' culture. Who are we to condemn their traditions?" A religion so insecure as to mandate the death penalty for apostasy is not to be trifled with, and ex-Muslims who stand up and fight deserve our huge admiration and gratitude for their courage. Right out in front of this honourable band is Mina Ahadi. I salute her and congratulate her on this well-deserved award as Secularist of the Year.”

Tags: mina ahadi, brave and amazing women, ex-muslims, richard dawkins

Ayann Hirsi Ali talks about her early life and journey from Faith to Reason.

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:13:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Amazing to hear her speak of her first impressions of women living in the west.

Lots more speakers now online from the Atheist Alliance Conference 07 at site including Sam Harris, Dan Dennet, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins , Eugenie Scott and more

Enjoy.

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Tags: ayann hirsi ali, atheism aai 07, survival, freedom, women with brains and courage

Stalin was an atheist—so am I

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:36:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The supposed Flew "flip flop "commentary continues.........

Clip Source: www.samharris.org

Flew isn’t your garden-variety non-Christian, however, which helps explain his recent celebrity among evangelicals. Before 2004, Flew was a world-renowned atheist whose 1950 essay “Theology and Falsification” predated by decades the anti-religion musings of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and other skeptics prominent today. I stumbled upon his writings and comments on the improvability of God when my own agnosticism started giving way to outright nonbelief. To an atheist, Flew’s conversion to any belief in the supernatural would have been just as likely as Iranian President Mahmoud “Israel should be wiped off the map” Ahmadinejad celebrating Hanukkah.

And that’s exactly what happened—Flew’s conversion, not Ahmadinejad’s. In late 2004, Flew admitted that he had changed his mind and believed, based on scientific evidence, in some sort of God. Flew wasn’t a Christian, but a deist—as he made abundantly clear

Tags: atheism, anthony flew, sneaky arguments, false imagery