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I am a huge fan of Billy Connolly, but even he is (was? hopefully he’s aged even more irreverently now) sometimes a bit soft on poking the stick at religions and their stupidness.
Edit 9/1/08: He sure has aged more irreverently.
Now, Ricky Gervais has little or no regard for pandering to the fairytale believers.
As promised, I found the YouTube posting with an excerpt from the excellent Richard Dawkin’s documentary ‘The God Delusion’. This is all that’s really needed to expose the ‘intelligent design theory’ as a complete fraud.
It is also the most concise summary I have yet seen of an atheistic world view. Enjoy - share the link with friends and visit Richard Dawkin’s website (and buy the book!).
This would have to be the best and clearest comment on the dangers of religion that I have seen. This lecture by Sam Harris, the author of The End Of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation is well worth the time (and bandwidth) to watch.
And it may turn out to be one of the things that plays an important part in the end of religion eventually.
A search for anti-evolution websites will yield hundreds - if not thousands - of them out there.
Most have one thing in common: the shameless regurgitation of the same set of lies and half-truths (apart from the contributors obvious lack of education).
Have a look at Evolution Facts.org for example. Pages and pages of ‘facts’ disproving evolution - most referring to texts and opinions from scientists from the 17th century - hmm.
Then, go to the TalkOrigins archive. I’d be surprised if every single ridiculous claim by the creationists isn’t rationally and logically explained and debunked there.
Of course, the fairytale believers always have an answer for every argument no matter how reasoned but at least you can say ‘well, go there and have a read - if you still believe the myths your preacher/annointed one/pastor told you are facts then I can’t help you!
In 2005 the town of Dover, Pennsylvania, was torn apart by a landmark trial which essentially pitted religious faith against Darwinism in explaining the origins of life. A case was taken by the local high school science teachers against a Pennsylvania school board for demanding the teaching of “intelligent design” i.e: creationism - over evolution.
The plaintiffs successfully argued that intelligent design is a form of creationism and that the school board policy therefore violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Federal judge John E Jones III decision sparked considerable response from both supporters and critics.
I found this link today to the excellent Nova series about the trial that is now available to watch free online.
The internet has become a fantastic repository of video. A broadband connection is required for the best experience of course. If your connection is what I call ‘pretend broadband’ ie: under 512K download speed, then I suggest that after clicking the play button on the video you then press pause and wait for a minute or so until more of the video downloads in the background. That way your viewing will be less stressful!
For a start, here’s Richard Dawkins’ excellent BBC documentary, The Blind Watchmaker (47 mins)
The description from the BBC’s education catalogue follows: “…The evidence proposed is well-organized and current. The video first presents creationist ideas, articulated by Texans who support the theory of special creationism, and then provides vivid contradictory data through observation, computer simulations, robotics, experiments and close examination of designs in nature. Its central argument is that the diversity and variety we see in such complex adaptations as the eye and insect mimicry can best be explained by cumulative natural selection over long periods of time. With its vivid blend of argument and scientific detail, The Blind Watchmaker will enrich even the most advanced student’s view of evolution.”
Many of us believe that there are, in fact, far more non-believers in a god than is generally reported. I'd be interested to see the results from the Poll below, so why not register your belief anonymously?
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