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[Ryanb9]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trt1ZWR5PqQ&NR=1

I like Bart Ehrman

[ILOVEPOKER929]

Originally Posted by batair

This is good if you like conversion stories.

Christian Missionary deconverted by the Pirahã tribe.

Just watched this today. I loved it! My favorite quote:

Piraha guy: "Hey Dan [The Christian missionary guy], I want to talk to you. The Piraha know that you left your own land. We know that you do this to tell us about Jesus. You want us to live like Americans, but the Piraha do not want to live like Americans. We like to drink. We like more than one woman. But we like you. You can stay with us but we don't want to hear more about Jesus. Okay?"

I couldn't have said it better myself.

[batair]

Yeah wish they'd adopt me. I need some kind of internet access though.

[Ryanb9]

The Evolution of Religions
(Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA, received the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 1998 for Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. In 1999, he received the National edal of Science. His most recent book is Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2004).

Professor Diamond argues that religion has encompassed at least four independent components that have arisen or disappeared at different stages of development of human societies over the last 10,000 years. )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7CFye03gQ&NR=1

[ILOVEPOKER929]

Originally Posted by Ryanb9

The Evolution of Religions
(Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA, received the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 1998 for Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. In 1999, he received the National edal of Science. His most recent book is Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2004).

Professor Diamond argues that religion has encompassed at least four independent components that have arisen or disappeared at different stages of development of human societies over the last 10,000 years. )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7CFye03gQ&NR=1

Thanx for the link Ryan. I haven't watched it yet but I like Jared Diamond. I loved Guns, Germs and Steel. Has anyone read Diamond's book "Collapse"? If so what did you think of it? It's been collecting dust on my bookshelf for awhile now.

[always_sunni_]

Found some more:

Patton Oswalt - Sky Cake

Phone Call to God

My Cat is a Christian

They're all comedy. No in-depth anything.

[isucatpokr]

Funny commercial for religion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biqvlCDvWZo

[nittyit]

Neil deGrasse Tyson

On Intelligent Design

[thirddan]

Shelly Kagan (yale philosophy professor) vs William Lane Craig

do we need god for morality?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7acm-...aynext_from=PL

[thirddan]

Originally Posted by thirddan

Shelly Kagan (yale philosophy professor) vs William Lane Craig

do we need god for morality?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7acm-...aynext_from=PL

i would highly recommend this one to atheists and theists...kagan approaches this from a deontological pov rather than an "atheistic" one, suggesting that absolute morality is possible w/o god...they also briefly discuss animal right (which comes up here pretty often) and Craig gets hung up in a couple places...

a lot of theists have challenged that craig destroys the "new atheists" because they aren't philosophers...well, here is a debate between craig and philosopher...

[Eddi]

^^^ very good debate

[nittyit]

Originally Posted by thirddan

i would highly recommend this one to atheists and theists...kagan approaches this from a deontological pov rather than an "atheistic" one, suggesting that absolute morality is possible w/o god...they also briefly discuss animal right (which comes up here pretty often) and Craig gets hung up in a couple places...

a lot of theists have challenged that craig destroys the "new atheists" because they aren't philosophers...well, here is a debate between craig and philosopher...

This is one of the better debates I have seen and I think Craig got owned but I'm biased. The part about animals was great. I think you have to watch this debate a few times... the audio is horrible.

[DannyOcean_]

Originally Posted by 2incher

I know everyone has seen this but I love it.

Jesus is a sun god.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtRt4fnHFWw

I just wanted to point out that zeitgeist made at least half this **** up. The characteristics of the other gods they compare to jesus are mostly just made up or stretched to the breaking point. I'm an atheist who isn't sure Jesus actually existed, but giant LOL @ zeitgeist.

[madnak]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmNb3xJFzkc

Just for fun.

[vixticator]

bwahaha fundies are hilarious