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Originally Posted by Husker
Watched that a couple of nights ago Ron. The Irish fella accusing the film makers of bullying was pretty lol considering his behaviour.
Yeah, he was unbelievably defensive throughout the whole thing and of them all seemed the most determined to not even listen to the evidence.
The most interesting part to me (from a psychological/why do people believe? pov) was when one of the women was obviously starting to realise that her views were being completely contradicted by all the evidence and that her beliefs were geniunely being challenged. She said something like "I can see the point all these people are making and the evidence looks pretty compelling, but if I accept that, I have to accept that the rest of my faith is all wrong too" and the reply from the other woman was along the lines of "it's best not to think about it".
For ppl in the UK, Richard Dawkins program on More4 on Monday night at 10pm.
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Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life
Ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God's purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. Religious rituals remain embedded in the major events of our lives.
In this thought-provoking series, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins asks what happens if we leave religion behind. He explores what reason and science might offer to inspire and guide our lives in religion's place.
Can science bring understanding in the face of death, help us tell right from wrong, or reveal the point of life in the first place?
In a journey that takes him through visually stunning locations across the world, Richard Dawkins builds a powerful argument for facing up to the scientific truth about life and death - however hard that might be.
If there is no God watching us, why be good? Richard Dawkins is taking on the big questions of life and, in this opening programme, he examines sin.
He asks whether the old religious rules about what is right and wrong are helpful and explores what reason science can tell us about how to be good.
Dawkins journeys from riot-torn inner city London to America's Bible Belt, building a powerful argument that religion's absolutist moral codes fuel lies and guilt.
He finds the most extreme example in a Paris plastic surgery clinic which specialises in making Muslim brides appear to be virgins once again.
But what can science and reason tell us about morality? Through encounters with lemurs, tango dancers, the gay rights campaigner Matthew Parris and the scientist Steven Pinker, Dawkins investigates the deeper roots of moral behaviour in our evolutionary past.
He explores the rituals that surround mating and the science of disgust and taboo. Drawing on crime data and insights from neuroscience, he argues that our evolved senses of reason and empathy appear to be making us more and more moral, even as religious observance declines.