atheism

interesting.

Excellent essay by a journalist who has accepted some money from the Templeton Foundation, whose mission is to reconcile science and religion.

Quoted: One Templeton official made what I felt were inappropriate remarks about the foundation's expectations of us fellows. She told us that the meeting cost more than $1-million, and in return the foundation wanted us to publish articles touching on science and religion. But when I told her one evening at dinner that — given all the problems caused by religion throughout human history — I didn't want science and religion to be reconciled, and that I hoped humanity would eventually outgrow religion, she replied that she didn't think someone with those opinions should have accepted a fellowship. So much for an open exchange of views.

Quoted: Somebody recorded the Hitchens talk, and has uploaded the first parts of it to YouTube. I've put what's currently available below the fold; this only covers about half of the talk, I estimate.

I know there has been a lot of talk about his state of sobriety, but it's all baseless. He looked perfectly normal up there on the podium, and there was no sign of impairment that I could detect. Judge the man by what he says, not his imagined blood alcohol level.

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Watching videos of evangelical christians seriously unnerves me. This is a documentary talking about Patrick Henry college, a school made with the purpose of churning out politicians and bureaucrats with christian values.

Quoted: This is a Documentary taken from channel 4 on the evangelist's in the USA.. Jun 12, 2006.

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A great presentation by dawkins about the history and current state of evolutionary theory, including anecdotes of experiments which have demonstrated evolution under laboratory conditions. Really good.

Amusing video series about god designing the universe and talking to Jesus and the other key players.

Quoted: Socrates Meets Jesus

List of atheist organizations from Richard Dawkins.